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heylabodega · 7 years

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Books Read, Age 26

Previously: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18 (holy shit)

Enigma Variations–Aciman I talked to Robbie about this one a bunch bc he’s always looking for good novels about gay people by gay people and I thought this might be that but this is…not that. It had promise and the first section is really kind of lovely but it veers off and just…I don’t know, mileage will vary, but it didn’t feel True to me. idk idk either like he misunderstands love and sexuality or I do and it honestly could more than likely be me.

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy–Adams One of those books I had just always kinda pretended I read. I mean not that people like frequently check to make sure I’ve read AHGttG but just like in my mind whenever it was mentioned I checked it off. You know the dealio you don’t need my thoughts on it (as opposed to most things, on which you definitely do).

All Grown Up–Attenberg My favorite of the Attenberg novels I’ve read. Of particular use and relevance to me, an aging single woman and unlikeable protagonist. I enjoyed this very much, it was sharp and warm and mean and tender.

Queen of the Night–Chee Hmm. Ok. I felt for most of this book that it like…thought it was a different, more important book than it actually was? It is overwritten–both in prose style and in that it could have been at least 100 pages shorter–and you know how sometimes you read a book with a female protagonist and you’re like ‘I can’t believe a man wrote this!’? Yeah this isn’t that. But the ending line is really good? idk. Someone else read it and tell me your thoughts.

Too Much and Not the Mood–Chew-Bose First of all, excellent title. These essays reminded me, and I mean in this in the lease self-important way possible, of my own writing. Just in that way where writing doesn’t have to be traditionally literarily linear. These essays are good and filled with the kind of sentences that make you know the writer loves words, you can feel her placing them carefully with the satisfying click of scrabble tiles, sliding them into the right order.

Who Killed Roger Ackroyd–Christie Typical Agatha novel and very good. I can’t tell you any more without spoiling it.

Murder in Retrospect–Christie This is one of my fave Christie’s. It was dark and smart and pithy.

Rule Britannia–Du Maurier I found this in a used bookstore in Portland, Maine, just after the Brexit vote. She wrote it in like the 70s and it’s speculative fiction based on if the UK left the EU and formed a union with the United States. It’s kind of really good but it also ends kind of abruptly, like maybe it could have been the first of a trilogy or something.

Plum Bun–Fauset This was my favorite book from my Harlem Renaissance class. I wrote my term paper on it. I love this book. I want to write it as a screenplay and someone to make it into a movie and I want Troian Bellesario to play the lead.

A Coney Island of the Mind–Ferlinghetti A book of (I think?) beat poetry that I found in a used bookstore in Saugherties at Thanksgiving. I love these poems, especially one called “The World is a Beautiful Place” which I read out loud to Robbie one night while we were walking between bars in the snow at like midnight.

Wishful Drinking–Fisher Carrie Fisher is one of those people whose very existence makes me feel braver and weirder and funnier. She’s a truly good soul and I don’t have anything else to say except that you should read this and also that you should Postcards From the Edge first it’s better.

Difficult Women–Gay I prefer Roxane Gay’s fiction to her nonfiction and these are very good, very interesting stories full of sadness and love.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X (as told to Alex Haley) I have never had so many people approach me while reading a book in public as this one. It is, unsurprisingly, an extremely compelling and upsetting book. But I was very surprised by it. I’m not sure quite what I expected from it, but it wasn’t what it was. I think about this book at least twice a week. I think everyone should read it and I think they’ll all enjoy it.

How To Be A Person In the World–Havrilesky I think maybe Ask Polly columns are better in smaller doses than a whole book, but nevertheless, for better or for worse, she shaped a great deal of my early-twenties self esteem and the essays translate to the page much better than a lot of internet writing I’ve read.

Girl on the Train–Hawkins This felt…cheap somehow. Like I got really into it and then felt like I’d been cheated or fooled because it’s truly not very good.

Bright Lines–Islam This is a fascinating book. It’s the most Brooklyn summery, felt the most like my Brooklyn summers despite describing a Bengali Muslim family and smoking weed and other experiences that are not specifically mine. I’d recommend it. Highly.

