If you’re interested in gazing upon pictures of how I’m looking these days, I posted some (clothed) pictures of me over at OneFatBitchypoo.
Fred took yesterday and today off (four-day weekend! Woot!), and yesterday we went to see the new Indiana Jones. I myself am not an Indiana Jones fan (Fred is, big time), but when offered the chance to go sit in a movie theater, I was definitely up for that.
We made it to the theater just in time to see all the trailers, and when the Wanted trailer came on, I whispered “I want to see that!”, and Fred whispered back “It looks cheesy. It’s too over-the-top.” And I rolled my eyes.
Halfway through the movie, as Shia LaBeouf was SWINGING THROUGH THE JUNGLE ON VINES, I leaned over to Fred and said “Wow, this sure is a realistic movie. Not over the top at all!”, and he whispered back that I should shaddup.
I was, shall we say, very underwhelmed by the movie. I might have to go see Sex and the City next week to make up for it.
PS: I like Harrison Ford and think Shia LaBeouf is adorable, but still don’t particularly recommend the movie.
Speaking of movies, we watched Jumper the other night. It wasn’t a bad movie – also, Billy Elliot! All growed up!
“This isn’t a bad movie,” Fred said at one point. “Even though Christian Haydensen is the worst actor in the world.”
I swear to god, I sat and thought about it and dithered back and forth about it for at least five minutes before I burst forth with “Isn’t it HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN, not Christian Haydensen?” Because Christian Haydensen sounds like it COULD be a real name, right?
PS: I do not know what Fred’s beef is with Hayden Christensen. I thought he was fabulous in Life as a House.
Don’t fertilized eggs have to be kept at a certain temperature? I remember you being worried because the momma hen would go sit on the wrong nest; how does Fred ensure the temperature of the eggs as they’re in transit, or does the temperature only come into play at a certain time during the incubation period?
I was going to ask Fred for the answer to this (because fuck if I know!), but FarmWife already answered it in my comments, so I didn’t have to ask!
Elayne, you can store eggs at room temp for several weeks before you incubate them. They’re pretty tough.
How do you know which eggs are fertilized, and which eggs are just regular ole eggs for eating?
You don’t – they all look the same (and you can eat fertilized eggs, by the way, they taste just the same). Fred always ships a couple extra, just in case, and the people who bid know that we don’t know which ones are fertile and which aren’t, and they’re taking a chance that some of them might not be fertile.
There’s an argument going on at a board I frequent (as does Fred) about spaying/neutering at too young an age. The cats I have adopted from the SPCA were spayed early and don’t seem the worse for it. The others I have came from the cat colony at the apartments I used to live in and were trapped at later ages and were spayed/neutered, and one was spayed after she went through a couple of heats (but no kittens). Basically, I’m just wondering your opinion on the procedure at such young ages.
I was told by several people that neutering/ spaying at such a young age would lead to weird, whiny cats with an unnatural attachment to me, but Sugarbutt and Tom Cullen were both neutered at two pounds (or thereabouts), and they’ve grown up to be no different from our other cats, attachment- and personality-wise.
I think it’s pretty awesome that they can be spayed and neutered before they’re adopted out – I know that when I adopted Miz Poo, I had to sign a statement promising to have her spayed before she was a year old (I think), and I think at the time that all shelters made everyone sign the same sort of agreement. I’m certain, though, that a lot of people didn’t bother, and the shelters didn’t have the resources to follow up. This way, they can be certain that the cats that are adopted out won’t end up pumping out litter after litter of unwanted kittens.
To be honest, I would have thought that the spaying and neutering would help cut down on the unwanted kittens, but considering that the shelter processed 14 (FOURTEEN) kittens in one day last week, it appears that it’s unfortunately not so.
Your FEEDJIT shows that I’m in Campbell River, B.C. I’m not. I live in Qualicum Beach, about an hour’s drive south of there. How does that work?
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I believe it goes by your IP address and where your ISP is located or something.
I think that’s probably right – I was showing up as coming from Closeville, where our ISP is located, rather than Smallville, which is where I actually am.
Just a quick comment on the location of your new belly button. After my tummy tuck, I also thought my belly button was higher than it should be My hubby thought so too. According to the surgeon (who was phenomenal, so I’m not complaining) the bely button is normally located at the dip in the waist. However, while looking at old pictures at one point, I saw some presurgery shots of myself in a bikini, and sure as heck, my belly button was much lower than it is now. I guess I’m the deformed one, because my BB was way lower than the narrowest part of my waist. It’s been a few years since surgery now, and though I still find it high, it doesn’t look weird or anything. There. I bet you’re glad I shared THAT!
I’m glad I’m not the only one with the belly button issues. I’ll say, though, that when I look at myself naked in the mirror (which I’ve done lots and lots of in the past few weeks, believe me) my belly button doesn’t look weirdly high. But when I look down at myself, it does.
You knew I was going to yell about this bra business so don’t even start. Have you been measured by a professional? Because I don’t buy this triple D business. I have not spent a great deal of time examining your boobehs, but 36DDD sounds like the wrong size to me.
