June 27, 2006
Comics: Digger and others
Having perused Digger, I have to say that it’s a good combination of ‘higher’ ideals and drawing style, and relaxed ingenue. “Cat and Girl’ would be too much to realistically enjoy and no be a wankfest, had it none of the self-abased in-jokes at the end of each episode. You know it’s for consumption, but it’s still holding the carrot out in front just barely within your reach. It’s a good balancing act.
Lone Wolf and Cub
Found this by accident in the downtown Vancouver library. It has an almost formulaic layout that you can forget about because the story and the characters are so good. Talk about character development. The expectation for new fathers is to treat your child to only the softest of realities ‐ this story talks about life in a way most people would find unyielding yet fascinating for the portrayal of (successful!) interdependence between father and child.
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(from Amazon)
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June 26, 2006
Strawberries
I started our baby, Chloë, on strawberries. She’s just a week shy of 9 months. Berries and citrus fruits are supposed to be last on the food schedule we received from Vancouver’s Womens Hospital; but I’m starting to become less cautious as time and lack of effect wears away at my heinously-conceived institutionalised paranoia. Damned lists. So I’m starting her on a ‘high allergen” berry three whole months early. She likes ’em.
I’m only posting this to remind myself later that I paid attention for eight long months. And that this proposed food schedule mattered at one point in my life. And to assauge, however little, the sense of guilt that something can go wrong now.
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