Ordinary Day

kathrynt, llachglin, and casirafics came over to the Murk tonight to play some serious Rock Band 2 with spazzkat and solarbird. Me, I mostly hung out to watch, but I frequently applied myself as well to distracting Lily, kathrynt and llachglin's two-year-old girl.

I would like to categorically state for the record that few things are more charming than a two year old who actually understands that you must have a pick in order to play the guitar. (And for Lily, 'guitar' is apparently a general class of noun that also includes bouzoukis and mandolins.) She is quite ready and willing to help me play by hitting the strings of Rags with the pick while I do chord changes.

Also, since Kathryn had already told me this kid was all over the GBS album Road Rage when her mommy played it for her, I couldn't resist breaking out the Great Big DVD to see if she liked it. I had her attention for about the first five songs, but she also kept coming back to ask for 'more music'. <3 And she was quite attentive as I pointed out Alan, Séan, Bob, and Darrell, and she was particularly attentive to the fact that they had guitars, bouzoukis, and a bodhran, and there were an actual guitar, bouzouki, and bodhran in immediate grabbing distance.

So Lily and I played the bodhran along with "Excursion Around the Bay", in between her frequently grabbing my hands and piping "STAND UP!" and "DANCING!"

This is clearly a child after my own heart. <3