Lynne's "I aint got no baby" Diary.

Oct 14 19:39 UTC 2003

I am stealing this idea from Valerie. Except I cant have a baby diary 
because I dont have any children. I havent found any blog software I 
feel really comfortable with so I figured I would just use *this* 
software since I am all used to it. 

Why am putting this in the enigma conference? I dont know ;)

Feel free to comment

response 2 of 160:

Oct 14 19:43 UTC 2003

Of course, I havent seen *every* musical out there. I found a list at 
http://musicals.net/ which helped jog my memory. I will have to make an 
effort to see more of these. Luckily, I am not too much of a snob about 
seeing only the best productions and community theaters often put on 
these shows. They are cheaper that way :).

response 4 of 160:

Oct 14 21:21 UTC 2003

Of course. 

response 6 of 160:

Oct 15 12:49 UTC 2003

This morning I had a weird, but fortunate coincidence. I have a tree in 
my front yard with a lot of dead branches. I know I really need to have 
a tree service come out but I have been short money lately. Anyhow, 
last night, it lost a  branch in the wind. The branch came down right 
where I usually park my car. But, for no particular reason other than I 
took a different way home so I could run an errand, I parked on the 
other side of the street so my car was spared. Ok, the branch probably 
wasnt big enough to do more than put a small dent in it and scratch the 
paint but still

This is the *second* time that has happened. The last time it happened, 
I had a roommate. I dont park in front of my house on trash day because 
sometimes, if the car is parked in front of the trash can, the garbage 
collectors dont see it and then they dont pick up the trash. I parked 
on the other side of the street but my roommate was parked where we 
both would usually park (under the tree). I went inside and asked her 
to move her car. She and I argued about it for a bit but eventually she 
went outside and moved her car. That night, we had an ice storm. And 
that time a *huge* car totaling branch came down right where her car 
had been parked. She, like me, only has liability coverage on her car 
so if that branch had hit it, she would have had no car. Oh yeah, the 
branch crushed the garbage can and since it was under the branch, the 
garbage collectors didnt pick it up. ARGH. ;) 

response 8 of 160:

Oct 15 16:51 UTC 2003

A few years ago when we lived in a house on the west side of Ann Arbor
a strong wind came through one night and blew down a big tree across
the street from us and our neighbor across the street had her car parked
on the street and the tree fell in the street but it just missed her car
by a little but so I suppose of the wind direction had been a little
different it would have been whammo blammo no more car-ro so maybe
some good fairy was watching over our neighbor just as it seems like
a good fairy is watching out for you although not everybody believes
in fairies but that is their tough luck if they don't because then
no fairy will watch out for you cause you have to believe in them for
that to happen so I guess you believe in fairies huh the end.

response 10 of 160:

Oct 15 20:55 UTC 2003

My father's sister never liked regular Christmas trees and she never 
liked fake ones either. So, one year, a branch fell from a tree in her 
yard in the fall. She scooped it up, put in a christmas tree stand and 
hung her christmas ornaments from it along with some lights and stuff. 
It looked pretty cool. Maybe I should do that. I could put the 'tree' 
up at Halloween and put halloween lights and ornaments on it and then, 
I can leave the tree up through Christmas and just change the lights 
and ornaments. I think I will move the branch that fell down into the 
backyard today and then decide if I want to use it or not. I'll have to 
buy a christmas tree stand but maybe I can get one at Value Village or 
something. 

response 12 of 160:

Oct 16 14:12 UTC 2003

Ah. I am going to a baby shower this weekend for my friend Andrea. As 
usual, I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, I am a little 
jealous. On the other hand, I am really happy that a woman (who I 
happen to think is one of the most wonderful women in the world) is 
going to bring a person into the world who will probably also end up 
being just as wonderful as his/her mother. 

I have always thought it was a shame that this friend of mine didnt 
have kids because she is so awesome. I see all kinds of people who 
abuse their children or neglect them or are creating neurotic blobs or 
whatever and I often look around and see that a whole lot of people who 
have thier shit together (so to speak) have chosen not to have kids and 
I worry about the future. 

Sometimes I wish things could just happen without a lot of complex 
feelings. Oh well. I guess I can focus on how much I really hate the 
concept of a baby shower. There is just something tacky to me about 
having a party for the sole reason of getting gifts. Granted, I am not 
too upset about this because I happen to *want* to give this person a 
gift. Oh well, it is still a party and I have been in desperate need of 
a good party.