Anyhow… — slackermama . com

Okay, so I’m still pregnant. Go me! I was going to take an OPK as a HPT this morning because a) I’m psychotic and b) I have this insane need to know if I’m still pregnant or not. But of course I forgot. So nevermind. I don’t really feel any different than I did yesterday so I’m going to say, “Still Pregnant.” Still quite in shock too. I remember last time, it was a real switch to go from infertile to pregnant and its no different this time. Except I have the added bonus of stillbirth paranoia waiting for me when I hit the third trimester. Should I actually make it that far. I’m going to trust that I will.

In the meantime, I’ll calling this little fella “Shmear”. See, a month or so ago K and I got to talking about names for our future child(ren). I wanted to name a girl Evelyn but K was less than loving that. So I told him, “How about I name the next one and you get the one after that?” To which he gave a hearty laugh and said he wasn’t taking those odds. Okay… “How about if its a girl, I get to name her and if its a boy, you can name him.” He liked that much better and it was a deal.

We have this old baby name book that was old before I was pregnant with H so you know… it’s really old. Anyhow, I asked K was he’d name a boy if he had the chance. He opened the book up and, with his eyes closed, pointed to a random name. It was Shamir, a perfectly respectable name if not entirely fitting for our particular family culture. So I did what any smartass wife did and shortened that to “Shmear” which takes on a whole different meaning.

Well, since finding out I am actually gestating, we’ve both been referring to the teeny offspring as Shmear. Until we know elsewise, of course. Do I think K would actually name a child of ours “Shamir?” No. At least I hope not.

How utterly bitchin’ was Lost last night?? I mean, holy cow. That show really does know how to grab you by the short hairs and pull, you know? I loved how we got a look at everyone’s last moments before they boarded the plane, added that much more depth to the characters and significance on what they were going through. Like Shannon trying to bust Sayid in the airport just because she could. How’d that turn out anyhow? Think we’ll find out next week? Or Jack’s poignant conversation with a gal at an airport bar, come to find out her seat is in the back. Sayonara, gal in airport bar. You know she was toast. I saw what happened to the back of that plane and it weren’t pretty.

And how much did I love Sawyer (shirtless no less!) finally telling Jack about what his father said about him before he died? I knew he would, of course. And his name is JAMES. Woah. Sun and Jin’s tearful reconciliation totally plucked my heartstrings. I was so happy to see these two come back together…and to find that Jin is going on the raft to save her, not to escape her. Aww!!!! So, you know, he’ll probably die. :sigh

Oh and “Arzt” the suddenly prominent but never seen him before science teacher? He’s so going to die. Maybe he’s the second death they keep talking about. Yeah, dream on, sister. And the Iron Giant is a “security system”? WTF? And I don’t care what anyone else says, that plume of smoke is FRE-HE-EAKY. Damn, I thought getting on that raft was a bad idea before but now, the alternative isn’t looking so hot. I’d be on that raft before you could say, “Run, hide or die.” :lol

Damn, I can’t wait until next week. TWO HOURS. :cool

On the Dark Side of :tv (hey, it is Star Wars Day, is it not?), I got sucked into watching Revelations. OMG. That was the worst show in all the world. If not the absolute worst thow I’ve ever seen, then definitely in the top five. I swear, I have no idea why I kept watching it. I guess I thought a) it’s only six weeks… how bad can it be? Besides it’ll be over soon. And b) with all this buildup, there’s got to be a totally bitching ending. At least some attempt to make the whole thing worthwhile.

*snort* :roll

The ending was DUMB. I don’t think there’s a word in the english language to convey how retarded that ending was. The ending my have been worse than the entire series. For one thing, there was this whole thing with a goat and a Satanist ritual and the birth of the anti-Christ that was just NASTY. I’m going to be having post traumatic stress from that. But then, that might give the whole thing a little too much credit. Instead of coming off as creepy, it came off as DISTURBING. I needed a hot shower and lots of soap after that one. I still feel dirty. And the end itself was so damned VAGUE. Did the bad guy get away? Who knows. Did the insolent teenager finally find redemption and salvation? Yes, but that wasn’t the freaking point of the whole series, now, was it?? :doh