I admit it. I have a strange infatuation with the National Enquirer. I've had this interest since I was a little girl, sneaking peeks at my dad's copy, tucked ever so neatly next to the stinky toilet. I'd read it cover to cover, learning the latest gossip and seeing who truly was the worst dressed celeb. I can't tell you how many hours I ended up spending in the bathroom just to read this rag, but darn it, I was the most worldly eight year old one could ever meet.

I'm proud (*coughs*) to announce that dear, sweet, little 'ole Taterbug has developed my same interest in reading material and I recently caught her exhibiting the same sort of bathroom behavior. The following is a conversation we had over the recent issue:

Taterbug: Hey Mom! Did you know that Jamie Lynn Spears is having a shotgun wedding?
Mommazilla: No, Tater, I hadn't heard that. Do you even know what a shotgun wedding is?
Taterbug: Sure, Mom. It's a wedding that only redneck people with lots of guns go to.
Mommazilla: Hmm, that's interesting. At this point, I realize that maybe I shouldn't be indulging her reading fantasies.
Taterbug: And you know what else, Mom? She's gonna have KFC cater it and she's gonna buy her wedding ring at Walmart. I betcha she only spends ten bucks on her dress and buys it at K-Mart. Can you believe it? They even want to have a squirrel and possum barbeque!She's rolling her eyes now and making exaggerated movements with her hands, emphasizing her disgust.
Mommazilla: Well, Tater, that's pretty interesting but - she interrupts me to finish her point.
Taterbug: Yah know, Mom, the worst part is that they're only gettin' married 'cuz she screwed up and got pregnant. She's an idiot. I really like Zoey 101 but I don't like her - so don't worry. I don't even like boys yet. I find them pretty gross, actually. C-dub tries to interject his protest, but I give him the "look" in order to support Taterbug's anti-boy tirade.

I sat there for a moment and just listed to her process the Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy. Thankfully, she doesn't really seem to have interest in knowing how it happened but she is clearly disgusted by the outcome. So thank you Jamie Lynn Spears. Thanks for making my daughter never want to touch a boy (seriously - a BIG thanks for that one) and she thinks you're Queen of the trailer park to top it off. Good for you. Keep making' Louisiana proud and showing that your big sister really isn't that strange.

Speaking of Jamie Lynn Spears, here's a recent video of her. Quite entertaining and real.