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Oct 11Where the stolen roses grow
My nine-month-pregnant belly !!
In case you did not know, I am expecting a baby THIS MONTH! She’s due October 28th. I do indeed feel like I could pop at anytime. & I’m so scared, but so very ready also! Everything in my pregnancy has been going great thusfar, except my baby girl is currently breech! It’s pretty unlikely that she’ll turn at this point, but we’ll see. I’m ready for whatever happens. If I end up having to schedule a C-section because of it, that’s fine with me. I’m just eager to meet my sweetie!
So I have not been doing much of anything lately. Lots of napping and lazing about! I hate not being productive or creative, but I told myself, “If there’s any point in my life where I’m allowed to be this lazy, now would be the time!” This point of pregnancy is exhausting for me. But it’s the most amazing experience I’ve ever been through. And I must mention this thought – As a gal who has been extremely self-conscious and insecure nearly all of my life, this is the first time I have ever truly felt in love with my body. I feel like I’m finally growing up. Like I no longer have to have the mentality of a teenage girl who hates herself. I’ve never felt so pleased with myself and my life. Jigsaws falling into place.
My only tiniest bit of productivity/creativity is that I’ve still been taking photos occasionally. I’ve actually been thinking about trying to sell prints of some of my photos & art. I’m going on maternity leave this week and I realised – I need to figure out some new ways to make some income. I’m going to need it, while I have to stay home from my job. Would anyone be interested in purchasing prints? It could be -any- of my photography or art (digital journals, collages, et cetera.) Let me know if there’s anything in particular you’d like to see prints of. You can peruse past entries of this blog to find photos, or go here to take a looksee at my collection of collages & digital art.
Anyway, here are some random pictures from the past month or so:
All three of my kitties in the window.
A cupcake from my baby shower.
An excerpt from one of the many baby books I’ve received.
Chadu surprised me with a new bed!
Jack loves his baby doll.
Sookie was helping me make bracelets.
The finished product.
Cake from my (other!) baby shower.
I was amused by depression bread.
Jack & Sookie
Another shot of my nine-month belly!
Chadu hates having his picture taken, but I snuck a couple recently. We went to a wedding & he was in a suit and tie, so I had to document that!
Sookie & a koala
Chadu’s grandmother’s tea cup collection.
Some of my baby shower gifts.
I made German chocolate cupcakes quite a while ago, but I think I forgot to post a picture.
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Sep 11All your thoughts, they rot
Self portrait. 2006ish?
I was looking through some of my old files & thought I’d gather up some random things to share. This mostly consists of: self portraits, art, photography, & lots of silly things. I’m quite bad at recalling when most of these photos are from. They range anywhere from 2001 to 2007ish, I’d guess.
Naked ice cream cone baby. Those of you that know me from the livejournal days know all about naked ice cream cone baby. She used to have her own webpage & I’ve even got a tattoo of her.
Daisy head self portrait. These are three old, old grainy webcam pictures from when I was 16 perhaps. Later on, I put them together in this silly little self portrait.
A vector drawing that I did of Billy Corgan for a project in college.
Portraits in the playground. I think I was around 19 or 20 at the time.
I made this for fun and posted it at Livejournal Secret. It was in reference to an inside joke that I don’t remember anymore.
One of my most favourite pictures of Fritzie.
Me & my peeps.
I used to make completely pointless webpages with little to no content. I just enjoyed designing weird things.
Me & Zoe Keating after a Rasputina show.
Zombie-ish me. My favourite part about this is that the file is called bakeyouacake.jpg
Me & Fritzie
Cute octopus vector
During the height of my obsession with horror movies. Note my Devil’s Rejects shirt & Planet Terror poster.
More experiments in vector drawings – Deer girl.
I made these necklaces during my Simon Pegg phase.
Lotsss of old webcam pictures. These all range from when I was about 15 through 19ish.
More naked ice cream cone baby.
More cute vector art.
The humans are dead.
At one point, I owned all of these baby dolls. I wish I still had them all to give to my daughter!
Leopard print hair
Listening to Zeitgeist
The Tale of Rupert and Cornelius!
We are lambs.
Bubbles
I made these necklaces during my REPO! The Genetic Opera obsession.
Chunky me & Bill Moseley
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Sep 11I’m just trying to walk with you between the raindrops
Nice things;
Mentioning deja vu too much ♥ Mocha drinks ♥ Watching “Medium” ♥ Kitty-cat Jack’s squishy belly ♥ Making brownies with homemade chocolate chip peanut butter frosting ♥ Working on organisation ♥ Baby’s kicks & punches ♥ Sookie-cat curled up on the recliner ♥ Taking photos ♥ “Hobo with a Shotgun” ♥ Chadu & I started taking birthing classes! ♥ Jewish cats ♥ Some of my art is going to be featured in two upcoming art shows! ♥ Smashing Pumpkins Record Club ♥ Watching “Mad Men” ♥ Looking forward to my baby shower ♥ Making a baby registry ♥
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Aug 11I was walking with a ghost
Random photos:
Sookie-cat & plastic ice cream cones
I woke up to find the kitties curled into balls, sleeping at my feet.
