Palm Sunday, and I'm a fool *edited*

So, on the way to work this morning, I heard this story on NPR.

And I totally fucking fell for it. I told nine people and then was so incensed that I went to research it to post about it here only to find out it was a hoax.

I should have known. I mean, the sanctioned ring tones were the most annoying things I'd ever heard. Give 'em a listen. I can't believe how annoying they are.

Sometimes I'm so gullible.

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Do you know what we infertiles have been missing? A film festival. Dramalish  turned me on to this. Very fucking cool! I'm working my way through all the films. Enjoy, but be warned; some of these films pack a serious emotional punch. A few left me weeping very hard.

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Speaking of film I'm planning on buying a webcam so I can do audio posts with Tori. How cool will that be? I just need to find a webcam that will work with our EMac (no, it doesn't come with one. EMac, not IMac). Oh, and one that will make me look really, really skinny. I'm a little nervous about it because I'm sure once you all hear my tone of voice, you will realize that I'm not nearly as nice a person as you all seem to think I am.

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I went on a little Tori-related shopping spree recently. I'll have her model these later, but I got her these shoes (oh my god, how fucking cute are those?). I wanted to get her this t-shirt, but I decided to pass for now. I do think it would be an excellent gag gift for my Christian friends. Heh.

Instead, I got her this, this, this, and this.

And I bought this dress I've been dreaming about since before Tori told us she was a girl. I think she'll wear it to her first birthday party.

Nobody should let me have access to a credit card.

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Tori's little unexplained fever decided to explain itself by leaving a bright red rash all over Tori's neck and chest (thanks, anonymous commentor, for pointing THAT out). The "What to Expect The First Year" book (the only parenting book I haven't tossed--by the way, why does the UK version have a less insipid cover?) was helpful for the second time in a week (it also had great suggestions re: finger foods. I would NEVER have thought of meatballs) in providing a diagnosis, confirmed by our pediatrician's office: Roseola. Thankfully, she's already over it.

Our little girl. Getting diseases with names. Yikes.
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How is your day going?

Comments

[Emily]

1.

Oh my goodness, that dress is perfect! And I love the shoes too! Just adorable!

[Teenuh]

2.

Oh I am so laughing at the clothes. Those are so totally awesome!! I can just imagine it now, you bust out in your Wilma & Betty voice yelling "CHAAAAAAARGE IT!!" :)

[Jessica]

3.

In addition to the fabulously expensive iSight (which is a really good camera, granted), some wonderful geeks have put together a driver package to get non-iSight cameras to work as well: http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/

Also, depending what version of OS X you use, there is some built-in support: http://tinyurl.com/2fbhk3

[Amy T.]

4.

Those clothes are adorable! Love it, love it! (Can ya tell I had boys?) Can't wait to see the pics of her wearing them!

[Miss Hope]

5.

I can completely relate to the kid-related shopping spree. I am guilty of it on more occasions that I dare admit out loud and in public where it can be held against me.

[Mimi]

6.

I totally fell for Mombian's story today

http://mombian.com/2007/04/01/mary-cheney-to-appear-on-season-five-of-the-l-word/

I like to think that it's not that I'm gullible, it's that the world is so screwy that nothing is surprising or implausible any more!

[Kathleen]

7.

I've seen adults and little ones wearing the "Jesus was Breastfed" one.

I think it's beautiful.

[Rhonda]

8.

I *heart* NPR.

What got me was the ad at the end of it for the Soylent corporation.

[Bea]

9.

Glad you enjoyed the festival and thanks for the link! It's great to see people spreading the word around.

Enjoy your shopping etc.

Bea

[Dawn]

10.

Ah, roseola. We had that fun adventure last year. The best part was that we were on this island off the coast of Florida with no vehicle access, so if we wanted to get any medicine, we would have to take a boat back to the mainland, etc. etc. (We were there for a wedding, and this wedding was so far out of my tax bracket, I should have been seated UNDER my table, but I digress...)

At any rate, because the wedding was so posh, there was a family of doctors (and one nurse) staying in the house across the sandy lane (I don't think it is appropriate to call them roads when the only form of transportation is golf cart). The family doctor and the infectious disease specialist both looked at my daughter and said she might or might not have an ear infection (our best guess at that point) and said to watch her for the next day or so before going through the whole water taxi rigamarole (they were more than willing to write her a prescription, but there was nowhere to get it filled, so...). We went with the watching her plan, she busted out with the rash, and everyone (the doctors, my mother the nurse, another nurse, etc.) said, "oh yes, of course, roseola."

I thanked everyone and continued going about my business. By that, I mean I got no sleep at night due to a miserable 2 year old, then spent my days attempting to entertain her (beach, pool, crafts, etc.) and letting her and my dad fight for control of the tv (Fox News vs. Dora the Explorer, so as much as I could live without Dora, I was totally on her side!).

I have never been so happy to get to the Philadelphia airport and the land of readily available tubes of Benadryl cream in my whole life.

We saw the wedding as a chance to take a few days off from the world, but it turns out, the world is really handy when you have an itchy, fussy kid.

Hope your adventure with roseola goes a little more smoothly than mine did!

[Jane]

11.

I heard the NPR story on the way to church yesterday...and I completely bought it...until the very end.

Those clothes for Tori are amazing, by the way.

[dish]

12.

Those clothes are TFC (totally f*cking cute)! She will wear the dress with the shoes, right? And I think I may have to get that BFing tee. Too bad I can't wear it to work and shock my devoutly Catholic coworker.

[liz]

13.

Those shoes with that dress! Priceless!!!!! And I want that Jesus was BF'd t-shirt.

[AmyinMotown]

14.

I didn't get to comment on that last post, but her little hair spout/topknot is totallly adorable (I love the commenter's calling it a palm tree; never heard that and I love it!). Maggie is TWO and a third and just recently had had enough hair for me to do that, and generally wildly protests the whole hairdo thing. Without it, she's got a mullet. Tori's SUCH a little punkin, you must just smooch her all the time.

I had roseola as a baby, which I only know because my mom still recounts it as hellish. Hope Tori is feeling better soon.

And finally--what did you wear to your interview? I am looking for a similarly magical outfit, any tips?

[car]

15.

Heh. My favorite NPR hoax is the one about the exploding maple trees from 2005. They do a good job, they do.

[wealhtheow]

16.

I'm sure you're exactly as nice as we think you are, if not more so! And I love that dress. So so much.

[Val]

17.

Yet another milestone that Tori has nailed on the head. Getting a named disease within 3 to 9 months of age. Ha ha!

Love the clothes. Your daughter is just going to be such a good influence to her friends. I did not know they made fabic that was both pink and printed with daggers and the like! I really loved the 333 shirt.

[Meegan]

18.

I LOVE the shoes and the dress. Super, super cute. Please post pics of Tori in 'em. I just bought my 7 month old daughter a t-shirt that I think you'd like. It's turquoise w/ a big sparkley pink heart over some big old cross bones. My husband just rolls his eyes but I LOVE it.

[Mary]

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Oh, you are evil. Evil, I tell you.

I didn't need one more speck of clothing for my 8 month old daughter and now you have done it and tweaked my need more hip baby girl clothes.

Evil, Evil, Evil woman!

[expat]

20.

Try just hooking your video camera up to the computer, that's what we do - we have a firewire cable and ichat does the rest.

[the boxing octopus]

21.

I really like the "Sunday Morning in London" ringtone. Does that say bad things about me?