Thursday, May 27, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Kungalooosh!
Today we renamed our boat.
When we bought it last fall, she came with the name Misty. Now, Misty is a fine name for a leisure boat, but we didn't think it reflected us. So we set about to find a name.
After bandying names around, soliciting suggestions from the kids, and even listening to other people's idea, we finally hit on the perfect party boat name: Kungaloosh! The greeting exchanged at the now-defunct Adventurers' Club in Walt Disney World. We met there 17 years ago, and decided naming the boat in its honor would be the perfect tribute.
So today we re-named her. Now, renaming is complicated. There are several speeches and much tossing about champagne to make sure things are done right. First, we relegated the name "Misty" back to Neptune's depths. We wrote the name in water soluble ink on a piece of metal and tossed it in the water, then toasted Neptune and poured some champagne in the water. Then we toasted the boat, and poured more champagne in the water. Finally, we saluted the four winds and tossed -- you guessed it -- champagne into the water. And finally we were done, and were able to uncover the new name. Ironically, we will never see it, because it's on the back of the boat, and we will never be behind it.
So now we can finally take the Kungaloosh! out, properly named, and ready to party.
When we bought it last fall, she came with the name Misty. Now, Misty is a fine name for a leisure boat, but we didn't think it reflected us. So we set about to find a name.
After bandying names around, soliciting suggestions from the kids, and even listening to other people's idea, we finally hit on the perfect party boat name: Kungaloosh! The greeting exchanged at the now-defunct Adventurers' Club in Walt Disney World. We met there 17 years ago, and decided naming the boat in its honor would be the perfect tribute.
So today we re-named her. Now, renaming is complicated. There are several speeches and much tossing about champagne to make sure things are done right. First, we relegated the name "Misty" back to Neptune's depths. We wrote the name in water soluble ink on a piece of metal and tossed it in the water, then toasted Neptune and poured some champagne in the water. Then we toasted the boat, and poured more champagne in the water. Finally, we saluted the four winds and tossed -- you guessed it -- champagne into the water. And finally we were done, and were able to uncover the new name. Ironically, we will never see it, because it's on the back of the boat, and we will never be behind it.
So now we can finally take the Kungaloosh! out, properly named, and ready to party.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Enter a World of Pure Imagination
Last weekend my kids were in "Willy Wonka Jr" at my older daughter's middle school. Older daughter played Veruca Salt, the one who gets dropped down the chute, and elementary aged daughter was one of the two squirrels.
#1 was fabulous -- in a pretty strong cast of middle school kids she was head and shoulders above all but a couple of other actors. When the other kids were trying to remember not to block out other actors, or to stay in character, she was discussing her character's motivation. Meanwhile, my squirrel was making lists of bits to try out, and planning with the other squirrel (another cast member's younger sister) which bits they would do which night.
But see for yourself.
#1 was fabulous -- in a pretty strong cast of middle school kids she was head and shoulders above all but a couple of other actors. When the other kids were trying to remember not to block out other actors, or to stay in character, she was discussing her character's motivation. Meanwhile, my squirrel was making lists of bits to try out, and planning with the other squirrel (another cast member's younger sister) which bits they would do which night.
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