Cake

I think about cake a lot.

Pete and I are on Season 2 of The Wire. We are old, tired parents and as such, usually can only stay awake for half an episode each night.

Pete misunderstood me the other night as I was reading aloud from IMDB and thought I said Method Man's character was Melvin "Cheese Whip" Wagstaff. He actually thought I was saying that was Method Man's real name. Like, his real name already included a nickname. Oh well, you had to be there.

Pete turned forty! I'm married to a forty-year old man!

I made a mix on my MP3 player that's called Only Favorites. There are over 300 songs on it! My MP3 player is a Creative Zen Touch that I've had at least since 2005. I have no idea when I bought it, but it has some of our wedding songs on it, and our wedding was in 2005. I was inspired by Dup to buy this MP3. Dup, it was a good investment. There are certain buttons I can't push because it will freeze up. And it's not compatible with Windows 7. But other than that (and its bulk and heaviness) it's holding up just fine. I was using it at the gym and my friend thought it was a Walkman, because it's so big.

Time to finish last night's Wire episode.

subliminal messaging?

I have a Treo and when I'm typing on it, when I start a word, it offers suggestions. I don't know how it figures out the suggestions. Sometimes I think it's by how many times I've used a word but other times I know that can't be the case. For example, when I type "ba" it suggests "bagel". Which always makes me hungry for a bagel (although truthfully I am ALWAYS hungry for a bagel).

I once misspelled the word "going" as "goinh" so now that typo is my suggestion every time I type "go" -- even though ever since that typo I have typed in "going" the correct way.

Until last week, every time I typed "ca" it would suggest "carolyn". But as of last week it suggests "can't". This is really depressing to me! It's so negative to have my name replaced with "can't"!!!!

Why did that change? I don't think I type "can't" more than "carolyn" but if that is the case, why can't the "goinh" typo change?

Where is the logic here?

Grrrrr!

Well...

So the other day I was at a new parents' discussion group. I met a lady and her baby and when I introduced myself and Margo she said, "Oh a son!" and I said, "No this is Margo." And she said "Oh I'm not familiar with that name." She seemed to be from another country originally - she had an accent, anyway. So I guess it's just a thing where not everyone has heard the name Margo. So now I don't feel so weird, because it makes sense. I think the cashier from a couple weeks ago was maybe from another country too.

We See Murray Every Night

Chuck Todd

Rhys Darby a.k.a. Murray on Flight of the Conchords

Really?

So I can never think of anything to blog about. I have 10 minutes here before it's time for Margo to eat. One thing that happened is that yesterday Margo and I met Big R for coffee in the U District. And the cashier asked Margo's name and after I told her, she said, "That sounds like a boy." Really? Big R and I disagreed and so did Pete when I told him when he got home.

Here is another random thing. When we were still in the hospital after Margo was born, Pete was goofing around and he said, "You know Emanuel Rahm? His brother's name is CD..." and I said, "I don't know Emanuel Rahm but I do know Rahm Emanuel!" We laughed a lot then, which really hurt my incision. Pete was always making me laugh hard and it would hurt.

Anyway it should be noted that Pete claims I did NOT say "I don't know Emanuel Rahm but I do know Rahm Emanuel!" but I just know I did!!

Then again I was on major painkillers so maybe I thought I said it but only thought it.

This is similar to a time when we had this conversation:

Pete: You know Yo Yo Mon?
Carolyn: No.
Pete: YOU DON'T KNOW YO YO MON???
Carolyn: No, I only know Yo Yo Ma!
Pete [very embarassed]: --

Good old Pete, giving a Jamaican twist to ol' Yo Yo.

That's it folks, with 4 minutes to spare!

More soon I hope!!

Howdy!

Hello!

Happy Thanksgiving! Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Happy New Year!

Hey so, we had our baby! Margo Frances was born at 11:55 PM Dec. 1. She was 6 lb 15 oz.

Margo is the sweetest little baby. We are happy and tired!

In case I don't write again for awhile, I hope you all have great holidays.

XO,

Blade

Hello

I really have nothing exciting to say, which is why I haven't blogged for so long. I am still pregnant, due Nov. 26. I took this week off work, so these days I am either hanging out at home or driving around the town doing errands, which is much more fun in the middle of the day without traffic. And it feels really luxurious.

I'm glad I'm not working because my body is feeling uncomfortable, and it's hard to concentrate. Other than the general discomfort from having a huge belly, my only other issue is that my hips get really sore while I'm sleeping. So I wake up a lot to flip sides. And flipping sides is kind of hard with the huge belly! But luckily I fall right back asleep after I switch.

I am not impatient for the baby to arrive, yet. I would be okay if she/he showed up now, but I am also fine with waiting until the due date, because I'm having a nice time relaxing here at home. Also my parents are coming on Monday and if possible I'd like the baby to wait until they are here.

I will keep you posted on the baby front. In the meantime, here are some questions I have for all of you:

1. What is the deal with Ciscoe on King 5? Is he from a different land or region?
2. Has anyone ever been to Bahama Breeze? Pete and I always laugh at it when we see it but to be honest there's a part of me that wants to go there -- even though I don't think I even like Caribbean food.