Lifesize
August 17th, 2009
Yo yo yo. So last week, after the hell that was the PREVIOUS week was Teh Awesome. I used to measure the success of a week by how much downtime/relaxation I could squeeze in, but these days, it’s all about how much we can get up! and out! of the house! because there is only so inside time much I can handle with an infant, you know? I mean, she’s only gotten better and better, but yeehaw, a little adult conversation/interaction is NECESSARY, yo, even if it’s only the clerk at the natural foods co-op, where I regale them with my adoration of cultured butter (and have now hooked Metalia on).
However, I got much MORE than that last week, as I took Samantha for her first dip in a lake AND a pool, and there were multiple afternoons with friends and oh, it was lovely. But, uhhhh, not relaxing. I have determined that relaxing is something that will happen when my kids are in college, although then I’ll be up all night panicked that they’ve thrown themselves out the dorm window in a misguided drunken lark, like their father almost did back in the day.
Anyway! I also spent a lovely, if sweaty, afternoon with the TwoBusy family and I really and truly loved them, and I’m saying that with utter sincerity, not the occasionally sycophantic bloggy kind of flattery that seems like it’s thrown out out of obligation. (Am I the only one who cringes at this, especially on Flickr? Or am I a douche?) (Am likely a douche. It’s okay.) They — all of them — were as advertised, and truly lovely people. Funny, irreverent and kind and just … lovely. Oh, and when he talks about how beautiful his wife is, believe him. I also believe I kept my awkwardness mostly in check and mercifully did not hug them all the moment I saw them, but instead was approached by THEM at the end for hugs. I do believe this is a first, people. I am usually the over-enthusiastic hugger. (BlogHer ‘10 attendees have been warned. I am the hugger!) However, I was SO DETERMINED not to be the crazy hugging lady, because sometimes, she can be a little scary, and there were children present.
Onward! To … I don’t even know what.
– I’m dreading winter with a dread that I’ve never had before. You guys, I’m a WINTER PERSON, normally. I LIKE hunkering down and being warm inside while it’s all snowy and fun out there. Except … oh God. Curling up with a good book is lovely on a cold winter’s eve, but wrangling a cabin-fevery baby, not so much. Getting out of the house is absolutely key to keeping my brain from exploding, even if it’s just for a walk. What … what the HELL am I going to do this winter? HELP ME.
– Eric was … naked in this week’s True Blood and I can’t say I was disappointed, except for the disembodied head bit (What WAS that? Why was he in that awkward position? Was it an ass stand-in? Was that SOMEONE ELSE’S ASS? I must know!). But still. Niiiice. However, I am all set with Anna Paquin’s boobs, thanks. I’ve SEEN THEM. Yes, yes, FINE, she has a nice body, FINE. But did we HAVE to have her boobs in bed with Eric? DID WE? I AM ALL SET WITH SOOKIE’S BOOBS.
I AM ALSO ALL SET WITH BILL. SHUT UP BILL. SHUT UP WITH YOUR INCESSANT “SOOKEH” BULLSHIT. SHUT UPPPPPPPPPPPP. TAKE SOOKEH’S BOOBS OUT TO DINNER. FOREVER. LEAVE NAKED ERIC FOR THE REST OF US.
– My closest friend here is very likely moving to … Alaska, come October. Yeaaaah. That’s about as far as you can get. Bummer.
– Hey, so I know I mentioned this on Twitter, but if you are in or around the NYC area and plan to see a Broadway play, please do me a favor and see Wicked. My closest friend from FOREVER AGO is — oh my God — THE LEAD! The lead! THE LEAD IN AN ACTUAL, REAL-LIVE BROADWAY MUSICAL. (Side note: now you know where I went to high school. Thrilling details, these!)
