Last night we were doing a little youtube trolling and somehow landed on some old Billy Idol videos. Don't ask how we got there- it was a long and windy road- and thoroughly enjoyable. Theo took one look at Billy scowling his way through 'Dancing With Myself" and proclaimed "I could look like that!!" It is true that his smile is definitely lopsided and tends to a left sided smirk- and when he is telling himself a good tale it is always told out of only one side- his lips skewed and stretched over to the left. He watched with saucer eyes, something calling to him. We were finally able to pry him away and get him in the bath. At first he was protesting, but then found a pair of goggles and soon enough he was telling himself a tale, half out/half under water. Jon and I moved on to better videos. Erasure. Men at Work. After a while we sensed a presence watching over our shoulders and we turned to find this:
He had stuck his hair up with soap- after getting out of the tub- and was trying with all his might to scowl. He does it better when he is not trying. But try he did- hoisting himself up on the sink to check out his 'smirk' early and often. Thankfully he seems to have forgotten this overnight, but he has claimed that it is what he wants to be next Halloween. Billy Idol. He is already thinking about enlisting his grandma Sherry to construct the artfully ripped up leather vest. Worn over a bare chest. Here's hoping next Oct. 31 is a warm one. 
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