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drive-in.jpgDearest Emily,

Right now, your primary activities are eating, reaching, sleeping, pooping, laughing, peeing, bouncing, crying, sitting up, and spitting up, but before I know it you’ll be running around and saying all the nasty words you’ve learned from your parents.

And before we get too wrapped up in soccer practice and homework, I want to ask a favor: Each year on my birthday, I want my present from you to be sitting with me and your mother and watching a movie, and talking about it afterward.

I’ve chosen a movie for each year through 2029 — when you’ll be 21 and I’ll be 58. I plan to be around, but if I’m not, please watch these with your mother on April 29. She’ll be able explain a lot.

BOUNCE•E

A documentary short by Jeff Ignatius. Starring Emily. And the voice of Pamela.

When I said “self-involvement,” I meant it.

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I try to keep Culture Snob focused on things culture-y and snobby, but ... .

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If you can’t help yourself when it comes to other people’s babies, there’s lots more at Bad Dog Ginger’s Web site.

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