OK, I admit he can only do it for a matter of seconds and that this photo was taken during one of those brief periods, but this is still impressive by any measure. One of these days, my child will probably onz joo (he onz me already).
Month: May 2008
A Week Without Updates
In the past week, Max has:
- Lost his umbilical stub (healing nicely)
- Reached 2900 grams (born at 2500)
- Spit the dummy several times
- Started smiling in fleeting spurts, almost like a nervous tic
- Started drinking formula to augment mommy’s milk
- Been dropping heavier loads in his diapers as a result of drinking formula
- Had his finger and toenails trimmed several times
aaaand…we’re back!
So apparently our telephone lines got waterlogged from one of the storms spawned by the cyclone last week…. Never heard that one before, but it was apparently enough to add resistance or noise that interfered with the synchronization of the DSL connection.
Strange.
Line down
Just a quick note: Our DSL at home is down after some big gusts from the big typhoon in Burma last week. Not sure what the problem is, but Friday was off so the telecom guys are enjoying a 3 day weekend.
Updates will resume when out internet service does.
Oh I almost forgot: My supervisor from school came over to see Max a couple days ago and he farted in her arms so loudly she almost dropped him. It was AWESOME WIND!!
The Five Steps of Monkey (props to Elisabeth Kubler-Ross)
DENIAL:
ANGER:
BARGAINING:
DEPRESSION:
ACCEPTANCE:
Let’s Have Our Piece of Third World Cake! (and eat it, too!)
Third World Cake(TM) Checklist:
- Pseudo-trademarked jelly/frosting entities (Mykkie and Myni) – check!
- Indestructible sugar frosting – checkcheck!
- Red jelly blobs in place of actual fake cherries – checkcheckcheck!
It was kind of a celebration for Max’s 2nd week of life outside of mommy – and the underlying chocolate spongecake was actually pretty good, and not overly sweet like 99% of sweets here.
New Jared Diamond Article
Over at the New Yorker: Vengeance Is Ours What can tribal societies tell us about our need to get even?
Have to run, baby is crying.
Golden Eagle vs. Goats
Warning: The contents of this video are pretty far from the cute, cuddly goodness of baby photos you’ve come to expect from this blog, and probably (hopefully) won’t make you feel all warm inside. The vid kicks ass, though. Even if you’ve seen it, you probably haven’t seen this version with excellent soundtrack as inspired by Kottke.
GTA4
The first page is 200% funnier than the second one: 25 Rejected Ideas From Grand Theft Auto IV