The Kids
I took some video of the kids today … short, sweet and silly. 
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A song or three
Now if I could just get them in the same key … Read the rest of this entry »
Mikaela flying
Mikaela put on her fairy wings and kept hopping up and down, trying to fly (of course, to no avail) – so Jay decided to give her a lift. Read the rest of this entry »
Be Still My Beating Heart
I recently blogged about one of my favorite bands – Portishead – coming out with a new album (which I’m somewhat disappointed with).
But as a consolation, two more great bands I love are coming out with new albums – the Verve and Coldplay.
the Verve, like Portishead, are back together after a 10-year hiatus. (I swear, these bands are re-uniting to save us from the wretchedness that is ’00s music.) They have tour dates scheduled and recently released the Thaw Session, which you can hear here. I saw the Verve live at the Roxbury in Atlanta in 1997. I would love to go see them again, they’re a great live band. They currently don’t have any U.S. dates listed, but they did recently play at the Coachella music festival. Anyway, an album is forthcoming. I’ll try to contain my excitement. [If you're new to the Verve or only know them by their hit single Bittersweet Symphony, here's a few songs to broaden your horizons: Slide Away, Gravity Grave, Lucky Man, Weeping Willow]
Coldplay, on the other hand … I’ve loved every album they’ve put out, but I’m not sure what I think about the single, Violet Hill from their upcoming album Viva La Vida. I mean, it’s not bad. But something about this track reminds me of that insipid Franz Ferdinand song they played to death on the radio the year it was released. I personally love their endearing, melodic songs like Fix You and Trouble. If it ain’t broke, why fix it?
Little drummer boy … and girl
So we’ve had this kiddie-sized drumset for over a year now. Jay bought it to help with Gabriel’s motor skills – and it did help, but we just didn’t have room for it. Anyway, Jay found the drumset for cheap and souped it up with Remo and Aquarian heads and Zildjian hi-hats. It was nice. We’ve been trying to sell it forever (to someone that appreciated the fact that this wasn’t like a set you could just go buy from Wal-mart), and finally did the other day. We took it out of the closet to set it up so I could take pictures of it for my Craigslist post. The kids had some fun with it while I had it out.
Yep.
Every mom can appreciate this! Dads, are you paying attention? Remember this come Valentine’s day! 
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My top Superbowl ad picks
Tide to Go
For some reason, this commercial reminded me of that hilarious scene in Bruce Almighty when Jim Carey as “God” played a dirty trick on his co-worker (Steve Carrell).
Charles Barkley – T mobile
This was funny. Not spectacularly funny, but funny.
Justin Timberlake – Pepsi
I had to laugh out loud at the last scene.
Bridgestone Firestone Obstacles
This was really funny. Although, I’m not sure if it’s sad or funny (or both) that Richard Simmons is laughing along with the rest of the country at himself.
Bridgestone Firestone Animals
Simple, funny, cute all in one … what more could you ask for? My favorite is the cricket.
Coke “It’s Mine”
I like this ad, but I thought things never went right for the character who finally catches the Coke. So, either this ad isn’t true to the character, or the character finally got his due (I’d prefer to believe the latter). It was about time, I guess.
Audi
‘Funny’ ad, amazing car.
Diet Pepsi Max
I can’t believe the Time ad reviewer didn’t get the joke. That either means they’re really old or really young…
Napoleon Garmin
I decided to throw this one at the last minute. Cute.
Every life is beautiful
This is the most heart-wrenching thing that I’ve ever seen.
Another Reason I don’t like Anne Coulter
Anne Coulter recently said that she’d vote for Hillary Clinton over John McCain in a general election. You can see the whole Coulter video here, on Fox’s Hannity & Colmes.
Seriously, Anne? SERIOUSLY?
Because I just joined the Facebook group “If Hillary Clinton is elected president, Texas is seceding from the union.”
And that might just be a little less crazy than your endorsement of Hillary Clinton as being “more conservative” than John McCain.
Mikaela teaching her doggies
Today Mikaela was playing school with her doggies, asking them questions and then answering for them. Otherwise she’s been pretty rotten and horribly crabby the last two days due to a cold. Thank goodness she threw a little “cute” in.
Broken Fingers
A little while back, we showed the kids an old Disney movie – Now You See Him, Now You Don’t. The movie’s basic plot revolves around a college kid – Dexter – who accidentally creates a chemical that makes things invisible. Soon after discovering this creation, Dexter dips his fingers in the solution, and when he brings them up, they’re gone. The first time Mikaela saw this, she totally freaked out, telling Jay: ‘his fingers boken (broken)! Turn it off! I not watch it anymore!’We had to reassure her repeatedly that it was just pretend. It still scares her, but for some reason, she still asks to watch it.
We took this video of her talking about it. If you can’t understand, see the transcript below.
Jay: Okay, Mikaela, what movie is this? What’s the name of this movie?
Mikaela: Pretend.
Jay: What’s the name of it?
Mikaela: Broken fingers!
Jay: Broken fingers, why’s it called ..
Mikaela: Two broken fingers!
Jay: What happens to his fingers?
Mikaela: (looking at her fingers) He dip in there.
Jay: He dipped it in what?
Mikaela: He dip in there.
Mikaela: Let me see, papa.
Melanie: Are they invisible?
Mikaela: (looking at dvd) gasp! Oh, my gosh!
Melanie: Can you say invisible?
Mikaela: Vivi-bul
Jay: Does he dip his fingers in the solution? And his fingers go away. Is that what you mean by broken fingers?
Mikaela: (pointing at dvd cover) he’s right there.
Melanie: Can you say bye-bye?
Mikaela: Bye-bye!
Cake covers “I Will Survive”
So, the band Cake has a cover of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” on the airwaves right now. But the singer’s trademark choppy speak-singing makes it sound like the song is being sung by William Shatner. And I’m not getting the video.
What’s currently playing in my head
So, I’m in Walgreen’s drug store the other night fairly late, buying pull-ups for the kids, when a song that I haven’t heard since … let’s see… 8th grade(?) comes on the loudspeakers. Somehow, it came right back to me and I sang every word. It was the Damn Yankees singing “Where You Goin’ Now?”
Wow, my music taste has come a long way.
Caught with their pants down
This video on CNN just made me laugh out loud. It’s main focus was on a rescue of some trapped kayakers, one being pulled to safety with his pants around his knees. The man was later interviewed and said that having the whole thing captured on video was really no big deal, because ‘frankly, the water was really cold, so there wasn’t much to see!’
Mikaela brushing doggie
If you can’t understand her, she’s saying “brush, brush … I hurt doggie!”
I guess it’s my fault that she associates hairbrushing with pain. I can’t even get the hairbrush out without her saying “ouch!”
Little bunny foo foo
Gabriel hopping around like a bunny
This will be used for blackmail in the future.
