why you love my baby.

Last night at the store, as I’m wiping Ry’s ass after he took a monstrous dump, I sighed one of my patented christa sighs, and without missing a beat, ry said, “oy vey” like I always do. it was funny.

Then later, as I’m zipping up his jacket, he hugs me and says, “mommy, you’re my best friend.” couldn’t you just die? I’m his best friend! granted, he doesn’t have any real concept of friendships, much less BEST friendships, and he doesn’t know very many people, so being his best friend is kind of like being milhouse’s best friend, but it still made me very happy.

Later, when G asked if he was ry’s best friend, too, the kid just laughed and said, “no daddy. no.”

It’s the little things, you know?


my old loafes!

So you know how I was missing a period of loafe entries, from approx. 19 of feb, 2001 till the 4th of Dec, 2003, about 300 total? well okay you probably didn’t know this, but it’s true. And since reading loafe is one of my favorite pastimes, it was troubling. I was up to a lot of things back then, interesting pre-baby, single-christa things. What was she like, that girl? what sort of retarded embarrassing things are waiting to be relived? who knows! I couldn’t get at them.

Until now! Because I found them. Well, technically, I always knew where they were, I just didn’t know how to get at them. Then, a few minutes ago, as I played around in my database (not a euphemism for something dirty, although that’s good), I stumbled on all of them, in their entirety, including quotes! eee!

I feel whole again.


zombies and the internet

But I wonder, will the internet really stay working after the zombies? I mean, it all comes down to power, right? Hmm. We need to figure out a way to keep the internet alive and well even after Z Day, even after the grid shuts down. Hmmm.

someone smart, please figure it out. thanks!


Thursday Divinity

Okay, so I have two today. I whine, and the universe listened. thanks, u.

first up is jonathan sending me exile. as if I didn’t already love him enough. I am listening to it right now, happier than I’ve been in centuries. well okay that’s maybe a slight exaggeration, but only a little.

my 2nd divinity is my walk at lunch. I’ve been annoyingly depressed lately, and a walk around boston usually cheers me. today was no different. walking by the courthouse, they had put up these new big concrete balls. see?

big smooth balls

I love those balls, this crazy goofy silly love. they make me feel really good, you have no idea, in such a ridiculous way. they are so big and round, and they felt good under my hands. whoever put them up did it so haphazard.

haphazard line of balls

what is the purpose? is there supposed to be order? who knows! But I LOVE IT.

meandering balls

it pleases me, how random it is, how meandering, rolling and loopy.

As if that wasn’t enough, on the walk back to the office, it started to rain. There is nothing like being blue and having it rain after you’ve just rubbed your hands all over a bunch of big smooth balls. It was perfect. I was natasha effing bedingfield, that rain was being felt like mad.

So these were two very good divinities for me today.

p.s. eek. I just looked at the lyrics to that bedingfield song again, and MY GOD are they awful.