Yup, still pregnant. Not that I'm due until the 22nd, but I have definitely entered the "holy crap, just get this girl out of me" phase of pregnancy. It may have something to do with the fact that it's like ninety million degrees here today and I'm carrying around an extra 27 pounds. Really makes the panic subside - I think nature does this on ( Read more... )

Tuesday was our last birthing class. I suppose I'm glad I took the class, but it was weird to say the least. Our instructor, Susan, was this little old round lady who would insist on pronouncing perfectly every-day words incorrectly. On the last night, Greg and I had a bet going on how many times she would say "contimeter" (as in, instead of " ( Read more... )

To the old Armenian man that stopped me while I was picking up lunch to comment on my growing belly,

I completely appreciate your confidence at being able to guess the sex of a baby just by the way a woman is carrying. That said, no, it’s a girl. I know, it’s weird, I thought it was a boy too at first, but two separate ultrasound technicians and ( Read more... )

Today Deborah Dwork asked me if I thought the ICC had acted imprudently, considering the impact the arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al Bashir has had on the ground in Darfur - the Sudanese government promptly expelled 13 international NGOs and dissolved 3 Sudanese NGOs that were crucial for distributing much needed aid to over 1 million ( Read more... )

Dear President Obama ( Read more... )

This morning, literally this morning, as Trouble was kicking me awake at 5:00 AM, I started to think over and over and over about the dissertation that I'm actually thinking about writing now. I've been thinking about it for a couple of months, about how I would write on the burgeoning anti-genocide movement, it's genesis and transitions, its ( Read more... )

Dear Trouble,

I know Daddy’s away in Europe, and that he usually tosses and turns at night, and then hugs us, and then goes back to tossing and turning, and then goes back to hugging us, and that all this movement normally rocks you to sleep and the fact that it isn’t happening at the moment is probably why you’re awake all night.

And I miss him ( Read more... )

Yesterday, seeing clear blue skies (as always), I happily let my dogs outside for the day (again, as always) and left for work ( Read more... )

I’ve never really wanted to go on a cruise before. I’m not a resort-y person, I’m not a cruise-y person. Greg isn’t either. We like to go on trips, make our own way, explore new places on our own terms.

But the other day I got a little bug in my head about taking a baby-moon - a little three- or four-day weekend trip to completely relax and just ( Read more... )

Here goes! Stolen from Emily and Colin ( Read more... )