sunny December brunch (Stella, Sam, Eric, Spencer, Susan)
Our good friends Sam(antha) and Eric came to visit this weekend (unfortunately poppa Eddie couldn’t make it this time). We had a really great weekend hanging out with them and Stella and Spencer. They spent one night with us and the second over at Stella and Spencer’s. We mostly just caught up, had some good meals, and walked around.
One of the weekend highlights (in my juvenile opinion) centered around a tiny Grow-Your-Own-Ninja toy we gave to Eric. The packaging said that when submerged in water the ninja would grow to 600% its original size. At some point this was mistakenly verbalized as “600 times its original size” (I won’t name names). Of course, being Accurate-Guy, I couldn’t help pointing out that this would mean he would be 60,000% instead of 600% (yes, Susan gives me a fair amount of flack whenever Accurate-Guy pops up).
Anyways, we promptly stuffed him into a jar of water and waited, only to realize (after reading the fine print) that it was a long process (as much as 10 days). Instant gratification – not. Nonetheless, we were very pleased the next couple mornings to see that he had indeed progressed considerably. I would even go so far as to say that he had surpassed the 600% mark.
600% ninja
Big-Fist-Pajama-Man
“What to you think, Jim? Is this going to be an even match?”
VS.
“Actually, Bob, I’d have to give the edge to Big-Fist. He is, after all, rightside up. That should really work in his favor.”
Another highlight (again, for me, at least) was playing around with Eric and the fisheye lens. I figured somebody had to keep the ninja in check, so who better than Big-Fist-Pajama-Man. This’ll be the first Eric has heard of his superhero alter-ego; hopefully he likes it.
Unfortunately, in the hurry of leaving, Sam and Eric didn’t pack the ninja. I’m not quite sure how he’d get on the plane anyway, given the new airline restrictions and the fact that he’s submerged in a jar of liquid. Of course, he could be temporarily removed from the liquid, but that would be somewhat of a bummer in my opinion.
UPDATE (Jan. 18): I am pleased to report two important ninja updates.
1. He finally outgrew is his jar and has been transferred to a much larger mayonnaise jar (I’m absolutely positive he’s bigger than 600% now, but still nowhere near 60,000%).
2. Katie, Doug, Gracie, and Robbie kindly transported him back to LA via car (more about their visit in a later post). So I guess I’ll check in with Eric about his progress sometime next month or so.
600% ninja vs. big-fist-pajama-man
sunny December brunch (Stella, Sam, Eric, Spencer, Susan)
Our good friends Sam(antha) and Eric came to visit this weekend (unfortunately poppa Eddie couldn’t make it this time). We had a really great weekend hanging out with them and Stella and Spencer. They spent one night with us and the second over at Stella and Spencer’s. We mostly just caught up, had some good meals, and walked around.
One of the weekend highlights (in my juvenile opinion) centered around a tiny Grow-Your-Own-Ninja toy we gave to Eric. The packaging said that when submerged in water the ninja would grow to 600% its original size. At some point this was mistakenly verbalized as “600 times its original size” (I won’t name names). Of course, being Accurate-Guy, I couldn’t help pointing out that this would mean he would be 60,000% instead of 600% (yes, Susan gives me a fair amount of flack whenever Accurate-Guy pops up).
Anyways, we promptly stuffed him into a jar of water and waited, only to realize (after reading the fine print) that it was a long process (as much as 10 days). Instant gratification – not. Nonetheless, we were very pleased the next couple mornings to see that he had indeed progressed considerably. I would even go so far as to say that he had surpassed the 600% mark.
600% ninja
Big-Fist-Pajama-Man
“What to you think, Jim? Is this going to be an even match?”
VS.
“Actually, Bob, I’d have to give the edge to Big-Fist. He is, after all, rightside up. That should really work in his favor.”
Another highlight (again, for me, at least) was playing around with Eric and the fisheye lens. I figured somebody had to keep the ninja in check, so who better than Big-Fist-Pajama-Man. This’ll be the first Eric has heard of his superhero alter-ego; hopefully he likes it.
Unfortunately, in the hurry of leaving, Sam and Eric didn’t pack the ninja. I’m not quite sure how he’d get on the plane anyway, given the new airline restrictions and the fact that he’s submerged in a jar of liquid. Of course, he could be temporarily removed from the liquid, but that would be somewhat of a bummer in my opinion.
UPDATE (Jan. 18): I am pleased to report two important ninja updates.
1. He finally outgrew is his jar and has been transferred to a much larger mayonnaise jar (I’m absolutely positive he’s bigger than 600% now, but still nowhere near 60,000%).
2. Katie, Doug, Gracie, and Robbie kindly transported him back to LA via car (more about their visit in a later post). So I guess I’ll check in with Eric about his progress sometime next month or so.