David Vienna's Blog, page 128
February 5, 2020
We took Wyatt to an allergist. Turns out Wyatt is deathly allergic to guinea pigs… Wish we’d...
We took Wyatt to an allergist. Turns out Wyatt is deathly allergic to guinea pigs… Wish we’d known that before we adopted two guinea pigs.
If my kids use the magic word, I’ll often give them what they want.If they hand me a bourbon, I’ll...
If my kids use the magic word, I’ll often give them what they want.
If they hand me a bourbon, I’ll give them my fucking house.
chazley-dotson:I just remembered this lady who told me that parenting is always hard work, no matter...
I just remembered this lady who told me that parenting is always hard work, no matter what age your kids are.
Her kids are grown. I had a four-month-old who hated sleep.
So I murdered her.
Or something. I can’t exactly remember due to sleep deprivation.
February 4, 2020
Hello. Again.
The one thing I always say to bloggers (and micro-bloggers… or anyone with a social media presence, really) is “never explain what you do or why.” When something comes up in your life and you can’t post for a while, don’t come back and say, “Sorry I haven’t posted in a while, but—”
Fuck that. It’s your site or blog or whatever. You don’t owe anyone an explanation… All of that said, I’m going to explain why I’ve been away for a while.
After maintaining a content schedule of at least three posts a day on multiple platforms for years, which led to a career in social media, I totally burned out on social media. Like, I hated social media. Still do, kinda.
So, after just a couple of years, I quit my brand new career as a social media manager, left Facebook for good, and put this here Tumblr account on the shelf for a bit while I focused on my books and some other projects. Now, a couple of those projects are starting to come to fruition. (I can’t say what they are, but one of them rhymes with “fodcast.” And here’s a photo from our “mecording session.”)
Anyway, no matter whether I’m crappily managing a company’s Twitter account or writing books or hustling to get one of my secret projects off the ground, I’m always a father. And I missed writing about it on this platform. And I missed you. Yes, you.
So, I’m back.
There’s a lot on which to catch you up. Wyatt and Boone are now 11 and absolute heartbreakers. Both of them did some acting (I mean, this is L.A., it just happens)… Whatever, I’ll share all of that in time.
Okay, good to see you. Good to be back.
Talk soon.
February 3, 2020
The boys have been at their music school for a couple of years now. We love it because they put the...
The boys have been at their music school for a couple of years now. We love it because they put the students in a band and book them a show so they have to practice. (I also mentioned before that they graduated up to the teenage group, which makes them the youngest members of that band.)
Each session, they change themes. And they start their new session tomorrow: Music by The Who. I’m expecting some windmills from Boone and a trashed stage by the end of their set.
gahdamnpunk:
Honestly!!! This is just psychological trauma in...
Honestly!!! This is just psychological trauma in the making
First of all, who the fuck punishes their kid for an accident like that? Is that something that happens? Because…
Second of all, fuck you if you’re the type of parent that does that.
January 31, 2020
January 30, 2020
We listen to the news in the morning as I make the boys...
We listen to the news in the morning as I make the boys breakfast and we often chat about what’s happening in politics, especially lately. It’s been a great way to give my kids a deeper understanding of how our government works (or, y’know, how it doesn’t).
Anyway, today I found out my book Anyone Can Be President, which is a fantastic tool (Ha!… I said, “tool”) to help kids understand presidential politics, is also available in countries like Japan, England, India, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Germany, Norway, even freaking Estonia.
What I’m saying is, lots of kids in other countries will understand our presidential political system better than American kids if you don’t buy this fucking book. And that’s just a bad look for us, y’know?
Just sayin’.
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dankmemeuniversity:I just googled this and it’s true! So neat! What’s more, oranges...
I just googled this and it’s true! So neat! What’s more, oranges aren’t naturally occurring either! They’re a cross breeding of the pomelo and mandarin.
January 29, 2020
My son and his friend started a YouTube series about gaming and they asked me to edit it. I’d link...
My son and his friend started a YouTube series about gaming and they asked me to edit it. I’d link it for you, but it’s absolute garbage.
