…according to 9-year-olds.
This is cute and made me feel more than a little old…even if I do have kids this age.
So much has defined this past decade, but imagine what it would be like if the past 9 years were the only years you had lived through. Yahoo! News editor Allison Louie-Garcia spoke to fourth graders in Orange County, Calif. to get some perspective on the ’00s from those who have experienced only it.
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Caught this yesterday on SHO:
I never in my life thought I’d be able to sit through (let alone be entertained, forced to think and laugh…and even get a bit misty-eyed by) a two hour and ten minute monologue about faith by the chick who was Pat on SNL, but I did…and I’m recommending it to you.
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I just want public record of the fact that today – December 2, 2009 – is the day the transition from little girl to total teenager has happened in our home.
Today in response to my making a joking comment about my daughter forgetting her band practice time sheet and signing it and handing it to her I was met with, “I know, daa-aaad!”
…and she said it in that tone of voice. (you have it in your head right now – and you’re spot on)
So I egged it on a little by questioning her lack of practice and got my first bit of real-world first-hand “teen logic” about how she needs this program for her computer that I’ve been dragging my feet on getting because she’s not sure if she’s hitting notes right and practicing wrong develops bad habits and wonk wonk wonk – essentially it was my fault she doesn’t practice enough. (not snotty about it, mind you, but definitely the twisted logic that we use with our parents at that age – and I’m sure it made perfect sense to her as she said it.)
Like I totally stepped out of body for the 45 seconds the whole conversation took and I could see the scene from above – a legit out of body experience! And I’m telling myself, “Holy shit! This is the moment. This is the first toe being dipped into the cold swimming pool. This is the beginning of the teen years coming on. At first it’s just a glimpse here and there. Then patterns develop. Then it’s more common than not. And before you know it – you have a fucking teenager.
It was truly a moment that made me both chuckle and feel a little sad at the same time.
I just want a written record of this moment. Definitely for posterity, but also so I can come back and read this a few years down the line when I can’t figure out why my kid seems to have gone totally nuts and does only things that makes me want to smack her upside the head.
Just one look at this countdown traffic light and you know it’s a great idea. A progress bar on a stop light? We’re on board with that. Besides alleviating frustration, designer Damjan Stankovi? sees his idea saving energy…
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9 Signs It’s Time To Lock It Down
Two things:
1. My wife is good for at least 6 (probably 7) of those…hence the lockdown.
2. George Romero movies? Pfft. We’ve been in George Romero’s bed watching laserdiscs. (yes, laserdiscs – it was the early/mid 90′s)
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
I said it in my comments under this post over two years ago and finally I’m devoting an entry to it.
The best show currently on television by a decent margin is Californication.
The stuff they’re doing right now with Rick Springfield is some of the funniest stuff I’ve seen in a while – from playing himself as a totally skeezy aging rocker to the subtle humor of the rest of the characters calling him by his full name everytime they address him.
Sure, it’s silly a lot of the time with tons of sex and drugs, but I think it’s one of the most human shows on TV too. Some good complex relationships that in the end you know these people care for each other – the realationship between Hank and daughter Becca is wonderful. It’s about as perfect as TV gets for me.
Plus, I wanna be Hank Moody when I grow up.
Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
Heh
The Taking of Pelham 123
Yeh
Food Inc.
Meh
It’s funny how the mind works. I would not have remembered this product, let alone the commercial, on my own accord if I lived to be 106. But as soon as I saw the first few seconds of this commercial, it all flooded back to me and I not only vividly remembered these, but also knew the commercial almost word for word (note for note?). I’d have been like 5 or 6 back when this ad ran.
I find the fact that the mind works that way pretty fascinating.
“Nobody knows what anticipation is anymore. Everything is so immediate.”
Joan Jett in the Nov 2009 issue of Esquire
I’m hoping they at least gave it to the kid afterward, but even if they did this is pretty brutal – geez…
I’ve already switched out to CFLs in most of the house – mostly because they’re so damn cheap.
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Crank 2: High Voltage
Every bit as stupid and awesome as you’d expect it to be.
Adventureland
A slow moving movie full of uninteresting characters I barely cared about.
A visualization of the contiguous United States, colored by distance to the nearest domestic McDonald’s!
The farthest you can be from a McDonald’s in the contiguous US is 107 miles as the crow flies (145 miles by car).
Who knew that a Time Warner DVR would afford someone such power?
According to Rassmussen polls.
It doesn’t surprise me one bit. We believe what we believe for a reason. I don’t doubt that we’ve all drawn our lines in the sand and short of some earth-shattering revelation on how to fix health care, none of us is really going to move that line very much.
There’s some interesting numbers and info in the article; definitely worth a look.
