9 year old daughter: "The movie is different from the book, because in the book, there is a younger man, a middle aged man, and a guy who is about, like, fifty ..."
me: "Wait. How old is the 'middle aged' man?"
daughter: "About, like, thirty."
Ouch.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
Bye-bye, Baron
There he is, Baron Davis, ball at his hip, making that turn, blowing past some defender and pimping some Power Ade from on high. "Oh, Mom. That billboard makes me sad," says my daughter from the backseat. "I know. Me, too."
Baron, how could you? I know we didn't have the money to keep you, but we are still hurt. You left us for ... the Clippers?!!! Sigh.
My daughter has become quite a basketball fan, discussing trade rumors with her dad. After a brief visit to the land of Barbies, she moved on to Groovy Girl kingdom for a while, with visits into American Girl territory; we were relieved that she made a complete detour around Hannah Montana town, and now she has ventured into the world of sports talk and the Golden State Warriors. She has not quite abandoned her Groovy and American Girl friends, but there has been a definite shift. So her dad has a new person with whom he can discuss all that important information he gets about the team: hot off the Warriors blog or some ESPN feed. He must be happy to be able to talk to her about these things, and have her actually know who he is talking about, rather than telling me some critical trade information and have me respond, "Who?"
Thank goodness her dad hasn't recruited her into doing research for his fantasy league draft. Well, at least, not yet.
As incongruous as it might seem, she is apparently not the only little Asian American girl who likes to talk basketball. She is attending a Japanese American cultural summer school, where during their breaks, it seems that basketball is a popular topic. "So, Mom? At school, today, Sachi asked everybody: 'Okay, so who's sad that Baron Davis is going to the Clippers?' and almost everybody raised their hands. But so, like, yeah, then, Sachi said, 'That's okay, though, because now, Monta Ellis has his chance to shine!!!" My daughter says this last part with gleefulness and joy, the smile taking over her whole face.
Since then, my daughter greets every confirmed trade or non-trade with: "Now Marco Belinelli has his chance to shine!" or "Now Azubuke has his chance to shine!" or "Now [fill in the blank] has his chance to shine!" It's really quite cute, and reminds me that sometimes we need to recognize the wisdom that might come from the mouth of a nine year old. There's certainly nothing wrong with being hopeful. If she can be hopeful about the Warriors, well, then, there are certainly lots of things I can be optimistic about, too.
Okay, Monta -- don't let my girl down. It's your chance to shine.
Baron, how could you? I know we didn't have the money to keep you, but we are still hurt. You left us for ... the Clippers?!!! Sigh.
My daughter has become quite a basketball fan, discussing trade rumors with her dad. After a brief visit to the land of Barbies, she moved on to Groovy Girl kingdom for a while, with visits into American Girl territory; we were relieved that she made a complete detour around Hannah Montana town, and now she has ventured into the world of sports talk and the Golden State Warriors. She has not quite abandoned her Groovy and American Girl friends, but there has been a definite shift. So her dad has a new person with whom he can discuss all that important information he gets about the team: hot off the Warriors blog or some ESPN feed. He must be happy to be able to talk to her about these things, and have her actually know who he is talking about, rather than telling me some critical trade information and have me respond, "Who?"
Thank goodness her dad hasn't recruited her into doing research for his fantasy league draft. Well, at least, not yet.
As incongruous as it might seem, she is apparently not the only little Asian American girl who likes to talk basketball. She is attending a Japanese American cultural summer school, where during their breaks, it seems that basketball is a popular topic. "So, Mom? At school, today, Sachi asked everybody: 'Okay, so who's sad that Baron Davis is going to the Clippers?' and almost everybody raised their hands. But so, like, yeah, then, Sachi said, 'That's okay, though, because now, Monta Ellis has his chance to shine!!!" My daughter says this last part with gleefulness and joy, the smile taking over her whole face.
Since then, my daughter greets every confirmed trade or non-trade with: "Now Marco Belinelli has his chance to shine!" or "Now Azubuke has his chance to shine!" or "Now [fill in the blank] has his chance to shine!" It's really quite cute, and reminds me that sometimes we need to recognize the wisdom that might come from the mouth of a nine year old. There's certainly nothing wrong with being hopeful. If she can be hopeful about the Warriors, well, then, there are certainly lots of things I can be optimistic about, too.
Okay, Monta -- don't let my girl down. It's your chance to shine.
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