Resistance is Futile
Last Saturday, I met the unpopular girl at our Halloween party. From what I was able to observe, the unpopular girl wasn’t mean or shy. She wasn’t the life of the party, but she wasn’t sitting in the corner by herself either. The unpopular girl was just a little bit different from the other girls. For example, her classmates came dressed as witches and princesses. The unpopular girl came dressed as a girl taking a shower. Her costume consisted of a hula hoop with a curtain hanging from it. I thought her costume was funny, but she definitely stood out — especially when she started bumping into things with her hula hoop curtain costume.
The unpopular girl reminded me of a scene from Spanglish. In the movie, Adam Sandler drops off his daughter at an elite private school. While his daughter is walking away, Sandler notices that his daughter is different from the other girls. Later, Sandler asks his nanny (Paz Vega): If you had to choose between your daughter fitting in and being the same as everyone else, or being different and not fitting in, which would you choose?
Obviously, our kids are all different and they have their own unique personality. However, at some point during childhood, kids will feel the urge to be assimilated by the Borg collective. Resistance is futile. They’ll start talking the same, pretend to like movies that they don’t like, and go to football games even though they don’t care for the sport. Ideally, our kids could be as different as they want to be and still be part of the hive. But I don’t think it works that way.
So, which would you choose for your kids? Being the same as the other kids and fitting in? Or being different and not fitting in? Sorry, you can’t choose being different and fitting in. That’s against the law.
Monster Mash
This is one of those good news, bad news post.
Bad news: we lost power yesterday evening.
Good news: power was out for less than two hours.
Bad news: it was annoying having to reset all the electronics afterwards.
Good news for me: I finished editing my Halloween video on Saturday.
Bad news for you: I get to torment my readers with another video. You’re welcome.
That’s one of the fun part of being a dad — making fun videos of the kids (and eating their Halloween candy when they are asleep). One of these days, the kids will be embarrassed by the videos. But right now, the videos make my kids laugh their little heads off.
Addams Family (2007)
Woman Kills Husband Online
Anyone hear about the woman who killed her virtual husband? Apparently, in an online role playing game (Maple Story), her husband divorced her and she got upset. So she used the login information her virtual husband gave her, hacked the game, and killed off her online husband. The other person complained to the police and they arrested her. Then they jailed her in the city where the man lived, which is 620 miles from her home. The two individuals are not married to each other in real life and they don’t even know each other.
It’s just a game! You would think if someone killed someone virtually, then the police could just virtually arrest her. Plus it’s also partly his fault for giving the woman his login info. Who in their right mind gives out their login id and password to someone they never met?
Elephants, Tigers, and Bears
Over the weekend, we went to see the new baby elephant (Samudra) at the Oregon Zoo. Samudra was born to Rose-Tu on August 23, 2008. Here are a few quick notes about our trip:
- Be glad you’re not a pregnant elephant. The gestation period for an elephant is 22 months.
- Samudra, a male elephant, will eventually live a solitary life. The herd consists of females only. Adult males usually live on their own.
- Animals are more active when they are cold. We went early to avoid the long baby elephant line and it was in the 40’s. During our visit, we actually saw animals move around for a change. Normally when we visit, the animals just lie around, watch soap operas, and eat Bon Bons all day.
Mommy, can I have some soda?
Where did this snow come from?
Disneyland Souvenir
Apparently my wife and I spent a little too much time in Fantasyland during our trip to Disneyland last summer. We’re expecting a little Disney souvenir in March. According to the VooDoo doctor, it’s going to be a boy. I’m not sure what the doctor and ultrasound tech were smoking, but I don’t see any boy parts in the ultrasound photo. I can’t even tell if the lifeform is human.
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