That damn Jane, she’s always trying to get a look at my boobehs. I translate this comment as “SHOW US YOUR BOOBEHS.” So, fine.
Keep in mind that they look smaller than they are because I’m wearing a child’s size large t-shirt (it was the spud’s when she was little, and it has a picture of Tweety and says “You are no match to my supewiow intewect” across it) between my skin and the binder. I swear to you, I am wearing the right damn bra size!
Can someone tell me why bra designers/manufactures automatically assume that if you are a larger sized woman with “back fat” you must have big boobs??? I have been searching for a bra in a small B cup with a band that will contain the “back fat”in a 40 or 42 band size. Could anyone help with that???
Good question! Readers, any advice?
Do you think Kaylee looks like Miz Poo at all? I don’t mean the obvious, that they’re both torties, just curious if her markings or head shape or anything are similar?
No, not particularly, aside from the black nose and the white “bib.” Personality-wise, they’re definitely not alike – Kaylee’s kind of standoffish and Miz Poo is just a big ball o’ Needy.
how are you liking the L Word? I absolutely adore that show — the characters are all so easy to get attached to…and I especially have a soft spot for Shane, even though I can’t relate to her in the slightest….oh, so good.
At the end of the second episode, I wasn’t sure if I was going to keep watching it, but by the end of the 4th, I really, really liked it. I think Shane’s probably my favorite cast member – I might have a little crush on her. I especially want to see what’s going to happen with Jenny, who I think is utterly adorable.
Isn’t it uncomfortably warm to wear these compression undergarments that have been mentioned?
No, not really – it helps that I wear a tank top or t-shirt between my skin and the binder, but what helps the most is that I don’t spend all that much time outside right now, and we have air conditioning inside!
God bless whoever invented air conditioning.
New kitten movie. This one features lots of River, up close.
You can also download it here in mpg format.
Lately, when I open the kitten door to go in and hang out, Inara and River rush the door. They’re little and they’re quick, so they usually get out the door – I can block one little body, but not two – and I generally just shut the door and let them wander around for a few minutes.
River will generally stay pretty close to the foster room door – he likes to check out the bathroom and the “airlock” we put in place (a moving box I cut along one edge that blocks the view of the hallway from the foster room doorway so Kara won’t see any of our cats hanging out in the hallway and fly into a killing rage). Inara, on the other hand, is an explorer. I should’ve named her Dora. She’s checked out the hallway, the bathroom, my room, and has been about halfway down the stairs before she got scared and turned around. After a few minutes I grab her up and bring her back into the foster room. I may let the kittens explore for a few hours this weekend, though – it will do them good to have a little freedom and come face-to-face with our cats. I just wish Kara wasn’t in defend-my-babies-to-the-death mode, I bet she’d LOVE to get the hell out of that room and have the entire house to explore.
Dancing Kitteh likes to dance.
“Holy shit! I think – am I FLYING?!”
“Dude, you’re FLYING! Straighten out your tail. STRAIGHTEN OUT YOUR TAIL!”
More kitten pics over at Flickr.
Happy Friday the 13th!
Watch out for those black cats. They are EVIL.
Previously
2007: “It’s four tiny pink featherless baby birds in a nest that fell out of the chimney.”
2006: “I’d like to suggest, in the most non-harassing way possible, that we go for a hike after dinner.”
2005: Gives a whole new meaning to the term of endearment “Shithead”, doesn’t it?
2004: No entry.
2003: Still no Fancypants.
2002: What the FUCK is going on with Meg Ryan’s hair?!
2001: House hunting.
2000: Any way you slice it, it’s going to be one hell of a long drive.
Robyn, I love the pics of you at the other site.
You are looking amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I second Elaine’s sentiments; you’re looking fabulous, dahling!
And me lurvs the flying Kitteh!!!
I am a 40DDD but it’s the wrong size — TOO SMALL!
While I jam mine in (literally), here are a few for the 40B reader: http://www.barenecessities.com/Shop-for-bras-in-size-40B_catalog_nxs,31,size,1017.htm
And River is toooooo funny. “I am not interested in that metal recording machine. Ok, maybe I am. NO! I am NOT! Yes I am. , it MUST have a magnet in it because it’s too tempting!”
Wow Robyn – look at you!!! You look absolutely amazing!Swelling or no swelling, if I looked like that I’d be happy for the rest of my life. Congrats – you deserve it!
“Big Ball o’Needy”… thanks for that. That perfectly describes my cat Murray. If I’m in this house, he’s either on my lap or following me around meowing in his pitiful little “pick me up and love me” way.
:)-Nancy
Thanks Jen!
Ms. Flagger had a girl’s night out on Monday and said Sex and the City was just Meh. “But you liked it when it was on HBO, won’t you come see it?” ‘That was on cable, I didn’t have to leave the house, and I was guaranteed to see nekkedness every show…and you paid more for your movie night that our entire HBO bill!’ WOMEN!
Hayden Christensen was also pretty good in “Shattered Glass” if your interested.
