David Sedaris at Sam Wellers

Last night David Sedaris read part of his book at Sam Wellers and then signed books. The reading took about 45 minutes, and it was hilarious. He read portions of an unpublished story about some flies that ate vomit, and how one of them was so stuck up and pretentious because she had eaten the deputy governor's wife's puke. It was genius. He then did a Q&A, and some of the questions were so stupid that they made me cringe. Some examples were:

- How's your sister?
- How's your brother?
- If you could be a mythological animal, what would you be?
- Have you gone to the Louvre?

Painful.

He was good, though, and gave great little monologues loosely based on the questions, so he fixed the awkward moment and made it good.

The signing went really smoothly. He chatted with everyone for a few minutes and was very gracious. If I had to mention my one complaint, it would be the jokes. When he did the reading, he read some jokes that people had shared with him, and that was all good, but when he was signing people's books he started telling us jokes, and I wasn't crazy about that. It just felt very juvenile. It all felt like a desperate attempt to be funny and charming. I understand that it is hard to come up with funny stuff to say all the time, but then, he didn't have to. Just being there, saying hello and signing my book would have been perfect. But, oh well, the guy did an awesome show and that's what we went there for, and it was exciting to actually talk to him after hearing his voice on tape for so long.

Here's his answer to the question "Have you ever heard of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?" Sorry about the crappy audio. I'll probably add subtitles eventually.

Gabe Laughing His Head Off

When Gabe was about two months old, we thought the kid might be autistic because he never laughed or smiled. Now, he won't stop doing either. He will smile at random people, and today, as we were driving back home, he randomly started laughing while looking out of the window. This are videos of Gabe laughing during Thanksgiving, from mild to uncontrolable laugh.

Gabe laughing with Maura


Gabe laughing with uncle Matias


Gabe laughing histerically with Santi, Matias's dog

Muffled Gabe

Fantasy Stories

My students finished their fantsy stories, and these are some of my favorite passages.

"Now this is in the year 2000, well, really right now. But because of the time period, there are pants and things like that."

"King Charles always helped people with heavy things that they couldn't pick up or carry. No wonder he had such large muscles. His hands were also muscular because of it. He was a very handsome king."

"I finally remembered that rain was held in the clouds. I rode a hot-air-balloon up to the clouds and saw little men made of clouds."

"She was in the bakery with her sister and her father one day, when all of a sudden Santa Clause came riding in on a unicorn named Penelope, then Penelope says "Get off me, you fatty!"

Pretty awesome, huh?

StS' Beatles

This is way too funny not to share. It didn't do very well on my Facebook, but at least I'll be able to see it in a couple of years when I revise my blog posts...

Yes, There Is Alien Life in Ogden

Texas Roadhouse Refills Are Awesome!

Cowboy Cooler refills. Can you notice the difference? (Hint: It's the ice.)