Entries from February 2008

February 29, 2008

the bladder of a pregnant woman

before i go somewhere i think, ‘do i need to go to the bathroom?’ and i wait a moment and i evaluate what i’ve had to drink, when i last went to the bathroom, how i feel now and my conclusion: ‘nope. i’m good.’
not five minutes out the door, my body has produced another drop [...]

February 28, 2008

what’s she grinning about?

February 27, 2008

what gets me through the day

February 26, 2008

update

the mouse has rsv.
no wonder.

February 26, 2008

still a sicko

remember when i complained about my daughter being sick (it sounded like this “whine, whine, sickos, whine, whine, ava, whine“)?
HA!
experience can be a great teacher. but seriously? make it stop.

February 25, 2008

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February 24, 2008

beauty and the beast

question: how come belle and her father acted completely mystified by the fact that there was an enormous castle in the middle of the woods and yet, when gaston and his mob are singing “kill the beast” in a very un-mob-like way, they all know where it is and it’s got this long bridge-like driveway?
there’s [...]

February 21, 2008

a bunch of sickos running around in my apartment

the sickos would be us. well, mostly ava. i just have a sore throat. and i’m exhausted, but i can’t tell if that’s child number 2 exacting some sort of revenge or the sore throat. i’m pretty sure it’s child number 2. he’s been like this all 12 weeks of his sweet life.
ava, as a [...]

February 19, 2008

my saturday

saturday i drove down laurel canyon towards hollywood. it is so beautiful! the trees are huge and the path is windy and thin (a change from the 6 lane freeway i exited). the part that thrills me the most is thinking about who has lived in all of the houses. bob dylan owned a house [...]

February 18, 2008

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this is the blankee and we will die when it does (which should be soon, since ava likes to EAT it).