February 2012
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note.
There is something seriously awkward about that T-Mobile commercial girl.
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What I did during my lunch hour...
Went to the good ol’ police department and had this installed:
Shit’s gettin’ real, y’all.
Sometimes...
I am reminded how truly awful, greedy and disgusting people can be.
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“I am deeply disappointed by the gross mischaracterizations of the strategy, its...”
– Karen Handel, re: the Planned Parenthood debacle.
Let’s all say it together, shall we?:
CRY ME A FREAKING RIVER!
trappedintime asked: I'll disagree again (cause I'm just like that), and say that her apperanace or age is being overblown and is only because she embodied sex for so long for so many. Does anyone care how old Paul McCartney or Tom Petty looked during their performances? Was all of the talk about how they were 60 years old? I think that's what I hate most about pop music. It's always as much or...
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Getting?
wooliebear replied to your post: Well my point is that there aren’t any peers her age that are still performing or that would really make sense to involve. Hell, she could barely dance, how bad would it have been with other 45-55 year olds out there? It would have been even weirder. The women who were pop stars in the 80’s dwindled away, yet she is still an icon. But the reality is she’s a...
(that's what I found to be false...)
wooliebear replied to your post: Yeaaaaah, but….
You know though, I thought it looked like she was having fun. The smile did go a long way, as NVC pointed out. I loved it. I didn’t even think she was trying to keep up with the young dancers, she just looked like she was having a blast.
It was that smile! That “hey I’m having SO MUCH FUN!” smile that got to me! I just...
trappedintime asked: Well my point is that there aren't any peers her age that are still performing or that would really make sense to involve. Hell, she could barely dance, how bad would it have been with other 45-55 year olds out there? It would have been even weirder. The women who were pop stars in the 80's dwindled away, yet she is still an icon. But the reality is she's a nostalgia act, like most...
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Yeaaaaah, but....
trappedintime replied to your post: YES! This is exactly it!
I’m not sure what people expect from a woman whose music career involved much of these elements. She’s not Whitney Houston or anything. Her voice alone doesn’t cut it. And Cee Lo and MIA are 37 and 36 respectively. Not THAT young to team up with, no?
But there was an edge to her that was always there. It was (I’ll not say never...
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YES! This is exactly it!
Julie: I’m worried about her youth obsession.
Natasha: Continue. Cuz this is my main complaint with her.
Julie: Well, her insistence on maintaining an exhaustingly current entourage, instead of changing/evolving/ageing, she just switches up the collaborators so they’re current. That’s depressing.
Natasha: I think she’s out-grown trying to be sexually provocative and...
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Sleepytime
Last night, per my usual, I fell asleep on the couch whilst watching tv. Except I didn’t know that I did. Apparently I asked Jonny to remind me what the fourth amendment was, and when he told me, I replied, “but what if the buyer and the seller sign an agreement?”
…
I clearly have other things on my mind.
Jonny just thought I’d gone crazy.
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Seriously.
-periodic-meltdowns- replied to your post: The drill, these days…
My hair/nails basically stopped growing. It’s weird.
My nails have definitely been stronger and longer for the most part, but they still break when they reach a certain point, which is normal for me. But yeah, my hair, man. It totally didn’t get all the benefits that everyone else supposedly has. Only one really is that...
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Beasties songs fit all occasions...
I had just taken my granola bar out of my purse to eat when I dropped it on the floor (wrapper still on, don’t worry). The following is the course of events that occurred next:
1. I stared down at the fallen bar with sadness. I had just gotten into a comfortable position (complete with pillow and towel roll for lumbar support) and was sad at the thought of ruining that by bending over...
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The drill, these days...
I haven’t really written in a while…there’s been so much going on it’s insane and I’m also strangely completely inarticulate of late. Oh well. Baby brain. Well, here goes…this is what’s been happenin’ round these parts:
I’ve reached it. That moment. That stage. As Ousia Bordereaux so wisely put it in Steel Magnolias—I have found it. I am in...
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omg nooooooo!
As evidenced by poor Librarian Pirate’s posts from the last few days and a FB update I just saw from a friend in Oak Park, it would appear that a stomach virus is making its way east from the western suburbs of Chicago.
And Alison’s terror begins……………….NOW.
January 2012
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Dangerous Games...
I forgot to put on deodorant today.
I’m a little warm.
Shit’s about to get real.
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oh my god...
I’m 33 weeks today. When I tell you that I feel like my belly is bigger than everyone else’s I see who’s around my time, I’m totally serious. It could be because I’m a shortie and there’s no where else for it to go but out, or it could be that this kid is coming earlier than March 19. We’ll see though…
For now, check it out. This is me making dinner...
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Bribery with treats?
sparklingpants replied to your photo: Sunday evening sweetness: Jessa giving some love…
What’s your plan for introducing the baby to Jessa?
