Archive for January, 2003

Won’t you tell me your name?

Thursday, January 30th, 2003

I’m having a little bit of a baby naming crisis.
In theory, I love the name Nicolaus (Nicolas, Nicholas, Nikolaus, spell it however you want). But anytime anyone calls him that, I have no idea who they’re talking about. It just doesn’t fit anywhere in my brain, and it definitely isn’t the name of a [...]

Almost made it

Thursday, January 30th, 2003

Did you know that health clubs are freakishly expensive? Especially for people who hate exercise of any kind.
So I didn’t make it into the pool but every day I get a little bit closer. Tuesday I found a bathing suit, and today we went to LA Fitness and politely listened to their sales pitch to [...]

The gods love me even though I say mean things about them all the time.

Tuesday, January 28th, 2003

Ever since this damn hip started hurting I have really become aware of how poorly adapted pregnant women are to walking around on land. I’m obsessed with the idea of going swimming.
Obviously though, with highs of, like, seven degrees, diving into our community pool is not an option. Call me a crybaby, but that’s just [...]

Specific assholes

Friday, January 24th, 2003

You may recall that MFC (My *Favorite* Client) contacted me yesterday to ask if we could launch a site before the baby was born. We traded emails and decided to talk on the phone to figure out exactly what she has in mind and see what’s possible.
So today she called at 2:30. We talked for [...]

Random assholes

Thursday, January 23rd, 2003

So this isn’t going to be an eloquent post or even a particularly interesting one. I’m just bitching because I’m huge and pregnant and you can’t stop me because if you try to I’ll cry and then you’ll feel like an insensitive asshole, and there’s just no sense in that.
First of all, it is unfuckingbelievably [...]