5.01.2007
baby naming
We've always sensed that there was something otherworldly about Baby. Witness her intense experimentation and nature study (following ants, obsessing about the whereabouts of the moon, testing the laws of gravity, fluid dynamics, etc.). It is as though she is busily readying reports about Earth for her alien overlords. Whatever language it is that she speaks certainly sounds foreign, and her sense of humor is, well, unique.
But my thinking has evolved, and I have a new name for her: Monkey Princess.
I think this captures a lot about her, in particular the contrast between her primate goofiness and her elegant, withering hauteur. She is surely monkey-cub-like in her movements, whether clinging to me, eating a tomato out of her hand, or scrabbling around the living room looking for a pen, or sunglasses, or cellphone left carelessly just within her reach. And while she's no girly-girl, she does have her preeny moments. Plus she is waited on hand-and-foot by her overeducated, underpaid servants. Er, I mean parents.
But my thinking has evolved, and I have a new name for her: Monkey Princess.
I think this captures a lot about her, in particular the contrast between her primate goofiness and her elegant, withering hauteur. She is surely monkey-cub-like in her movements, whether clinging to me, eating a tomato out of her hand, or scrabbling around the living room looking for a pen, or sunglasses, or cellphone left carelessly just within her reach. And while she's no girly-girl, she does have her preeny moments. Plus she is waited on hand-and-foot by her overeducated, underpaid servants. Er, I mean parents.