Just kidding…our friends gave us some information they had read about it when they had their little boy, so we’ll go through that and heed the advice. As well, I’m going to check out what Cesar Milan says about it (no, seriously)...
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Seriously...
Bitches need to stop pissing me off today.
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the older I get...
…the more I realize that unless you know the person you’re judging, you just can’t. You can’t say anything about them as a person, them as part of a culture, them as anything. (Says the girl who judges celebrities and such constantly. I must stop this.)
Seriously though…I’m referring to this Privilege blog uproar people are talking about. There was one post...
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top chef
Turkey chili is so damned easy to make.
And so damned good.
We are a happy family right now.
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Really? Really.
Sat next to a woman in prenatal yoga today who claimed to be in her last trimester. She looked barely five months.
I was like, fuuuuuuuuuuuuck yooooooooooooou.
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the mother fucking boppy
So sleep has eluded me most nights pretty much this whole pregnancy. I’ve never been one to get up in the middle of the night to pee or anything like that, and anyone who’s been pregnant (or who has listened to me bitch about it) knows that that ends once you’re carrying a little one who likes to press and punch and sit on your bladder. I also get real sore on either side from...
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Dude, looks like a lady...
My belly has overridden my ability to sit comfortably at my desk. I can’t get close enough to be comfortable, and I can’t really lean forward……unless my legs are pretty much spread eagle on either side of my chair.
H.
O.
T.
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Oy.
Can you say entire box of mac n’ cheese???
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Sunshine Day
My whole life, since birth, I was a night person. I was born at 1:31am, I rarely slept at night (sorry mom), and throughout my childhood/teenage years, I would either read or watch tv well into the wee morning hours before going to sleep and waking up at whatever hour to do it all again. In and post-college, I rarely went to bed before 2, and almost never before 12 and, other than work days when i...
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Repeats
So I got a pair of black maternity pants…they’re skinnies, not quite leggings, but not quite jeans. They are, without a doubt, the most comfortable pair of maternity pants I’ve gotten.
Would it be bad if, say in a few weeks (or now) when I start to get really uncomfortable, I just wear them almost every day? I’ll wash them, of course, but you get the question…
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Very important question
Should I cut bangs again?
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YOU calm down.
rosa—sparks replied to your photo: Gotta get labor out of my head today. I’m not…
You’ll be ok. Calm down. Besides, there’s nothing you can do about it now! It’s gonna happen, regardless of you freaking out about it.
True. I also have ten weeks to “prepare”. So. Yeah.
My mom had a 36 or something hour labor with my sister and supposedly during a particularly difficult...
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Muppets take my perineum....
rosa—sparks replied to your post: Imagery of Rosa…
Pretty much, YUS. I’m like those Muppets on Sesame Street.
hahahahaha…
Well, if I could go through this and end up with a kid half as awesome as Mini Sparks, I’ll be a very happy lady. So. There ya go.
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Imagery of Rosa...
Rosa’s liking all these posts which makes me think she’s sitting there, reading them, nodding and being like, yup. YUP. YUUUUP!
Woman knows.
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Fooooor seeeeeerrrrrious.....
-periodic-meltdowns- replied to your post: Today in horrifying…
dude. i pray all day every day that this child just shoots out in three pushes. i can’t even think about the fire burning hell that would be the opposite scenario.
Though I think it’s a little scary to hope and wish for it, because if it doesn’t happen? Oh man.
Sigh…what will be will be, I suppose.
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Yep. And now you know...
trappedintime replied to your post: Today in horrifying…
“so I don’t tear too much.” And I’m horrified now too.
Give your mama a hug next time you see her.
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Today in horrifying...
I just read about massaging my perineum in advance of labor so I don’t tear too much.
If I wasn’t at work right now, I’d be holding my nethers, trying to take the icky feelings away.
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Kit Kat bars are fantastic.
In case you wanted to know.
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Inner monologue and subsequent results...
Paying for wears at various retailers…
Inner monologue: They’re gonna ask me for my email to put on their stupid email list that I’ve unsubscribed from a dozen times. Don’t give it to them. It’s just marketing. They don’t need it.
Person working at store: Great, now can I have your email so we can send you a receipt?
IM: It’s not for receipt purposes!!...
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The comment that wins the day...
One of our snarkier students, back from winter break, saw me pass by her and said, “you’re still pregnant??”
Hilars.
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New Year.
So we had a wedding to go to on New Year’s, which I personally think is great. You know what you’re doing, where you’re going, and there’s good food and drinks and fun company! And this couple is particularly fun, so I knew it would be a good time.
Wardrobe was an issue, as I had bought an awesome dress to wear…….back in September. It was maternity, so I...
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This is a public service announcement...
Drop Dead Gorgeous is on FX station.
This has been a public service announcement.