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Monthly Archives: November 2009

Fragments

Saturday, November 28, 2009

They Might Be Giants (11/3, First Ave) was one nostalgia show I didn’t bother with this year (X and Sonic Youth were solid; De La Soul was a long, tiresome harangue to put your hands up—or is that every hip-hop show I’ve seen for a decade?). TMBG now makes music for children, which means I’ve [...]

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New work

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Whether or not we do so knowingly, that thing about parents projecting their own ambitions and idealized selves onto their children is unquestionably true. We try to follow Johanna’s cues (You like pink teddy bears? Get on with your bad self!) but just as often we steer her to embrace the things we love or [...]

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Jo Transcript #002

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Entering a “classroom” with dolls lined up on the bed. Jo: Come see the show. I am going to be the teacher. Me: I’m only staying a minute. You can’t leave. It’s going to be very special for you. What are your dolls doing? They are watching. When I call their name, they come to [...]

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Acting my age

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Today I’m 35. Aside from the artificial weight our counting system gives multiples of five, this fact doesn’t feel that significant. My new age has arrived unaccompanied by any special realization or sense of change (then again, it’s not quite 10am). I seem to be entering a gradualist phase. It’s like I’m settling into a [...]

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Characters

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Among all the celebrated firsts, Jo’s first licensed character obsession isn’t a milestone I was excited about. But while it would be unthinkable with Disney Princesses or Hannah Montana, Hello Kitty has grown on me. Something about her inscrutability and projectability. And thus for Halloween I was convinced to carve her likeness in pumpkin. Johanna [...]

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