Alex understands drop-offs. He’ll crawl to the edge of something, say the couch or the top of a stair, and look down and feel around the edge for a way down.- He understand that falling hurts. In fact, he gets a bit scared when standing sometimes because of this.
- More importantly, he understands that falling hurts if he’s on hardwood floors (or foam mats over hardwood floors) but not if he’s falling onto our bed.
- Finally, if you rub your fingers up and down on his lips, he now makes a ‘wubba-wubba’ sound. He tends to be amused by it. He also does this on his own, either with his hand, or with whatever suitable toy he’s holding.
- Ran the Bradford Valentine Run today. I was slightly slower than last year. Time: 52:02 (from gun to crossing the finish line). Net time (from crossing start line to crossing finish line), unsure, since they didn’t track that. I’m estimating about 50:00, just so I can think I ran 10 minute miles. Given than I’ve only run 8.5M in training this year, I’m very happy with my time, even though it’s not as good as last year. I’m happy that I was able to easily finish the race. Was very happy that I managed to sprint the last 1.5M or so. Taking off my outer long sleeve shirt (leaving me in a t-shirt) really helped, as I had to run fast to keep warm.
- American Idolism #1: A sign encouraging one of the contestants:
Some Name is are American Idol.
- American Idolism #2: Contestant receives negative criticism from the judges. Contestant’s mom is unhappy.
Mom: [Simon Cowell]‘s not even American. He needs to go back to… where he from, French?
Host: No, he’s British.
Mom: He needs to go back to British. - American Idolism #3: I’m utterly amazed at the number of contestants they show who state that there’s no need for the judges to be negative. Not assholes, as the judges sometimes are, but negative. I’m amazed at the number of people who don’t seem to understand that it’s a competition, you go there to compete and be judged. They seem to feel that they are entitled to praise.
Running, Milestones, American Idol Dumbness
2007-02-10 14:21
One race down, a half marathon to go in May? Did Dina cry of joy as you crossed the finish line? Did your hair freeze or was it less cold than last year’s?