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Over the weekend we had Big Boy's birthday party. My sister and nieces drove in for the weekend and we had a good time. The yard looked passable, and I don't think anyone minded that we had a low-key party.
We had ice cream cake and the usual party food. Big Boy gave out "prizes" to his friends (chosen by himself). These included rubber chickens, plastic pig banks, over-sized scissors, giant fly swatters and (to one of his best pals) underarm deodorant. There were also water balloons and things. The main activity was to divide the kids up into teams, fill out Mad Lib style sheets, and then force the teams to make movies based on the mad-libbed scenario.
It was amusing.
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In GeekaChicas news, over the weekend we had The Girl's Guide to Comic Con by Nightsky, an insightful rant on teh marginalization of the longstanding female contributions to fandom. I honestly couldn't agree more. Women have always been a key part of fandom -- since cons were just tiny Star Trek 'nostalgia gatherings.'
Today, we have a new review from Pearce, Story Writing 101 -- The Taking of Pelham 123, in which she compares the plot to Mad Libs. Funny coincidence, that.
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Speaking of GeekaChicas, I showed it to my sister, and got to listen to her laughing in the other room while I made breakfast. I cannot tell you how cool that was, to make my big sister laugh like that. (I had pointed her to an article I wrote, to start.) It was like I was ten and she was 16 all over again, back when she was the coolest person alive and making her think I was cool was at the top of my To Do list. *g*
She's never really taken an interest in my writing, so when she finished reading that one article, she came in and asked me, "You wrote that?" Hee!
Yes, dear. I have progressed beyond the rhyming poems about my cat I wrote when I was seven, believe it or not. :D
We had ice cream cake and the usual party food. Big Boy gave out "prizes" to his friends (chosen by himself). These included rubber chickens, plastic pig banks, over-sized scissors, giant fly swatters and (to one of his best pals) underarm deodorant. There were also water balloons and things. The main activity was to divide the kids up into teams, fill out Mad Lib style sheets, and then force the teams to make movies based on the mad-libbed scenario.
It was amusing.
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In GeekaChicas news, over the weekend we had The Girl's Guide to Comic Con by Nightsky, an insightful rant on teh marginalization of the longstanding female contributions to fandom. I honestly couldn't agree more. Women have always been a key part of fandom -- since cons were just tiny Star Trek 'nostalgia gatherings.'
Today, we have a new review from Pearce, Story Writing 101 -- The Taking of Pelham 123, in which she compares the plot to Mad Libs. Funny coincidence, that.
***
Speaking of GeekaChicas, I showed it to my sister, and got to listen to her laughing in the other room while I made breakfast. I cannot tell you how cool that was, to make my big sister laugh like that. (I had pointed her to an article I wrote, to start.) It was like I was ten and she was 16 all over again, back when she was the coolest person alive and making her think I was cool was at the top of my To Do list. *g*
She's never really taken an interest in my writing, so when she finished reading that one article, she came in and asked me, "You wrote that?" Hee!
Yes, dear. I have progressed beyond the rhyming poems about my cat I wrote when I was seven, believe it or not. :D
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