by Mir | Oct 27, 2005 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
There are certain changes that happen to a woman when she becomes a mother. If she gives birth, her body changes; it will likely never be the same again, whether from stretch marks or breast changes or surgical traces. Whether the child comes from her body or not, the...
by Mir | Oct 26, 2005 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Today I have pleased the fickle fates. My spaztastic keyboard spontaneously healed itself; it was fine this morning when I came downstairs. I typed extra words, waiting for the cursor to start leaping around on the screen, but my keyboard coolly kept placing the...
by Mir | Oct 26, 2005 | Friends
So much for liveblogging her labor (I wasn’t really sure how she’d pull that off, frankly), but I’ve heard from Zoot’s Mom that Zoot gave birth to a beautiful baby girl this morning. Welcome to the world, NikkiZ! And congrats to the entire Zoot...
by Mir | Oct 25, 2005 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
U, riht now my keyboard is randomly skipping th cursor all around without ay iput from me, resuting in letters eing shunte to teh end of where I’m typing and lttle curls of smoke comign out my ears. It’s a cordless keyboard, and changed the batteries, and...
by Mir | Oct 24, 2005 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
I should’ve known this was coming. I mean, it’s karmic retribution for blithely tossing around the word “malapropisms” a few days ago. Stupid! I should’ve covered myself better. I should’ve known! Murphy is no friend of mine. Murphy...