Random Acts of Mind by Dones

I know there are others out there who can’t simply tune out infomercials. Anyone else notice this? Instead of the tried and true ‘Shipping & Handling,’ the commercials are now calling it either ‘Shipping & Processing’ or ‘Processing & Handling.’

When and why did they change?

I tried to use my cell phone as bait to get Joshua to take his first steps. Does he start walking? Watch and find out!

I don’t like chicken. I think everyone who’s spent 10 minutes with me knows this. Well, like father, like son: Baby Joshua’s first taste of chicken was not well received, to say the least.

Dog tired!
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We need a home.

As I announced in a previous post, my new Book Club is talking Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons.

While this is not a review, I would give it 5/5 stars, easily. While my expectations for this graphic novel were not necessarily matched by the reading of the book, every statement I ever heard or read about Watchmen were correct. I have not read many comics or graphics novels, but this is definitely one that would enable the reader to transition to graphic novels from either classic literature or from films. There are enough layers of thematic elements, both in the narrative and graphically, to satisfy all from the most novice to the most advanced readers. Readers who take this book up multiple times will no doubt discover new aspects of Moore’s & Gibbons’ genius that emanate from the pages.

(Spoilers begin here!)
As masterful as the creation is, I have to mention a couple spots where I was affected most: first, the whole attack on NYC echoed 9/11 (though the book was written 15 years before those attacks), and for me, this simultaneously brought the events of the book much closer to reality, while also making the choices the main characters made in the end that much more appalling. The theme that sometimes people make the unthinkable choices for ‘the greater good,’ though not without giving up their own soul–this theme resonates so much more clearly after September 11th, 2001, at least with me.

So what about you? I want to hear what people think about the characters, the themes, etc. If you want to discuss the upcoming film, be my guest. I’ll definitely chime in as well.

Check this thing out! Are you kidding me?? (There’s a video available after following the link). I can’t imagine any kid owning this, it’s pretty wild. In my opinion it’s a step before a child getting his own Sherman tank or something. But what do I know, maybe this will be the hot toy of the season.

On the other hand, robotic dinosaurs are always cool.

Shhh!
Originally uploaded by metamorphilia.

Don’t wake the baby!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
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I came home tonight to find that elves had trimmed the tree! Isn’t it pretty, and presents underneath, too!

If you’ve watched The Soup on E! this week, you have no doubt seen footage of this wack poodle thing:

Freaky, yeah, I know.  Well, we were watching that on The Soup a few nights ago, and Jessie didn’t get to see it, she just heard the weirdness from her vantage point in the other room. She asked what it was, and I told her: “It’s some freaky, freaky dog. At least I think it’s a dog.”

Well, last night they replayed that episode, and baby Joshua and I were playin gon the living room floor, and his mom was on the sofa. When the dog came on, Josh looked at the TV and then started freaking out like he was scared of it (not that I can blame him), so scared that when I turned him around to face me instead of the TV he shrieked when he saw me, and it took probably 5 minutes to calm him down. The dog came back on the TV a few minutes later, so we had to turn it off and soothe the baby all over again. Poor guy! This is the first time he’s ever acted frightened of something other than just his parents leaving the room, so it was a new experience for us.

Well, Jessie & I were debating whether it was the noise or the image of the dog that scared Josh so much, so Jessie looked it up on YouTube when Josh was not able to see the screen. Guess what? He got scared again, and his Mommy actually had to change his diaper after that!

STANDING UP ON HIS OWN!!!
Originally uploaded by metamorphilia.

He’s been doing this for a few days now, but we felt the need to snap a pic of him standing up!

Granted, it’s for all of about 2 seconds right now, and mama had the camera ready while I set him up with a toy to distract him, but it really did work, and for those 2 seconds it was all Joshua!