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Mar. 21st, 2010 05:19 amMe: *knocking on my brother's door at 3:30 am* I know you're still awake in there playing WoW, Bobra. I need a snorkel.
Bob: *opening the door* What?
Me: I need a snorkel. Didn't you move all the beach stuff into your closet?
Bob: Yeah, but I didn't see the snorkels.
Me: *looking* Damn...do you have a fat straw in here?
Bob: NO! What the hell?
Me: Grant's in the bath and wants to be able to lay under water and breathe.
Bob: Oh.
I have been laughing hysterically for the last hour at this website Grant pointed me to: http://dontevenreply.com It is basically a guy being an ass, fake replying to craigslist ads, and then posting the exchanges as hilarity ensues. I think the best ones are:
http://dontevenreply.com/view.php?post=84
http://dontevenreply.com/view.php?post=13
http://dontevenreply.com/view.php?post=28 (wherein he plays two people)
http://dontevenreply.com/view.php?post=50
Ananda was having a major problem today with her hair being straight, as opposed to how Elise and I (and Jake and Isaac) have super curly hair. This is a brand new issue, as far as I know. She was like, refusing to talk and getting teary for the first time in forever over it. I spent a long time swaying with her in the kitchen, telling her how her hands, her feet, her chin, her bookish tendencies, her taste in food, all sorts of things are just like me, and how beautiful she is just the way she is...then I brought her in my room where we read another chapter of A Wrinkle in Time, and then tickled and laughed hysterically for awhile before watching some YouTube videos and searching thesaurus.com for a suitable name for our house, a la the Weasley's "Burrow".
Speaking of Harry Potter, I just finished what was initially the most AMAZING fanfiction story, like truly this is the first time I've ever thought a fanfiction author should be writing "real" books as I read. I was stuck on this thing for days, which means it was really long, because I read REALLY fast. Aaaaaand...she totally blew the ending. And now I am bitter.
Speaking of reading materials, it also turns out that part of Ananda's problem was that she started book 1 of the Series of Unfortunate Events series, and it is really getting to her. She has a baby sister she feels responsible for and is coming into puberty, both like Violet, and she has had realistic fears of parent death, and she said she kept having to breathe and put the book aside and say "It's only fiction. It's only fiction." I talked very seriously with her about just not finishing the book but she really felt like she needed to and I ended up letting her, and I think reading through the end (wherein Violet is not married to the creepy pervert and the baby sister has not plummetted to her death) was REALLY relieving for her. It makes me think I need to be monitoring what elementary school aged fiction she reads a little better...
Speaking of publishing (ok we weren't...humor me) - today when I checked the mail I got my two copies of the Spring issue of Midwifery Today, in which I am featured :D At first I was sort of glum about how it's a mostly black and white trade journal, like, come on why would I get all excited about this, but then I realized I'm sandwiched in between an Ina May Gaskin piece and a Gloria Lemay piece and was like, you know what? This is cool.
Not cool - Isaac bit THE HELL out of Jake earlier. Like the biting was through clothes, and still Jake bled. Isaac had no explanation or excuse either, it wasn't a play fighting or retaliatory thing, it was very "I don't know why, I just wanted to do it". *sigh* I hate when Isaac fuels my fears of him locking Grant and I in a basement a la Silence of the Lambs when he's older. I need to get some good time in with him tomorrow, like I did with Ananda and Elise today. Not eating dairy and doubling his probiotics seems to be easing his belly discomfort, but he's complaining of nightmares just about every night, again :/
I feel like a total derelict where Aaron is concerned, because I just completely spaced and FORGOT that he had a special rehearsal for their Orlando competition (WHICH IS NEXT WEEKEND) today. We remembered hours later. He has another one tomorrow. Which he WILL make it to. *sigh*
Jake made up this word "myu", rhymes with you. It means "me and you". So for instance he comes to me and says, "Myu should have love together" or "Why don't myu play legos?" He's constantly making up words. He says things like, "If I say 'laddy' that means 'I want a pbj', ok? Laddy." He also has this domineering thing where he has to be in control at all times, so for instance he'll ask for a mommy and daddy sandwich, wherein we hold him in between us, but before we start he tells us, "When I'm done, I'm going to say 'Sandwich over'." Then we pick him up and he cuddles and kisses us and then sternly says, "Sandwich over!"...and we set him down. It is hilarious to me that he has found a way to be consistently refusing to seem to obey me, but no longer get in trouble for it, too - now whenever I ask him to do anything, he does it immediately, while angrily saying "I WAS JUST ABOUT TO DO THAT!" or "I WAS ALREADY DOING THAT!"
