In Eckleburg's Eyes - 3/16/2009, Part 2

News & Notes from Friday, March 13th, 2009, Part 2

-On Friday night, after briefly visiting JTH at MoFoS, KJW, MPW, RAW and I watched the Tennessee basketball team play its first game in the SEC Tournament. We watched the game at MPW’s condo. RAW and I arrived before MPW, who was running late after eating with KL and her parents. MPW invited us to shimmy the lock as he insisted it was weak. That seemed like a B & E charge waiting to happen so KJW, RAW, and I waited in his car.

-The Vols played Alabama, who had defeated them on Sunday in Knoxville. Naturally, the inconsistent Vols played great and won 86-62 in an impressive dunk fest. It was their largest SEC Tournament victory margin since 1949.

-KJW ate throughout the game. RAW would chew pretzels into shapes of letters and numbers and KJW correctly identified them all. I was impressed. Later, we gave her a Twizzler. We were wondering whether the candy was cherry or strawberry so we asked KJW what it tasted like. Her answer: “Red.” Fair enough.

-KJW was occupied most of the night, which allowed us to watch the game. Most of the night, she was busy positioning bags of shredded paper throughout the house. (MPW had shredded documents earlier in the week. I think he just wanted to use his paper shredder.) After KL arrived, KJW played with her on the computer. This produced the following dialogue:

KJW (pointing to snot she had deposited on KL’s computer chair): “Ooh look!”
KL: What is that?”
KJW: “A booger.”
KL: “Go get Matt to give you a tissue?”
KJW: “No thanks.”

-KJW also tried to pants KL at one point in the evening. I love that kid.

-Despite KJW’s usual preciousness, KLTW phoned in the story of the night. While working at Morristown-Hamblen hospital, a pregnant woman asked KLTW if an ultrasound could determine the sex of her baby. When KLTW learned the woman was 16-18 weeks pregnant, she informed the woman that at twenty weeks the baby’s sex could be more accurately determined. The woman then asked if the ultrasound could identify the race of the baby! For the record, no, an ultrasound cannot predict race.

-Finally, Friday, was the 31st birthday of my West High School bud JECL. Happy birthday, Elaine! I miss you.