Handwriting

Cursive

A FB friend of mine has a daughter who asked if why she needed to learn cursive.  She posted this query on her FB status.  One of the people who commented posted the following:

(I do handwriting analysis)...ok...the hand mimics brain pattens- but vice versa. The linking of the letters promotes connection and communication with others. Also, there are some things about printing that causes self limiting patterns. For instance...look how cops write- it signifys a hardening of emotion and inflexibility. Handwriting therapy is a whole genre. There is strong evidence that printing reinforces some of the bad behavior we are seeing in a generation that does nothing but type.

The army also makes people write a certain way because it makes them more impressionable- and in the end inflexible with little inclination to question authority or think originally. Cops are told to write that way too- but it often evolves on its own because of the architipical nature of handwriting.

I had never thought about this possibility.  I actually had my handwriting analyzed when I was in high school.  An expert came to one of my classes to talk about it.  She offered to analyze anyone's handwriting if we wrote to her.  I think I was one of the few to actually follow through.  I was very impressed with what she knew about me just by analyzing my handwriting because she never actually met me.

I wonder how much more brilliant my blog posts would be if I wrote them in cursive and then transcribed them. ;)  (I probably wouldn't need to use emoticons since the humor would be effortlessly relayed by my prose).  

Dessert

Most awesome random thing to happen in a while:  D and I decided to food cart it for dinner on date night last night.  It was cold, so we ducked into an almost empty mall to eat.  The only thing open in that mall is a restaurant run by a culinary school.  Midway through our meal, a man came strolling over to us with two desserts in hand.  He said it was a slow night for his students and he had to keep them busy, so enjoy the dessert.   If only the movie were as good as dessert.   We saw A Single Man for the movie.  There weren't a lot of options for movies, so this was it.  Suffice it to say, this is so not my kind of movie.  Pretentious, melodramatic, boring - all those terms apply.  Colin Firth did an amazing job in his role, but the movie itself, blech!

Day Off

I am cashing in one of my Saturday Day-Off coupons D gave me for my BD.  I have kicked off the morning by sleeping in until 8:45.  I have piddled away 1.5 hours on the computer.  Now I'm going to put on my headphones and get some cleaning done without worrying about what Avery is doing, or stopping to attend to her every two minutes.  This afternoon I have a baby shower (for twins) to go to and this evening we are watching the G children, so it's not exactly an entire day off, but it was worth it to use the coupon just to sleep in today. 

Neighbor Playdate = Success

In a shocking turn of events, yesterday I met one of my neighbors for a playdate at a park nearby.  She was really easy to talk to, not a crazy-over-the-top parent in any way, and very cool.  I don't know that other mothers in this neighborhood aren't exactly the same, but she's the first that has shown any interest in actually meeting up, so I was pleased.  Of course, I should note that I always let other people take the lead, so to them, I'm not the person who shows interest in actually meeting up.  Hey, when I think of it that way, I guess I do fit right in here!