Oh wow, everyone! I had a very big day on Wednesday!
Lee and I got to meet one of the Extraordinary Babies from the League and it went better than I could have imagined.
When she arrived, she ran right up to Lee and introduced herself by saying "Hi, I'm Carina, young writer." Hoo hoo!
Then Lee introduced her to me and she seemed to like me. She posed with me in this picture.
I thought that would be it, but then she wanted to go get her favorite stuffy who is named Gilcrest. I got to meet Gilcrest!!
We learned a lot about Carina. Apparently she is in a phase where she is very into making her own comic books and graphic novels! She is apparently a voracious reader of graphic novels, just like Ash. Also she is reading the Harry Potter books and is on Book 4 and is completely obsessed with Voldemort!
Apparently Carina really has a thing for the villains (unprompted by her parents) and she is a big Disney villain fan as well. So Lee and her had a lot to talk about. Carina claims to be "rehabilitating the villains" and is friends with them all.
We learned about a secret club she has created called VCG which stands for Voldemort, Carina, and Gilcrest. (Gilcrest is somewhat villainous himself it turns out.) Anyway, Lee did some slick talking and convinced Carina that I should be an honorary member for VCG for the day so it became VCGN for Voldemort, Carina, Gilcrest, and Nibs! What an honor!! Her parents seemed astounded that I was so easily allowed to join this exclusive group!
Here are some shots of me and Gilcrest having an adventure at lunch:
Carina was definitely one of the coolest kids I have ever met. She's very smart and funny but underplays her humor and seems very interesting. She isn't worried about attention and has a lot of imaginary friends and creative things going on. I was so glad she liked me! She even took me on an adventure through this cave/tunnel at a playground we found in Boulder and Lee didn't go with me, it was exciting!
At the end of lunch she gave me a big hug!
I learned later that Gilcrest stars in a homemade movie called
The Troublemakers. I feel so honored to have met such a star! Here is one last shot of us together:
Here's a link to his movie:
https://youtu.be/tly2mU4BJtg (You need to login as leeagranas and use the password with a 7 in it.) I haven't watched it yet, maybe we can all watch and discuss!
Carina was also a huge fan of Greek Mythology and Kingdom Hearts, so Lee dazzled her since those are Lee's best topics! Lee told her about the musical Hadestown and blew her mind.
I couldn't believe what a big success the encounter was!
Elena wrote to Lee afterwards and said "Tell Nibs he is very popular around here now. Yesterday, back at the house, I heard Carina chuckling to herself, shaking her head saying "Nibs..."
Wow! I made a lasting impression! I can't believe it!!
Oh I also got the scoop on all the stuffies in the picture with her in the previous post. The 2 bunnies are Candy and Cherry and each duck has a name and of course Buttermilk is very popular so I tried to explain how me and all my friends are the same genus and species as Buttermilk!
Anyway, what a day!