Lily’s Kindergarten Chorus Concert (say it, five times fast) was today.  First, I have to say that I am completely impressed with her music teacher, Mr. Brady. How he can corral 120+ 5/6 year olds, teach them 6-7 songs complete with movements and SIGN LANGUAGE and get them to perform it without going to pieces is beyond me.  He’s the MAN. 

Lily’s been stressing about the concert for awhile, threatening to stand there without singing, freaking out about everyone “looking” at her, and generally being spastic about not being perfect. She is so much like Mike in that way.  It was interesting to watch the mixture of kids, and how they dealt with the public - some were total hams, like her friend Leah.  Some looked like deer in the headlights.  Some just sang and acted like it was no big deal.  Lily mostly mouthed the words, scratched her neck and arms, and looked like she was in exquisite pain.  She told me this afternoon that she had fun, and toward the end, she probably was.  We gave her lots of praise and told her next time to just roll with it and have fun.  I definitely don’t think she’s the next Britney Spears, thank god. 

I’m going to bore all of you with lots of videos from today.  It was very difficult to hold the camera still while leaning against a wall, so excuse the shakiness. 

Walk With Me:

Yodelling!!!

Frere Rocka:

Guacamole!

Lucky Little Shamrock:

Twang That Thang:

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Now that you’ve seen some highlights, I can say that I got letter #3 from Big Bad Lawyer.  The letter contained a typo and overuse of the word “sympathetic”.  Having the word “sympathetic” right next to “strongly enforce” doesn’t work too well.  Anyway, they *suggested* I remove a particular product from the site.  I’d like to suggest something back to them, but I will behave.  As far as I’m concerned, I’ve spent a miminum of 30 hours in the last week calling people, worrying, writing letters, working on the site, doing obsessive checks for the “o” word, and feeling angry and bullied.  So I’m kind of done with it.  I’ve done what I’m going to do.  Anything else they want, like my head on a platter with a radicchio garnish, will require a court summons.  So there.  Pfffttt. 

Oh and by the way?  My number two irritation of the week is people who assume that because Mike is a lawyer, he is an expert in every kind of law there is, including laws from other states.  He’s an insurance defense attorney dealing with Workers Comp in the STATE OF VIRGINIA.  He knows as much about IP law as I do.  Perhaps less now after the research component of my last week.  If you’re interested in keeping your throat intact, please don’t tell me how I should totally counter-sue (for what???) because I have “free legal representation”. 

Now that I got that out of my system, happy Tuesday!