Tuesday, January 26, 2010

In a Galaxy Far, Far Away...


My husband Jeff is a musical/mathematical/computer genius-type. He fostered his nerdishness as many of his fellow nerd-men do, with an early obsession with Star Wars. In order to ensure that his genetic code for inverse hyperbolic trigonometry gets passed down to the next generation, Jeff has gifted Bob with his childhood collection of Star Wars action figures circa 1979.

Bob is still too young to see the Star Wars movie, but he loves the action figures which he affectionately refers to as his "robots." He is intent on learning all of their names and recently checked out a book from the library that lists of all the characters and their resumes. Bob has now chosen his career path.

"Mama, when I grow up I am going to be a robot teacher at Star Wars School. I'm going to teach Darth Vader not to be bad anymore. He was good before but now he's bad but I can help him remember the way to be good. I am going to teach Busk not to be so greedy anymore and only need his share and also I will teach the bounty hunter robots to only work for the good side. Oh and "Chee-backa" is just a nice guy so he won't need robot school because he is a Wookie. See this picture of R2D2? I think they took the picture in the Star Wars bathroom. It looks like that. So, also after I teach all of the robots to be good, then they can move out of Star Wars and into our neighborhood. That will be excellent. Super excellent."

Next stop, calculus.

8 comments:

  1. Nurture that genetic gift for sure. When there's no math gene in the family, like with my kids, they end up getting sent to the principal's office for taking off their shoes in class so they can count on their toes.

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  2. I love it! My sons both love Star Wars and they have never even seen any of the movies...it's amazing how it just permeates through the little boy community!

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  3. It will be the coolest new neighborhood around! My 6yr old boy is crazy for Star Wars as well. He also likes the new movies which is kind of weird because he likes Anakin and Darth equally. That does not compute.

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  4. As I watched the colored lasers of Star Wars weaponry at the tender age of 10, I had no inkling that my own 9 year old son would insist on Star Wars Legos for Christmas 35 years later.

    Wish I'd bought stock in Lucas Films.

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  5. I love it! They do need more teachers at Star Wars School... and somebody needs to teach Darth Vader to be good! ;)

    Jessica says "Hi"! ;)

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  6. I have about $1K in neglected Star Wars toys upstairs in a closet after my 2 boys decided they didn't like them anymore (after a two year obsession). Want to trade them for your L&S DVDs?

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  7. Henry is also currently obsessed by star wars and the aspect of good and evil. Who knew Jesus would have to compete with Darth vader.

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  8. He's got a big job ahead of him.

    I didn't get your email. Try me at dibert6@gmail.com

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