Adulthood



There is one Spongebob episode where SB desperately wants to behave in a more adult way after being humiliated by laughing customers at the Krusty Krab. All this triggered by Granny Sponge giving Spongebob a smoochy smooch on the forehead in view of all. Granny Sponge wears lipstick more permanent than well... permanent marker. Distraught, SpongeBob runs home crying while trying to rub off pink kiss marks. Who can he turn to in his hour of need but his wiser friend Patrick to help him navigate the waters of maturity. Patrick convinces SB that to be adult, one must appreciate freejazz. The bout of free jazz on KALX makes me SpongeBob- forehead furrowed, wishing nice old granny will feed me warm cookies and milk instead.



All weekend I was thinking of cookies made with love and care. On Saturday I got a few from Massa's. They are a fine bakery no doubt, but their cookies are professional with none of that homey tender flavor. So I bravely took out 2 blocks of butter for chocolate chip coconut oatmeal treats. I patted the dough down in heart shapes, but the excess butter melted them down to suspicious blob shapes.