Intimations–Kleeman Man, I’ve recommended this book of short stories to so many people. It’s weird and interesting and it does something I think is hard, which is write surreal stories where the stakes still feel real, if that makes sense. She came and spoke to our class and she told an interesting question to ask of short stories which was, “what are the satisfactions of this story?” and all of these are satisfying and visceral. There’s one long one in the middle that I skipped and you can too, I give you permission.

A Swiftly Tilting Planet–L'Engle Hey, um, you know what’s p upsetting to read? A plot where a crazy dictator is gonna drop a nuclear bomb and start the end of the world (this isn’t a spoiler it’s introduced like five pages in).

A Wind in the Door–L'Engle This was not as good as A Wrinkle in Time–what is–but it was a bright easy read, her books are so–loving, I guess. Good if you need a little palate cleanser.

Passing–Larsen We read a LOT of books in my Harlem Renaissance course. This a very good, short novel about, well, guess. It’s like a painting somehow, like a 20th century painting.

Sister Outsider–Lorde I have taken none women’s studies courses so this was a pretty important text I had never read. It is very Good and everyone should read it if they have not already.

Cruel Shoes–Martin I LOVE Steve Martin and still on a few of these I was like “I don’t know, Steve.” But many others (they’re very short stories) are funny or clever or great.

Bright Lights, Big City–McInerney ughhhhhhh a book that is entirely written in second person and is about how womens’ existences and deaths have like ~made a man feel~ but it’s a short quick read and–I am E X T R E M E L Y reluctant to admit–the end is a really good image that did lowkey make me cry but also fuck this book

The Hopeful–O'Neill This I didn’t like much, in a way that I thought it needed a stronger editor and I want Eleanor or Robbie or someone I trust to read it to tell me if I’m wrong.

The Bed Moved–Schiff Weird and good little stories. I don’t think about them often, but they were elegant and sharp as I read them.

Eligible–Sittenfield It’s nice that they’re publishing Modern AU Pride and Prejudice fanfic now in a bound book. This was enjoyable tho tbh not the best Modern AU Pride and Prejudice fanfic I, a cool and chill person, have read in my life.

Swing Time–Smith I think this is my fave of the Zadie Smith books I’ve read. I wasn’t sure by the end quite what the point of it was, but I guess also what’s the point of anything? idk this is a useless description of a book. It was immersive and interesting but I’ve also not told anyone “you *have* to read this you’ll love it.” We did go see her read from it and in person she is enchanting.

The New Woman–Sochen Nonfiction about what I think we’d call first-wave feminism? It was really fascinating about an era I knew nothing about but also had some, um, glaring omissions ahem any mention of race whatsoever.

Action. A Book About Sex–Spiegel Ok look yes fine I am an adult sexually active woman who still reads books about sex whatEVER. I missed sex-ed and I also like to hear, in a non-prurient (or sometimes prurient w/e) way what other people are up to, sex-wise. I mean there’s no real like advice about sex in the world, I think, except that everything consensual and fun is fine, but I think it’s important to occasionally remind yourself of that. This was a good book.

Missing, Presumed–Steiner A crime book that I neither loved nor hated and generally enjoyed reading. Big enh.

The Girls From Corona Del Mar–Thorpe Robbie gave this to me for my birthday last year. A beach read with an edge, page-turner-y but sharp. Seems like it’s going to be a light read, but there’s a bite to it, a reminder of the cruel randomness of fate and of our inability to really know other people or ourselves. I loved this.

Cane–Toomer So this is an important text from the Harlem Renaissance and it’s kinda…never classified? It’s a series of related but not continuous short stories, as well as poetry, and little like plays? idk it’s very evocative and beautiful and dense and bears up to intense overreading. One of my favorite books I read for my Harlem Ren class.

The Blacker the Berry–Thurman Ok so Wallace Thurman apparently worried his whole life that his writing style was too journalistic and he maybe wasn’t…wrong. This is NOT a bad book and it’s well written and novelistic exCEPT when sometimes it feels pedagogical or expository. It’s a short, well constructed novel about colorism and worth checking out.

Killer–Walters Lovely and weird poems. I went to go follow the author on Twitter and discovered I already was. I love these.

The Underground Railroad–Whitehead An extremely. upsetting. book. Here’s the thing and I understand the presumption of my criticism of a book that won the national book award, but: if you’re going to make your conceit that the Underground Railroad is a real railroad, I think that you should do more with it. THAT SAID the rest of this is truly wonderful, somehow at once a page turner and viscerally upsetting.

