Lilo & Stitch Breakfast at Polynesian Resort DisneyWorld 2007

When J is in the mood to shoot rapid fire questions, there’s no telling what he’s going to ask.

He had that urge last night as I drove him to a sleepover.

When we got into the van, I turned off my book on CD and “When Smokey Sings” by ABC is playing on the ’80’s station..

“Is this Rush?” he asks. In a fluke of iTunes, my copy of a Rush greatest hits CD had ended up on his iPod too; I ended up with his Skrillex on mine.

“Huh?!?” He can’t possibly think this is Rush.

“Is Rush singing this song?”

“Um, no. This is ABC.”

“Is Michael Jackson the rock king?”

“Do you mean the King of Pop?”

“Yeah.”

“Sure he was.”

“Then who’s the queen of rock?”

Frantically searching my memory banks, wondering where the hell that question came from.

“I’m not really sure. Maybe someone like Lita Ford?”

At the same time I’m thinking Joan Jett, Pat Benatar…

Silence from the back seat.

“When I think of Elvis, I think of Hawaiian shirts.”

Why would he think of Elvis?

“You know the characters Stitch and, I don’t know…Lola?”

“Do you mean Lilo?” Did he forget about the Lilo and Stitch character breakfast we had at Walt Disney World?

“Yeah. There’s a picture of Stitch with giant round ears and Lilo has the side of her head shaved like Skrillex.”

What am I supposed to say to that?

I swear he gives me mental whiplash sometimes.