A nerve-wracking thing about having had a preemie is that for months, I've been worried I was going into labor - I ended up calling my doctor's office on Christmas Day and things had gotten to the point where Jon was nervous every time I sent him a text. Which is awkward when you're married and have to coordinate things, ya know? OTOH, Jon pointed ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago, in one of my periodic refusals to go to bed, I read the journal of someone I've lost touch with, and discovered she'd suffered a terrible loss several months ago. I no longer know what's up with her on a regular basis, mostly because I find her way of thinking too eccentric to mine and because some of her recent successes remind me ( Read more... )

I've never been to as many weddings in a year as this year: two of Jon's relatives got engaged and this will be the year that half of the hens got married (including moi of course). They are all very different weddings: this past weekend was the Long Island Sikh wedding of an only child whose father made and filtered her dating profile for her ( ( Read more... )

( The perfect morning and getting dressed is half the fun )

Lest anyone think it's easy to date me, let me tell you about our weekend. I may've spent 8 hours (not an exaggeration) between Weds-Fri primping, but Jon was so nervous, he was tense the whole week and much of Saturday ( Read more... )

Poll It's been entirely too long since our last karaoke outing

I was holding off on my next Broadway poll until I went singing with my posse again, but (a) I guess I went singing two weeks ago and (b) I feel like Yahoo!Notepad ate a whole round of poll edits grr and I want bourbon and a nap, not arguing about policy.

Edit: Is it just me, or is Once On This Island basically The Little Mermaid? How did I ( Read more... )

The more I think about Cryoburn, the new Miles Vorkosigan novel, the more I appreciate it. The novel does what great science fiction ought, consider the implications of technologies just out of reach. In this case, it's cryogenics. The neo-Japanese planet of Kibou-daini is dealing with all the socio-economic and ethical issues brought up by access ( Read more... )

I can't think of a more romantic couple than Aral Vorkosigan and Cordelia Naismith. Also, why does Wiki have an article on "my word as Vor"???

Last night, I dreamt Sir Percy Blakeney and I were out with his crew on his yacht, looking for treasure, dealing with pirates, and telling stories.

1. I've started watching tv shows primarily so I can read the TWOP recaps. eep!
   
2. There are days when being female seems over-rated. Today is so one of them - I'm depressed AND doubled-over in pain AND my body thought I needed to wake up early so I could experience more of that. How is this evolutionarily sound?
   
3. Also, my sleep cycle is all messed up ( Read more... )