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[greenkoolayd]

a friend posted on this facebook today: "RAVE Stonybrook Theater will have a sensory-friendly movie for children with Autism and/or Down syndrome this Saturday, July 2nd at 10:05 a.m. The movie will be Cars 2. They will have the volume down, lights dimmed and kids are free to bring their own snacks (due to allergies). Kids are also free to move around and enjoy themselves!"  this is in KY(she works for Downs Syndrome of Louisville)...

i think thats a really awesome thing to do.  have they ever done anything like that in your area, JL?

I need to learn the difference between "quote" and "modify," apparently. Sorry. -- JLD

[wombat]

I would totally go to that, if it were a better movie.

Wait, did I mention I went to another movie in an actual theater last week? That's the third in three months. It might be some kind of record.

[KeithHernandez]

get this http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/29/flesh-eating-cocaine-ny-la_n_886363.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009 article emailed to me from multiple peeps.  I guess I got a reputation.  I did some of that stuff 2 weekends ago and this weekend, and I have some rashes.  Unfortunately, they are not like the ones in the article, so I still have to figure out why.  Fortunately they are just bumps on my hand that I think I have from touching too many dogs instead of flesh eating thingies.

[jay-ell]

a friend posted on this facebook today: "RAVE Stonybrook Theater will have a sensory-friendly movie for children with Autism and/or Down syndrome this Saturday, July 2nd at 10:05 a.m. The movie will be Cars 2. They will have the volume down, lights dimmed and kids are free to bring their own snacks (due to allergies). Kids are also free to move around and enjoy themselves!"  this is in KY(she works for Downs Syndrome of Louisville)...

i think thats a really awesome thing to do.  have they ever done anything like that in your area, JL?

Yes! We have been to 2. It is great for kids like mine, who are younger and/or have more noticeable stimming/fidgeting/sensory behaviors, but for older, high-functioning/Asperger's kids who can sit more or less still but have trouble focusing, I'd imagine it's very distracting. That's why we went to a regular screening with my niece and nephew.

But the ones I have been to were nice, not least because you know all the other parents in the theater "get it."

[theinevitable]

which reminds me:

when I'm at work, I frequently interact with parents who seem very unhappy about their kids behavior-- being loud, grabbing stuff off the shelves to look at... basically acting like kids. I always want to reassure them that this behavior is OK, but will this come across as condescending/weird? People always seem very worried that their children are bothering me, when actually, having a kid singing Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and ringing the little bell next to my register makes my day a lot nicer.

[wombat]

Would you get in trouble if you sang along?

[pmcd9]

Ash, your post reminds me of this for some reason.

[greenkoolayd]

i imagine thats especially trying if the child is really young and has just discovered that yelling really loud in the ginormous store makes a rad echo AND everybody else looks at you.

[jay-ell]

That's one of the things practice got me over. I'd rather a kid was loud and happy than squirrely and pissed off and so would the people around me.

Plus, I am double-un-bad. If the store makes the kid hungry I'll pick a snack to bust open and hand over the open package at check out to pay. Tough shit if you find that wrong. Remember, happy kid good, pissed kid bad.

Within reason, of course. don't let their fun be anti-social.

I do that too. The limit is one open bag, if I have 2 kids with me they have to share.

I get annoyed with parents for being annoyed that their kids are acting like kids. They are not miniature grownups, don't be a dick.

On the other hand, I saw a mom at Target the other day goofing right along with her daughter, and it made me smile and miss my babies even though I had just left my house half an hour before.

About a week ago as I was leaving Target with Boyface, he asked me to make the cart go fast in the parking lot. I knew what he meant, so as I walked out the door I checked for traffic, and when it was clear I gave the cart a hard push down the incline and hopped up on the bottom rail. Boyface put his hands up and squealed with laughter, and another mom with a couple of tweens yelled, "Surf's up!"

That made me grin.

[theinevitable]

yeah! as a person who is really easily embarrassed, I hope I can get over that in a major way when I have kids. Have fun with your kids in public!

Seeing good parenting makes me really happy. People who snap at their kids for asking questions/trying to help make me very unhappy.

[Nabubrush]

which reminds me:

when I'm at work, I frequently interact with parents who seem very unhappy about their kids behavior-- being loud, grabbing stuff off the shelves to look at... basically acting like kids. I always want to reassure them that this behavior is OK, but will this come across as condescending/weird? People always seem very worried that their children are bothering me, when actually, having a kid singing Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and ringing the little bell next to my register makes my day a lot nicer.

You know, I'm a curmudgeon. But today, instead of a) thinking about how I sort of don't like children, and b) thinking about how I sort of don't like my job, I'll instead reflect on c) how I don't ever interact with children at my job.

[theinevitable]

hm. half-drunkenly thinking of plans to move to Chicago.

1. find job
2. put my stuff in storage?
3. sleep on floors/couches until I find a place to move into.

What can go wrong? Only everything. I guess I would also be leaving my current roommate without an apartment on very short notice, which is a dick move.
Our current lease runs out at the end of July, so this is kind of a pressing issue.

[miles]

Ash, your post reminds me of this for some reason.

Louis CK is a fuck*ng genius. Also, he actually gets better as he gets older.

[AugustWest]

i think thats a really awesome thing to do.  have they ever done anything like that in your area, JL?

Huh.  Well apparently they have in my area.

[greenkoolayd]

Huh.  Well apparently they have in my area.

Tennessee?