USGP-related parenting

"phenotyp" (phenotyp) 10/25/2015 at 22:45 • Filed to: parentlopnik, sketch

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(old sketch— 2007-8? Found and photo’d during a move in 2009. Unrelated)

So I’d been checking in on the shitshow that practice and qualifying were, between grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, and general weekend parenting that also included serious rain here in Austin. Friends of mine are there on both sides of the fences. Really not disappointed that it’s all happening like 10 miles away, and I’m not there to see it, but I am so relieved that the weather got better than forecast and the race was uncharacteristically good instead of the fiasco it was looking to be.

This afternoon, I was in the kitchen with the Sky F1 stream going on my ipad, very glad that the race got a break in the rain, even though the temps had dropped drastically, while chopping shallots and cleaning chicken thighs to chop up for a big pot of soup. My daughter just turned 2.5 years old, and she came over and said,

“Can I watch cars with you, dada?”

That was my heart exploding.

She tucked in under my arm on the couch, and pointed at the red car, noted that they were going fast, and said that they were almost done. Which was good, because squids and otters were up next, and she was getting impatient.

Hot Takes Salesman > phenotyp 10/25/2015 at 22:51

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YESS CHILD COME TO THE RED SIDE OF THE FORCE (or should I say forza, á la Vettel?)

phenotyp > Hot Takes Salesman 10/25/2015 at 22:54

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Vettel drove like a goddamn boss. I really like him.

Hot Takes Salesman > phenotyp 10/25/2015 at 22:55

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My avatar reveals pretty much all my feelings on Vettel

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > phenotyp 10/26/2015 at 09:11

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Awesome. My 2.5 year old likes “the RED ONES”, too. FEWAWEE!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > phenotyp 10/26/2015 at 09:12

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He’s proven wrong all the critics that said he had no real talent and that the only thing that put him at the top was Red Bull’s car those years.

Stef Schrader > Hot Takes Salesman 10/26/2015 at 10:06

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YES YES RED CARS ARE AWESOME

Stef Schrader > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/26/2015 at 10:08

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Good taste. Very good taste.

I’ve had one road car that wasn’t red. It broke all the time, haha.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Stef Schrader 10/26/2015 at 10:22

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It was a clearly a sign. No more not red cars. So, Stef, can you make it happen that we can get Puffalump OPPO stickers? I proposed that they cost a little more than normal, with the proceeds going to your race team (and anyone who buys one gets their OPPO name in Sharpie on your car!).