I completely agree with you about the new Indiana Jones movie. We saw it a couple weeks ago, and all I could think was that they could have taken all the scenes, cut them up and mixed them in any order … and it would have been the same movie.
BTW … you look great, Robyn! Congrats on all your hard work.
WOW! Robyn, You do look great and you will go down even more when the swelling all goes away. Thanks for the photos on the other site. I’m proud of ya!
Okay, so you do have really big boobehs. Crazy stripper size boobehs, even. I take it back.
Is Hayden Christensen the one who played Anakin Skywalker in the most recent Star Wars movies? If that’s the same guy, then I can see where he’d have been good in Life as a House… if he played THE HOUSE. I have seen low-budget porn with better acting talents than that guy.
I am LingMAO at the background kitteh in the first picture. “I think this foot smells funny. Does this foot smell funny to you? It smells funny to me. Come on, just smell it.” In the third picture, ?River? looks like he’s seriously changing his mind about this “flying” business being a good idea…
Elayne – yes, that was him, and I thought he was awful in them, too. But I am willing to give him a slight benefit of the doubt, because I think George Lucas was off his game in the second trilogy. Bleh. Even Natalie Portman was bad.
Robyn, you look great in the pics on your other site! I’ve had luck with the Just My Size line of bras, in case anyone hasn’t mentioned them already. They have nice straps and three rows of hooks.
The kitten video reminds me so much of when I got my first kitten some 40 years ago. Brent was all ears for about the first year of his life and then the rest of him caught up with the ears. River especially seems to have the “big ears” right now. I’m loving your photographic journey of their development. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Robyn, you look fabulous!
And…I might have missed something…but your RSS feed through Bloglines hasn’t updated since June 3…
Elayne and Nellimom: Yeah, that was Hayden Christensen as the grown up but not yet Vadered Anakin. I believe that poor Lucas was really off his game (if not his nut or mind) with those three movies. My sci-fi following husband says he’s heard that the final three movies are in pre-production, but that Lucas will have a lot less hands-on participation.
Anyway, the consensus in the sci-fi fandom community is that the poor acting (from many of them, not just HC) was Not Their Fault. Supposedly, that was the direction from Lucas. Less. Less. More Less. Something like that. It’s sad, because some of those folks )HC and Natalie Portman being just two) have proven that they actually can act when allowed to, but those movies are so omnipresent that in the public mind they’re thought of as those characters.
To 40/42B: I’m 42B and the only bra that fits, has wide straps that keep me up where I belong AND is comfortable is Playtex #4309. Unfortunately, I think they may be discontinuing it because they’re really hard to find and only come in white now.
All the other bras I’ve found so far don’t hold me up and/or have skinny straps that dig into my shoulders. I’m waiting for some suggestions folks–we can’t be the only two people that size!
“I especially want to see what’s going to happen with Jenny, who I think is utterly adorable.”
You are definitely in the beginning of this series. The first season was by far the best of the show.
In the first kitten picture, the kitty in the background totally made me think of the photo bombers! She’s showing her “stuff” while you try to take a cute pic of the dancing kitty!
Also, to 42B, I have the EXACT complaint except I need a 44B!! The “full figure” bras with the bigger band sizes have HUGE cups that are NOT a B cup. Grrrrrr….
I finally found a bra at Target last year that is awesome! (Playtex 5222) It is very plain, not fancy or frilly, but it is VERY comfy and perfect for everyday. And it comes in a few different colors. (Sorry Robyn, no DDD size though!)
you are going to LOVE your breast-reduction whenever you have it. It’s a pain in the ass (or boobs I guess) for the first month or so but after that, it’s wonderful. You will be freaked out at first ’cause you’ll actually see your um, nipples (can I say that here??) and it’ll be just like your belly button. You’ll be thinkin, “Should I be like, seeing that? aren’t they a bit high?” but – seriously, I never regret the surgery for a single moment. It’s been almost 10 years since I had the surgery too… whoa, I can’t believe that! Anyways – if you need any advice or whatever, just email me and I’d be happy to answer any questions.
Bra shopping is way more fun after, I promise 🙂
Miz Poo is a tortie? Is that tortose shell? What’s the diff between that and calico???
I went and saw the new Indy with my sisters, one of which tends to gasp and exclaim at the screen during the exciting scenes (Not easy to take that one to an action flick!)
Luckily, she was at the concession stand refilling her Diet Coke during the ant scene or else I would have had to put a gag on her!
I actually kinda liked the movie – not bad for what it was.
Nicole: Calicos have fairly solid, distinct patches of the three colors (“red,” black/brown, and white), while on tortoiseshells the colors are blended, frequently giving a “mottled” appearance, and there is less (or no) white. Most tortoiseshell cats I’ve seen tend to have black, “red,” and a creamy yellow-orange color, rather than any white.
Wiki has a page about the differences.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoiseshell_cat
Here’s another:
http://fanciers.com/cat-faqs/tricolors.shtml#diffs
Lane Bryant has some styles that come in up to 44B.