It's late...

Mom says if I go to sleep without brushing my teeth the monster under my bed will come out as soon as I fall asleep and eat me. And he brushes all the time, so his teeth are extra healthy and sharp. Yeah, instead of using human-toothpaste that makes teeth whiter, monsters use monster-toothpaste with extra-sharpening power. But I'm trying to show my mom that I don't believe her lies any more, so I refuse to brush my teeth.

Now I can't fall asleep. What if this is one of those half-truths, that she says to scare me, but might actually come true? She was right about dad leaving, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't entirely my fault. In fact, I'm not sure that was even my real dad.

I'm gonna clean my room until I get bored. Then I'll probably mess it up so it feels like I'm accomplishing something when I clean it again. Then, right before I go to bed, I'll throw everything on the floor, just to prove that elves won't steal my toys if I leave them out all night. Mom thinks she knows everything; she couldn't even tell me how to sing with all the voices of the Mountain.

I watched Pocahontas today. I think it's great that our cultures just blended so easily through song, beautiful colors, and anthropomorphic, not to mention adorable, animals. I like how the DVD lets you see all the scenes with music, and skip everything else.

If I absolutely had to take a stance, I would have to say I am anti-kicking the Dalai Lama in the crotch.

Screw it, I'll just brush my teeth. No monster is eating me tonight. Unless it's the SLEEP monster! Ha-Ha-Ha!

...there isn't a sleep monster, is there?