Your day sounds better than mine-- mine consists of doing laundry, going to the bank, going to the optometrist, dragging Ammo to buy clothes. ANd it's raining.
AMmo came home from swim today with two 10' PVC pipes tied to his car. I asked him what he was doing-- Was he going to install a bathroom in the trunk?
"I'm making a musical instrument," he said, all excited.
"Listen! B flat!"
He was right, if you hit the end of the tube with your palm, it makes a B flat tone, like blowing air across a bottle.
I should mention here that Blue Man Group uses PVC pipes in their act. Ammo is determined to be a Blue Man. This is his goal- apparently his only one at the moment- in life. He spent this past week having us throw marshmallows at him so he could practice catching them in his mouth.
He has eaten three bags so far- plus some cat hair and dust.
BUt he is really getting good. Yesterday he took the last bag of marshmallows to school.
In theatre they had to do a report on a Broadway production. His was on Jekyll and Hyde, so he rushed through it, and then said,
"But I feel we have grossly neglected an important part of the New York theatre scene-- the Off Broadway production. (where surprise!! Blue Man Group originated) Let me tell you about one particularly exciting show that I was lucky enough to see last weekend in Vegas...."
From there he managed to work in the marshmallows. He had the class throw them to him.
They were really impressed, he said.
What about your teacher?
He rolled his eyes.
Obviously, it's lots more important to impress your peers than your teachers.
Anyway, he now has decided to move on to the musical part of the show, and that's what the PVC pipe is for. Before he left for school, he had figured out that if you cut the pipe in half, you get B flat an octave higher. And that 5" = a half step so he could create a whole 12 tone scale. He had a C and an A done when he had to leave.
I wouldn't let him stay home; I am SUCH a bitch. |