Kiss Me Like a Stranger–Wilder I love Gene Wilder. I’d read Gilda Radnor’s memoir a couple years ago so part of this was sort of an interesting other side of the story. Anyways he seems like a genuinely strange, slightly neurotic, flawed but mostly warm and kind person.

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pastelbatfandoms · 5 years

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Mommy Survey Part 2

I.) THE PARENTS

A.) Mommy

First Name::Michelle

Initials::MRC

Current Age::32

Age when child was born::31

Single, Dating, or Married?:Married

Eye Color::Brown

Hair Color::Brown

Height::5'1

Body Type::Petite

Religion::Agnostic

Month of Your Birthday::April

Number of Kids::2

Kids Current Ages::4 years and 1 year

B.) BIOLOGICAL DADDY

First Name::Michael

Initials::MAC

Current Age::33

Age at Child’s Birth::31

Eye Color::Blue

Hair Color::Brown

Height::6'1

Body Type::Stocky

Religion::None but not Atheist

Month of Birthday::December

Number of Kids::2

Still together?:yes

How much is he involved with the kid?:Very much

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II.) LIFE BEFORE BABY

Did you think you wanted kids?:yes

Did you ever babysit/work with kids?:No

Did you party a lot?:No

Smoke?:only as a Teen

Drink?:Socially

Do drugs?:Smoked Weed as a Teen

What were your favorite things to do/hobbies?:Read,Dance,Collect Dolls,Watch TV,Shop,Write,Computer,Play with My Pets

How did you meet the baby’s father?:We Found each other on a Dating Site Called Geek 2 Geek and Met 4 Months later at My Brother’s House in Tacoma.

III.) PREGNANCY

What was the 1st clue that you were pregnant?:I didn’t know until we were at The Doctors and Michael Mentioned that I might be lol I didn’t notice that I’d missed My period.

How did you feel when you found out?:Excited,Nervous <<Same

How long did you wait to tell the dad?:He knew before I did lol

How did he initially react?: Excited cause we had been trying.

Were you dating, married, or not together at the time?:Married

Was the baby a surprise, or were you trying to get pregnant?:trying

How long before you told your friends?:I think I called My Family right away

What about family?:Same<<I don’t have any friends

Were you nervous to tell anyone?:No

Did anyone’s reactions surprise you?:No

Did you ever consider abortion or adoption?:We Considered Adoption or I did but it’s so Expensive and such a long Process. Michael’s always wanted his own kid.

If so, what made you change your mind?:Michael

Were you living with your parents, the dad, or on your own?:We obvi live together

Were you working/in school?:No

Did you have to “shop around” for the right OB?:No <<We stuck to the one we already had.

Did you find out the gender before birth?:Yes <<

Describe how you felt when you first saw the baby on an ultrasound::Happy

Was the dad there?:yes

Were there ever suspicions that something was wrong with the baby?:No

If something WAS wrong, did you question going through with the pregnancy?:I would never abort

How far along were you when you started to show?:3 Months <<4 Months I think idr

Ever took pictures of your pregnant tummy?:Yes

Were you a smoker when you found out that you were pregnant?:No

:Did you ever drink during pregnancy?:No

What about drugs?:Nope

:Did you take prenatal vitamins?:Yes

Did you ever have morning sickness?:Once <<No just lots of Nausea

What about gestational diabetes, swollen feet, etc?:I had Gestational Diabetes and Swollen Feet and Hands the last few Months <<No because it was Winter thankfully.

Do you have any genetic probs. you were afraid would pass on to the baby?:No

Did you ever cry about silly things because of hormones?:yeah

Did you have any weird cravings? For what?:in the first Month,Like Pickles Hot Dogs and Mustard wrapped in a soft Tortilla <<Surprisingly No just drank lots of Orange Juice lol

:Did you go to lamaze classes?:No

Wasn’t it amazing when the baby kicked?:yeah

Did people ask to rub your belly?:thankfully no

Did you ever dream about the baby?:yeah

Do you miss being pregnant?:I did for awhile not anymore

What was your expected due date?:Oct 3,he was born on Sept 14 <<Later than March 8 but idr

Did you ever get hurt or injured while pregnant?:no <<Yes while at The Fair I didn’t know until the next day when I started bleeding. thankfully I had just ripped My uterus and it wasn’t a Miscarriage. it was a pretty scary day though.

