July 2003


While watching Cosmic Voyage, a film about the universe and the microverse, shown in IMAX theaters last year:

Five Year Old Alyssa: Wow, this isn’t as boring anymore. It’s actually getting interesting.

Four Year Old Drew: Yeah.

Alyssa: Look Drew, thunder! Cool.

Drew: Yeah.

Alyssa: See, Drew? God makes thunder, not Kevin.

Drew: No–Kevin makes thunder.

Alyssa: You’re wrong. See right there on the screen? God makes thunder!

Drew: God makes thunder…AND Kevin makes thunder.

Alyssa: Whatever.

Later, at end of movie:

Alyssa: Wow. If that’s a ride, then I want to go on it.

My friends Joe and Laura (not my brother Joe–this is a different guy) moved away today to North Carolina with their two little ones. Sad times for me, although I’m glad for them–new jobs, close to family, nice place to live.

My psyche is wired a bit differently from most people–I may not see someone for ten years and then connect like no time has passed at all. I usually don’t miss people because they’re often in my thoughts (and heck, the Internet keeps people only microseconds away). This time is different. I guess I’m getting old (or middle-aged, at least). Good luck, Joe and Laura–may the wind be always at your back.

My brother Joe has returned from South America and is now in Seattle for a short stopover on his way home to Guam. I hope he comes back next summer.

Despite the picture of Joe in South America below, most of his trip was in freezing weather at very high altitudes. Joe hiked up to Machu Picchu and also crossed over into Bolivia for a short time.

Ummm, Denise corrected me about Drew’s comment–I’d apparently heard wrong. Drew said the woman was a hot chick because she had a red bra, not a red ball.

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, he’s only four. On the other hand, at least he’s showing a healthy interest in girls (I think). Of course, he kept asking Mommy today if she had a bra on–he seems to have a bra fixation. I’m not which way to take that.

I’m also not sure how to take the fact that he keeps wearing his dragon costume from Halloween several times a month. The costume is now over two years old. The legs now only go to his knees.

I guess part of raising kids is being at a puzzled loss.

🙂

Dad, Joe and me, and little Drew. Taken on June 21, 2003:

With the family at McDonald’s:

Drew: Daddy, the lady on the TV. Is she a hot chick?

Denise and I exchange raised eyebrows.

Me: Uh–I didn’t see her, Drew. What do you think? Was she a hot chick?

Drew: Yeah. She had a red ball.

Later:

Drew: Daddy?

Me: Yes, Drew?

Drew (pointing to the Happy Meal box illustrations): Look at the monkey, Daddy!

Me: Yep–cool monkey, Drew.

Drew: Daddy, he’s got a heart butt!

Sure enough, AIAI the Super Monkey’s hindquarters were heartshaped. My Drew, the detailed observer…

New movie trailer: The Incredibles. I can’t wait until it gets into the theaters (November, 2004). It looks like a lot of fun.

Robert Scoble writes of a great video of two guys playing tennis Matrix-style. The “special effects” are hilarious. (You’ll need Windows Media Player to view it, although mPlayer also played it on my Mac).

From the Prelinger film archives: Are You Popular?

Ginny think she’s got the key to popularity–parking in cars with boys at night.

We laughed all the way through this one–a classic must-watch!

I got to watch Drew, Alyssa, and cousin Megan all day today–I was worried, but it was actually a lot of fun. It’s amazing to watch the group dynamics of three little people. Well, it’s more fun when you aren’t separating them every five minutes so that they don’t kill each other.

Seriously, they were pretty well behaved. We got to do a lot of things: play in the pool, play in the house, draw, watch a matinee (Rugrats Go Wild), clean up (a lot), and make some banana bread along the way. I even got to catch up on housework.

I could get to enjoy this. After all, I need to have some kind of marketable skill–this technology gig can’t last forever, right?

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