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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Storm Wind Party

 

"StormWind"  is part of the Warcraft Games. This is about
1:25 min. long.
The following is a re post from 2016.  Did a lot of re-writing, inserting some images. Watch as much as you can. This was a memorable Birthday party even.

My gr-daughter Sunshine's birthday will be next week, on May 4.  Normally, it would be a swim party, with lots of kid food. But things change as years go by.

This year is interesting. Being a creative person,  Sunshine will be in Fourth Grade and this party is more sophisticated: it will be an on-line party hosted by herself and Sunshine, and arranged through the World of War Craft.  Storm Wind is supposed to be exciting.

Things get busy.  This is about 3 min. long.

The girls have reservations to hold the computer interactive party at/in the kingdom of Storm Wind, with the blessing of the Alliance.  Actually, there will be two parties: one in the Realms of Echo Isle and the other in Silver Hand.

Invitations have been sent in inter-game mail, and requests for gifts have been made.  The gift registry can be found at the registered site. 

There will be non-alcoholic beer (apparently some of the goblins interacted negatively with the gnomes).  There will be fireworks and fortune cards from Sage.

Some of the attendees will be Pendix, Gnome Mage. WhereamI (a Dranai Warrior) and a Dancing Mechanical Monkey. At their own computers in their own homes, these noble warriors will battle.

That is so “old school”, I have been told, by Sunshine. After all, she is almost 12.

I had not been invited. My daughter was also not on the list. Our knowledge of Storm Wind is non-existent. She had to provide the cake, however. We cracked open a bottle of Pinot Grigio and watched cheesy romance movies.

This is a post from 2016.  Now, Sunshine is 18 and her sister sister, Butterfly is 20.

A portion of this was left out: the day after the computer extravaganza, Butterfly hosted a tea party for us (her mother and grandmother) on Mother's Day.




Thursday, June 6, 2024

Dancing in Detention

 

Once a gaggle of middle school girls were talking about dancing and I overheard them.  My gr-daughters were dedicated to Irish Dancing, and I smiled.  One asked me if I danced.  Hah!

I grew up in a small country town of 437 population.  There were four protestant churches.  Our small, very conservative church outlawed dancing, make-up, movies, any place that served alcohol, jewelry, wearing sleeveless blouses/dresses, no female slacks to be worn in the church...

Still I smiled.  Irish dance shoes won't ever be on my feet but I don't need them.  I have this group of talented dancers/actors as my teachers:

The Detention Dance sequence is so amazing. 4 minutes long. The famous dance scene is at 3:29.

Irish dancing is definitely not in my wheel house of skills. Except I  have NAILED this famous dance.  I have made some adjustments. 

My gr-daughters were always brought home from their preschool by their daddy. I was there with a prepared lunch.  One day I introduced them to this dance, renaming it as the "Tuna fish Sandwich Dance".  We danced around at lunch, danced some more. 

So, I told those know-it-all middle school dancers that  Yes, I dance,  the breakfastclub (breek faist eh cluh buh) dance. Confusion drifted over their faces. They nodded blankly and took off, whispering as they went. I hoped they would search for this title and then learn the meaning of life.

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Be loyal, patriotic, and faithful

 


John Wayne was a fervent patriot. He wanted to join up for WW2, but was rejected as being too old. But, the military wanted him to act in patriotic films. He was active in helping veterans and  supporting the military.

A list of some of his military movies:  

The Flying Leathernecks (1951) ...
Operation Pacific (1951) ...
The Fighting Seabees. ...
The Green Berets (1968) ...
In Harm's Way (1965) ...
The Longest Day (1962) ...
The Flying Tigers (1942) ...
Back to Bataan (1945)

The one that always pops up in my brain is "The Longest Day".
 

I have seen all of these once and then twice. Now that I am older and have a better understanding of that horrible war, I appreciate what John Wayne portrayed. War is hell.

John Wayne, May 26 1907-1979

For those who want to watch "Saving Private Ryan", it is a profound experience, in that It was not bloody enough. Veterans of this day said that the assault on June 6 was bloodier. 


Interview with D-Day veteran: