More Overheards and So Much to Remember
"Where is that book with the instructions for the car wash, that Martha Sweetheart book?"--Manny
"Benic, I can tell you my top 5 on-time favorite songs on itunes." --Manny
Geoff: Please don't draw on your cast, what are you doing?
Benicio: I was just going to add some detail.
Mia: Clo, what did you do with my Frieda Kahlo bookmark?
Calliope: I throw it in a trash.
Mia pretends to cry.
Calliope: S'okay, s'okay. (She pats my face.)
What I want to remember about right now: Our White House Cake that we made for our Inaugural Ball. We invited folks on our street over for soup and chats. It was sincere and fun. The cake was a model of the White House facade, including powdered mini-donuts in stacks as pillars and American flag toothpicks. We had black licorice for windows but the kids thought these tasted horrible. We sang "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" because no one knew Hail to the Chief:: Walking in Chinatown to celebrate the Year of the Ox, our camera froze:: On the afternoon of the inauguration, my sister said to me, I pictured you in your family room nursing and weeping in front of the tv. I responded, "HOW DID YOU KNOW?"::Benicio coming back from a date with Manny and my Dad and him saying it was the best day of his entire life. (They had gone to the movies, fast food, and the toy store.) Geoff teaching the kids the phrase "in this dojo" as in "There is no whining in this dojo." and "We follow through with our jobs in this dojo." The kids then saying to eachother, "There are no stinky babies in this dojo" from Clara:: The surreal image of my Mom moshing and pogo-ing with about 10 of her grand kids. My sister's dining room had become a tri-generational discotheque. The kids were swung around, laughing and sweaty. Even Manny, who these days exhibits a fair amount of bored derision and loathing, was break-dancing intensely. I served as lifeguard/photographer, "Clara, I challenge you to dance without touching anyone but also could you jump like that again for a sec?"
"Benic, I can tell you my top 5 on-time favorite songs on itunes." --Manny
Geoff: Please don't draw on your cast, what are you doing?
Benicio: I was just going to add some detail.
Mia: Clo, what did you do with my Frieda Kahlo bookmark?
Calliope: I throw it in a trash.
Mia pretends to cry.
Calliope: S'okay, s'okay. (She pats my face.)
What I want to remember about right now: Our White House Cake that we made for our Inaugural Ball. We invited folks on our street over for soup and chats. It was sincere and fun. The cake was a model of the White House facade, including powdered mini-donuts in stacks as pillars and American flag toothpicks. We had black licorice for windows but the kids thought these tasted horrible. We sang "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" because no one knew Hail to the Chief:: Walking in Chinatown to celebrate the Year of the Ox, our camera froze:: On the afternoon of the inauguration, my sister said to me, I pictured you in your family room nursing and weeping in front of the tv. I responded, "HOW DID YOU KNOW?"::Benicio coming back from a date with Manny and my Dad and him saying it was the best day of his entire life. (They had gone to the movies, fast food, and the toy store.) Geoff teaching the kids the phrase "in this dojo" as in "There is no whining in this dojo." and "We follow through with our jobs in this dojo." The kids then saying to eachother, "There are no stinky babies in this dojo" from Clara:: The surreal image of my Mom moshing and pogo-ing with about 10 of her grand kids. My sister's dining room had become a tri-generational discotheque. The kids were swung around, laughing and sweaty. Even Manny, who these days exhibits a fair amount of bored derision and loathing, was break-dancing intensely. I served as lifeguard/photographer, "Clara, I challenge you to dance without touching anyone but also could you jump like that again for a sec?"
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