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| Thursday, October 9th, 2008 | | 1:00 pm |
7 Rachel is 7 months old today. I still like her. Current Mood:  busy | | Monday, October 6th, 2008 | | 9:58 am |
| | Saturday, October 4th, 2008 | | 10:09 am |
Busy I have to do tobes' meme, and I will, but not now. :) Work is getting crazy again, we're all sick here at my house (Rachel in on antibiotics for a double ear infection, and Keith and I have sore throats that feel like fire. Yay). My house is a mess, as per usual, and I have houseguests coming for the next two weekends (which, sort of, is also the norm. We have a lot of houseguests.) In happier news, maybe, Rachel was sitting up in her crib when I went in to get her this morning. So I guess we do that, now. Current Mood: busy | | Friday, September 26th, 2008 | | 8:57 pm |
O Canada! Supr Sekrit Message to Tobes: EEEEE, so cute! Thank you! Pictures soon, I promise. Current Mood:  grateful | | Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 | | 4:26 pm |
Sugar and spice blah blah blah
My sister is having a girl! So, that means my father will have produced four daughters and now five granddaughters. My mother uncharitably suggested that it may be for the best that no more males come from that particular DNA line. Heh. | | 3:37 pm |
The mouse that roared (via politely worded e-mail) I am a peon in a huge global company, and yet somehow today I ended up having to send "Nope, we're not doing it and you can't make me" e-mails to two different people at the top corporate level. On two different topics. I mean, I'm not scared of those people or anything, but I do have to wonder at how that worked out that both issues came up on the same day. It's partially a function of still not having a boss. It's been over a year. *sigh* Current Mood:  annoyed | | Friday, September 19th, 2008 | | 9:12 am |
Sounds about right, yes Your result for The Quick & Painless ENNEAGRAM Test ... 6 - the Questioner "I am affectionate and skeptical" ( Read more... ) | | Thursday, September 18th, 2008 | | 3:57 pm |
Fascination
It is strange to be so interested in the minutae of someone else's existence. I mean, I love my husband. But I don't go on immediate alert if he happens to cough. I have never monitored the number of times he uses the bathroom in a given day. It's intense to be this invested.
Parenthood is bizarre, yo. | | Friday, September 12th, 2008 | | 1:34 pm |
And now for something completely different I'm not one to post fanfic to my blog, but I wrote this to be silly today and it needed a home. This is Buffy/Twilight crossover fic. Feel perfectly free to just skip right on over this. (Spoilers, sort of, for "The Wish" episode of Buffy, BtVS the movie, and Breaking Dawn, the final Twilight book. But only sort of spoilery in a vague AU way) ( Read more... ) | | 8:15 am |
Age appropriate I got confirmation this morning that I am, in fact, a grown-up. You'd think perhaps this would have something to do with the fact that I have a child or own a home...you would be incorrect. My route to work takes me past the local high school. I was stopped at a red light just down from the school, when a pack of teenage boys comes jogging around the corner. I assume it is one of the sports teams doing early-morning conditioning. It's a long light, so I'm idly watching the guys run by. Objectively, I'm noticing which ones are more attractive than others, but I realized that even the ones I would have been all over as a teenager do nothing for me now. That's right, I'm no longer attracted to teenagers! And just then, as I'm having this sort of silly epiphany, around the corner comes...their coach. Probably 40-something, I would guess, running along with the guys. WHOA, hot. Like, I'm glad I was stopped at the light because I'd have wrecked my car HOT. The light changed, and I drove away feeling very mature. Current Mood:  amused | | Thursday, September 11th, 2008 | | 2:13 pm |
So, my husband had a random dream that we got a pet iguana and named him Zoidberg. And now, I totally want to get a pet iguana so we can name him Zoidberg. Nothing else of note to report. Current Mood: amused | | Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 | | 10:42 am |
