April 20, 2008
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Cubing With “The Luckiest Kid in the World…”
Lisa, Joel, Tommy & Andy met me at the Discovery Science Center today, which was hosting the World Cube Association 2008 competition. Since Tyson is moving to New York next week, this was my last chance to see him for a while. He competed in the blindfold solve (see video below) and did great as usual. Tommy really took a liking to the whole “cubefreak” phenomenon. When asked if he would rather go to the dinosaur exhibit or go meet Tyson, he opted for meeting Tyson. At one point afterwards, he said to me, “I’m the luckiest kid in the world. I just got to meet Carey’s famous friend.” (I had explained to Tommy that Tyson was on Beauty and the Geek and had taught Will Smith how to solve the cube for The Pursuit of Happyness. That really impressed him!) After they got home, apparently Tommy donned a blindfold and gave it a try. LOL. He was also infatuated by the video of Macky I had on my iPod where he solves the cube with one hand, while juggling 2 cubes with the other. See for yourself:
Tommy has now proclaimed himself, “Tommy the Science Nerd”. It’s going to be an interesting next 12 years. LOL. Best of luck in New York Tyson!
BTW, the movie “Cubefreak” is premiering next Saturday at the Newport Beach Film Festival. If anyone wants to go, let me know.
Comments (11)
Haven’t heard from you for a while How are you? Judi
hmmm… how are you faring with the cube? up to now, i still can’t solve all colors. just lazy i guess.
lol… cute! But how good are you at it?
it seems as though the asian mind has an affinity for math – years ago the parish i belonged to at the time ran a bingo game and we had an elderly asain man who would play 25 cards at a time and never use a marker! when he yelled bingo, it was always correct! let’s hope tommy holds to his words! peace, Al
My bf’s nephew is also pretty good at solving Rubik’s cube. I’m going to have to show him that video of the guy juggling and solving the cube at the same time.
I used to volunteer at that Discovery Science place!
Wow that is so cool :) I’m amazed at the the cube with one hand, while juggling 2 cubes with the other ;P I wanted to go there during Spiring break but never did ><
@Dezinerdreams - Embarrassingly bad…that’s why I hang out with the experts…so no one notices :)
@pukemeister - From your lips, to God’s ears. LOL
@ElusiveWords - Really? How old is he? Check out this 3 year old doing it: http://weblog.xanga.com/CareyGLY/607028422/i-could-barely-count-at-3.html
@infinitysurfer - Now why does that not surprise me James?? I actually commented to my cousin yesterday about all of the helpful young volunteers they had in that place and what a great job it must be for a high school kid. I bet you were great at it!
@aliceandrandy - It really is a great place…even if you’re not with kids! I highly recommend it.
omg im in love with that rubix cube costume LOL
omg i love tysonnnnn :D
niec post btw.
Thanks for coming by and allowing my issues. You are a real sport. Judi