Showing posts with label competitions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label competitions. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Little Kids (Hunting Easter Eggs)
More from the Easter chronicles with the LDF-family. Here's an overly hasty scribble depicting cute little kids on an Easter egg hunt. We saw this one little girl who was almost lost in her voluminously fluffy pink dress, sitting in the grass, not quite sure what all the fuss was about. A slightly older girl approached her, holding out an egg and communicating via the special means that babies have to talk to each other. Finally she flopped down on the grass almost atop the pink dress girl and everyone happily snapped photos. I love the way little kids will just do their own thing, regardless of what the grown-ups are encouraging. "Go! Get those eggs! You can do it! Go fast!" shout the parents, and the kids amiably toddle along, enjoying the cool grass between their toes, observing insects in flight and the angle of the sunlight through the trees. They may find Easter eggs and they may not, and they couldn't care a whit either way, except that the world is a big, bright, beautiful place full of endless wonder, and they're happy to be in it. I'm with the kids.
Labels:
childhood,
children,
competitions,
Easter,
eggs,
giddy joy,
grass,
kids,
lady-duck-friend,
parents,
springtime
Monday, April 18, 2011
Standup Comedy
On Thursday I went to a local comedy club to support my friend, who was competing to be North Carolina's Funniest Comic. This was the first round of the competition, and I was pleased to cheer on multiple comedy friends--folks whom I had seen perform several times while giving standup comedy a try myself this past fall. I decided that for the moment I prefer strapping on a guitar and singing melancholy songs for an audience rather than being funny for them, but I may give comedy another try in the future. Having tried it, I can say that it is a lot harder than it would seem. And my friend does it very well. By audience vote on Thursday he happily advanced to the next round of competition, and I look forward to cheering him on again!
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