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Tag: Sparklet

  • out: national gallery

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    out: national gallery

  • out: georgetown waterfront

    [Eiffel Tower, Paris, France.]
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    out: georgetown waterfront, washington, dc

  • video: the end of silence

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snco44ePEZo

    not only is *somebody* talking, but *somebody* won’t stop…

  • miserable, part 2

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    ECPA20100122_3214, originally uploaded by [ecpark].
    in the least surprising plot twist of the year, baby sparklet is now 98% healthy, and i’m sick as a dog. the lady sparkler actually had to leave work early today to come bail me out, after i had gotten sick enough that i was asking the baby to fix me musinex and orange juice cocktails.

    we’re already embarrassed to talk about how well sparklet has been sleeping, but her being sick has added another couple of hours to the nightly tally. yesterday she had slept in so late that i went into the nursery to check that she was still alive.

    i tip-toed in, leaned my head over the crib, listened to her chest … and she simultaneously kicked and punched me in the head.

    i guess she’s decided she’s lloyd dobbler — doesn’t want a career where she sells anything bought or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, and is looking into kickboxing as the sport of the future.

    (I don’t really know, i can’t figure it all out tonight, sir, so I’m just gonna hang with your daughter.)

  • miserable

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    IMG_1351, originally uploaded by [ecpark].
    baby sparklet’s gotten her very first illness this weekend, in an obvious salute to the start of my paternity leave. she has mild(ish) case of Respiratory Syncytial Virus, which from all accounts seems to be about as menacing as your average cold even though it sticks around for a bit longer.

    and with that, my idyllic visions of paternity leave — museums in the morning, a pint at the pub in the afternoon — have been put on hold for a bit. turns out that there isn’t any treatment for the mild version of the virus, so it looks like we’re just hanging around for the next five days watching bad TV.

    the silver lining here is that one of the HD channels is running a Nash Bridges marathon (Don Johnson! Cheech Marin! Yasmine Bleeth!). It’s hard to be depressed in the face of such daytime TV excellence (i’m hoping for a “Walker, Texas Ranger” marathon tomorrow).

    for the record, sparklet is taking this all in stride. she seems to be a little annoyed that Don Johnson hasn’t been properly recognized for the dynamic range he displays as the “smart-alecky” police inspector who fights crime on the streets of San Francisco.

    other than that, she’s the happiest sick baby i’ve ever seen.

    UPDATE: Not a full marathon, but i got FOUR whole episodes of “Walker, Texas Ranger” this morning. My life is nearing a state of nirvana-like completion.

  • found: january

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    photo of the week // week fourteen
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    camera dump: january

  • zoo portraits, part 2

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    ECPA20100118_1374, originally uploaded by [ecpark].
    this is the three month edition of baby sparklet’s zoo portraits. we found a little bear near the bottom of the zoo, and each time we’ve visited, we stop and take a picture. considering how close we live to the zoo, we should have 200 of these by the time she turns three.
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    updated: zoo portraits

  • video: overture

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSkUAVZCRIM

  • “may the force be with you, always…”

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    IMG_1366, originally uploaded by [ecpark].

  • guestbook: kat and ariel

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    IMG_1344, originally uploaded by [ecpark].