The legend turns darker
Why “Dante,” anyway? Punam and I had a big piece of paper stuck to our wall, and we just wrote down names we liked over the course of a month or so, reading combinations out loud until we settled on “Dante Quinn” as being euphonious, pronounceable by everyone, and having appropriate meanings, referents, and connotations — “Axel Wiley,” for instance, sounded like a comic-book supervillain and so got a pass… for this child. Because we didn’t really settle on it until the very last second, I never had an answer for people who asked me what we’d call him, so I came up with a little joke to put it off: “Well, we’re going to wait for an omen at his birth. If the sky opens up, turns red, and rains blood, we’ll name him Joe, just like his uncle!”
I don’t have an Uncle Joe, so there’s a second, Wodehousian, joke in there, so subtle it’s not quite even funny.
Fast forward to today. I went to Safeway to pick up cannelloni makings this afternoon and was greeted by the Sun pictured above, with Dante and his grandma Krupa, prominently featuring what day but Dante’s birthday! It lacks the drama of the Johannine (the Divine-ine) nightmare in my joke, sure, but it has a certain class nonetheless. Cayce and the Dead Sea Scrolls!
Any rate, new pix of the boy are up, tagged with “day thirteen”. There are some really cute ones in there!
KIKI:
Considering the number of bad hairdays he will have, I can understand the quizzical look he is giving Colin. He is obviously asking the question, “Dad, it’s bad enough that we have this hair, but MUST you wear a barrette and make it worse?” I have found that “anarchy hair” will respond to mousse,spray gel,etc., you just need to spend a few minutes to tame it!!
15 August 2007, 8:58 amAlso, he could pull a Daniel Day-Lewis in “Last of the Mohicans” and be HOT!!!
Colin:
I can use chemical means to secure my hair for about four hours, tops, at which point it falls straight onto my forehead, exacerbating my acne, etc. I’ve tried gels and sprays and mousses. Pomades and waxes do work, but they have their own skin-condition hazards. Thus, especially around the house, the headband or hat. It has several advantages: it doesn’t cost anything, doesn’t involve organic solvents, and is unlikely to result in my being mistaken for a Ken doll.
16 August 2007, 10:02 amAbby:
you and mom are way too defensive about your hair. i maintain that if guys would get your hair cut properly, it would not be such a problem
you have it easier than mom, considering you have the option of cutting your hair supershort.
16 August 2007, 11:43 amKen:
Aww Colin your hair makes you adorabalicious!
18 August 2007, 2:19 pm