Would you brave the weird and haunted shores at world's end to fetch back wit' ye Jack?

[jackshoegazer]

Ethan only has two weeks of 6th grade left and he broke out with a lovely case of chicken pox.  Apparently the medical community is finding that those kids who got the chicken pox vaccine when they were young are fine for several years, but then develop it around age 10-12 and it's much worse than if they'd gotten it when they were younger.  So far Ethan's been fine - none of the flu-like symptoms, just some spots on forehead and chest and quite a lot of spots on his back and scalp.  However this does mean he'll miss one of his last two weeks of school.  Rather than being happy about missing school, he seems pretty upset about possibly falling behind on his homework so close to the end of the year.

My application to UW was rejected.  They suggested I take some classes at MATC first since I've been out of school so long.  I'm looking into taking a creative writing course for the summer, then starting on their liberal arts transfer program in the fall.  How I'll fit school into my schedule I haven't quite worked out, but I'm sure it will all land in place.  In the meantime, my job continually provides me with endless writing fodder.

For the Harry Potter fans out there, you may find it interesting that 12 Grimmauld Place  is on Google Maps.  It's even better if you zoom all the way in and put it on satellite or hybrid.  For being Unplottable, I'm a bit disappointed.  We'd better hope Voldemort doesn't have teh internets.  Something tells me he's no l33t h@xx0r.

Before we noticed that Ethan had contracted the dreaded pox, he, Jacquelyn, and I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which was exactly what it sold itself as - a giant, action-packed summer blockbuster.  It also contained probably the most surreal five minutes of film ever seen in a major motion picture.  We also hit up the mall, Borders, dinner at Chili's, and a trip to Target before we cabbed it home.  While Jacquelyn went shopping for new undies, Ethan and I hopped into a photo booth.  Thus are the results:

That is all.  You are dismissed.

Comments

[scarlete.livejournal.com]

And people go :0 when I mention I hope to find a chicken pox party before the girls start school. I hope he's well soon.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

The younger the better is definitely the way to go. It's one week of calamine lotion and then it's over. The older they get, the worse the pox get. They're finding that because people are exposed to chicken pox less because of vaccinations, the general immunity from repeated exposure is much less and thus, cases of shingles and adult pox are on the rise.

[gutzilla.livejournal.com]

Classic photo. Son remains cool, dad goes wacky.

I like the idea of the wizard community missing a whole dimension to their universal war of light and dark because they haven't figured out YouTube yet.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

I know, eh? I thought he was gonna totally clown it up. Bastid, making me look extra-goof in comparison. Arg!

I bet like the UFO videos, there'd be "wizard-sighting" videos on YouTube.

[zegenta.livejournal.com]

It also contained probably the most surreal five minutes of film ever seen in a major motion picture.

Are you talking about the scene with the many Jacks and the crabs??

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Oh yes.

[zegenta.livejournal.com]

Man, that felt like an acid trip or something.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

God, I know. I couldn't believe it. It was just so weird and psychological. I sat there thinking, "Do most of these people even get this?!"

[zegenta.livejournal.com]

I didn't want it to stop!

Hahah! You have an LSD icon. I do too and uh, you made it.

[turkeyanne.livejournal.com]

Is Ethan's seeming nonchalance a result of the pox, or does he always play it cool like that?

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

He's normally a total goof, but on occasion he plays it all hip like dat. For instance, totally goof when he got his Xbox360. (http://jackshoegazer.livejournal.com/260031.html)

[violet-meeks.livejournal.com]

I first got chicken pox in High School, my freshman year. It wasn't a bad case either so my doc said I could get it again. Poor little guy.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

I had them when I was in 3rd or 4th grade, maybe 5th at the latest. I've got the tiniest divot in my nose from it :P I just remember being super-itchy for a week and then it was over. Ethan's isn't too bad at all and it already seems to be getting better. (Turns out he may have had it for almost a week now and just didn't say anything.)

[violet-meeks.livejournal.com]

LOL I showed my mom and she told me it was spider bites. It was my sisters school nurse who caught it when my sister broke out in school.

I have a tiny scar next to my right eye from it too.

[schmecky.livejournal.com]

You look like a dad to me in those pictures :)

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

I don't often feel like one. Especially when people ask him if I'm his brother :P