Cheezburger Roundup 2

Losing my street cred...

...via tagging. What are friends for? Thanks Tara. :)

8 shows I like:

• Lost
• Arrested Development
• The X-Files
• The Office
• Bones
• West Wing
• Burn Notice
• The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (duh)

8 restaurants:

• CoCo Ichiban! (Japanese Curry - Japan & Hawaii)
• Gyukaku (Yakiniku - Japan, Hawaii, and ?)
• Noodles & Company
• Fresco Italian Cafe (in SLC)
• Panda Express (seriously, as long as the orange chicken is not more than 3 days old)
• The Mandarin (in Bountiful, UT)
• Mendocino Café (NorCal)
• MacDo Breakfast. I love bacon egg and cheese biscuits. Even after Supersize Me.

8 things I've done today:

• Commented online about gay marriage, abortion, and whether or not Hugh Hefner is a polygamist.
• Took LG to the park.
• Read about Psychiatric interviews and Mental Status Exams, and hopefully this time I can remember the difference between affect and mood.
• Practiced facial recognition of emotion with a nifty online training.
• Played basketball for work, and got hot flashes afterwards.
• Watched LG cry (with some really big tears) when his attachment behavioral system was activated this morning, to the extent that I started crying myself.
• Laundry.
• Practiced the piano for the December choir performance.

8 things I am looking forward to:

• The John Gottman training in San Francisco in November.
• Being done with my doctoral applications.
• The EFT training in San Diego in January.
• Winter break.
• The end of the Bush administration.
• The theatrical version of The Road.
• Going to Brasil next month!
• My next date with Nat.

8 things on my wish list:

• A Blu-Ray player, as soon as they drop below $2 billion each.
• An iPhone, 16 gig.
• Better emotional regulation.
• Better teaching skills.
• Better computer hacking skills?
• A Ph.D., a job at a friendly university, and a small private practice.
• This bike.
• A friendly, roomy place for Keiko the dog to frolic.

Elmo takes over

LG hasn't seen a single episode of Sesame Street, but he knows who Elmo is. Last week he started saying "Ahmo Ahmo" to a talking Elmo toy we borrowed from a friend. Today at the grocery store with N he saw a big Elmo balloon and immediately recognized it.

What exactly is Elmo's draw? Does that little kiddy voice entrance our young? The big bulgy eyes?

LG's words, in order that he started using them: ngheee, no, owl, mama, dada, ahmo, & ball. If there were ASL for Elmo I'm sure he'd know that too. I may have come after mama, but I'm counting my blessings that I at least came before Ahmo.