In my daily, or what has now become more of an hourly perusing on the Internet for stories (read: pictures) of Hannah Montana, I discovered something interesting recently. It was announced that she has signed a deal to write her memoirs.
Hannah Montana, or as she often referred to Miley Cyrus, is 15-years-old.
For one, I completely understand. I like to think I can speak for all men, and most women, around the world, in which case, about 16 and a half is usually when it’s time to stop caring about females. They’re just not that interesting after that point. Plus, they get significantly uglier.
So job well done to Ms. Cyrus and whichever book company that I’m too lazy to look up signed on for her book. Does Disney make books? If so, I’m going to guess them. If not, I don’t really know book companies. Penguin. There’s one.
I think.
Anyway, there is one major downside to this announcement. Well, two if you count the fact that this will most likely not be my generation’s version of Madonna’s “Sex” book, because for some reason it’s still too taboo to see the smooth, partially hairy and presumably unchartered body of a 15-year-old. Too detailed? Maybe.
But this isn’t another attempt by old Adaham to rid the country of statutory rape laws; that’ll come in my Megansburg Address due sometime in the future. Maybe if they just changed the “rape” part of the name I’d be cool with it.
Anyway, I’m kind of pissed about this. A few years ago, right after I had turned 16, I shopped my own memoirs around to book companies and was turned down by all of them, and every single one said my life wasn’t interesting enough. Okay, so maybe my show was only on Bravo, and all of my wigs were just shades of red and my dad wasn’t Billy Ray Cyrus, and we were both completely nude in our Vogue photo spread, but that still doesn’t mean my life wasn’t interesting.
I thought that this week, for you fine people out there, I’d share a little bit of my memoirs. But not all of it, because I think if this Miley Cyrus things works out, it’ll open up the market for teenage memoirs, and then I’m in. anyway, I opened it with a little rap that I thought would make a cool song, and kind of explained my life up until the point in which the memoir started. Enjoy.
“Now, this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I liked to take a minute
Just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Sell Hair
In west Rockland County born and raised
In the bathroom was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out maxin' droppin’ my stool
And all shootin some people outside of the school
When a couple of guys
Who were all rushin’ out
Didn’t bother to turn on the water spout
I killed one unclean person and my mom got scared
She said ‘You're movin’ with your auntie and uncle in Sell Hair’”
I don’t know about this place. Everyone seems prissy. Definitely not the type of place they should send this cool cat. Oh well, I’m going to act all crazy and let ‘em know how I did things in
So here I am in Sell Hair. It’s miles from home, and the only people I know are my family. There’s Uncle Bill, who’s comically overweight, Aunt Liv, who has Michael Jackson disease and will lighten a few skin shades soon, and my cousins Jasmine, Walter and Ally.
I’m sitting at the kitchen table before school, trying to eat some cereal before school starts, quietly. That dream ends as soon as the rest of the family enters.
“Ugh, daddy, I need $5,000,” Jasmine says.
“For what?” Uncle Bill replies.
“Not so I can go buy blood from someone on the street and then go donate it at a hospital so I can see this really cute doctor I met as Bruce and Demi’s house last night. Ugh, what’s with the questions.”
She storms off, which is what I should’ve done. Walter enters shortly after.
“Adaham, I can’t wait to introduce you to all of my chaps on the debate team, and then at the Young Republicans and Future Business Leaders of America clubs, although, plenty of us overlap in those last two groups.”
He laughs. Nobody in the studio audience does. What? I don’t know.
“You see Adaham, your cousin Walter is involved with all types of extracurricular activities,” Uncle Bill says.
“And if only one of those were a club to help people grow,” I hilariously reply as I tap Walter on the head, while I’m sitting down.
“Very funny ‘ham,” Walter says, “but these clubs are going to help me get into Yale, and fill the gap left there by the big guy.”
“Might take a few of you to fill that gap,” I remark, once again hilariously.
“Very funny Adaham,” Bill says. “Maybe you might want to check out some after-school activities to get involved with.”
“Oh, check it Uncle Bill, I got that covered. I’ma join the poetry club, home ec, yoga club. Anywhere I can find where all the fly honeys be at out here, knowwhatImean.”
Uncle Bill smiles. I’ve got him now. He motions for me to come closer to him, and keeps motioning until out faces are a mere inches apart. “I know what you mean Adaham. I was your age once. And if you aren’t involved in one club by the end of this week, I’ll make sure you never reach my current age. Got it?”
I jerk my head back. “Here, take a Tic Tac,” I say, reaching into my pocket.
“Just do it,” he says.
“Yes sir, Mr. Nike.”
“Oh Bill, he just got out here,” Aunt Liv says. “He’s going to a new school with all new people. Give him time to get settled.”
“Livian, if we let him get away with this now, he’ll walk all over us. You treat him like he’s some kind of famous rapper.” Huge applause from the studio audience.
“I present you, Mr. Techno,” says T, the butler.
“Awww, I didn’t know you were out here,” I say, walking over to Techno. We meet in the kitchen, slap hands, shoot them backwards with our thumbs pointing out and make a pssh sound.
“Yeah, I moved out here a few months ago. Rumor on the street was you moved on up to live with the fat cats out here.”
“Excuse me, Techno is it?” Uncle Bill says. “This is my house, may I ask who you are and what you’re doing here.”
“Well, some of us fatter cats than others.”
“Nah, check it Uncle Phil, this is my good friend Techno from back in
“Yep,” Techno says, “Pleasure to meet you sir. Now I'm gonna need about 40 bucks for the cab outside? He’s waiting for me.”
Uncle Bill takes Techno and tosses him out of the front door, with no money for the taxi.
Techno yells "Aaaahhhhh."More to come, maybe.