Chadu says I look like a mom in this picture. Not sure what that means, but my hair is unbrushed & my glasses are crooked.
More plastic ice cream cones (bubbles are inside them!)
I can’t dye my hair whilst pregnant. My blonde roots are majorly growing out!
I am becoming a pastry-making master. I made gobs for the first time ever.
I altered the cover of my planner to include the thought bubble. Kittens love Flight of the Conchords.
Jack being cute in the window.
More blonde roots. Ack!
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Jul 11Secret blue, purple, pink, and green right over it
Sookie-cat wanted to know where babies come from.
Baby books & comic books.
Chadu is painting our rooms
Painted door.
More cupcakes! I made these for a 4th of July gathering.
Hot chocolate & toasted-coconut marshmallows.
My new favourite pregnancy food – watermelon! I never even liked watermelon before I was pregnant.
Sookie-cat likes the mirror.
Pumpkin, Chadu’s mom’s cat.
Jasper, Chadu’s mom’s cat
Trying to take a picture of my baby bump.
Little silver baby shoes & tiny teddy bear slippers!
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Oh! & Chadu’s birthday was on the 16th. My brother & my sister-in-law made the best birthday card ever for him lol
Front of card
Inside the card
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The kitties & I have lots of fun playing with bubbles.
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Jun 11The universe works on a math equation
The picture above is an old photo that I came across recently. From 2003-ish, perhaps? I really can’t recall. So what is up, buttercup? As for me, the way things have been currently:
• Stressing out over baby names. I really can’t believe how hard it is to decide on a girl name. Did I mention? – We already had a boy name picked out (Lincoln!), and that was uber-easy to decide on. But this girl name thing? Impossible.
• Chadu & I made cupcakes a few days ago! It was the first time that either of us has ever attempted to make cupcakes. And they turned out perfectly! Pictures yay:
• Speaking of cupcakes, I got the most adorable hair clip in the mail from Kelsi. Go check out her website, she’s selling even more cute hair clips here.
• I’ve been obsessed with the Alice: Madness Returns video game. I don’t play video games, myself, but I’ve been watching Chadu play it.
• Finally! I made my first digital art journal since January! Making digital journals is truly my most favourite thing to do in the world. I wish I would make time to do it more often!
Details:
• Other tidbits of excitement: I’m going to be exchanging artist trading cards with the lovely Erica of star-stuff.net! I’ve never made an artist trading card before. I’m looking forward to creating some! ♦ Being re-inspired by the work of Eduardo Recife. I discovered his art years upon years ago and it’s still one of my biggest inspirations ever. ♦ I’m taking part in The Summer Sessions, started by Magen Toole of eonism.net. Check it out soon, it’ll be starting next month. ♦ Random pictures, ahoy:
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Jun 11No time for maybes
Nice things:
Lots of lollipops ♥ This pop culture art made with money ♥ Looking forward to Alice: Madness Returns ♥ Listening to My Bloody Valentine all night ♥ Tracklisting for The Smashing Pumpkins’ Oceania! ♥ Anticipating my next ultrasound in a couple of weeks ♥ Playing “Pet Hotel” on my iphone ♥ Triple chocolate cake ice cream omg ♥ Conversations with Baby ♥ Hazelnut cream candle ♥ Writing bits of fiction and nonsense ♥ Attempting to put bows on the kitties ♥ Getting good at making my own smoothies! (I don’t go by any recipes, I just make things up as I go along.) ♥ Getting boring tasks done (It feels good to be productive!) ♥
My pregnant belly:
Like I’ve said, I’m still waiting on a proper baby bump. I’m about 19 weeks and, right now, I just look like I have a beer belly. I can’t wait ’til Baby gets bigger and I can start feeling him or her move around!
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May 11A light of some kind
I had a temporary creative lull when it came to posting blog entries, or doing anything productive, really. (Perhaps I’ll blame it on the pregnancy.) I’ve been mostly lazy & sleepy lately. But I’ve recently started a new exercise routine & I think I’m gaining some energy and inspiration back. As for my pregnancy, things are going well! I hope to find out in a few weeks if it’s a boy or girl! I’m still waiting on a proper, visible baby bump though. In other news, I bought myself a Batman shirt. Yay!
Nice things:
This Smashing Pumpkins onesie. (Sooo getting that for Baby!) ♥ Got a new blender and have been making smoothies every day. ♥ Making playlists (but moreso, naming playlists.) ♥ Josh Harris “liked” one of my facebook statuses the other day. (I am a nerd!) ♥ Chadu did a cover of a song from “Sonic the Hedgehog 2″ because I lurve that game. ♥ Baby name books ♥ Pizza nights ♥ Lazing about and playing Solitaire & MahJong ♥ Exercising more! ♥ The giant bow that is in my hair right now ♥ Thunderstorm naps ♥ This article ♥ Lip gloss ♥ The cute things that Chadu & I bought for Baby ♥ Dancing like Thom Yorke ♥ Watching Fugazi things on youtube ♥ Orange sherbet ♥ Misheard song lyrics ♥ Daydreaming about being a mum.
