Kids that made my day:
1) Volunteering at the hospital this morning, one little girl (1.5 years or so) was bawling her head off for a good half hour (while all the other kids in the recovery room were asleep or quiet). The nurse took the IV out, tried to get her to drink some juice, wrapped her in a warm blanket...she and the parents pretty much tried everything. Finally, the nurse just picked her up and started walking around a bit...the toddler blinked in surprise and said, "Hi!" to all of us behind the counter, which made us burst out laughing for a few minutes.
2) At Shakespeare in the Park tonight, there was a family with a baby boy in front of us, about a year old or so. He didn't seem too impressed by Hamlet, instead crawling around on the blanket and sort of chirruping inquisitively at us. Naturally, we had to smile back, which probably just encouraged him further. The funniest part was when he picked up (presumably) his dad's empty beer bottle and started trying to drink from it...I wish I'd gotten a photo of what looked to be a baby draining a Corona (and can imagine Benji doing something similar =P)
The production of Hamlet was pretty good overall, especially Claudius, Polonius, and Ophelia. Hamlet was older than I expected, but the actor still did a good job with the difficult role. I appreciated the modern costume twist (think James Bond instead of Medieval Times), although the color symbolism was a bit too overdone. I was also very impressed with the elaborate set and lighting design - it's hard enough doing theater in a normal, professional grade venue, never mind outside! It was also fun to see Dean Flick and his wife Evie (although I guess I shouldn't have been surprised considering I kept running into Dean Flick all summer) and good to talk to Bonner and Emily, especially hearing about Bonner's adventures circumnavigating the globe the past two months.
Tomorrow: last day of work for the summer (yay for info sessions and tours!) then helping Kunmi move back into Silliman and packing some of my own stuff to head home for a few days' rest, or at least what little I can get. By the way, if you're wondering why there's a sudden spate of posts after my blog-silence all summer, the answer is that I don't have much else to do in the evenings (besides drafting secondary application essays) and a little bunny told me that I should post more often ;-)
1) Volunteering at the hospital this morning, one little girl (1.5 years or so) was bawling her head off for a good half hour (while all the other kids in the recovery room were asleep or quiet). The nurse took the IV out, tried to get her to drink some juice, wrapped her in a warm blanket...she and the parents pretty much tried everything. Finally, the nurse just picked her up and started walking around a bit...the toddler blinked in surprise and said, "Hi!" to all of us behind the counter, which made us burst out laughing for a few minutes.
2) At Shakespeare in the Park tonight, there was a family with a baby boy in front of us, about a year old or so. He didn't seem too impressed by Hamlet, instead crawling around on the blanket and sort of chirruping inquisitively at us. Naturally, we had to smile back, which probably just encouraged him further. The funniest part was when he picked up (presumably) his dad's empty beer bottle and started trying to drink from it...I wish I'd gotten a photo of what looked to be a baby draining a Corona (and can imagine Benji doing something similar =P)
The production of Hamlet was pretty good overall, especially Claudius, Polonius, and Ophelia. Hamlet was older than I expected, but the actor still did a good job with the difficult role. I appreciated the modern costume twist (think James Bond instead of Medieval Times), although the color symbolism was a bit too overdone. I was also very impressed with the elaborate set and lighting design - it's hard enough doing theater in a normal, professional grade venue, never mind outside! It was also fun to see Dean Flick and his wife Evie (although I guess I shouldn't have been surprised considering I kept running into Dean Flick all summer) and good to talk to Bonner and Emily, especially hearing about Bonner's adventures circumnavigating the globe the past two months.
Tomorrow: last day of work for the summer (yay for info sessions and tours!) then helping Kunmi move back into Silliman and packing some of my own stuff to head home for a few days' rest, or at least what little I can get. By the way, if you're wondering why there's a sudden spate of posts after my blog-silence all summer, the answer is that I don't have much else to do in the evenings (besides drafting secondary application essays) and a little bunny told me that I should post more often ;-)
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