This'n'that and Justin too
Jan. 29th, 2006 05:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ciroccojIn no particular order:
Justin is six years old today. Exactly six years ago today, on the day that we were supposed to celebrate Daniel's third birthday, Justin chose to enter our lives rather precipitously. He was born at home, three hours after my water broke, with Chris, Daniel, Todd & Susan (godparents), Turtle (godsister), a midwife, student midwife, two secondary midwives, and a secondary student midwife, all crowded into my bedroom.
And, since we already had the cake and presents and most of the birthday party guests were already in our home, we decided to hold the party anyway. Hence the following picture, in which the birthday boy and his godsister are about to eat cake, my mother is sitting next to me on the bed, and you can barely see, within the blankets, Justin's little tiny 7-hour-old foot.
***
Chris: Did you know Tentacle is a specific genre of anime, which involves tentacle-sex?
Me: Augh! Why do you tell me these things?!
Chris: Love you! G'night!
***
Justin: Mama, I'm out of that paint - that human-coloured paint, can I have some more? (it was a dark tan/light brown, BTW. I love Ottawa ;)
***
::voices growing louder as they ascend the stairs::
Justin: ...I WILL!
Daniel: ...and I can't believe you're going to tell on me for something that petty, Justin. Do I ever do that to you?
Justin: ::at the study door:: ::pause:: Yeah, I guess you're right. But Daniel, ::and the voices grow softer as they run back down the stairs, and I never do find out what the petty thing was::
***
So J.K. Rowling has made a little family tree, for Sirius Black's family, and apparently there's marriages there to various well-known names in previous generations: Longbottom, Crouch, Bulstrode, and even a Potter, a few generations back. Which has fans thinking: We know Sirius is Draco Malfoy's cousin. If Harry's related to Sirius, could it be that Harry is Draco's cousin too?
To which Daniel immediately says, "Cousin. Totally his cousin. In conclusion: cousin." And he does not understand why Mama dissolves into a puddle of giggles.
See, they've seen Troy (minus some of the gorier/nakeder parts), and I had shown Daniel the Troy in Fifteen Minutes parody script, and explained that one of the things that had been mocked in the movie was that Achilles' lover Patroclus was turned into his "cousin". Hence the funniness of the lines:
ODYSSEUS: Lookin' good there, kid. What is he, your--
ACHILLES: Cousin. He's my cousin. Cousin. Totally my cousin. In conclusion: Cousin.
But Daniel is not aware (nor will I enlighten him as to this) that his use of the line has made Mama lose it because there's also a ginormous number of Harry Potter fans who swear that Harry and Draco are... well... um... Cousins. ;)
Justin is six years old today. Exactly six years ago today, on the day that we were supposed to celebrate Daniel's third birthday, Justin chose to enter our lives rather precipitously. He was born at home, three hours after my water broke, with Chris, Daniel, Todd & Susan (godparents), Turtle (godsister), a midwife, student midwife, two secondary midwives, and a secondary student midwife, all crowded into my bedroom.
And, since we already had the cake and presents and most of the birthday party guests were already in our home, we decided to hold the party anyway. Hence the following picture, in which the birthday boy and his godsister are about to eat cake, my mother is sitting next to me on the bed, and you can barely see, within the blankets, Justin's little tiny 7-hour-old foot.
Chris: Did you know Tentacle is a specific genre of anime, which involves tentacle-sex?
Me: Augh! Why do you tell me these things?!
Chris: Love you! G'night!
Justin: Mama, I'm out of that paint - that human-coloured paint, can I have some more? (it was a dark tan/light brown, BTW. I love Ottawa ;)
::voices growing louder as they ascend the stairs::
Justin: ...I WILL!
Daniel: ...and I can't believe you're going to tell on me for something that petty, Justin. Do I ever do that to you?
Justin: ::at the study door:: ::pause:: Yeah, I guess you're right. But Daniel, ::and the voices grow softer as they run back down the stairs, and I never do find out what the petty thing was::
So J.K. Rowling has made a little family tree, for Sirius Black's family, and apparently there's marriages there to various well-known names in previous generations: Longbottom, Crouch, Bulstrode, and even a Potter, a few generations back. Which has fans thinking: We know Sirius is Draco Malfoy's cousin. If Harry's related to Sirius, could it be that Harry is Draco's cousin too?
To which Daniel immediately says, "Cousin. Totally his cousin. In conclusion: cousin." And he does not understand why Mama dissolves into a puddle of giggles.
See, they've seen Troy (minus some of the gorier/nakeder parts), and I had shown Daniel the Troy in Fifteen Minutes parody script, and explained that one of the things that had been mocked in the movie was that Achilles' lover Patroclus was turned into his "cousin". Hence the funniness of the lines:
ODYSSEUS: Lookin' good there, kid. What is he, your--
ACHILLES: Cousin. He's my cousin. Cousin. Totally my cousin. In conclusion: Cousin.
But Daniel is not aware (nor will I enlighten him as to this) that his use of the line has made Mama lose it because there's also a ginormous number of Harry Potter fans who swear that Harry and Draco are... well... um... Cousins. ;)
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