Randomness Is The Answer #189

Because the way babies are treated differently from birth depending on their sex is honestly quite disturbing. All these expectations and gender norms are put on them the instant they pop out. Making a big deal about what sex the baby is before it's even born enforces all of that. But I do understand that parents want to know, I'm not saying it's wrong for them to find out and pick a gendered name or tell people. It just bothers me that the sex is often the first thing people want to know when there's a new baby being born, like that's the most important thing.

Yikes, Dee. Did someone drive into it?

I think people should do whatever they want, but I also raise my eyebrow at gender reveal parties. We don't live in a 'pink is for girls, blue is for boys' society any more; it's strange that we still act like we do before a kid is born.

There's an interesting read about the woman credited for making gender reveals popular - her eldest daughter (the one who 'started it') prefers to dress in suits, keeps her hair short, talks about the different genders, etc. She still identifies as a girl, but it made this woman re-evaluate and consider that the baby you celebrate being one gender might go on to identify as another.

Wow. Did you see what happened, Dee?

Me: "Birthday cake reveal, where my cake is hidden inside another cake."
The internet: 'Ad'

They're good.

Yeah I read that about the gender party reveal lady. Says creating that phenomenon is a big regret in retrospect

Major chords are sexy.

Not the best because it's dark

Her car was towed. She said she looked down to see what was rolling on her floorboard under her foot. I think she was lying about a few things because she told my husband she knocked on our door. Which she didn't, because I was at the side door within 30 seconds of hearing the noise and I had turned the light on. At that point she was in her car trying to drive away.

DWI? Damn, she destroyed it.

Got some star gazing done tonight. I am a happy lad.

Scott you act very surprised. What do you expect? People do stupid shit when they're intoxicated.

Police said she passed sobriety tests. She didn't seem drunk.

It's like every step closer to getting something done, this shit happens lol.

Reminds me of a few weeks ago when that lady drove straight into a ditch.

I walked outside and cried. The whole thing wasn't cheap. We had it made to match the house. I don't think it took long to do, but it sucks having someone come destroy your stuff. She was nice, but didn't really seem sorry. My husband had me call her insurance company immediately.

My wife and I always found out the sex of the baby just to eliminate surprises and make gift giving easier

That said shopping for kids clothes there's definitely a kind of weird gender slant for boys clothes that I kind of find unsettling I guess

I dunno, I got 3 boys and I try not to fall into the same traps that socialize boys into being emotionally stunted man children that require years of counseling to learn that being sad doesn't mean you have to get drunk and pick a fight.

I think my niece dressing up as "Princess Darth Vader" - aka DV in a pink tutu - was one of the proudest days of my life.

I'm sorry, Dee. I hope it's covered.

Sorry Dee you and husband lost something you really created and put a lot of time and thought into it.

Some people just don't like others having "nice things"---its in their personality



And Jeff..

I'm not taking anyone away--- go right ahead and make your move.

Omegalul.

Sorry Dee.

'Morning! (in my case)

Well, been away for a while... Been busy yesterday evening, too.



Excel is sleeping in my room, even though his loud meow when asking to enter it woke me up. The 'king' needs his 'slaves', ha-ha.

I experienced hypnosis and meditation Somewhere Not Here, yesterday afternoon around 4pm - in the desk, between bathroom and bedroom. I had to lie down on the purple bed and smell the duvet, then stare at the ceiling, then out of the window. I wish the sky had been blue instead of cloudy/rainy. But I didn't sleep nor made a nap nor passed out, I needed it with Jazz Radio in my ears. Before turning the radio on, I must admit I had some hypnotic male voice in mind (neither my dad's, nor my uncle's - someone who reminds me of my favourite ex).
I wish I had spoken more with my auntie (the eldest one, not the youngest who invited us) yesterday, but my dad is too talkative in small family reunions. I guess I was there to balance down the average age (accidentally let slip my dad is a 70-ish years old), ha-ha. And of course, rice and pear pie were delicious!

It's Tuesday and I did not want to get up. But I was too hungry so I got up from my bed. And I need my socks back, too - I cannot sew them so I'm waiting for this to be done, plus, I'm ashamed of my toenails.

Nothing good on the radio during daytime - except Jazz Radio at 4pm, but that's just a detail. Breaking codes doesn't often lead to broken hearts.

À plus tard = S'ya later.

Wow Dee....she took out both sides? that's horrible.
It's been snowing here.....been awhile since we've seen snow this early. more on the way tomorrow and halloween.....whoops!

The Xbox 360 racism was so potent that it had me look up on Google definitions of what I had just been called.

Thanks for the time info, btw. And I meant in the US, Celine.

What do you mean, Jeff?

It's not snowing here, but frosty by the time morning rolls around. It hit 0 when I went to bed the other day. Time to break out the slanket.

Back in the good ol days when Call of Duty was relevant, a lot of angry gamers would drop some interesting racism comments not towards me but to literally everyone they played against. The Modern Warfare 2 and 3 lobbies were brutal.

Is it Thursday yet? It's getting harder to lift stuff

We have a mailbox on the house, but because we bought the house in 2015, means that we aren't grandfathered in for the postal workers to walk it to our door. Even though someone ran over our mailbox