In other words, she made it. She made it! Dude, that never happens to the nice people, it seems, and you guys, she is the NICEST. I love her so. And you know, I am so proud of her, and when stuff like this happens, I have a little bit of faith that good things happen to good people who deserve them. Because getting there was HARD, yo. HARD. I mean, she was the lead in a CARE BEAR MUSICAL at one point! Followed by a traveling tour of POKEMON: THE MUSICAL. Yes, POKEMON. She only came to my wedding because there was a break in the national tour of Cats. AFTER POKEMON. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, POKEMON.
I’m not sure when I’ll be able to go (this fall, I hope), so I’m urging everyone I can to go so that I can hear all about it. Hurry!
– Sunny’s been out of sorts for a while, so I have been instructed to take her temperature somewhat regularly to see if she’s hot (she has been). This means that there are TWO asses I have to stick a thermometer in on a regular basis (I’m sick, and am worried Sam is getting sick, so …). TWO. Come ON. But then I think things couldn’t be that bad, considering we found out that her bum needed to be emptied (the ANAL GLANDS, AHOY) because she was asleep with her backside near my husband’s head and … well. HIS HAIR DID NOT SMELL SO FRESH AFTER THAT.
You’re welcome.
Happy Tuesday!
*A Fine Frenzy. This was on my birthing playlist, though I have no memory of it being played.
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1. willikat | August 17th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
OMG, that last part made me laugh so hard. Soooo hard.
Much congratulations to your friend. i just wrote today about always hoping to find things that prove humanity is not totally cracked. Thanks for providing me with one today.
2. Anonymous New York | August 17th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Oh God! Poor Adam. I laughed so hard I have tears in my eyes. We had an unfortunate experience with the dog bum, but only the couch was affected. Adam’s hair! That’s terrible! I hope Sunny is ok.
I’m all for more naked Eric. Goodness gracious he is hot. (I liked Sarsgaard in HBO’s Generation Kill, too.) And enough with Bill already. He’s turning into a simpering idiot.
3. Jess | August 17th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Just make sure not to MIX UP your thermometers, is all I’m saying. Or at least make sure they’re really, really well sterilized.
4. Anna | August 17th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
I too am DREADING the winter. As I’m sure is the case with Vermont, winters in Minnesota start around mid-October and last until at least April. I have absolutely NO IDEA what we are going to do.
The child’s current cure-all for the cranky? The hammock in our yard. Which will be covered in FEET of snow mere weeks from now. I have seriously considered moving it into our house.
5. foradifferentkindofgirl (fadkog) | August 17th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
I had to scurry past the True Blood part because my husband doesn’t wish to watch last night’s episode yet. This despite me telling him his stubborness is wreaking havoc with my ability to be on the internet and not find things out by accident. Oh, and imagine that novel idea – not being on the internet?! Why, the world will want me to slice my own bread or something!
I like to imagine TwoBusy is so very smart (I don’t imagine that. I actually think he is) and so if we ever met, I’d sit there and be all, “So…this sald. It’s good, no?” while he spilled his smart awesomeness upon me.
6. cindy w | August 17th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Winter survival tips:
1. Shopping. The mall, Target, the grocery store, what-have-you. Just stick her in a Bjorn and GO.
2. Indoor playgrounds. We have them here in NC because the summers are so brutal; I understand they have them in New England for the opposite seasons. If Sam is crawling by then, take her & let her go nuts. Just Purell the crap out of her when she’s done.
3. Baby Einstein DVDs. Assuming you haven’t already discovered them by now. It’s crack for babies.
7. Carla Hinkle | August 18th, 2009 at 12:43 am
I can’t even imagine a New England winter with a a baby. Honestly. I get a little freaked out when we have a rainy day where I live and can’t go outside … in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, which happens about 10 times a year. I have no idea what people do in New England, but hopefully someone can enlighten you because, dude.
(You’re welcome for that Little Mary Sunshine comment! But truly, we-can’t-go-out-weather scares the crap out of me.)
8. Amanda of Shamelessly Sassy | August 18th, 2009 at 1:10 am
I’m so sick of Bill. I would have gladly had him burn rather than Godric. It also annoys me that Sookie is so annoying this season. She is no where near as annoying in the books. Yes, I’ve read all of the True Blood books. Don’t judge, yo!
