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Oct. 6th, 2005
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Oct. 6th, 2005 08:20 pmWhen did THAT happen???
*rubs hands together and starts planning how to fill all these slots*
*rubs hands together and starts planning how to fill all these slots*
Verrrry Interrresting...
Oct. 6th, 2005 09:27 pmEliza (age 7) and Mark (age 10) are playing with Eliza's dolls. My kids do a sort of narrated improvisation when they play together.
Eliza: ... and then you saw I was crying in the pool.. *sobs*
Mark: "Oh dear, why are you crying in the pool?" And then I pulled you out of the pool so you didn't drown...
It's always interesting when Eliza is part of these narrated improv stories, because she tends to very firmly stick to her vision of how the story should go, and works hard to get her brother(s) to conform to her plans. Her brothers blissfully ignore those attempts. Often there are two totally discrete stories going on, only marginally linked by the shared interaction, in a sort of "He said/She said" taken to its furthest extreme.
So, then. In tonight's narrative, Eliza has introduced the following thematic elements:
1. Sex
2. Doctor/nurse romance
3. Extra-marital affairs
4. Body issues and the unrealistic perceived standard of female beauty
5. Dancing
6. Shopping
7. Drama! Betrayal! Falsehoods!
8. Wedding, wedding night events
9. Oh no, I'm pregmint! Ten minutes after I gave birth! And I'm in labor again!
Mark has introduced the following thematic elements:
1. Bazookas and other Very Impressive Weaponry
2. War and going to fight in a war
3. The unethical and unjust nature of the death penalty
4. Civil disobedience
5. Class issues
6. Death, bereavment, grief
7. Gender roles
8. Survival
9. Legal and illegal use of drugs
.. right now, Eliza is in the throes of labor (her third labor in the past 15 minutes) and Mark is defending the condo in which Eliza is laboring while Eliza calls Mark to come help her have the baby and Mark battles the forces of Whatever and deals with the horror of seeing his brothers in arms blown up while he calls for his commander to come help him.
Eliza: ... and then you saw I was crying in the pool.. *sobs*
Mark: "Oh dear, why are you crying in the pool?" And then I pulled you out of the pool so you didn't drown...
It's always interesting when Eliza is part of these narrated improv stories, because she tends to very firmly stick to her vision of how the story should go, and works hard to get her brother(s) to conform to her plans. Her brothers blissfully ignore those attempts. Often there are two totally discrete stories going on, only marginally linked by the shared interaction, in a sort of "He said/She said" taken to its furthest extreme.
So, then. In tonight's narrative, Eliza has introduced the following thematic elements:
1. Sex
2. Doctor/nurse romance
3. Extra-marital affairs
4. Body issues and the unrealistic perceived standard of female beauty
5. Dancing
6. Shopping
7. Drama! Betrayal! Falsehoods!
8. Wedding, wedding night events
9. Oh no, I'm pregmint! Ten minutes after I gave birth! And I'm in labor again!
Mark has introduced the following thematic elements:
1. Bazookas and other Very Impressive Weaponry
2. War and going to fight in a war
3. The unethical and unjust nature of the death penalty
4. Civil disobedience
5. Class issues
6. Death, bereavment, grief
7. Gender roles
8. Survival
9. Legal and illegal use of drugs
.. right now, Eliza is in the throes of labor (her third labor in the past 15 minutes) and Mark is defending the condo in which Eliza is laboring while Eliza calls Mark to come help her have the baby and Mark battles the forces of Whatever and deals with the horror of seeing his brothers in arms blown up while he calls for his commander to come help him.
Leftier than Ghandi and Nelson Mandela
Oct. 6th, 2005 10:29 pmYour political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.10
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.10
http://www.politicalcompass.org/