Irasali asked if I take my monkey, Ozomatli Chi’Boogie*, with me everywhere.
Basically, yes. If I know I’ll be sleeping somewhere else, say at the parent’s house, I take Ozo with me. When I go on trips whether they be for business or fun, I bring him along. I don’t take him to school or to work, because that would be weird, you know.
The funny thing about Ozo is that he doesn’t even belong to me. He belongs to one of my best friends, Will. I made Ozo at the Build-A-Bear Workshop and sent him to Will as a graduation present. Soon after, we had a falling out and didn’t speak to each other for some time. Even back then I had drama with my relationships, but I tried to work them out. Lucky for me, Will and I were able to restore our friendship. In the fall, I asked Will if he’d let me have custody of Ozo because I missed him. He sent him back with a mutual friend, Lamont, who went to Chicago for a visit. Since October 2003, Ozo has lived with me and sleeps in my bed pretty much every night. He has more clothes than some children and is well-known by my extended family.
I’ve taken him on both of my recent trips to Mexico. My family over there gets a kick out of Ozo. They call him their sobrino. He goes with me to a lot of family functions and I always take him home for the weekend when I go. Everyone at home likes him, but VR is a little scared. I’ve taken him on my business trips as well.
*The name comes from the Nahuatl word for monkey, and a play on John Lennon’s pseudonym Dr. Winston O’Boogie. I changed the O to Chi because he was going to live in Chicago.
How beary enlightening!
that Ozo is a cutie! (5 bucks Oso is gonna say I mispelled his name. . lol)
I’m not sure…. was the sarcasm evident in my last comment?
*giggles*
Too cute chica. Your entry made me think of my sister’s Hubby. When we went to Vegas last year, I won a really soft cute brown bear at “Circus Circus” and forgot it in Cali when I flew back here to San Antonio, TX. When I went for Xmas, my sister told me he loved the bear so much, he sleeps with it! LMBO
I could not believe her till I went to her house one day and she sneaked me in their room when he wasn’t looking, and pointed to her bed…
“See? I told you he sleeps with it! You thought I was kidding!”
OMG… lmao I just about died laughing.
I asked her, “Y se chupa el dedo tambien cuando duerme con el???”
We busted out laughing. *hehe*
It’s so cute though… funny but CUTE!
i thought it was chi for chicano?
I just love your bear!
Following Nebur’s lead…
How Bear-ific
nebur’s corny comment made me let out one of those emBEARassing snort laughs.
I might have to buy a bear for my wife and then keep him for myself.
Okay so this is going to sound really really retarded… but
Do you ever spank the monkey?
LMAO..
Sorry.. I had to.
very, very cute. thanks for sharing cindy. you are required to bring him with you whenever you visit chi town. i obviously want to meet him now. i bet he misses the windy city terribly and is just too kind to tell you.
This is inconceivable. You made Ozo at a Build-a-Bear workshop and you insist on calling him a monkey?
Well, you didn’t fool me. I knew from day one that Ozo was one of my own.
Ha. That is so adorable. In high school I used to have a beany frog. My friends and I shared the responsibility for his proper care.Then one day..he started BEEDING…and eventually he was just cloth..we had a funeral for him. RIP fred
more yawn
Nebur,
Strange. I often yawn when I get to your blog too.
cad,
Does this mean you owe me $5?
Bonita,
It doesn’t seem like you’ll get that bear back. I don’t think I’ve ever won anything cool at Circus Circus. I suck at the games on the midway.
Tin,
Nope. He’s actually Boricua/Chicano.
Gustavo,
Shouldn’t you be lesson planning or something?
Julissa,
Nooooo! Don’t follow the lead of a Latino lawyer!
Joel,
Do it, do it! I think you might be able to get your bear/monkey/dog whatever kind of animal you get dressed up in Nationals’ gear.
Jeff,
I thought the filter would catch that kind of stuff. And no. He’s rather well behaved.
Irasali,
I think he’ll be returning to Chicago in May, but I won’t be going with him.
Oso,
You should try going to a Build-a-Bear store. You might find your purpose there.
Yolanda,
I had a bear named Kat del Oso X that I made with some people I used to work with. She now lives in Boston with one of the guys who made her. Hopefully he’s taking good care of her and we won’t have to reunite for a burial.
LOL @ Jeff, and LOL @ Cindylu Oso purpose comment. You guys are great, a big BEAR hug to all of you.
Awe Oso! You were suppose to say I misspelled your name! UnBEARlievable. ..
okay was that stretching it?. . .lol. .sorry, just wanted to join in the fun!
Cindy put it on my tab!