Did you read baby books/magazines?:yes

Top 3 boy names you liked::Adrian,Logan,Jackson<< Aubray,Alexander

Top 3 girl names you liked::Meredith,Madeline,Echo<<Alexis,Aubrie,Alexandria,Adriana.

IV.) THE BABY SHOWER

Did you have just one, or more?:1

How far along were you?:7 Months <<<8 Months I think

Did the dad attend?:yes

How many people attended?:idk a good handful

Did you have activities/games planned?:yes

What was your favorite gift?:The Diaper Cake was pretty neat <<The Bassinet

What gift ended up being the most helpful?:the clothes <<Yep and Diapers

Did you get anything that you never used?:yeah we got two Baby Carriers so we sold one<< The Sport Clothes and Socks

Did you have a diaper cake?:yep<<No My Mom made a real one

V.) LABOR

Where were you when you went into labor?:at home

What were you doing at the time?:I was awake screaming on the floor until Michael got home yeah fun times...

Were you alone?:No My Son was Home but he was only 3 :(

How long before you went to the hospital?: right when Michael got home

How did you get there?:Michael Drove

How did you feel? (nervous, excited, scared, etc):Nervous I guess I was just in pain there were no emotions lol

VI.) BIRTH

Did you give birth before, after, or on your due date?:Before He was born on March 8.

Who all came to the hospital and waited in the lobby?:My Husband and Son,didn’t have time for anyone else to get there!

Who stayed in the room during birth?: My Husband

Did anyone film the birth?:No

What kind of birth was it (C-section, vaginal, water birth, etc):Vaginal

Did you have an epidural?:No didn’t have time!

If yes, did you still find labor/delivery painful?:Not with an Epidural,the beginning when I was in labor without the epidural yeah

Did you have an episiotomy?:idk what that is

Was your OB there, or did you have an on-call doctor? Yes he delivered The Baby

Were there any complications during/after delivery?:Thankfully not

Did you curse anyone out during labor? Scream/cry?:No But I did Scream lol

How long were you in labor before you started pushing?:Not very long,in total it took 15 hours <<Shorter than that lol

How long were you pushing before the baby was born?:awhile <<Not very long I was in Labor before we even got to the Hospital

What time was it when the baby was delivered?:5:16 PM <<I think it was 8 PM idr

How long before you first got to hold the baby?:right away

Did you have any injuries from labor and delivery?:I did tear <<Same I think

VII.) THE BABY AT BIRTH

Name::Alexander Marcelus

Initials::AMC

Whose last name did the baby keep?:Our’s

Birth weight::I honestly don’t remember I think 6.9 maybe...

Bald, a little hair, or a full head of hair?:Full head of hair

Eye color at birth::Blue

Did it change later?They are now Hazel

Hair color::Light Brown

Features inherited from mommy::Hair Color (and it being Oily unfourntly),Face Shape,Eyes

Features inherited from daddy::,Nose,Feet

VIII.) HOSPITAL STAY

How long did you stay in the hospital?: Only a Couple Days

Did the baby have to stay longer?:we stayed with him the whole time

Did the baby have to go into the NICU?:No

Did you have any issues with the hospital or nurses?: No I liked Most of the Nurses Especially Audrey who did Most of the Work while I was having Him. <<Same

When it was time to go home, were you excited or scared?:Excited

Did anyone stay at the hospital with you?:Michael

Who all came to visit in the hospital?: My Brother and Sister in Law,Michael’s Mom I think

IX.) NEWBORN

Was he/she an easy baby?:yes

Did they have colic?:Yes

Breastfed or formula?:Both

If breast, did you have any problems with nursing?:yes,which is why he’s formula fed now. but he was breast fed for a few Months

Did baby use a pacifier?:yes

If so, what word did you use for it?:Binkie

Cloth or disposable diapers?:Disposable we do have some Cloth but we haven’t used them ever

Where did the baby sleep?:in His Crib,His Swing or With Me

Did the belly button ever make you nervous?:a bit

If it was a boy, was he circumsized?:yes

Did you bring them to the hospital often?:No Just for his Checkups

What was the hardest thing to adjust to?:lack of sleep

Something funny you did because of sleep deprivation::Funny,there was nothing funny about it lol that <<

Something cute they did as a newborn::he always does cute things,his laughing,Now his running around and yelling

Do you remember the first real smile?:yep

How often did you do tummy time, and when did you start?:we tried to do it once a day,he hated it though.