Half a year and a lifetime We just got back from Rachel's 6-month appointment. She's 15.8 lbs, 26 inches, and a tad ahead of the curve when it comes to motor skills. That's what the paper says that I brought home with me. What they don't have written down is how everyone who looks at her smiles. How I've lost count of how many people have commented on how alert she is. She has the most beautiful big blue eyes (people comment on those, too), and she looks around as though she is drinking it all in. She wants to see everything there is to see. Twenty-six inches sounds small, but it doesn't really convey how much space she takes up. Her clothes are in my laundry, her toys are just about everywhere, her booster chair takes up one seat at the table. Rachel is everywhere in my house and in my car; her picture is plastered around my cubicle at work. She's everywhere. And she's getting heavy, that's true, but even when she's not cuddled in my arms or exploring from my lap, I'm carrying her with me in my thoughts and my heart. I wonder about what she's thinking; I worry that I'm not giving her enough. I don't worry about that last too much, though, because if she needs something all she has to do is smile, or cry, and I'll try my best. She deserves my best because she's the best thing I've ever done (and how ironic is that, considering I really don't know how I managed to produce anything so perfect). I love you, baby girl. Happy half-year. Current Mood: grateful | | Sunday, September 7th, 2008 | | 11:06 pm |
You know you love me This meme goes around every so often. This time I actually got it via e-mail from my sister, and I see that tobes has posted it as well... Your results: You are James T. Kirk (Captain)| James T. Kirk (Captain) |
| 75% |
| Uhura |
| 75% |
| Beverly Crusher |
| 70% |
| Geordi LaForge |
| 60% |
| Deanna Troi |
| 60% |
| Chekov |
| 55% |
| Jean-Luc Picard |
| 50% |
| Will Riker |
| 50% |
| Leonard McCoy (Bones) |
| 40% |
| Mr. Scott |
| 40% |
| An Expendable Character (Redshirt) |
| 40% |
| Spock |
| 39% |
| Worf |
| 25% |
| Data |
| 24% |
| Mr. Sulu |
| 0% |
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You are often exaggerated and over-the-top
in your speech and expressions.
You are a romantic at heart and a natural leader.
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Click here to take the "Which Star Trek character are you?" quiz... Current Mood: amused | | Thursday, September 4th, 2008 | | 12:15 pm |
Meme time! I've been assigned the letter D. If you want to play, post below! 1. Comment on this post. 2. I will give you a letter. 3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ. 1) Mr. Darcy ( Pride and Prejudice) Yes, I'm starting with a literary figure. I'm an English major, sue me. Anyway. He's a jerk. He's sort of shy and sort of stuck-up, and it offends everybody. But there's this girl, and she absolutely crushes him dead, and he realizes that he needs to lighten up, and then it all works out because she realizes he's not really a bad guy after all. I'm not sure, honestly, what is so sexy and wonderful about this guy, but I think he's a fabulous character. See also: Hottie (as played by Colin Firth, anyway). 2)Desmond Hume ( Lost) OK, so Desmond is hot. Just totally sexy. He has an accent that is delicious. He's also an interesting character. More to the point, he is half of one of the greatest, grandest small-screen love stories I've ever seen, despite being just one character in a complex ensemble. When he was able to reach across time and call Penelope, I cried. When he looked up and saw her on the boat? I cried again. She is his constant. *sigh* 3)Gul Skrain Dukat ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) Dukat was just a plain fine villain. As I was reminded just today, Dukat had layers. You could sympathize sometimes. And he totally always believed that he was doing the right thing. He was the hero and was constantly perplexed that other people didn't get it, from the Bajoran people to Captain Sisko. He went a little batshit crazy at the end, but really that was the only place his character could go under the circumstances. And hooking up with Kai Winn? That was deliciously twisted. 4)David Marcus ( Star Trek movies II & III) When it comes to fictional characters I hate...well, set the crown atop the ugly, ugly hair of David Marcus. I have no problem with Captain Kirk having an illegitimate son from a youthful liaison. What I do mind is the implication that someone as kick-ass as Kirk could produce a whiny, mealy-mouthed, poodle-haired bastard like David. His heroic death was really the best thing about him. Hate. Hate. Hate. 5) Anastasia Dualla. ( Battlestar Galactica) She broke poor dead Billy's heart. She (quite understandably) pursued the hottie known as Apollo, but then she married him when he was clearly still emotionally tangled up elsewhere and then sulked about it. She's the voice in the darkness who calls them all home on BSG; I'd imagine half the fleet is half in love with her. I hope she gets a good ending. I don't actually like her, but I find her interesting. And because I can't stop... 6) D'Argo ( Farscape) I don't have much to say about D'Argo, but I wanted to list him because I'm so loving this show right now. D'Argo is immature, willfully blind to anything he doesn't want to see, and can be a big bully. He can also be a wonderful, loyal friend and he is truly brave when the need arises. A good Sundance to John Crichton's Butch Cassidy. 