Something new that Will has been doing in the month of December is playing a game called "What's Will Doing." The game goes like this: Will is doing something perfectly clear and straightforward, like eating lunch, digging in the sand, or kicking a piece of wood. Will locates me and, sometimes too quietly for me to hear at first, and then with ( Read more... )

well, in true Precious Cargo (my place of employment) fashion, a vague job offer turned into very immediate employment. adrian's now helping ben renovate the new building they've acquired, about thirty minutes south of the city. they're making it into a small preschool. there's tons to be done, and adrian's doing it full-time; i bring him to work ( Read more... )

adrian got offered a job making furniture with my boss's husband. Ben's starting up a business, and i think it's going to be very successful, because the market here is parched for what Ben's planning to make. it's the perfect job for adrian, completely perfect. at first he'd work off Ben's designs and then be able to implement his own, once he ( Read more... )

Will, today, explored non sequitur as a humoristic form, while we were playing outside:

Will: [pointing] "in sandpit."
Alex: "yep, there are some kids in the sandpit!"
Will: "chicken."
Alex: "what??"
Will: "SUPERMARKET!!"

Will turned two yesterday. happy birthday Will!

well, internet persons, you may or may not know that since June i've been working in a pre-school, as the lead teacher for the 1.5-to-2.5 age group. there's a lot i don't like about my job, but very little of it is directly related to my interaction with the kids -- it's mostly bureaucratic stuff. the kids are, by and large, a great pleasure to be ( Read more... )

two of my cousins, who are brother and sister, have recently had babies -- one by adoption, and one by natural birth. my dream last night merged these two situations into one. in my dream, the male cousin and his still-pregnant wife had four multiracial adopted young children (the oldest was five), brangelina-style. while i was visiting them, they ( Read more... )

so like during the last few months i have become increasingly obsessed with Tallinn, Estonia. look at this shit, dude. look at it. what is the matter with me. why in the chicken balls have i not traveled to Estonia. has anyone been? as amazing as it looks y/n? my next europe trip (very far in the future, no doubt) will feature stockholm, helsinki, ( Read more... )

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by the way, my friends and i are making really silly (and sometimes serious) music lately, you should take a gander.

hee hee! my boys

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