Say "unkle". Unkle . . . Unkle . . . UNKLE!!!!

[jpskewedthrone]

I'm proud to announce that yesterday, I became an uncle. My brother, Jason, who lives in Seattle, and his wife Janet had bouncing baby boy yesterday morning (bright and early--a 1am baby). Both baby and mother are doing fine. The father too. They named him Philip Michael Palmatier, after my father.

What's it like to be an uncle? Umm . . . it doesn't feel much different at the moment. But that's probably because the whole idea is still abstract. I mean, my only contact with the event so far is a 20 minute phone call from Jason, with something making baby noises in the background. I'm sure it will feel much more real (and surreal) once I go out for Norwescon in April and get to see the real live person who is my nephew.

In other news, yesterday, instead of watching the Superbowl or the commercials, pbray and I went to the movie "Taken," and I have to say that I loved it. It was definitely a good movie. Some reviews claim that the main character "found" the bad guys way too fast, but I didn't think so. The bad guys weren't trying to hide, so why would it take long to find them? In fact, everything that the main character did in the movie had a motivation and a logical reason behind it. He found them because he was smart. And what made him believable to me as a character (and what also made him scary) is that he was, for the most part, calm and collected and focused even in extreme circumstances. There was one scene early on that established he was human, and then in the middle of all of the drama there was one more, both totally believable, but when he had to be focused, he was focused. In a refreshing twist, he was also not bogged down with any altruistic excess emotion. He went to save his daughter. That was his sole purpose. He didn't waste time trying to save the world at the same time. He got what he needed (or took it) to find his daughter; that was his sole purpose.

Definitely a movie I'd recommend people go see. There were a few minor flaws: I thought they could have done one of the scenes in a more believable way (I'd say more about the scene, but that would spoil it), and the ending needed just a little bit more work, a little bit more time spent between him and his daughter after the entire ordeal, but other than that, a solid movie.

And now I need to go earn my keep. *grin* Thanks to everyone for the library suggestions from my last post. I'll be getting those donations packaged up and mailed this week (I hope).

Comments

[ellenscult]

Congratulations! :) Happy Uncledom!

I saw Taken last week - I enjoyed it thoroughly. Also helped by Liam Neeson coming from the same town as my husband... *grin*

[footlingagain.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, Uncle Joshua!

Your nephew is a bit young for birthday cake, so I suppose you'll have to eat it *g*

[wldhrsjen3.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! :)

[shannachie.livejournal.com]

Congratulations for entering the uncle state!

I am an aunt - and I have never regretted it. - Much. :-)

And right now, I have become the proud parent of a bouncing baby Youtube trailer (http://shannachie.livejournal.com/287180.html)

[jennafern.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

Thanks for the plug on Taken, I do want to see it. Liam hasn't done a kickass movie since Star Wars!

[kara-gnome.livejournal.com]

Awww, congratulations :).

[scbutler.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Are there ever going to be any girls in your family? I have a friend who's the oldest of four brothers: I thought his mother was going to expire from joy when his first born was female.

And you and Patricia are the second and third LJers I heard who went to taken instead of watching foo'ball.

[hyperbard.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Glad to hear all's well:)

the Superbowl was good (the Steelers set a record for a 100-yard dash) but no really interesting commercials save one about Death and taxes which was pretty funny!

[music-lover3.livejournal.com]

Congrats on becoming an uncle!!

[ckastens.livejournal.com]

Congrats, Unkie Joshua!

[afraclose.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the uncleage!

[sodyera.livejournal.com]

Mazel tov, Uncle Josh.

[mindseas.livejournal.com]

Congrats!!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to you and the parents! Glad to hear mother and babe are doing well.

[arhyalon.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the new arrival. Wow!

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Your job as an uncle is to spoil your nephew. Buy him loud toys, take him places his parents would be horrified by, feed him sugar, and bring him home exhausted, happy, and moments from meltdown.

[shanrina.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[jessica-de-milo.livejournal.com]

Congrats! (and way to be on the alternate spelling in the title there) ;-)

[katatomic.livejournal.com]

Cool! Congrats to all on the arrival of Philip Michael.

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!
If being an uncle is like being an aunt, you'll love it!

[sylvia-rachel.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, Uncle Joshua! :D

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!
I am a Triple Aunt, and it's great fun.
You get to spend lots of time in toy stores, with a perfectly legitimate excuse for playing with the toys.

[cedunkley.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Just think of all of the Lego excuses you'll have.

Also, Taken is definitely a movie I want to see though most likely it will be on DVD.

[jennifer-dunne.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, Unca Josh!