9. JMH | August 18th, 2009 at 5:25 am
I would give a limb to go see Wicked in NYC!! That is awesome! Alas, I live in Ohio and our bank account cannot afford such a trip at the moment…. ;(
10. Beth Fish | August 18th, 2009 at 6:08 am
You know, I have never once stuck a thermometer in the southern end of either of my children. Can’t decide whether this makes me foolish or enlightened, I just figure if the fever is bad enough that I have to know precisely what it is, the kid is going to the doctor anyway, and they use the armpit method, so it is good enough for me, right?
Little kids seem somehow impervious to cold – just wrap her up and go.
11. Kristin H | August 18th, 2009 at 7:23 am
I, uh…oh my. I am a dog person through and through, but if I had to deal with anal glands, that could change. I had a lab…does the gland experience mostly pertain to small dogs? In any case, I’m sorry for for Adam and for your sheets.
Maybe this winter you could put her in a backpack and do some XC skiing?
12. jonniker | August 18th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Cindy, uhhhh, we live in RURAL VERMONT. THE NEAREST MALL IS AN HOUR FROM HERE.
HOLD ME.
Also, Amanda, I TOTALLY plan to read the books as soon as I have time (AHA HAHAHAHAHAHA).
And FADKOG, he *is* super smart, you’re right about that. But, if I may, he is also … very … GENTLE in person. Does that make sense? Whatever. I loved them all. I heard the house next door to them is for sale and I AM TEMPTED.
13. Fiona Picklebottom | August 18th, 2009 at 7:49 am
We live pretty close to Easton, PA, and my six-year-old’s best friend is a Roscioli, wonder if it’s any relation…
14. TwoBusy | August 18th, 2009 at 8:05 am
By “gentle,” I presume you mean “staggeringly handsome.”
15. jonniker | August 18th, 2009 at 8:07 am
TB: Yes, yes, of COURSE.
16. Swistle | August 18th, 2009 at 8:31 am
I do think that when bloggers meet it is IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW how it actually went, because what else are they going to say? The other blogger reads their blog and will READ WHAT WAS SAID.
I notice this particularly after BlogHer, when I start thinking that bloggers must be a mind-blowingly superior version of regular mankind, since apparently EVERYONE at BlogHer was AMAZING and AWESOME. I start thinking about the statistical unlikeliness of that.
17. She Likes Purple | August 18th, 2009 at 9:05 am
If flickr streams and post-BlogHer posts are any indication, every blogger who has ever met another blogger loved them and became instant friends with them. I understand WHY it has to be portray that way (although, maybe just not say anything at all?), but is anyone really buying it?
18. jonniker | August 18th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Swistle and SLP: Which is why I feel compelled to say that no, really, I really loved them for real. Not in the fakey fake “You are so BEAUTIFUL! MISS YOU! XOXOXO” kind of way. I swear on my life.
19. Kristin | August 18th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Winter is hard with babies…I can’t lie. Getting out every day saves my sanity too, so I am not looking forward to this year with a toddler and an infant. I remember the first winter with my son being particularly hard because it was very, very cold that year in the Midwest and we couldn’t get out much because he was so little. The next winter was more fun because as a toddler he could walk around and play in the snow, so I made sure we at least went for a walk around the block every day. But if you don’t have Target or an indoor playground near you I’m not sure what to say! Lots of playgroup dates? That will definitely help. We also spent a LOT of time at the library.
20. Susie | August 18th, 2009 at 9:20 am
1. Did you see the LolTrueBlood montage at Sweetney? “Sookeh!!… Oh noes my rack is uncovered AGAIN oopsies” etc etc.
2. I used to work in an animal hospital in high school. Dogs occaisionally self-express their anal glands when they are scared or stressed, and I once had the misfortune of restraining the southern end of a high strung german shepherd. I remain traumatized, and hope never to smell (like) that again.
