beulahbondo's Diaryland Diary
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The Year of the Monkey
Secunda's preschool had a little Year of the Monkey party, and on the way home, all dolled up in a dragon headdress, she and Nilla stopped at Dunkin for some Munchkins. Secunda noticed that the Munchkins box was all decorated Christmas-style and asked, "Why don't they have Chinese New Year boxes?" Three years old and a cultural observer. Love her.
Also on the monkey front, did anyone see "Dateline" last week? They did a story on perception and how we retain images selectively. To illustrate, they showed a video of five or six people tossing two basketballs around. We were told to keep an eye on the players in the black shirt and count how many times they passed the basketball. They repeated this video three times with the same instructions. At the end of the show they revealed what no one ever sees: that a guy in an ape suit comes into the video halfway through, right up to the camera, and poses like a bodybuilder. I was floored! So does that mean when I'm crossing the street looking both ways, I might be missing monkeys?
I'm leaving this cold, cold city tomorrow for a different cold, cold city. Taking the mighty Fung Wah coach to NYC to visit Mr. Ron Coe, formerly of East Cambridge. We're going to the Outsider Art Fair. "Get me one of those healing machines," says the savvy Greyhound.
Okay, one more thing. I'm joining Billionaires for Bush and I need a street name. Like Anita Bigger-Taxbreak, or Maura Fohr-Mi. More ideas?
10:51 p.m. - 2004-01-23
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