How old were they when you finally felt comfortable leaving them w/ someone: 1 Month probably but I don’t really remember

Who, besides dad, helped the most at this age?:Grandma’s

How long before you went back to work?:

What about dad?:he could only get a Week off but he did take More Days after that.

How well did siblings/pets adjust to the baby?:I think the Pets were used to it lol and Adrian loves him.

Did you ever use a baby sling?:No

What about a walker?:yes

Anything scary happen to/with the baby at this age?:Not really

Did they ever have febrile seizures?:no

Stop breathing?:no

Cutest outfit at this age:: His Spider Man or Super Man Onesies.

Where was baby’s first outing to?:The Store

When did you start transitioning to solids?:idr

What was baby’s reaction?:he liked it mostly

What was their favorite first foods?: Fruit

Did they get sick often?:He did projectile Vomit but that was only once thankfully

First word: Baba

:Second word: Mom

:Were they baptized?:No

X.) TODDLER Age

first crawled: He crawled for quite awhile I think he started at 8 Months

Age first walked: 11 Months I think

:What was their favorite thing to do at this age?:at Toddler age? So Now...Climb on Things,watch TV,Play with Brother.

Foods they love? EVERYTHING lol

:Foods they hate?: he doesn’t really NOT like anything…Some Veggies I think

Who (besides mom and dad) was their favorite person?: My Niece Hailey

What about best baby friend?: He doesn’t have one yet.

Did they attend daycare? Nope

At what age?

:Did you fill in one of those baby scrapbook things?: No I forgot we had one...

If so, did you finish it, or give up on it?:

Did they watch TV as a toddler?: yes he’s been watching TV since he was a baby. He’s 1 year now.

If so, what is their favorite shows?: True and The Rainbow Kingdom

Favorite Movies? Xander doesn’t really have any but he does like watching Bendy and The Ink Machine MV’s lol

What was their bedtime routine?: None

What time was bedtime?: 10<<Now it’s 12 sigh

What time did they wake up in the morning?: 10 <<8 or 9

Did they enjoy bathtime?: He’s loved Baths ever since he was a baby.

:What were their favorite songs?: Bendy Songs lol

Favorite Color: idk

Favorite animals?:Cats

Favorite place to go?:

Did you go to the park a lot?: No

What about take baby to restaurants?:We take him,he’s usually good. but he does have a habit of throwing his food on the floor.

What were your favorite crafts to do together?:

Did you ever color in their coloring books for your own enjoyment?:No I have my own XD

Were they social, or more reserved?:he’s pretty social.

Did you ever use a “leash”?: No

Ever had a problem with a babysitter?:Nope I’ve never had a stranger baby sit my kids.

Were they gentle with animals, or a little too rough?:He;s pretty Gentle

Did they ever get bit by an animal?: No

What about another kid?: No

Were they biters/hitters?:Hitting a bit

Any allergies?: Not yet

At what age did they potty train?: He’s not at that age yet.

How hard was potty-training for you?:How long did it take?:

Was there any punishment for not using the potty?:

What was their reward for using it?:

What were their favorite outdoor activities?:

Favorite indoor activities?:

Any major behavioral issues?:

Health issues?:

Any friends/relatives they just did not like?

:Some funny things they did at this age: Spinning around in Circles and trying to Dance

:Some cute things they did at this age: ^^

:A scary event that happened at this age:when he fell off the bed and the changing table. thankfully that has only happened once.

:Did you spank them at this age?: No

What about yell at them?: Yes

What one thing did they eat most often? Cereal,Spaghetti O’s,Pizza,Fries ect

:Did they get candy/chips/sweets?: Rarely

What about soda?:No

Fast food?: Sometimes

Were they overweight or underweight?:Neither

Did they pick up any bad words from you?:

Sing along with mainstream radio?:

Did you ever give them Benadryl so you could get some sleep? no!

What about take them on vacation?: Not yet

What was their comfort item?: His blanket and Binkie.

