…but that’s because my niece was a rat, so I was naturally biased. That is the play I went to tonight that she was in. Sitting on a bench with no back with her parents and some other family members, I gotta say she knocked her lines out of the park! (That’s a baseball reference… I use them now cause I’m a gym guy.)
So a few observations include that most parents would rather watch their kid’s play through their iPhones. That irks me because Apple isn’t customizable enough for my liking; but the larger issue is that they’re literally watching the action through a small screen instead of using the two screens built into their eye holes… Though to be fair, I understand wanting it for later, as my dad would schlep those 8 pound VHS cameras around back.
Then again, the cell I’m using is a cracked up temp I’m relying on until the replacement arrives in the mail. It’s bad enough to nearly pierce my thumbs, something my other niece thought was funny and attempted to get it to do just that to my fingers. (Oof, and that’s her sense of humor now!)
But that’s fine, I didn’t want to be ‘that guy’ at the play; you know, the one that isn’t a parent but was guilted into going and wants to make sure everyone around him knows. A couple of the other parents I recognized as friends of my sister’s, or from when I helped her out when she was Room Mom before. I thought it ironic to call me Room Matt, but it didn’t quite land so I didn’t push it.
Anyway the family I went with wasn’t feeling like Friendlys, which sucked for me because I’m always feeling like Friendlys, especially now that my eating habits aren’t drek. So I guess all that’s left to do is drink some water and eat some Lindt Excellence and Nature Valley and hit the weights! (Sorry, I was trying to sound cool but having now demonstrated the opposite, I’ll just stop.)