soup
cream
yogurt
cottage cheese

lids as frisbees

Nancy’s
Stoneyfield
Good Culture
Organic Valley

boujee toys

probiotic
grass fed
whole milk
certified organic

for a boujee boy

䷲䷥

thunder threatens
thunder terror
thunder them
wedding whispers

Just a moment

he tried to interrupt her
I told him to wait

OK you can talk now

he started crying
“I don’t want you to talk when daddy is done talking!”

You can’t say that!

between gasps
he tried to tickle her

You really can’t do that!

wept some more and stopped
“I want you to talk!”

What do you want me to say?

䷰

pot
fire
boil
big
boom

Dollar Cookie (DEALER chip)
Veggie Cookie (green chip)
Red Flag Cookie (Abe Lincoln Chip)

Original Cookie (red chip with gold filigree)
Red Bean Cookie (red chip)
Money Cookie (light blue chip)

Popcorn Cookie (white chip)
Water Cookie (blue chip)
Flag Cookie (FDR Chip)

Snow Flake Cookie (purple and cyan chip)
Rock Chip (Harry Truman Chip)
Lock Chip (black chip)

䷧

south west / lucky storms
doing nothing / head home
got work / hop to it

veggies in the bowl
gnaw gnaw gnaw
chewing greens

laps around the room
gnaw gnaw gnaw
chilling on the couch

snow angels on tile
gnaw gnaw gnaw
sweeping the floor

䷴䷷

three years barren
beyond favor
wild geese landing
favor returns

scorching desert sun
high noon — 9 AM

Super Pawn
NOW OPEN!

fronting
Extra Space Storage

paucity and excess
Warm Springs west

䷶䷬

starlight
day bright
folded arm
alright

he found an apple on the dining table.
Daddy, you picked a big apple!

妈妈! 爸爸 picked 了一个很大的苹果!
(Mama! Daddy picked a big apple!)

(Actually, Mama picked it)

~

妈妈! 我要跟一个人玩. 但是不是你和爸爸!
(Mama! I want to play with one person. But not you or Daddy!)

你要跟姐姐玩,就好好问她.
(If you want to play with your sister, just ask her nicely.)

~

弟弟,给爸爸抱抱!
(Come hug Daddy!)

NEVER!
big grin.

䷺䷅

disperse
foam
coalesce
foam

they turn off the lights
tell me to jump out with claws

RAWR!

they emerge from their fort
clang sticks against metal lids

RAWR!

they scream, giggle, race back to safety
sneak out with a flashlight

RAWR!

they tell me that I’m scared of the light
I shrink away in fear

rawr?

the moon monster
waits in a dark bathroom

䷫䷱

wrap a melon
willow leaves
lunar mana

She spent half an hour going through the Disney catalog.
She was intrigued by the princesses in the sequel.

We started with this one.
We watched it a few years ago but forgot the story.

The bugs are scary.
The 8-bit breaks up the monotony of CGI.

A thrill a minute.
A simple fable with the usual Disney lessons.

Why isn’t it better known?
Why isn’t it lauded as a modern classic?

Great fun for the kids,
Great love letter to the parents’ childhoods.

Is it the lack of princesses?
Is it missing a surreal song and dance routine?

---

Ralph Breaks the Internet:

The internet is a big place, so it makes sense that the movie felt less focused than the first one.

Still, it was a fun time with the kids.

The cameos of the Disney Princesses were great, but they also need that little extra to keep interest in the story.

The boy is always taciturn at the end of a movie, but this time he announced
“姐姐 (Sister) I hate the gigantic Wreck-it-Ralph!”

Most importantly, I’m happy to report they had a song and dance routine this time.

---

Plus the Eeyore cameo might convince the kids to watch Winnie the Pooh!

He jumped on her chair,
Pushed her off.

She offered to share
He punched her.

I demanded he apologize.
He grinned, shook his head.

姐姐自己念书.
(Sister can read her own book then.)

Ten minutes later,
He wants her to play.

你先道歉!
(You first apologize!)

He cried on the floor,
As Mama cooked french toast.

Grabbed paper and
Purple crayon.

sor
ry

Shoved the sheet
In her face.

Play!
Now!

你做错了什么?
(What did you do wrong?)

Another tantrum.

䷕䷹

peach
toy
zappy

At breakfast, he asked
(Did you take a)
“Shower?”

He asked Mama
晚上吗?
“Night?”

Oh!
He doesn’t know
Grey mornings.

Still groggy,
He was eating
Dinner.

䷘䷢

no disease
delusion
no medicine
joy