With the beginning of my new job, my internet use has come to an almost complete halt during the daytime. As a result, I spend my late nights catching up on my 'net surfing, which leaves even less time for blogging. And sleep. Sorry.
We had friends come in for the 4th, which meant a thorough house-cleaning. I had to stash most of the contents of my old cube under the dining table. Owen had a "brilliant" time at the annual birthday barbecue we go to, mostly because of the fireworks we got to see. There were also a bunch of other kids about his age there, and he had a ton of fun playing with them. Especially once they realized the Nerf rocket launcher could also be used as a water gun.
Even though it opened last weekend, we finally got around to checking out WALL-E. I really liked it. Owen, being the sensitive boy, got very upset about where the people were. (Later, I explained the storytelling convention of looking in the background movies about what's already happened in the movie). Then, he sobbed at the end of the movie. He did laugh at the right places, and he really did like the movie, using old cellphones in the places of WALL-E and EVE.
Tip of the day: An old pizza box makes a good surface on which to shuck corn. A bonus: since you're not supposed to recycle pizza boxes anyway, you can then close it and throw the whole thing out; the mess is contained. Presto!
future posts: Avon Calling, 80s clothing-redux rant & Prom, Iron Man, Zeer.com
6 comments:
you're not supposed to recycle pizza boxes? why not?
i used one this weekend when i was painting, to put the paint can, brushes, etc. on. same idea (contain the mess, no cleanup). we could start a blog about 1001 uses for pizza boxes :)
Hmm...where we live, we can't recycle pizza boxes. I think because, unlike plastic or metal containers, they can't be cleaned properly? But that's only a guess.
1001 uses for pizza boxes--why not! ^_^
oh, interesting...
did you see the times and cnn articles about Wall-E and whether kids get the darker message of the movie? did owen ask any questions about the garbage or why the people had left?
Aww that is so cute about Owen. I didn't see that Times/CNN article Deepa, I wanna read them! I loved the underlying message of Wall-E (I blogged all about it too actually, hehe), it was just a great message for kids/youth whether they realised it right away or not, and for all the adults who'd inevitably watch it too.
I loved it, it was so cute!
PS, Can't wait to see your 80's/prom post, and Iron Man!!
Owen actually DID got the larger message of pollution but didn't quite get the consumerist one. He picked up on the fact that the people were fat because they didn't exercise & walk, though. It was the people being gone from earth that set him off in the first place; we almost had to leave. It was a moment when I wasn't sure if I should take him out or if we could stay.
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