Separated at birth?

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Hi there, Chicago-area peeps. If you wanted to go somewhere cool/do something cool at the same time I do it, here's two upcoming events you might want to know about:

Tots on Tuesdays at the Shedd Aquarium -- Any Tuesday (suggest a Tuesday that's good for you ( Read more... )

... and man, am I impressed. It's a striking movie, and also -- to my recollection; I've not read it in years, though I intend to again soon -- incredibly faithful to the source material. Especially for an Alan Moore movie (most of which seem, to put it mildly, cursed ( Read more... )

Playing at 9PM at Fitzgerald's in Berwyn is a wonderfully eclectic Toronto bar-band called Enter the Haggis ($12 bought ahead; $15 at the door). I strongly recommend them. In fact, I'd really, really love to go, if it can be made to work with Beka's needs ( Read more... )

... I've been busy. :->

John and I are proud to announce the arrival, vigorously yowling, of our firstborn daughter.

The statistics, because we're all geeks here:

• Name: Rebekah Miranda Mason (Beka or Beka Mira for short)
• Date and Time: February 17th, 2009; 3:56 AM
• Birth Weight: 8lbs 9oz (3895g)
• Discharge Weight: 8lbs 1oz
• Height: 20.87in (53cm)

ashnistrike and her wife Nameseeker are HEROES OF THE REVOLUTION.

Omg.

They arrived sometime around 2PMish, ostensibly to 'help me tidy up' and get somewhere on my to-do list for the week, and between then and when they left (having fed us dinner, too, while they were at it) we got about SIX DAYS' WORTH of cleaning done, on even the scale of "John and I ( Read more... )

Yup, those would definitely be Braxton-Hicks. Interesting. Not painful, exactly, but sore-ish ...

30+-week symptom post coming someday, honest.

Inspired by quite a few hours of jigsaw-puzzling on my and John's part lately -- they feed my need to be compulsively patternmatchy about something, they give us social couple-time, and we both know that as soon as Beka's old enough to grab things and stick them in her mouth, we won't get a chance to do one for years ( Read more... )

I still owe a symptom-update post, but this isn't it ( Read more... )

So a lot of stuff has been happening, all at once. The good news is, after I get through the first half of this upcoming week, my schedule is MUCH CLEARER (until it suddenly becomes consumed entirely with Baby Things, of course).

Some topics I should at least name-check here, in case I don't get back to them later:

• Saw Bolt in the theaters Friday ( Read more... )