Prince

Prince or whatever his name is now, hmm. Try as I might I just can't get into him. something about his music makes feel like taking a bath, in bleach. Is it the complete sleeziness of the lyrics? Or maybe the crazy keyboard action. I know, "he's a genius, musically he is really inovative, blah, blah, blah", Corey totally gets it and thinks Prince is just the coolest but he is way more hip than me anyway. I'll stick to the sweet croonings of the classy Mr Sinatra thank you very much, so what if the lady is a tramp.

The Shinobi Experience

Corey's parents brought him a Japanese movie back from their holiday over east. It's called Shinobi and is pretty cool (I didn't watch it all as I was playing Dungeon Keeper which is way cool and I love it). Anyway, we spent an amusing 20 minutes or so trying to turn on the English subtitles. Surely if you need subtitles, you also need the instructions on how to access them in that language too. Ha. Then I found out from Scott today that there is a button on the DVD remote which automatically turns them on. Ha again. If we'd known that we wouldn't have been able to watch the beginning scene around 12 times so lucky for us I guess. Corey loves that gear, all the huge jumping around through the tree tops like in Crouching Tiger. I had to put up with him saying "awesome, cool, look at that etc" while I was going about the serious business of building a dungeon and destroying an enemy keeper. I'm such a big nerd.

Am I the only person who hates TV? I loathe it, despise it and yet watch it reglarly which I hate of course. I watched DR Phil today, arrgh. He told some guy to stop cheating and grow up which I so needed to hear. We didn't watch any TV at all at one stage but then the baby came along and all those long hours of feeding were really boring without something to look at. We recently obtained a DVD player from my lovely brother so there is no excuse for watching TV really. Corey and I are in a MacGyver phase now which means we watch it every night after dinner. Honestly, I can't really believe I am admitting this. It is so terrible that it is great. Last night he kissed some russian defector who looked old enough to be his Mum which was slightly disturbing. Prior to this we were watching the great Richard Dean Anderson in Stargate which is an awsome show and I love it! Before that it was Buffy the Vampire Slayer which was great to season 5 and then sucked more than I can mention (I still watched them all of course). I get strangly addicted to these shows, even used to be something of a trekkie. I love the way they suck me in with their predictable plot and inevitable tidy endings. If only I could live on board Deep Space 9, I'd teach those Cardassians a thing or two. I am a big nerd.

9.7kg

I took my adorable son to get weighed by the child health nurse yesterday and he is a huge 9.7kg. It is insane that I have a 9mth old baby. I can't get my head around the fact that I am someone's Mum, I feel about 15 years old most of the time. I've been thinking alot about people's perceptions of children and parenthood. Most people seem to think that children are a different species and should be treated as such. How would an adult react, I wonder, if I hit them for spilling their coffee on the floor or screamed at them in the shopping centre because they mentioned that they wanted to buy something. Children should be afforded the same courtesy and respect as anyone else. You cannot learn compassion for others without being shown compassion. You cannot learn to negotiate without being given the chance to practice negotiating. I could go on forever about this subject as it is my passion right now, being a teacher and a new Mum. I don't get how people think kids are hard work, that they somehow stop you from being able to enjoy life. It is impossible for me to explain what a difference my baby has made to me. I was happy before but now that happiness has a whole new dimension. I really didn't know it was possible to love someone so completely. Everthing about him brings me joy and satisfaction (even the sleepless nights were ok after I got used to them-watched way too much TV though). I don't ever want my boy to feel like he is in the way or that I've had to sacrifice my own dreams because of him. He is my dream and I hope he always knows it.

Funny Guy

So, I'm about to do the dishes when the phone rings and I hear the dreaded words "Good evening Mam, how was your day?" I immediately ask what he's selling and find out that good old telstra is wanting me back. I was poised to hang up when the guy on the other end charmed the pants off me and I decided to give him a chance. After much sarcasm from me (You're kidding, this is a one time offer especially for little old me?) he dropped the whole tacky salesman thing and spoke to me like an actual real person. He sounded about 18 and was quite funny. After he basically offered to end world hunger I agreed to switch to telstra at which point he broke into song (another one bites the dust) very amusing. It was totally cool to be suckered in by someone smart and funny plus I get lower line rental and $70 credit, yey. If Optus ring they had better be damn good.