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   I wasn't in class Thursday of last week (boo.) and I'm really sad I missed the discussion about babies, because they're cute (did anyone see the movie Babies? Ohmygodadorbs). 

    Anyway, I really enjoyed reading the articles on how babies think. I remember way back when I was 13 and my little brother Arren was born. My parents would always try and get him to focus on one thing for a long time, but honestly there really wasn't much for him to focus on one he figured out the object's basic function, and he would move on. I was reminded of this when I read about the babies simply becoming uninterested after learning the function of a toy. Parents always freak out when their baby doesn't stick with one thing for at least 30 seconds, and they jump to conclusions and claim ADHD, but really this baby is just learning in the only way he can. My parents jumped to conclusions and they were entirely correct (my brother is 6 and has pretty legitimate ADHD) but I know of many parents who worry unnecessarily because they don't know that's how babies learn.

    Speaking of my parents, I'm writing about my dad this week. He had to undergo some ridiculously involved individual evolutions after I was born and has only just begun to settle down in his life and self. Actually, he told me the other day that the calm he feels is so unnatural and he doesn't know what to do because his whole life he has been changing and charging against the grain until around now. My dad is only 40, so I remember a lot of times in his life that many of you probably don't remember from your parent's lives because you were just too young when it happened. He really had a time raising me and I think he did a damn good job, myself. I really can't wait to elaborate in the paper, and if anyone wants to know I'd be glad to tell his amazing story to you over lunch or something.

     Logicomix was great because I'm a big fan of graphic novels, though defiantly not an artsy elitist or graphic novel guru. I like the idea of telling the story through conversation, and really appreciate the fact that they did that. It must have taken a lot of creativity. The actual subject matter was over my head much of the time, so I only got the basic ideas they were trying to convey (can logic solve human problems? no? ok then) but i still really enjoyed it. It's books like these that make me remember why I choose to no longer try and comprehend infinity or the 34th dimension. I don't wanna end up like those unreachable logicians.