It’s Flashdance all over again.

They sell pre-dirtied jeans now. No kidding. I bet the upper middle class suburban parents love those.

I never thought I’d say I liked something less than acid-washed jeans, but…

09/11/02

Sage, Todd and Paul are in a hotel room watching the Today show on tv.

Sage Oh my god. What is that THING?
Todd Matt Lauer’s new hair cut. And they keep saying there have been no terrorist attacks.

‘Ello.

An Irish man at the apartment complex pool said hello to me, and I did not immediately rip off all my clothes. So, good, I’m making progress.

Are we there yet?

Here are four good car games for ages 4 and up.

• Person A says a random word (like pink, stereo, President Reagan, whatever) and Person B says what it reminds them of. So does C, D, and whoever else you managed to con into this long car trip. Person B thinks up their own word and so on. It’s especially fun with kids because you get to find out more about how their brains work.
• Person A says a random word (like popcorn), Person B says just one word that reminds them of (like movies), Person C does the same (Jurassic Park) and you go on until no one can go any farther.
• This one is more for ages 10 and up. Pick a subject, like movies, tv, kinds of trees, actresses over 40, whatever. Each person takes turns saying something that falls under that subject until you’re completely tapped out.
• Turn on the radio. Find instrumental music, if you can. Person A says what would be happening in a movie if this music were playing. Everyone gets a turn, then you pick new music. The results of our game follow.
  • Sage: It’s a woman, jogging along the beach, a really long camera shot.
  • Todd: It’s the beginning of a terribly sad movie, and you know something is going to happen to ruin all their lives, but this is the morning before and no one knows it’s going to happen. It’s a montage of getting ready for school, work, etc.
  • Paul: It’s Tyrannosaurus Rex and he’s playing music on a HUGE guitar!

I need rahab.

Warning: playing the following game will turn you into a crack addict. (Somebody had to say it. Quit throwing those rotton tomatoes!)

From one Crab to another…

Only my mother could watch The Dark Crystal and say at the end (while everyone else has tears in their eyes and is so happy for the Gelflings) “God, those poor sad crab creatures. They had no life at all.”

The real reason we moved out of the yurt.

So elegantly put.

“I have known Nature. I have known Civilization. Civilization is better.” - Boyd

Bil Keane, creator of Family Circus, call your lawyers!

I haven’t thought the Family Circus comic was funny since I hit junior high, so it was surprising to find Paul’s declaration that we were moving to “Kalbaturkey” adorable. I know. I’m the only one who thinks that.

Dreeeaaammmmm, dream dream dream, dreeeeeeeeeam…

Wow, that was cool. I was having an exceptionally horrible dream when my mom showed up, and as I was telling her how much I wanted this to be a dream instead of reality, she said, “Well, how can you prove it?” and I said, “Ummm, I want the phone to ring right now, and someone on the other end will tell me it’s all a dream,” and it happened!

We’re Gonna Netwoik

Submitted entry: Well, it appears that all of the jobs I talked about in my last entry aren’t going to happen as late yesterday I got a call. One of the companies I contract for wants to send us all to Albuquerque for eight months. We’re all pretty excited at “playing mainstream” for a little while. So now I’m looking online for corporate apartments in town, rental cars, playgroups, unschooling groups, museums, and other things to do. We verified that we can, indeed, get a library card while we’re there so that’s a big improvement on our trip to New York. Our life practically revolves around the library. So I think we’re going to be leaving sometime around the 10th and I’ll be starting work on the 16th. Then sometime around March we’ll be coming home for a long rest.

Meanwhile, Paul’s beginning to teach himself to swim. Out of nowhere today he just started going underwater and floating in the pool. A few weeks ago he was afraid to go in much over his waist. Funny how things changed. I’m really excited now for his birthday party. We’re having it tomorrow and we’ve reserved the pool for it. We got a ton of halloween themed stuff from the party store including a skull cake pan (his choice - what a birthday cake, eh? I lobbied for the eyeball votive candles for birthday candles but Sage vetoed them saying that they were too big and not “real” birthday candles).