This morning after dropping Madison off early at school for art club, Daddy went with a few others to house belonging to a member of the 501st. He lives in Dawsonville, so it wasn't that far of a drive, but the reason for the drive was pretty awesome: he is letting us borrow four arcade cabinet games. We spent the morning loading up the games into a trailer and transporting them to the church, and setting them up there. The guy's garage was amazing though: he has this huge collection of pinball machines, all of them in great condition (for the most part). And he had Daddy's favorite pinball game ever: The Addams Family. What an unexpected, wonderful gift to play this pinball game this morning! This is probably the greatest pinball game ever made, and I only had time to play once - not because there was limited time, but because I did so well at it!
Madison will be playing some of the arcade games over at the church soon enough: this generous man let us borrow "Gorf," "Mrs. Pac-Man," "Tempest," and "Tetris." Already, the staff was playing each game, "testing them out."
It was a busy day for Daddy, who was also over at the Quinlan Arts Center to drop off three framed pieces of art from himself, Mommy and Madison. The deadline was today, and we just made it. The women there behind the counter were happy to see Madison's artwork, which is now officially titled "Goodnight Moon." Mommy's artwork got the biggest reaction though, as everyone was trying to figure out how she did it. It came out wonderfully, and we'll see it on these pages soon enough, hopefully hanging on a wall.
Speaking of making art, Mommy made such a great dinner tonight. One of the things she tried was asparagus spears wrapped in bacon. There were slices of lemon pepper pork with potatoes and a vegetable medley. It was wonderful to look at - you just wanted to take a picture of it! And it tasted wonderful too!
We watched "Hotel Transylvania" tonight, knowing that part three comes out soon - we've pre-purchased that. We'll watch part two sometime this weekend, maybe Sunday. But the three of us had the popcorn and the couch ready, and soon after that we were ready for an early night's rest.
Mommy and Daddy were like much of the country today, watching a US Senator from Maine make a speech about a historic vote that will take place tomorrow. It was historic in that nobody knew which way she would vote, and she was a deciding vote on top of that. So everyone was tuning in to see which way she would go. Ultimately, she is voting to confirm a Supreme Court nominee, and hopefully ending this madness that has been going on for what seems like a month now? Everyone knew this one would be tough to go through no matter who was nominated, because one party was automatically opposed to anyone that would be nominated. There were signs and speeches all prepared to oppose a generic nominee back a few months ago - they just needed to fill in the blank as to who that nominee was. There has been so much emotion, and not as much logic. It was refreshing to hear the Senator yesterday though. She didn't have emotion or fiery oration skills, but she did have plenty of logic. Issue by issue, she just spelled out things, and that was that. Tomorrow, it'll all finally be over with. It's been tearing this country apart again, energizing these deep feelings one half of the country feels about the other, or at least that's the perception the media has been portraying. The media has certainly - again - taken one side in this over another. At least, that is if you turn to a half dozen news channels. Then there's the one channel that takes the other side. And no channels at all seem capable of presenting the simple facts of things without some spin in one direction or another. This is because putting a spin on things will speak to certain groups of people in the country, and therefore get better ratings. That said, better ratings are more important than actual pure journalism. Everyone knows this. You simply know that if you turn on a particular news channel, you'll get more stories in favor of one side of things than another. This applies to all news channels. The problem comes when these same news channels pretend to be so pious about their journalistic integrity, denying claims that they're trying to spin the news one way or another. It's annoying, because true journalism is pretty difficult to find, because it doesn't sell very well. And again, this is probably something as old as journalism itself. Reading books about Teddy Roosevelt and John Adams, you see their struggles with yellow journalism and so forth. It's just frustrating and occasionally outlandish, as the Senator herself pointed out today. The whole country was watching it, and no doubt there were a great many people that were upset that she is voting in favor of the candidate, without listening to a single word she said, of course. They're creating mobs of screaming protestors, chasing down Senators in the hallways, and rehearsing their coordinated efforts to harass and stall the process as much as possible. Which of course has been happening since the very moment the last Supreme Court Justice announced his retirement.
