Finley has been attending a summer program that changes its theme weekly. Last week was royalty, or knights and princesses or some such thing and on Thursday night I realised he would need some kind of royalty inspired costume for their "Banquet" on Friday. Damn. Damn. Damn!
I had just picked my mom up from the airport express so it was late and by the time we got home all the kids were in bed so I had to veeeery quietly dig through my closet for something that I could bear to part with that could be somehow reworked into royal garb. Back in the dining room I assembled our materials - one old red skirt, one old silver fake leather purse (don't ask!) and some blue felt. We cut, we stitched, we glued - we made one heck of a costume. It really was quite something. A red cape with regal drape to it, trimmed in silver leather, a green shirt with a silver shield and blue felt lion on it and of course, the crown he had made earlier in the week. Pleased with myself I went to bed secure in the knowledge that my son would look like royalty the next day.
The next morning Fin took one look at the costume and cried. Why I thought he'd wear it is beyond me. This is the same boy that won't even wear a hat, never mind a full on costume. Anyway, more tears (mine) and trauma and an hour later Fin was loaded on the bus sans cape, but begrudgingly wearing the shirt with the shield and carrying the crown. I took some video of him sitting on the bus putting his crown on. At least he will wear his crown I thought and then snap, snap, snap! the crown burst apart, stretched beyond its limits by the considerable girth of Fin's big round head. Ah well.
Yesterday Steve took Fin to Mongkok which is a fairly long bus ride but doable if all goes well... all did NOT go well of course. The bus was diverted because of a raging fire in a Mongkok apartment block that killed one fireman and sent 47 others to hospital. Horrific. Steve and Fin happened to be walking nearby when a local reported jumped out for some human interest to spice up the tragedy. Here is the interview that ensued:
Reporter: Are you from Hong Kong or just visiting?
Steve: I live here.
Reporter: Have you been inconvenienced by this fire?
Steve: Um, yes. I have.
What I'm sure the headline was:
Local Man "Inconvenienced" by Horrible Tragedy that Claims Hero's Life - More at 11.
What deep insightful journalism! And is there an answer to the "inconvenienced" question that doesn't make you look like a total ass?
Monday, August 11, 2008
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