Watching our kid kick ass

So, we got up at ass-thirty today to take Elayna to her Quiz Bowl tournament. We had no idea how it would work, or that it would be nearly as large as it was.

shadesong has a huge recap in her journal, but a quick summary:

● The entire team of five had never played quiz bowl before, and were nervous as heck.

● They went 4-1, with three of those wins matches in which they either shut their opponents out or kept them to 10 points.

● They finished fourth (which nabbed them a trophy -- the top four teams in the elementary and middle school divisions got trophies, although only the middle school teams could go on to the state tournament).

● Of the teams that finished above them, they beat the third place team in head-to-head (but ranking was done based on total points, not record), and their only loss was to the first-place team, which was composed of people who'd played quiz bowl before.

● Most importantly, all five players contributed to the wins, and they all had fun and relaxed once things got under way.

So yeah, a good day.

Dead Ringers: The series.

I kid you not.

The latest issue of EW claims that David Cronenberg is taking Dead Ringers, still the greatest movie about gynecologists, twins, drugs, and obsession ever, and turning it into an HBO series.

I'm not even sure what to expect, frankly. But I'll most definitely watch it.