Three hours of sleep, 9.5 hours jetlagged, in a hot room, listening to a presentation about video encoding.
So this happened: through a complicated series of travel logistics and schedule misreadings, I ended up getting a ride from Belmar to Perth Amboy, NJ with a very nice lady - a stranger I met in the train station parking lot - who believes that the world is going to end on Friday. Apparently the Family Radio guy has set a new date, and she is a believer. Actual exchange:
Yossi: Well, now that we’ve figured out the train schedule, you shouldn’t have this problem next time.
Nice lady: Yeah, that’s true. Although hopefully the world is going to end on Friday.
I wish I could say I came away from the experience with some understanding of her mindset, but we mostly talked about her grandkids.
At Zeitgeist in the Mission. First Drive Like Jehu album. Couldn’t be happier.
Mobility
Often when I run into people who don’t have kids, they ask “so what’s he doing now?” - meaning, generally, what stage of development has he hit? I asked the same thing myself many a time.
Here’s what he’s doing now: Saturday, at the playground, I changed his diaper, then put him on the rubber mat for a second. He immediately crawled away from me over to the playground equipment, climbed a stair, climbed another one, made a left-hand turn, up another stair, crossed over eight feet of platform, up another stair, and then head-first down the slide. In about six seconds. This kid’s going to be exhausting once he learns to walk.