Madison has been aware of what is going on, at least in a limited way. The details of the accusations weren't discussed, but this whole thing has weighed heavy on our hearts, and probably spilled out from time to time while Madison was in hearing distance. It's one of those deals that seem so incredible, one where many of us in this country have been wondering, "What on earth is going on?"
But the great news in all of this is that justice will be served. And yes, that's pretty much literally.
Madison will be playing some of the arcade games over at the church soon enough: this generous man let us borrow "Gorf," "Mrs. Pac-Man," "Tempest," and "Tetris." Already, the staff was playing each game, "testing them out."
It was a busy day for Daddy, who was also over at the Quinlan Arts Center to drop off three framed pieces of art from himself, Mommy and Madison. The deadline was today, and we just made it. The women there behind the counter were happy to see Madison's artwork, which is now officially titled "Goodnight Moon." Mommy's artwork got the biggest reaction though, as everyone was trying to figure out how she did it. It came out wonderfully, and we'll see it on these pages soon enough, hopefully hanging on a wall.
Speaking of making art, Mommy made such a great dinner tonight. One of the things she tried was asparagus spears wrapped in bacon. There were slices of lemon pepper pork with potatoes and a vegetable medley. It was wonderful to look at - you just wanted to take a picture of it! And it tasted wonderful too!
We watched "Hotel Transylvania" tonight, knowing that part three comes out soon - we've pre-purchased that. We'll watch part two sometime this weekend, maybe Sunday. But the three of us had the popcorn and the couch ready, and soon after that we were ready for an early night's rest.
Mommy and Daddy were like much of the country today, watching a US Senator from Maine make a speech about a historic vote that will take place tomorrow. It was historic in that nobody knew which way she would vote, and she was a deciding vote on top of that. So everyone was tuning in to see which way she would go. Ultimately, she is voting to confirm a Supreme Court nominee, and hopefully ending this madness that has been going on for what seems like a month now? Everyone knew this one would be tough to go through no matter who was nominated, because one party was automatically opposed to anyone that would be nominated. There were signs and speeches all prepared to oppose a generic nominee back a few months ago - they just needed to fill in the blank as to who that nominee was. There has been so much emotion, and not as much logic. It was refreshing to hear the Senator yesterday though. She didn't have emotion or fiery oration skills, but she did have plenty of logic. Issue by issue, she just spelled out things, and that was that. Tomorrow, it'll all finally be over with. It's been tearing this country apart again, energizing these deep feelings one half of the country feels about the other, or at least that's the perception the media has been portraying. The media has certainly - again - taken one side in this over another. At least, that is if you turn to a half dozen news channels. Then there's the one channel that takes the other side. And no channels at all seem capable of presenting the simple facts of things without some spin in one direction or another. This is because putting a spin on things will speak to certain groups of people in the country, and therefore get better ratings. That said, better ratings are more important than actual pure journalism. Everyone knows this. You simply know that if you turn on a particular news channel, you'll get more stories in favor of one side of things than another. This applies to all news channels. The problem comes when these same news channels pretend to be so pious about their journalistic integrity, denying claims that they're trying to spin the news one way or another. It's annoying, because true journalism is pretty difficult to find, because it doesn't sell very well. And again, this is probably something as old as journalism itself. Reading books about Teddy Roosevelt and John Adams, you see their struggles with yellow journalism and so forth. It's just frustrating and occasionally outlandish, as the Senator herself pointed out today. The whole country was watching it, and no doubt there were a great many people that were upset that she is voting in favor of the candidate, without listening to a single word she said, of course. They're creating mobs of screaming protestors, chasing down Senators in the hallways, and rehearsing their coordinated efforts to harass and stall the process as much as possible. Which of course has been happening since the very moment the last Supreme Court Justice announced his retirement.
Madison has been aware of what is going on, at least in a limited way. The details of the accusations weren't discussed, but this whole thing has weighed heavy on our hearts, and probably spilled out from time to time while Madison was in hearing distance. It's one of those deals that seem so incredible, one where many of us in this country have been wondering, "What on earth is going on?"
But the great news in all of this is that justice will be served. And yes, that's pretty much literally.
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