Things that make you go hmmm...

[jssangel]

I've decided that now sometimes when I think of things, I'll write in my journal. It's crazy, I know - but stick with me

Comments

[an_kayoh]

Yes, that! A friend keeps urging me to watch so that we can gab about it. I saw the first episode months ago (stopped then because of the fake!pregnancy bit), but the last time I happened to be in front of the TV when it was on, they were making fun of the deaf man and I had to keep from twitching with rage. It took me longer to piece together what was going on with the reform school an...yeah, that was not on.

It's not funny for me, it's kind of sad and degrading.

[jssangel]

yeah - I don't think I am going to keep going with this one. makes me cranky because I do like singing and dancing - but I just cam't abide all the "funny" hate.

[jehnt]

Ahh, there is so much about Glee that I hate. The racism, the sexism, etc etc and on and on. BUt... the singing and dancing! I do like the singing and dancing quite a bit, and it keeps me tuning in every week. idk, idk. I am so conflicted about it. If it didn't have the singing and dancing I wouldn't watch it though, and I tend to loathe episodes that only have, like, three songs in them.

Also, baby! It seems like figuring out post-baby life is universally complicated for people. I know you know this, but you'll figure it out!

[jssangel]

Listening to "Don't Stop Believing" during the pilot, I was filled with - well - GLEE! But it's really gone downhill since. It's like the writers of the show are the mean football players of the world, inexplicably writing musical "comedy"- but with all their meaness shining through.

Ever since TJ was born, my tolerance for hate (and bad writing) has gotten even more minimal than it was. Just before she was born, I went through all my books and got rid of the ones with bad messages for girls - it was shocking how much I threw out. (Oh Robert Heinlein, No!)

[helpwess]

Hi girl, hi! It is so great to see you and see that you are managing yourself post-baby. The baby IS the baby! Hooray!

I've got no qualifications to pontificate on The New Motherhood or whatever, but I think it's okay to have huge reevaluations of all your shit and to be confused. Dude, you just made pretty much the most major of life changes there is, and I bet you're not alone in your handwaviness. Maybe you could, as my sister and I say, just be a goosekeeper for a while.

[jssangel]

Hi hi! I was totally just thinking of you! You know all the Yuletide shenanigans going on, with people secretly writing stories for each other in fandoms no one writes? I was like - wouldn't it be awesome if Helpwess and I had signed up for Yuletide, and we each wrote a Rush/Mark (Melendy -obv.) story for each other without knowing it - and then somehow the fandom caught on, and everyone wrote lots of stories about them! That would really be a Christmas miracle!

Rush Mark Melendy

[helpwess]

That indeed would be a miracle! i have never found another person who has even read the Melendy books! Rush and Mark are my favorite characters in the world and i would absolutely DIE if someone wrote a story about them! there is not a single story on fanfiction about them. it is so incredibly sad!

[helenish]

Babies + work just explodes your brain, I find. When I was on leave, everything in me felt very OMG HORMONES DON'T LEAVE YOUR BAAAAABYYYYY and I would just get so upset about going back to work and it was hard, hard at first. And it's still hard some days, but it's better

[jssangel]

He will eat to his hunger! That is the key! Dude - I really think that is the key - I mean one thing we know about babies from all those laaaaattteeee nights is that the Nom instinct is totally in place. TJ has lots of other counter-evolutionary instincts, like "When I am tired I will throw myself violently backwards in order to catch the unwary baby-holder by surprise" - but she is really clear about being hungry when she is hungry and not stopping eating until she is full. NB will eat what he needs to eat! And he will play with his food at all other times.

Also - the other day I left the bottles/breast sheilds from my pump at home, and spent the day in a panic of "should I try to go home at lunch? should I just let my boobs keep filling? what will she eat tomorrow?" and then Mr. Angel came to my job with the pump parts, and I thought "I love you!" and then I unpacked the bag, and realized he had brought the stuff from the shitty emergency weekend pump instead of the fancy pants office one, and I burst into tears. AT WORK.

[helenish]

Seeing your add-me-the-the-filter post reminded me that I wanted to come back and say that I would absolutely have cried if that breastpump-equipment-mixup had happened to me.

Also, btw, we did find a non-puking formula that NB seems to enjoy, so I am tapering away on pumping and alternating between feeling all "OH NO FORMULA GOD TEN MONTHS IS TOO EARLY!" and "Not pumping is the greatest thing ever and a little formula is fine."

Weirdly, I'm starting to be at the place where people I have to JUSTIFY still breastfeeding to people, who are sort of a little why-would-you-put-yourself-through-that about it? Because I'm lazy and it's convenient is why, people!

[jssangel]

You know what? I think people are really weird about breast feeding. I know this isn't a newsflash, but I am continually amazed by how many people want to get all up in my business about how long I am planning to feed her, continue to pump, etc

[jssangel]

I do love Kurt! I thought his "ring on it" episode was one of the best - but man, the rest of it is a disaster.

Babies are great and TJ is the best - but man, it sure turns your life upside down!