April 2006 Archives

There are very few places I can think of in our society where it is socially acceptable to walk around in your socks. I think it's safe to say there is nowhere that you can do that while disco music plays, black lights shine, and people attempt to knock over carefully arranged objects. Why is this place the exception?

Might as well start them young. Growing up, we regularly had chores to perform around the house. It could have been to dust, vacuum, empty the trash, do the dishes, whatever. There were several tasks we could have done. Yes, we know she's not even 17 months old, but there's no time like the present to teach them these sort of valuable lessons. Get busy cleaning woman! Her siblings will complain that more pictures were taken of her, and we'll point out that she had to start doing chores before they did.

It's raining again. It seems that some people have no concept of matching their windshield wiper speed with the amount of rain that is falling on their windshield. Maybe they're oblivious to the sound of their wipers doing that whole semi-wet rubber skipping across glass. Even if they're not making that noise, they're still going faster than a fat guy towards an open buffet line.

I've only tried to write about this now four times. This time though, I'm determined. Originally I was going to write about the Karpman Drama Triangle, then it was that same thing, but with regards to work, then I was just going to write about people who always think their life is the worst or they're the busiest or the most stressed (generally those who constantly play the victim role in that triangle), and now I'm going to just talk about people at work in general and the roles they play.

They're not exactly the words that would lead a person to be able to carry on amazingly special and precious conversations forever, but at least they're words. I can't promise that I'll document each new one that comes up, but these are the latest and greatest. She might not say her R's the best, or be that consistent in pronouncing them, but it's really cool to hear her say these things.

I organize my candy before I eat it. I'm not sure exactly why I do it, but I do. Maria would probably claim that it's my OCD showing through once again. I would contend that it gives me an activity to do while I do another activity - the super multi-tasker showing through again.

Cecilia stacks stuff up. She really likes to do it, and she does it all the time. In this example you've got her playing with one of her favorite (and cheapest) toys. A stack of wooden rings. This is the biggest cheating device that she uses for stacking though. With the assistance of the little center dude, she'll stack these rings on there for a while, then take them off, and re-stack them again. She's really all about building towers.

I'm a full supporter of April Fools. I admit that I am one of those people who enjoys playing tricks on people throughout the year… so I'm certainly in favor of a day dedicated to things of that nature. I don't care what the roots of the day are, nor how it's probably derived from some pagan, satanic, or polytheist tradition.

Too many people seem too focused on that sort of crap. Currently _________ is a harmless day. Get over it.

The biggest shocker is that this year went by without event. Yes, I'm ashamed as well.

She'll do it if you ask her to. She'll do it if you don't ask her to. Combine the raised eyebrows with the wide open mouth, and a slightly downward tilted head… and you've got yourself a surprised little 16 month old girl. Not only will she act surprised for you (at the most random times), but she'll even scare you if you ask her to. Nothing really scares me more than a little person repeatedly walking around the corner and saying "Boo!" Seriously though, it's pretty cool.