7) Doyle ( Angel) I loved Wesley. I loved Wesley's character arc. However, I was very sad when Doyle died. I liked his chemistry with Cordelia and the very different way he served as a foil for Angel. I thought that a potentially silly role was given a lot of respect and nuance by the actor, and his death still saddens me as well. 8) Daniel Jackson ( Stargate: SG1) Oooh, a hot smart guy! I'm actually a Jack girl, myself, but Daniel's mix of sort of cluelessness and intellectual arrogance (just a bit) was always nicely yummy. 9)Dawn Summers ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer) I really didn't like Dawn. She was the annoying kid sister (and my own kid sister was never like that). Her Key-ness amounted to exactly NOTHING. Yes, yes, she was given Buffy's blood. But how did Dawn's Key-ness get into Buffy? Oh, it didn't? Then how did she stop the portal? I hated that. I hated that so much that I never forgave Dawn for it and found her annoying for the rest of the series. 10) Dorothy Gail ( The Wizard of Oz [movie]) She's sort of whiny. She has weird friends. She melts a witch. She claims to learn a lesson at the end that has absolutely nothing to do with the actual things that happen in the movie. But, dammit, I know every word of this movie and will watch it, enraptured, whenever it comes on (annoying my husband by reciting the dialog along with the movie). Surrender Dorothy! Current Mood:  accomplished | | Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 | | 12:17 pm |
Finally Well, they've finally announced the re-org at work. The Reset, is more like it- they've basically put back what they broke at the end of 2006. I am hopeful, although by no means certain, that this will get rid of the worst of my work woes. I'm very, very pleased. Current Mood: cheerful | | Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 | | 9:24 am |
License to pun More vanity plates fun. Today, I saw one that said "BOXRGAL". Possibilities: 1) She isn't sure. Box or Gal? 2) She is a gal who likes boxers (the dog) 3) She is a gal who likes boxers (the underwear) 4) She is a gal who likes boxers (the athletes) 5) She is a gal who is a boxer (the athlete) Current Mood:  dorky | | Thursday, August 28th, 2008 | | 11:40 am |
Nothin' but the rain It's rainy. We need it desperately, but I'm not a fan of gray, rainy days. They make me sleepy, and I'm already sleepy enough. I was awakened at 5am by my baby. Not unusual- she often sleeps through until 5. Except instead of hearing her whimpering or crying for her breakfast, as usual, today I was awakened by a thump-thump-thump. She had woken up and started kicking the crib toy/mirror thing that is attached to the side of her crib. She wasn't hungry, she was playing. When I went in, she gave me a big ol' smile. And then she remembered she was hungry. Heh. And now I am hungry, but it is raining and I don't feel like going out. I have a couple of things of soup in my cabinet here for just such emergencies, but I seriously don't want to eat them. Hmph. Current Mood:  hungry | | Monday, August 25th, 2008 | | 8:50 am |
Stress is good, right? Work is crazy right now. I can't even bear to go into it, but it's just insane. Basically, I'm doing immense amounts of work that will have no bearing on my job in less than two weeks, which is seriously de-motivating. The baby was sick last week- we successfully weathered her first fever. I am surprisingly even-keeled about her various issues. So far, at least, I'm proving to be not particularly over-protective or frantic. I'm inclined to attribute this to being an older first-time Mommy, but I've had two separate friends comment that I'm just a "natural" at this and that's why I take stuff in stride. I liked that thought. Rachel is feeling better, now, but of course I have her cold now, and so does everyone at daycare. I figure she must have picked it up at the baby shower last weekend. Ah, well. Current Mood: busy | | Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 | | 8:44 am |
Don't Pick Up the Baby! I about had a heart attack yesterday- at Rachel's daycare there are just the three kids: Rachel, another baby, and TJ, who turns 3 today. TJ loooooves the babies, and he wants to be a big boy helper so whenever I get there he runs and gets Rachel'sdiaper bag and her car seat, even though it is as big as he is. Yesterday, though, for some reason, he decided to be a helper and get the baby for me. Picked her up off the floor a couple of inches before I lunged across the room and grabbed her. He got in big trouble from the babysitter, but I think he was more upset about me yelling at him. So today I was all, Happy Birthday! Don't pick up the baby! Current Mood:  alarmed | | Friday, August 15th, 2008 | | 8:03 am |
That's a new one
As most of my flist is well aware, I am definitely part of "fandom" in various ways. But I forget that beyond Star Trek and Harry Potter that there are other fans just as devoted. I was reminded of that today when I saw a license plate that said "KEIFR 24".
I like 24 a lot, but it would never dawn on me to get fannish about it. Huh. |
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