still coughing; still uncool.

i’m still coughing the cough of doom. it’s pretty gross. but at least i’m back to work.

on saturday at work one of the regular families came in (sounds mafia! it isn’t.) and they were checking out their usual 100s of books. they’re a really sweet family. it’s a mom, dad, and two sons. i guess the boys are probably 11 and 8? something like that. so the mom wants to set up a password for the youngest’s account so they can do stuff online.

so she asks the son, “did you want your password to be Yoda?”

“yeah.”

so i say, “i’ve a cat at home whose name is Yoda.”

“really?” he asks.

the mom is all, “i guess you’re a fan too?”

“oh sure.”

so then the older son is all ears because, you know, Star Wars is one of the languages boys speak. the mom further proves this point by saying, “they quote those movies all the time. sometimes i don’t know what they’re talking about.”

so i ask the oldest, “which movie is your favorite?”

his face lights up! because now i’m no longer just some schmo, now i’m a Star Wars Fan. i’m cool.

and he says, “Episode Two is my favorite.”

and here’s where i was cool for 2 seconds and then drop the ball. “i… i’m not sure which one that is.”

the mom is all, “i know. for us it’s like there’s two episode twos.”

“exactly!”

his face falls. i’m back to the same level of cool as his mom. he says, “Attack of the Clones.”

“oh.” so then i ask the younger, “so which one is your favorite?”

“Attack of the Clones.”

“oh.” the kids, both of them are now looking at the floor because they know my Star Wars kung fu is OLD. and if i had been thinking i would have stopped talking but no, i had to prove my oldness by saying, “my favorite is Empire.”

i swear, they rolled their eyes as if to say, “of COURSE it is, lady. you’re OLD.” and right then, in a move that sealed my uncool fate forever the mom says, “Empire is my favorite too!”

yep. zero to cool to uncool in seconds.

Tags: library, nerd, sick, star wars