A lot of y'all will remember when Yael was born. Hell, you probably remember the struggle to even get pregnant in the first place ( Read more... )

That moment when you're googling for a piece of information and you come upon a page where somebody or other is describing the characters in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and they say that Takeru is standing in for Kaoru because "she is not a capable fighter like most of the clan members ( Read more... )

Why yes, I have committed more Gokaiger fic, because these are just the most adorable widdle space piwates ever, yes they are. ::tickles them under the chin:: I have a third story that's about half done, which takes place after the show is over.

The Mind That Can Embrace Equally (2435 words) by Mara
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
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Recently I heard myself say to someone "I'm not the kind of person to hold a grudge." And what's even stranger is that at the moment I said it, I actually believed itI can only consider this a triumph of the human ability for self-deception, because I'm so clearly the kind of person who holds a grudge until it dies, then visits the grave at least ( Read more... )

For your amusement, my to-do list. Not in actual order of importance and not including anything I need to do for my paying job (because that list would take too long ( Read more... )

Ugh. At 6:50 pm, Yael said something about going to her first swim lesson. I shrieked (literally, not figuratively) and grabbed Avi's arm to look at his watch ( Read more... )

So much going on! Yesterday was Yael's 8th birthday. OMG, she's 8. How the hell did that happen? She's so big and smart and funny and cranky and helpful and whiny and kind and...she's my best girl ( Read more... )

While looking for something else, I just found a notepad containing a half-done fic: Five Burglars Who Would Have Been Better Off Staying Home and Watching TV ( Read more... )

I recently met the father of Yael's school BFF for the first time and had an actual chat with him today. I...ugh, I don't even know, but he gives me bad vibes. And I don't get bad vibes! When I dislike someone I have a reason ( Read more... )

Whew, that was a close one. We were in serious danger last night of getting four consecutive hours of sleep. But don't worry, when Barak failed to wake us up by vomiting, Yael took up the slack and woke us up by peeing all over her bed instead. It's good to know that they work together so well, right ( Read more... )