I watched The Sentinel for the fanfic. And only for the fanfic. Oh, ok, because the guys were cute. And by "cute" I mean "enjoyable to contemplate while reading slashy fanfic".

I watched it because... umm. SciFi showed it after B5, and I was lazy, and it was slashtastic.

Raquel should be BlairHair4EVER.

And I still think that there should be a Blair Shaves His Head archive of Blair Hair cutting stories WITH NO WARNINGS!!! (Sorry, my mind still boggles at the weirdness that is fandom.)

Gronk.

Was considering a vacation from the internets. Got bored after 18 hours. Back.

I think actual vacations from the internets are things that should be planned around being places without broadband. Else it's too tempting.

HPV survives more effectively in damp places and delicate skin, which is why the poor foreskin gets such a bad reputation. Between condoms (less effective for HPV than other things, as it's a skin-to-skin transmission thing) and that spanking new vaccine (may it come into wide use soon, extremists notwithstanding), I'd feel comfortable leaving any boy of mine uncut. I looked after the nephew when he was little. It's really not a huge cleaning issue, or a cleaning issue at all. IIRC, they stay decently clean with regular washing until the teen years, when all bets are off and all bits get stinky. Bits, for the sake of this paragraph, includes armpits. Though I haven't run into stinky uncut adult cocks, perhaps because when I was still dating, I had some obsessive odor hatred issues, so people smelling off was a deal breaker.

(Actually, my main reason for even allowing cutting to cross my mind when I didn't know my child's gender was my standard hedging of religious bets.)

Just overheard from the other side of my cubicle

M: That can't be right. It's male-to-male. R: So, maybe they're gay.

The Drafters are Slashing the Turbine Engine Controls!

M: That can't be right. It's male-to-male.

R: So, maybe they're gay.

The Drafters are Slashing the Turbine Engine Controls!

BLESS!

Well, hell, my ex-boss slashed me with my flatmate before 500 or so kids aged 7 - 18 and all my colleagues. Nothing surprises me now. Slash has clearly taken over the world.

There's a really cute SGA story where Rodney is trying to fix something and Zelenka (???) and John are making comments about the male/female thing and generally acting 12.

I'm pretty sure it was on sga_flashfic, but I can't remember the name.

I'd feel comfortable leaving any boy of mine uncut.

Once again, when it comes to the baby stuff, Plei is me. When we didn't know what we were having, though, DH told me that he was really in favor of the snipping. Thankfully, we never had to resolve the issue since it's not something you can really compromise on.

t and now I descend back to the piles of law outlines

Annabel just said "done"! I think.

For weeks now I've been trying to get her to say "done" when she's finished eating. Instead, she's either stared at me blankly, but looked happy when I unhooked the high chair tray, or else reached down to unhook the tray herself.

Today I asked her if she was done, but got distracted from looking at her or reaching for the high chair tray when I noticed the phone was on the table next to her, and thought that I should check and make sure I didn't get any Important Voicemails while I was out running an errand (since I have job applications out and am still stalking elusive editors for that writers conference). So I picked up the phone and checked. Annabel gave me a quizzical/indignant look and said "Done?" At least, I think she did. It wasn't super-well enunciated, but that's what it sounded like. So I got her out of the chair and praised her to the skies--"That was so good, Annabel! When you talk to Mama, it's so much easier for her to know what you need!"

Sunday while playing in the living room, she walked to the door, stood on tiptoe to grab the doorknob, waved to me with her other hand, and said "Bah."

I think she's starting to figure out the talking thing. She's still in no hurry, but at least I'm pretty sure she has the idea down now.

Annabel just said "done"! I think.

Awww. Yay, Annabel!

Everyday life stuff is overwhelming me today.

Aw, bless.

Go Team Annabel!

Scary child pictures- A friend of mine is a photographer in Shreveport and does a lot of pagent pictures- no retouching, but they can still come out looking a little doll like. A lot of his look like the Brooklyn picture. Minimal makeup, but still pretty. Those look like over retouched Glamour Shots.

Male circumcision- I have a decent size sample to draw a conclusion from. I don't prefer one to the other, and un smelled just fine and was as clean as cut. You have to be a little more careful with it at times, but from where I was sitting (or laying or whatever) un vs. cut- much ado about nothing. (It does look a little strange at first, but luckily he had no body issues and was very willing to explain and let me check it out).

Nasty sports column writer- First, I agree she has no idea wtf she's saying, or I don't, and either way it doesn't make for good journalism. Second, you know, it's one thing to write about professional atheletes, or even college programs and coaches. I really don't like getting all into a college athelete's personal life. It's a line, I don't think you cross. There was an article about this very thing in SI. Because of their salaries and celebrity status, professional atheletes are fair game. College atheletes are amatuers who are students and may never go into professional sports. That's changing a bit, specifically with college basketball, still I don't think you get into a college athelete's issues off the field.

Boots- Chinese Laundry used to make vinyl boots that were stretchy in the calf. They were pretty tight, but after wearing them once, they sort of moulded to your shape. Unfortunately, this means you can never loan them (learned this the hard way when after I loaned mine, they looked like slouchy shiney legwarmers rather than painted on latex).

Heather, there have been a couple letters to the editor about the coverage of Sexton's situation. Some are on the side of giving him privacy because he is a kid and not a professional athlete. A few others felt he and any other college athlete are fair game because they are college athletes and that's part of the price.