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Nana

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Length: 1:15

A bit of summer backyard fun with one of the boy's favorite playmates, my mom. Moments like this help us set aside our vexations over his rigidity and anxiety attacks. It's this kind of interaction the specialists tasked with assessing his social skills never get a chance to see.

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semanal08, semanal08week32

Open Mic

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Length: 2:56

In the kids' area at the county fair this year there stood a small stage in front of a couple of benches. There was no schedule of performers or showcases, just a live gooseneck microphone at a kid-friendly height.

When we first walked past, a couple of girls were using it to sing "Happy Birthday" together. The boy appeared not to take notice. A few minutes later, however, when there was no one on stage and no one in the audience, he wandered up the ramp, muttered a few words into the microphone, and stepped back down again. After a few more tentative experiments, he marched back up and launched into a complete song, an En Vogue number from Sesame Street (complete with the requisite melisma).

While his diction is... imprecise, his rhythm is surprisingly good. He even attempts to sing much of the song while inhaling, in his attempt to keep the beat. I have included the song in its entirety, so nota bene.

The general shakiness of the video is due to the effect of Christa's foot tapping on the bench on which we were seated.

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semanal08, semanal08week27

City Chase Bowling Challenge

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Length: 0:48

Saturday I participated in City Chase San Francisco, an "urban adventure" in the mold of The Amazing Race. Our final challenge was to bowl a strike or a spare. With one small catch.

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semanal08, semanal08week26

Recitation

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Length: 0:27

A spontaneous adaptation of a poem entitled "I Like Peanut Butter" from an out-of-print children's book the boy has at one of his two schools (he won't say which).

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semanal08, semanal08week25

Raspberries

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Length: 0:44

Creakily climbing back up on the horse after a jarring dismount. Aided by my Father's Day present, a Flip mino.

Up to this point I've typically avoided footage of the boy playing to the camera, but with the Flip he's had a bit of a conceptual breakthrough. He's not just performing for my benefit--he's performing for his own.

Photo (cc) by Marko Kivelä.

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semanal08, semanal08week24

Alcohol

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Length: 1:42

Just smile and nod and pretend that it's still Videoblogging Week 2008. It'll all soon be over. 6 of 7.

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semanal08, semanal08week17, videobloggingweek2008