November 2008

So, it is Thanksgiving here in America, and I actually have a proper thankful sort of post brewing, but by “brewing” I mean “still in my head,” unfortunately, and unless someone lends me a typist and possibly some coffee seasoned with cocaine, said post is not going to get written tonight. If this angers you, [...]

This week, allow me to present the possible jewelry box of Dorothy Parker’s relative: Please excuse the cat hair clinging to the edges. I can’t seem to remember exactly when I got this, or where, but I know it’s from one of the antique stores I used to frequent five or six or seven years [...]

More lazy bullets! If it helps, you can pretend that there is some sort of overarching narrative stringing these things together, with segues and everything. I won’t mind. • I hadn’t thought about the fact that technically, my white flag of surrender counts as a post for the purposes of NaBloPoMo. So I guess I’m [...]

No time to post. Trapped in the Closet is on the Independent Film Channel. There are no words. NO WORDS. Until tomorrow, amuse yourselves with this. I completely missed Pinguin when it was an Internet sensation four years ago, but now I cannot. stop. playing. I suppose that means I’ll get around to reading those [...]

One wonky Swedish screwdriver, one splintered piece of wood, one call to customer service, two wrongly assembled slats, and one calming glass of champagne later, we now have a high chair. I have been introducing Simone to solids in dribs and drabs (and dribbles, more often than not) for about a month. A little here, [...]

Quoth Sarah: “I’d love to hear how your health kick is going. Maybe it will inspire me to shed the last pesky pounds.” Oh, Sarah. Sarah, Sarah, Sarah. I wish I had better, more inspiring, news for you. The truth is that my “health kick” turned into more of a “health dispirited-shuffle” last month when [...]

I wear a charm bracelet, and for my birthday, Scott got me a charm from Julian & Co. to commemorate Simone’s birth. He sent them a picture of Simone, which they hand-inscribed into the silver. It took a while to get here, and then it had to be soldered onto my bracelet, so I just [...]

She can hear! Actually, it turns out that Simone has better hearing than I do. I don’t remember if I mentioned this before, but I have a partial hearing loss in my right ear, and have since I was young—the result of chronic ear infections. It doesn’t affect me much unless I am watching a [...]

So, a few weeks ago, I started a new Tuesday feature. I kept it up for two weeks, and on the third week, Simone had that first terrible OMGMYBABYCAN’THEAR appointment, and the week after THAT was the election, and my poor little feature fell by the wayside. If you cast your mind back through the [...]

I have the best readers in the world. Not only did commenter jv alert me to the fact that we had Simone’s crib put together incorrectly (Scott’s fault! Blame Scott!), but your requests are making this whole NaBloPoMo thing much less painful than expected. Today I am honoring two related topic suggestions, the first from [...]

Simone has outgrown her bassinet, and so today we (well, Scott) expanded her crib to full size. Look at that! It’s practically as long as our bed! My baby weighs FOURTEEN POUNDS. The largest of the cats weighs twelve, so Simone has risen from sixth to third largest creature in the apartment. Nine months tomorrow, [...]

Here’s how I’ve spent today: 1. Filling out form asking for my daughter’s medical history, i.e. checking boxes indicating previous crises with nearly every organ system, and under “PLEASE DESCRIBE,” writing “Prematurebirthat25weeksPDAligationGradeIIVHRenalfailureAorticthrombus OsteopeniaROPRefluxApneaBPDonPrevacidandPulmicort.” 2. Waiting in germ-infested waiting room with wriggling, impatient baby. 3. Watching baby, sitting in a small audiology booth, fail utterly to [...]

November 1st, 2006: Hooray! NaBloPoMo! This is going to be great! November 2nd, 2006: Oh my god, I have to post AGAIN? I just posted yesterday! This was a terrible idea. Remind me not to do this next year. November 1st, 2007: WHEEE! NaBloPoMo! Let’s get this party started! November 2nd, 2007: What was I [...]