I have to get with gettin if Grant and I are going to be able to watch The Office on hulu.
Bob: *opening the door* What?
Me: I need a snorkel. Didn't you move all the beach stuff into your closet?
Bob: Yeah, but I didn't see the snorkels.
Me: *looking* Damn...do you have a fat straw in here?
Bob: NO! What the hell?
Me: Grant's in the bath and wants to be able to lay under water and breathe.
Bob: Oh.
I have been laughing hysterically for the last hour at this website Grant pointed me to: http://dontevenreply.com It is basically a guy being an ass, fake replying to craigslist ads, and then posting the exchanges as hilarity ensues. I think the best ones are:
http://dontevenreply.com/view.php?post=84
http://dontevenreply.com/view.php?post=13
http://dontevenreply.com/view.php?post=28 (wherein he plays two people)
http://dontevenreply.com/view.php?post=50
Ananda was having a major problem today with her hair being straight, as opposed to how Elise and I (and Jake and Isaac) have super curly hair. This is a brand new issue, as far as I know. She was like, refusing to talk and getting teary for the first time in forever over it. I spent a long time swaying with her in the kitchen, telling her how her hands, her feet, her chin, her bookish tendencies, her taste in food, all sorts of things are just like me, and how beautiful she is just the way she is...then I brought her in my room where we read another chapter of A Wrinkle in Time, and then tickled and laughed hysterically for awhile before watching some YouTube videos and searching thesaurus.com for a suitable name for our house, a la the Weasley's "Burrow".
Speaking of Harry Potter, I just finished what was initially the most AMAZING fanfiction story, like truly this is the first time I've ever thought a fanfiction author should be writing "real" books as I read. I was stuck on this thing for days, which means it was really long, because I read REALLY fast. Aaaaaand...she totally blew the ending. And now I am bitter.
Speaking of reading materials, it also turns out that part of Ananda's problem was that she started book 1 of the Series of Unfortunate Events series, and it is really getting to her. She has a baby sister she feels responsible for and is coming into puberty, both like Violet, and she has had realistic fears of parent death, and she said she kept having to breathe and put the book aside and say "It's only fiction. It's only fiction." I talked very seriously with her about just not finishing the book but she really felt like she needed to and I ended up letting her, and I think reading through the end (wherein Violet is not married to the creepy pervert and the baby sister has not plummetted to her death) was REALLY relieving for her. It makes me think I need to be monitoring what elementary school aged fiction she reads a little better...
Speaking of publishing (ok we weren't...humor me) - today when I checked the mail I got my two copies of the Spring issue of Midwifery Today, in which I am featured :D At first I was sort of glum about how it's a mostly black and white trade journal, like, come on why would I get all excited about this, but then I realized I'm sandwiched in between an Ina May Gaskin piece and a Gloria Lemay piece and was like, you know what? This is cool.
Not cool - Isaac bit THE HELL out of Jake earlier. Like the biting was through clothes, and still Jake bled. Isaac had no explanation or excuse either, it wasn't a play fighting or retaliatory thing, it was very "I don't know why, I just wanted to do it". *sigh* I hate when Isaac fuels my fears of him locking Grant and I in a basement a la Silence of the Lambs when he's older. I need to get some good time in with him tomorrow, like I did with Ananda and Elise today. Not eating dairy and doubling his probiotics seems to be easing his belly discomfort, but he's complaining of nightmares just about every night, again :/
I feel like a total derelict where Aaron is concerned, because I just completely spaced and FORGOT that he had a special rehearsal for their Orlando competition (WHICH IS NEXT WEEKEND) today. We remembered hours later. He has another one tomorrow. Which he WILL make it to. *sigh*
Jake made up this word "myu", rhymes with you. It means "me and you". So for instance he comes to me and says, "Myu should have love together" or "Why don't myu play legos?" He's constantly making up words. He says things like, "If I say 'laddy' that means 'I want a pbj', ok? Laddy." He also has this domineering thing where he has to be in control at all times, so for instance he'll ask for a mommy and daddy sandwich, wherein we hold him in between us, but before we start he tells us, "When I'm done, I'm going to say 'Sandwich over'." Then we pick him up and he cuddles and kisses us and then sternly says, "Sandwich over!"...and we set him down. It is hilarious to me that he has found a way to be consistently refusing to seem to obey me, but no longer get in trouble for it, too - now whenever I ask him to do anything, he does it immediately, while angrily saying "I WAS JUST ABOUT TO DO THAT!" or "I WAS ALREADY DOING THAT!"
I have to get with gettin if Grant and I are going to be able to watch The Office on hulu.
