The people I grew up with are now parents and are doing their best to make their spawn into fabulous human beings. I am in awe of their dedication; impressed with the late night cupcake making, the box top cutting, the nursing pukey children and tons of other stuff that they do or don’t post about on Facebook. I’m aware that we’re all older, responsible(ish) adults and yet I still get the giggles when I see my friend from elementary school put up a post about her twelve years old son. Um, aren’t we still twelve years old? How is she responsible for the care and upbringing of her own twelve year old?
And then there’s this post I stumbled across last night written by my friend from high school. He has three children, two daughters and a son, and a wife that still finds him amusing. He has an important high muckety muck job that requires suits and ties and big words like ‘mergers’ and ‘shareholders’ and ‘we are unable to accommodate your wishes at this time’ - which is just grownup speak for 'No.' BUT, despite all that grownup stuff, he’s still the dork who pretended to blow up garbage cans with his imaginary rocket launcher because, THIS: So sick and tired of my kids not knowing the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek. They can't go through life not knowing the difference between Luke and Spock. These padawans need to know about the greatest franchise in movie history. I decided to give them a written test after we watched all six movies. A score of 80% or higher got them a ticket and unlimited popcorn when the next movie comes out later this month. Results? Oldest Daughter #1 - 95% Middle Daughter #2 - 85% Son - 75%. Son is currently looking for extra credit. Husband would tell you I will also need extra credit cause I would have failed any test requiring me to tell the difference between the two franchises beyond the simple obvious fact that one has ‘War’ following ‘Star’ and the other has ‘Trek.’ Despite the fact that Husband tells me I sound like Captain Kirk when I talk. I mean, if the plot is more complicated than a Hallmark movie and has even a whiff of science fiction, I’m afraid I don’t care. Having said that, I’m pretty sure Husband won’t be speaking to me for the rest of the day/year/my life. And that I’m uninvited to the latest Star Trek movie, or Star Wars movie or whatever movie is currently pimping itself silly to every food chain and toy company around. I’m clearly the winner here, extra credit be damned. Wonder if my friend's son feels the same...
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Q.D
12/8/2015 12:49:40 am
I <3 both so I am no help of course, funny story though. When The Force Awakes trailer first came out my Year 10s were debating various points in class that day, internet rumours, that sort of thing, and i just piped up with "well if it follows the story in the books, because George Lucus says they are canon..." and just stopped. BLEW THEIR MINDS! :D They didn't know there were books, they didn't know I am a geek and they didn't know i talk canon like it is a thing that non geeks understand :D
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ej
12/9/2015 06:25:32 am
Posted the quiz today. Let your geek flag fly!
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