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By Julie
 Busy Saturday. Enjoyed dim sum with my parents and sister's family, then ran a ton of errands, including a stop at Petsmart, where the kids bought some snails and fish. Meanwhile, I picked up literature on Petsmart's doggy day camp. Daisy is a friendly enough dog, but she doesn't socialize with other dogs much. Even though we count several dog owners among our friends, we rarely see each other while with our dogs. Maybe it would be worth 20 bucks to let Daisy enjoy a day among other dogs.    Saturday evening was spent singing ourselves hoarse playing our newest Wii  game, American Idol Encore . From left to right, these avatars represent Kevin, Alex, and me. I know the butterfly wings look silly, but the kids like them, so they're staying put for now. I don't think we'll be getting Guitar Hero III or Rock Band anytime soon. I'll concede that the Rock Band drum set holds some merit because it actually teaches kids how to play a real life musical instrument, but the fake guitars just seem silly, especially since we have two real electric guitars. If Alex ever wants to play, we'll sign him up for lessons. Or he can just go over to his friend J's house because J's older brothers have Guitar Hero III.This afternoon J invited him over to play. He lives in the same tract we do, a stone's throw away. A couple of years ago, when Kevin was over there during J's birthday party, a fellow parent commented on the very bling bling car in the driveway next door, and J's dad said his neighbor was a member of an extremely well-known hip hop group. This is not the only person we know of in the entertainment industry that lives in suburbia. There's the movie producer that lives up the hill on a horse property, the drummer we met at a friend's dinner party who still calls the suburbs of San Diego home despite using L.A. as his official address, and the notorious rapper who lives about a mile from our babysitter's house in the next city over. Not too long ago, the rapper came up in conversation with a friend of ours, who refused to believe that a guy with such an urban musical persona could possibly live in the suburbs. Her doubt was so contagious that we ended up fact-checking ourselves. Since then Kevin has confirmed that not only did this guy coach his son's football team, he even started his own league. (Plus the police recently came to his house... but we really don't need to go there.) Today it occurred to me that perhaps the suburbs might be the best place for famous people to As for the neighbors of famous people, what's their incentive for guarding these celebs' privacy? Well, I for one wouldn't want tour buses unloading camera-wielding groupies on to my lawn. I think that's incentive enough :) Labels: famous people, kids, pets 0 Comments: |
