Eliot learned a new way to deal with something she doesn't like: revenge. She's been sick since Sunday, hitting the one-year-old trifecta with a cold, an ear infection, and popping a new tooth (number eight, if anybody's keeping track). We also found out she takes after me with a cat allergy. Because of this, her nose has been running uncontrollably, so we've been swiping her upper lip with Puffs. She hates it. After five days of fighting it, pushing us away, today she suddenly got a determined look on her face, grabbed my nose with one hand, and wiped my face as hard as her little arms could.
We've also found that she's rather listen to real music than children's music. She couldn't care less when we put on a Wiggles or They Might Be Giants CD, but when Deerhoof or Why? or the Advantage is on, she gets down, and when Joanna Newsom or Julie Doiron or Blonde Redhead is playing, she starts singing along (she makes up her own lyrics: "Yah yah yah yah"). She already has far better taste than the average listener of the Current [pdf].
Really, though, it's been a week and I couldn't think of anything worth talking about other than my sick kid. Also, I like pointing out how horrid the Current is.
Comments (3)
wow! that's awesome that she grabbed your nose!
Posted by michelle | January 19, 2007 10:41 AM
Posted on January 19, 2007 10:41
I'm interested to hear your opinion of the band the hold steady. I know that you have no idea who the hell i am, but I respect much of your taste in music.
Thanks!
Posted by kate | January 20, 2007 11:51 PM
Posted on January 20, 2007 23:51
I think the Hold Steady are a good band, but I'd rather hear any Lifter Puller record any day of the week. With that said, there are some incredible hold steady songs. There's a bit of backlash from my perspective because every local music writer acts like they can make the Hold Steady a local Twin Cities band if they write it enough times.
--------Posted by ryan | January 21, 2007 12:10 AM
Posted on January 21, 2007 00:10