Taking �Bucky� to school this morning�

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�Is the concert tonight?�

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�No bud�it�s not until next Friday night.� Why?�

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�I just wanted to know because I�m excited.�

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�Hey Mom�.this is my first concert.� I never went to one before.� And they�re going to play your song.� That�s pretty tight.�

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�Tight??�

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�Ya know�.neat, cool.� Um�when something was cool when you were 9 what did you say it was?�

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�I said it was cool I guess�

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�hmmm that�s tight.�

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There�s never a conversation that I have with my son that I don�t feel grateful for.� Except for maybe this one�

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�Go clean up your bedroom, it�s a pigpen�

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�I don�t want to�

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�I didn�t ask you if you wanted to, I asked you to just go clean it up�

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�Man, I have to do everything I don�t want to do�

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�So do I !!!�

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�When am I going to be able to do what I want to do?�

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�Never, I�m &* years old and I still can�t do whatever I want to do, that�s life!�

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�Life stinks!� Can�t I clean it later?�

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�Yes you can clean it later.�

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�Ok Bucky�.It�s later now!�

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�..ya know�I really love that kid�.

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