Curious George and the Firefighters, edited

onefinemess | July 7, 2009

OK people, here’s the deal: I’ve had to read this book to Z about 2 million times so far, and besides wanted to burn it in an unholy inferno, I also want to track down the writer and editor and accidentally knock them into the same glorious blaze.  Why?
Because I’m anal.  I know, I know,  [...]

X-Men: Kingbreaker #4

onefinemess | March 27, 2009

was some the shit yar.
AKA Starjammers v4.3 or so.
The thing with Havok and the star guy…CLASSIC.
Some major shake-ups, a direct lead in the no-I-won’t-link-it probably return of Jean Grey, good action scenes and another original Starjammer potentially dead (although I suspect he’ll return as some warped hybrid before too long).
Ch’od loses an arm in War [...]

having children changed me

onefinemess | March 26, 2009

No, not giving birth, because Jen did all the work there, but the metaphor & posession part of “having”.
[Warning: May contain mush and cheese.  Viewers may not want to have full stomachs.]
So right, “duh” right? It changes everyone. This I know, but some of the changes are more interesting, from an internal perspective, [...]

My second son made my 1st one bigger!

onefinemess | March 17, 2009

It’s true.  I can never see Z as a baby anymore.
M is so tiny…even the briefest exposure of the two simultaneously to my perception field has forever warped/awakened it.  Z is now huge!
I’m like, expecting him to start job hunting any day; it’s creepy.

5 days in

onefinemess | March 9, 2009

and I don’t have a whole lot to say about it (being a family of four).  Nothing in the earth shattering realm anyway.
It seems like it’s only been a day…somehow the time went by REALLY fast.  He’s extra adorable, although not much on personality yet – although, if things can be read into it, he [...]

baby M is here

onefinemess | March 5, 2009

Yes.  He REALLY looks like his brother.

hugs

onefinemess | December 5, 2008

Z has been super huggy the last few weeks.
This morning (when he woke up @ 540), he greeted me with a 10+ minute hug.
He’s also recently learned to lock his fingers behind your neck (I’m waiting for the next step : choking mommy & daddy!).
I’ve heard it gets better, but I’m not sure how that [...]

hi

onefinemess | October 23, 2008

Such a short word, but so amazing when uttered by a toddler, or mine at least in my current frame of reference.
We were playing hide & seek with the shower curtain the other night and I would hide from him, and then show my face and say “Hi!”  Then he started doing it.  It’s very [...]

John McCain – can we trust him with younger, sexier, countries?

onefinemess | October 22, 2008

Dear John,
I know you held me dear in your heart, through torture & trials, and held onto dreams of return.
Well, now that we’ve been back together these last few decades you’ve tried your best to love me I know, but are you sure you’re ready to take it to the next level?
I’ve been through a [...]

hide n’ shit

onefinemess | September 17, 2008

or: “No one likes a close pooper!”
Z has started doing the “run over into the corner, squat, and shit” thing that I’ve heard so many stories about other children doing.  Happily, he isn’t hiding behind a curtain or something (whose kid was that?)…but he does have to go stand away from you, often in a [...]