It was bound to happen, what with all the BBC programming we watch and his nickname and perhaps with the influence of genetics thrown in as well. The Hobbit has begun to speak with a British accent. Not every word, just a few here and there. Sometimes he confesses to being “cheeky” or “chuffed.” And really, it’s not so much British sounding as Mrs. Doubtfire-ish. Remember that scene where Robin Williams dips his face in the meringue? ”Oh, hellooooooooooo!” It’s like that, and applies to any word with a long ‘o’ sound at the end.
I suspect The Hobbit’s cousin who paid us a recent had something to do with this new dialect. Knowing this cousin’s penchant for dressing toddlers like old men/women, I will have to keep a sharp eye out for any suspenders, ascots, smoking jackets or monocles that make their way into his wardrobe without explanation.
National Chocolate Cake Day
Holy toledo, how have I not been celebrating this glorious day of observation before now? Granted, I probably have several days throughout the year in which I celebrate chocolate cake, just not in a national awareness kind of way. So go have some. The calories don’t count when it’s a holiday.
Cool Music
I have a toddler and I’m a stay-at-home mom, so I rarely get to watch any TV that isn’t animated and an even more rare treat for me is listening to music that isn’t on The Hobbit’s approved play list, so I am not exactly up-to-date with the latest and greatest in the world of music. For all I know, this is old news and everyone knows about this but me and the other parents who are enslaved to the whims of their children’s taste in music, but I thought this was pretty cool to share.
Fakefish showed me this video the other night. He likes the song because it reminds him of old Sting, and Fakefish has little appreciation for anything recorded and released after, oh, 1992, so he was really excited about this song. The song is “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye. The video is kinda cool, too, if you don’t mind scrawny naked guys.
Then, he shows me this cover version by Walk Off the Earth:
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude! If you have EVER played a piano duet with someone all up in your personal space and fighting for elbow room and butt space on a bench, you know what it’s like to share an instrument and to fight the urge to just bump that other person off the bench. Five people! One guitar! No personal space! Ok, maybe it’s just me with the self-restraint issues on sharing personal space. (Side Bar: One of my nephews shared a nice little Boy Scout phrase with me called “The Circle of Blood,” and that’s the berth you’re supposed to give someone who is using a knife; stay outside of the reach of the knife. If you’re within the reach of the knife, that’s puts you within The Circle of Blood. I kinda like that for defining my personal space with strangers, acquaintances, or pretty much anyone who isn’t my husband or kid.) I’m impressed. It actually made me want to go and play something, and there is isn’t a heck of a lot of new music out there that gives me the old goosebumps of motivation and well, at the risk of sounding cheesy, inspires me.
I may be behind the times on hearing about these guys, but I’m glad I did. Neat stuff.
