orichalcum: (Pre-Rafe)
posted by [personal profile] orichalcum at 10:54am on 29/10/2007 under
It was a fairly good weekend; shmoozed on Friday, went to A's law firm black-tie gala on Saturday, which was nice if vaguely disappointing at some level. It was in the Great Hall of one of Chicago's train stations, and while it is an impressive space, it's still hard to avoid the sense of "Sorry, I've got to run and catch the 9:42." Also, the food was unspectacular although decent; I think my standards for work parties have been spoiled by the firm holiday party, which had a five-floor buffet including "mini-Beef Wellington puff pastries, whole smoked sturgeon, duck confit tarts, an open raw bar of oysters, chocolate fountains with pineapple column sculptures, which had toothpicks with strawberries and pineapple and biscotti and pound cake stuck into them, goat-cheese stuffed mushrooms, and a lobster, fennel, and avocado salad on key-lime crackers" as its highlights. Sunday we had a lovely lunch with [livejournal.com profile] meepodeekin and [livejournal.com profile] marginaleye, who Eowyn was very excited to see.

Some random thoughts:

1. Best Stupid Reason Not to Vote from a Candidate: I was reading a profile of Mitt Romney and came across the following passage:

"He sat down with two gray-haired women in a booth and pointed to a creamy drink on the table. “Is this a malt or is this a milkshake?” he asked.
“It’s a frappe,” one of the women replied.
“We call that a milkshake in the Midwest,” Romney, who has lived in Massachusetts for the past thirty-six years, said. “It’s a frappe here, right? This is ice cream and, and—”
“And milk,” the woman replied.
“And milk, yeah. How are you doing? I’m Mitt Romney.”

The Midwest? He hasn't lived in Michigan since _1965_. As I said, it's a petty and stupid reason to dislike him, but I'm really bothered by the kind of hypocrisy that has caused him to drop the mention of the state he governed in his campaign ads championing his leadership as _governor._

OOC, do folks in New England of our generation really call them frappes?

2. I get Parenting Magazine free through my sittercity.com subscription, and they often have good articles. This time, there was a useful article on how it's entirely natural for babies to want to play with their genitals, and parents shouldn't freak out about this. This makes total sense. I did wonder, however, how they auditioned for the baby in the adjoining photo, who is a naked little boy with his hand over the relevant bits and an earnest, focused, happy expression.

Also, the article about the Patrick Dempsey Disney doll, which "moms might enjoy taking the clothes off of as much as your kid," was a little disturbing.
Mood:: 'tired' tired
location: home
Music:: Pirates
orichalcum: (Pre-Rafe)
posted by [personal profile] orichalcum at 08:23pm on 29/10/2007 under
Shopping, before baby:
1. Grab wallet and keys.
2. Put on shoes and coat.
3. Crate dog.
4. Walk out door.

Shopping, post baby:
1. Change baby's diaper.
2. Dress baby in multiple layers, including hat, coat, and shoes.
3. Put baby in stroller.
4. Try to find wallet and keys, spend 15 minutes searching before remembering that you hid them from the baby. Eventually find them.
5. Locate shoes and coat, also moved around by the baby.
6. Replace baby's hat and shoes, which he has kicked off while you looked for the wallet and keys. Rescue hat from dog.
7. Crate dog.
8. Open door with one hand, stick foot in door to keep it open, roll stroller out without rolling over foot, close door.

Chuck is growing on me. I hope there's no Writer's Strike.
Music:: Taking Care of Business
Mood:: 'tired' tired
location: home

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