Feething a Farthing from a Father

I haven't talked about my six-year-old, Mimi, for awhile.  She is the type of kid that is always in trouble (e.g., Li'l Orphan Annie, Dennis the Menace, Dakota Fanning).  A while ago she and I were having a heart-to-heart and she said, recognizing her propensity for naughtiness, "What if I grow up to be a robber?"

Hoping to help her understand that she sets her own destiny, I replied, "Do you want to be a robber?"

Her retort was cute and funny and alarming, "I'm not sure, maybe."

Then, last night, Buffy found a note written in Mimi's signature scrawl, what lay men call handwriting.  It read, "...I may be a feeth, but I don't care..." 

First question: what is a feeth?

Second question: is a feeth a theef?

Third question: is a theef a thief?

Fourth question: should I hide my wallet?

Answers: Probably.

Hopefully, a feeth is actually a dancer or a bowler or a dental assistant or a cake decorator or a professional wrestler or a farmer or a city slicker or a stock broker.  Wait! Not that last one.  Whatever the case we will keep our eyes on Mimi and our valuables in a safe place.



Rest of the story...

Mimi's real ambition is to be a professional violinist, so she'll probably have to be a feeth as well (bada bing!). 

As for the other children, Ike wants to be a mechanical engineer.  Kitty wants to be a mommy.  and Cubby or Corky or whatever I call him on this 'blog wants to be a real boy.

Voice Male Audition

Well, I've gone and done another embarrassing thing.  Here I am in my audition video for a contemporary acapella group.  The group is called Voice Male.  They have been around for 16 years.  They started as a college group at USU, but have kind of morphed into a sort of Mormon main stream acapella group.

Recently, one of their baritones, Phil, passed away.  So, they are auditioning folks to "'Phil' in" for him.  I know the group because a good friend of mine is married to one of the tenors.  Her husband, we'll call him Chip (names have changed) called me last summer to come and sing with them, to see if I could fill in for their Christmas concerts.  I came, sang, had a great time, but they decided not to use anyone at the time.  Now they are looking for a permanent replacement.

For the above video, I wanted to show my sense of humor, acknowledge the group's loss, pay tribute to their friend, and sing well (but not overly well, as to control expectations--I'd be trying to pick up 16 years of institutional memory).  I think it gets a little boring in the middle, but hopefully I've done those things.

I am told that there are over 30 applicants, so I'm not getting my hopes up too high.  I am also perfectly fulfilled, musically, with the things I'm currently doing.  And this would probably bring an end to my ability to perform in Savior of the World, which is hard to think about.  But, it would be a ton of fun to work with these guys. 

Here is one of the other auditioners:

It's actually my female friend, the one who is married to the tenor.  She manipulated her voice and sent it in as a joke.  She's crazy funny.

Trailer Trash Revisited: Triumph of the Theme Song!

Hey,

Remember how I wrote a theme song for an internet podcast (see below)?  Well, they used it.  I guess they had several entries, and they used mine first (they are going to use all of them in rotation).  I feel like a minor celebrity (e.g. George Lopez, the kid from Goonies, Taylor Lautner).  Here is a link, in case you need proof: http://moviebs.cascadia.fm/.  You'll find it on episode 58.  Be warned there is a bit of the swearing (it does take place in Portland, where smart people swear like sailors and sailors swear like my mom when she is surprised or forced to sing John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt over and over again).

That's not all.  About a year-and-a-half ago, I did some voice-over work for the Mormon Channel, and this week they finally aired it.  I have two lines of dialogue as Joseph Smith.  My performance is not very good--I blame the director (because I am egotistical talent, and a bad performance could not posibly be my fault).  You can check it out at the Mormon Channel radio station under the History of Hymns podcast.  The podcast is good, my performance is not great, but it is less than two seconds of total air time, so it won't ruin your weekend.

So, as far as getting onto internet radio podcasts, this has been a pretty good week.