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November 6th, 2009
01:28 pm - No, please DON'T get 'er done.
Was just in an all-employee meeting. Several offices, all on the phone. And an extremely high level man actually said to someone else, such that we all, across all offices, heard it: "Get 'er done".
That really, REALLY bothered me. The inherent assumption of the objectification and sexualization of women is horrifying. Way to bring us down into representations of whatever item it is you need to "do", buddy.
And I am fully aware that he was clueless.
I immediately spoke out, although the only people who could hear me were the ones in our office - and I was laughed at. Another female in the office said I pretty much guaranteed that people will be saying it around me quite a lot.
It doesn't bother me to be laughed at about something like this. And I WILL continue to fight it.
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September 11th, 2009
09:34 pm - On this day 2 years ago, my water broke.
I'm sure I posted this video before:
The song is lovely, beautiful and makes me melt. The video, well... it makes me cry every time.
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August 17th, 2009
09:12 pm - Know what I did today?
Paid off my student loan.
Ayup. All gone. See ya NEVER.
Waaaahooooo!!
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August 11th, 2009
02:09 pm - How I try to live my life
You don't do the things you do because others will necessarily join you in doing them, nor because they will ultimately prove successful. You do the things you do because the things you do are right.
Desmond Tutu
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July 29th, 2009
07:52 am - I've become one of THOSE people...
Grande Soy Half-Sweet Mocha, No Whip, please.*****
*****There's hope for me still - I still smile and I'm not a bitch about it. I have never done either of the following, both of which are true stories:
-Complained because my foam bubbles were TOO BIG
-Complained because they put TOO MUCH COFFEE IN MY CUP
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July 21st, 2009
02:05 am - I feel like such a jerk
I came home after work with a headache. Andrew made dinner and wrangled the kid, I passed out at 7:30 and he did EVERYTHING. And it's my turn to take the night shift, too, but he's doing that too. I feel like such a jerk. ;(
Also - he's pretty awesome.
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July 19th, 2009
07:48 pm - Oh yeah
And we went to the Aquarium yesterday, and I posted a few pictures on facebook, but this is the one I love the most:
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July 12th, 2009
09:30 am - This is my morning
So it went something like this:
We're having breakfast, Tomas stacks one blueberry on top of another one, Andrew stacks a third on top of those... and then Andrew went and got a skewer and "stacked" all those blueberries on it. In this picture, Tomas is trying to blow the berries down.
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June 21st, 2009
09:37 am - Geek Father's Day
This morning at breakfast (lemon pancakes), Andrew taught Tomas to say "Bork bork bork" and "HADUUUUKEN!".
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March 22nd, 2009
01:12 pm - Missed connections...
Andrew got a missed connection! This is too funny.
He smiles at everyone, btw. ;)
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February 10th, 2009
06:46 pm - I love Jesus, but...
Yes, it's 7 minutes, but it's worth it, I promise.
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February 3rd, 2009
12:28 pm - snack food
This weekend I made my own soy-nuts. It's extremely easy!
I just took 2 cups of dried soy beans, soaked them overnight, drained them well, spread them out on a cookie sheet and added salt, then baked them at 250F for 3 or so hours.
The first batch, I stirred around after an hour or so. The second batch, I didn't bother.
They are crispy and crunchy and just perfect. Yum!
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February 2nd, 2009
09:29 am - What does it say that we have no problems with the message of this song?
I love They Might Be Giants. I figured we'd introduce Tomas to them soon (especially the CD "Birdhouse in Your Soul", a favourite of mine), but then we discovered that somewhere along the way they started doing children's songs.
So.
This has been on repeat in our house over the weekend:
Warning: CATCHY. Andrew and I kept finding ourselves humming or singing it hours after last played. "SHUT UP!" was a common refrain. LOL
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January 26th, 2009
07:52 pm - laughing so hard over here...
Some of the texts I got from my brother today:
"Good God... Just changed diaper...Want a raise."
"Horrible! I'm worried I did not clean him well enough. Had to stop or I was going to throw up. Seriously. Still feel ill! He laughed throughout."
"He's had the hiccups for a while. Cure?"
"Had to change him again. Ew!!! Got a bit cleaner. Tied my shirt around my face!"
Bwahahahahah. Today has been hilarious.
In other news, the daycare only had to be closed for 1 day after all. So I'll be taking Tomas in again tomorrow. My brother is relieved. :P
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January 20th, 2009
11:28 am - I could listen to him all day
His inauguration address gave me chills.
The man is an amazing orator.
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December 8th, 2008
11:59 am - Swoon
Why yes I DID wake up to my husband making me french toast this morning.
*sigh*
I am a lucky, lucky lucky girl.
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November 10th, 2008
08:42 pm - Bliss
Tonight we all played together... Andrew jumped around and pretended to attack Tomas, I tickled them both, Tomas pretended to attack me (I think he was trying to tickle me), and then pretended to attack Andrew, Andrew jumped on me and I grabbed Andrew, and we all laughed and played until Tomas was sitting on the ground breathing hard. Chloe came in and Andrew attacked her, and then she lay on me and licked my face and I hugged her and petted her and Tomas hugged us both.
This is a moment that makes everything else unimportant.
This is a moment I've had before, and this is a moment I hope I have more often.
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November 6th, 2008
09:13 am - cheeks
I am eating an organic fuji apple that is HUGE and tastes just like apple cider. Yum.
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November 5th, 2008
07:20 pm - snippet
Me: What does it say that I can define every place I've lived by the used bookstores? **
Andrew: That you are really, really AWESOME.
** That's not true, I define every place I've lived by the restaurants AND used bookstores.
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