Resuci Annie is out of the office today, which is good news, because working with her is like having a Caesarian section every day.
Jen bought our sister-in-law a gym membership for Christmas and she got three one-month passes for herself. She gave two away and she's using one for herself. Since the clock is running on them, she's trying to go to the gym as often as she can.
I asked Lily what she thinks mommy does at the gym. I expected her to say "She runs around", because that's how she answers me whenever I ask what she did at preschool.
Instead, she thought about it and said "Umm...plays with monkeys?"
Heh.
Speaking of monkeys, we saw
The Forbidden Kingdom, which is an interpretation of the Chinese Epic,
Journey to the West. Journey to the West was formally set down in the 16th century, but it existed in folk tales for easily twice that long. The central figure, the Monkey King, is a trickster figure as old as human myth. The story has been told and retold since before there was an America. But in none of these interpretations is there a goofy white kid from New York City. Jesus Christ, Hollywood. You've got Jet Li and Jackie Chan in your movie. Do you really need an audience identification character?
Other than that, really good. The two leads are undeniably appealing, (and they did spend a lot of screen time abusing Whitey, so bonus) Yuen Woo Ping always choreographs great action scenes, and it had the appropriate mythic feel.
Lily's new thing is lining things up. She'll dump out all her toys, and then spread them in a long row. She calls this "Doing her work".
Last night, Lily was in the bath tub, I was upstairs and Jen stepped into the kitchen to do some dishes. She could still hear Lily splashing around in there, and would poke her head in to check on her every couple minutes. After Jen had wrapped up the dishes, she went back to the bathroom and found that Lily had pooped in the tub, and then arranged the little turds in a neat little line along its edge.
Blech.
"Are your hands clean, Lily?"
"They're pretty clean, mommy."
New Who So, we saw the Christmas episode of Doctor Who, "The Next Doctor". Pretty decent. Easily the best of the Christmas episodes. David Morrissey was having a lot of fun with the role, and David Tennant gave a nice, understated performance.
In other news, it looks like 26-year old Matt Smith has been cast as the 11th Doctor. Not only is he barely out of diapers, but his previous acting experience has primarily been opposite Billie Piper. Fuck! This is a slap in the face to all Doctor Who fans! A SLAP IN THE FACE!
Ehhh....seriously, I'm not thrilled about the choice, but we'll wait and see. Right now, it seems like a bigger line of turds than one on our bath tub.
Jen and I went to New York last Tuesday. It was nice. We did all the touristy things, Central Park, FAO Schwartz, watching the skaters at Rockefeller Center, walking up Times Square. It was neat. I wanted to see MOMA, but they're closed on Tuesdays.
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