Walk Away

It’s baaaaaack. Just when I thought it was safe to surf the internet without undo embarrassment, the clip mocking me on The Daily Show has returned. You may remember when All Saints’ was featured on ABC’s Nightline when we held a “U2charist” in 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MfPrkkzc3k

Jon Stewart of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” subsequently poked fun of the whole concept. He was particularly enamored with my dancing ability. Okay, I have none. I think the last time I had danced in public was at my wedding. Someone (Bryna!) grabbed me to dance to the last song — “Walk Away (I will follow)” — at the end of the service. The Nightline clip lasted about 3 seconds but that’s what piqued Mr. Stewart’s fancy.

When it first aired, someone immediately posted it on youtube (gotta love friends) but it only lasted a few days because of the Viacom lawsuit. Well, now it’s on the Comedy Central website: http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=118984&title=this-week-in-god-christmas

One more thing to give up this Lent: dancing on national television.

Party Time

We celebrated Zack’s 7th birthday yesterday with a Godzilla/Pirate party. This was per Zack’s orders. This was a tough theme to pull off since you can’t buy Godzilla/Pirate plates at Party City. And I wasn’t about to dress up like Godzilla. Though I did think about rigging up a fire-breathing mechanism with a can of sterno. That’s one way to get a reputation among the neighborhood parents.

We held the party in the church Parish Hall since who wants a bunch of 7-year-olds running amok in your house during the dead of winter? And while Bryna and I were exhausted afterwards, I loved being able to host the party ourselves. Where we live, this is the exception — most parties are held at some themed-party place (gym, bowling alley, rock climbing  wall). And while we’ve done this, it feels like outsourcing your child’s birthday.

We had a bunch of mini events: bobble head dog painting, pin the tail on the donkey (everyone cheated!), Twister, bingo, and, of course, pizza and cake. Then the kids raced around on scooters, laughed, and just enjoyed one another. A good time was had by all and no one was maimed. 

The theme? Well, Bryna put a fire-breathing monster and a pirate action figure on top of the Carvel ice cream cake. Perfect.