21. Someone Being Me | August 18th, 2009 at 9:23 am
I find it funny that you dread winter for the cabin fever. I have had cabin fever all summer here in Texas with the 100+ temps. Not fun dragging a newborn and a toddler out in the heat. My answer is the mall. Climate controlled window shopping keeps the crazy at bay. Although I get out a lot less with two kiddos. It was so much easier with just one. I had no idea how good I had it.
22. Jeanne | August 18th, 2009 at 9:30 am
At this point in the books, Sookie and Bill have a huge fight and break up for a while. Athough the show doesn’t follow the books all that closely, hopefully they will onthis point. Eric is yummy.
23. -R- | August 18th, 2009 at 9:59 am
This winter what saved me was belonging to a gym. I could go work out and be baby-free for an hour, and the baby got a change of scenery for an hour. He was little enough that he didn’t know the difference, but I think it would work for toddlers too.
24. Jen W. | August 18th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
You are not the only one who cringes. After reading the whole Sookies series, I’m pleasantly surprised at the tv series. They’re veering way off the book plot, but still highly entertaining. Can’t wait to see the crazy finale!
25. Julie | August 18th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
I saw Dee in the Chicago production and she was phenominal!
26. She Likes Purple | August 18th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Jonna, for what it’s worth again, you have never uttered a word in email or on your website that didn’t come across 100% genuine, good or bad. For real.
Also, I’m in NYC in November. If Wicked is still running, I’m going to see about going.
27. Leah | August 18th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I definitely think the real dirt about people at BlogHer goes unspoken, which is as it should be, IMO. I’ve certainly come in contact with some less-than-awesome people (or perhaps I just caught them at a less-than-awesome moment?), but what good does it do to spread that kind of stuff around? None, of course.
I’m totally with you on the fakery fakeness, though. But hey, some people are just like that, in real life and online. Definitely a weird dynamic, though considering everyone reads about everyone’s interactions with everyone else.
(I’m so exciting you’re committing to BlogHer ‘10! Now I HAVE to go.)
28. jonniker | August 18th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
OMFG, I don’t want DIRT! I wasn’t even thinking of BlogHer specifically, even. Was just thinking how every comment after every meeting EVAR is so OVER THE TOP in its “I LOVE YOOOOOOOU” that it’s hard to even see what’s genuine and what isn’t. And I wanted to be clear that mine was genuinely genuine. heh.
29. mar | August 18th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
oh! oh! your comment about blogher ‘10 gives me more to look forward to, besides crashing at suzanne’s nyc apartment. also, i super-duper love suebob & suzanne my blogher roommates, no exaggerations needed. plus, i avoided anyone i wasn’t kindof girl-crushing on (not that i stalked any of my girl crushes), so i’ll try not to stalk you next year.
i’d say snowshoe it to get out or cross country skiing, with or without the bab. i feel for your lack of target/malls; it does limit you.
i was turned off from puppy ownership from your previous sunny/gland posts, but i love my baby grover & don’t think scotties have such issues generally.
and i need to shut down the starz & get the hbos to catch up on this true blood biz.
30. H | August 18th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Winters are hard – period. You know where I am and I’m sure you can imagine what winters are like here. We do have a mall, though, so that helped us back in the day. Otherwise, play dates and outings on the milder days help. I don’t know what you have locally but watch for winter events in your area. Schools and organizations will often come up with some creative indoor winter survival activities. Even if Sam is too young to participate herself, just getting out, watching and mingling can help. Also, we organized a night out once a month for moms and the kids stayed home.
31. Kristabella | August 19th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Wicked is SO GOOD! I loved it when it was here in Chicago. And I’m sure it is even better with your friend as the lead. That is so awesome!
UGH. I’m not looking forward to winter either. And that’s probably because we haven’t really had a summer.
32. Mauigirl | August 22nd, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Anal glands! The worst.smell.ever!!!
So cool about your friend being in Wicked. Now I want to see it!
33. ms picket to you | September 2nd, 2009 at 8:27 pm
wait? what the f?
two busy is a MAN?
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