I’ve seen the beginning of Pete’s Dragon about twelve times now because my four-year-old cousin has discovered the wonders of the DVD remote. I’m visiting my family and have been alternately sang to, tugged around, and shown every room in my cousin’s house. I was also introduced to my cousin’s dad’s exercise machine, and it was insisted that I sit on it with her and slide back and forth. Her songs are the best, though: one of them was about a little girl who went swimming in a hole and then drowned with spiders (how pleasant is that?!), and another went like “Sarah was a girl, then she became a boy, and now she’s a girl…” That last one prompted me to ask her mom what kind of transgender issues they discuss nowadays in “Pre-K”.
We’re taking a trip to visit my parents tomorrow, and I know my cousin will love that because she’ll get to chase ducks and possibly bounce on the trampoline if her parents allow it. I brought along some homework for Wednesday, including reading in The Upanishads for Asian Philosophy and Utopia for honors. I started on Utopia the other night, and that was actually more fun that I expected, but that’s probably in part because I had experimented with an iceless Mudslide involving Kahlua, Bailey’s Irish Cream, Rain vodka, milk, and Hershey’s syrup, so I probably could have read the phone book and enjoyed it as much.
I was amazed at my astronomy class today, not because of the insight and knowledge I gained, but at how little was shown by my colleagues in there. One kid asked “If Mercury’s so hot, why isn’t it considered a star?” and some questions that were asked of us included “What is the most massive object in our solar system?” and “What type is that most massive object?” I distinctly remember in fourth grade studying our planets (there were nine in those days *nostalgic tear*) and learning about these various things, and I can’t believe anyone can get to college and not know some of this stuff.
Pete’s Dragon and Mudslides
I’ve seen the beginning of Pete’s Dragon about twelve times now because my four-year-old cousin has discovered the wonders of the DVD remote. I’m visiting my family and have been alternately sang to, tugged around, and shown every room in my cousin’s house. I was also introduced to my cousin’s dad’s exercise machine, and it was insisted that I sit on it with her and slide back and forth. Her songs are the best, though: one of them was about a little girl who went swimming in a hole and then drowned with spiders (how pleasant is that?!), and another went like “Sarah was a girl, then she became a boy, and now she’s a girl…” That last one prompted me to ask her mom what kind of transgender issues they discuss nowadays in “Pre-K”.
We’re taking a trip to visit my parents tomorrow, and I know my cousin will love that because she’ll get to chase ducks and possibly bounce on the trampoline if her parents allow it. I brought along some homework for Wednesday, including reading in The Upanishads for Asian Philosophy and Utopia for honors. I started on Utopia the other night, and that was actually more fun that I expected, but that’s probably in part because I had experimented with an iceless Mudslide involving Kahlua, Bailey’s Irish Cream, Rain vodka, milk, and Hershey’s syrup, so I probably could have read the phone book and enjoyed it as much.
I was amazed at my astronomy class today, not because of the insight and knowledge I gained, but at how little was shown by my colleagues in there. One kid asked “If Mercury’s so hot, why isn’t it considered a star?” and some questions that were asked of us included “What is the most massive object in our solar system?” and “What type is that most massive object?” I distinctly remember in fourth grade studying our planets (there were nine in those days *nostalgic tear*) and learning about these various things, and I can’t believe anyone can get to college and not know some of this stuff.