Been spending a good chunk of time this weekend partnering with the boys on music for the big climactic song for this year’s FronteraFest entry. They’re using the software Ableton Live to create tracks and beats to fit the overall feel of the script. I don’t know that it’s going to be the most...
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Breaking News: my kids are cute
While we were on vacation recently, the kids took photos of themselves with cartoon cutouts of their orthodontists as part of a photo contest. They just got picked for the finals, and if they win they get a drone with a mounted camera (which I’m sure they’ll use to peer in the bathroom window...
Continue readingWelp, it’s official
At an informal gathering of neighbors* earlier this week, my kids were officially deemed “the coolest in the neighborhood (and beyond).” ** So… Life Objective #1 is now complete. *okay, so maybe a couple of the neighbors were a little tipsy at the time **and maybe that parenthetical was implied not spoken But still. Boom....
Continue readingThe Intricacies of Middle School
Some of my favorite parenting moments are those I get to spend with one kid while the other one is away at camp or a friend’s house. Today I got to hang out with the older one (he’s so much more down-to-earth when his brother’s not around) and asked him about middle school. I...
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My 11-yo son said to me the other afternoon, “Why are you so good at life?” I was like “What? What does that even mean?” He was like “I don’t know. You’re just really good at life.” I’m pretty sure I was making mac & cheese and talking about car repairs at the time....
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My son’s soccer team won a stunning victory against one of the areas’s top teams a few weeks ago to make the state championships for his age division. Last weekend he went to the tournament against teams from all over the state, and they lost all three games they played. The matches were tense,...
Continue readingMarch Madness
Lots of big decisions coming up this month. The kids each need to make a decision about where they’ll be attending school next year. I need to make a decision about what kind of car I’ll be driving the next few years (go practical, go electric or go Car2Go?). I also need to figure...
Continue readingThe Great Zoo Switcheroo
Heya, happy July! Just signed another contract for the fall to have this play that I co-wrote with Tim at Express Theatre run in the fall. Contracts: they make me feel all business-y and pro-ish! Anyway, this one opens on Thursday, July 21st and will hopefully run again in September and October. Can’t...
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All right, I’m biting the bullet and just doing it. Have begun scheduling a reading for a new play-in-progress, SODA MACHINE, which was born out of another draft that wasn’t going where I wanted it to called THE POD. The idea for this play (which involves time travel and soda-drinking) came from a discussion...
Continue readingVocal Tics and Subtle Changes
So I recently noticed that the 10-yo has changed his laugh a little bit, clicking his tongue against the roof of his mouth and making a “teh” sound when he thinks something is funny. It’s something I do sometimes, and lots of people do, of course. It’s a subtle thing, but another reminder of...
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