XI.) PARENTING STYLE

Would you say you are more lenient or strict?:A good mixture of both

Were you ever a single parent?:No

Worked or stayed at home?:Stay at home

Did you and your partner ever fight about how to do something “right”?:prbly

Anyone ever criticized your parenting?:Who, and what did they say?: I don’t know and don’t care.

What was the best compliment you received about parenting/child’s behavior?:

Did you ever discipline someone else’s kid?: when I had to Baby sit yeah.

What was your main way of disciplining?: Time out or Grounding.

How often were you guilty of using the TV as a distraction?: lol all the time

XII.) DID YOU EVER

Fight/argue in front of them?: try not to

Accidentally break/lose a toy?: yes

Give in to a fit?: Yes

Make a myspace/facebook under your child’s name?:No,he can have one when he’s older

Use WIC?:Yes we do

Foodstamps/welfare?: Nope we apparently “make too much”

Take them to Disney World?:Hopefully!

Take them overseas or on a plane?: Not yet

Get in a car wreck with them in the car?: No thank god

Let them miss school when they weren’t really sick?:

Get them their own pet?:We Might

Rent a Fun Jump/jump castle for their birthday?:Nope

Bake a cake/cookies with them?: We will

Smoke around them?:we don’t smoke

Enter them into sports?: If he wants to

Take them to a public pool?: Sure

Move after they were born?:we will be

Write them a letter to give them when they are older?:No

Take them to a museum?:No but we have been to Jurassic Quest

Take out a life insurance policy?:Write a will?

Get a kids song stuck in your head?: ALL THE TIME

Watch Youtube together?:When he watches it on TV

Download a game for them on your phone?:No he’s too young and when he’s older we’ll buy him a Kindle

Get walked in on during an intimate moment?:Not yet lol

Lie to a pediatrician?:Get a second opinion from another doctor?:

Call CPS on someone?: Almost

Get dirty looks when your kid threw a fit?:Again idc

XIII.) FIRSTS

Halloween Costume: Stitch from Lilo and Stitch

Pet:: We have 3 Cats and 1 Dog he doesn’t really need his own pet yet.

Vacation:

:Death they experienced::None

Formal event they attended:A Wedding

:Coherent drawing::None

Professional picture:Our First Christmas together.

:XIV.) MEMORIES

Are most of your photos o them developed or digitally stored?:Digital

Did you keep a journal of moments you don’t want to forget?:I will

Do you make home videos?:Yes

Do you have any of their old toys/clothes in storage?:Not in Storage but we have kept some of his old clothes.

What about things they’ve made (drawings, etc)?:Yes

Do you send family photos as Christmas cards?:we do

Do you have framed photos of them displayed in your house? Not yet we have the photo’s but not frames….

:How about at work?:

In your wallet?: Michael does

Do you still have their ultrasounds?:yes

Did you keep their first lock of hair/tooth?: hair yes

Did you get a tattoo for them?:I will

XV.) EXPERIENCES

Tell me about something that happened related to the following.A time when you felt extremely proud::A heartbreaking moment::A time you look back on and regret your actions::Something your kid did that had the whole room laughing::Something they did that surprised you::Something incredibly sweet that they did::An event that made you angry::A moment you wish you had recorded::A bad holiday experience::A moment you would erase::A strange dream you had about your kid::A time you regretted buying a toy::A funny moment involving your kid and their friends::An awkward moment::Worst place you had to change a diaper::A moment involving your kid and an animal:

:XVI.) SOUNDTRACKA song that describes the labor/birth::A song that describes the kid’s relationship with dad::A song that describes your relationship with dad::Song you’d dedicate to your kid::Last song you listened to with your kid::Kid’s current favorite song::Song you sang to them at bedtime the most::Lyric that they always get wrong::A song by an artist with the same first name as your child::Song that has your kids name in the lyrics::

XVII.) OPINIONS

Breastfeeding in public::Not for Me

Vaccinations::Sad to see him Cry but it’s Important to get them

Teach them your religion, or let them discover their own?:Discover their own

Teenagers having babies?:ugh I’m against it

Abortion?:Pro Choice

Gay Parents::Pro

What would you do if your child told you they were gay?:fine with me

Leashes for kids::Mean

Pit bulls and kids::Pit Bulls are not Mean unless they are taught to be!

Smoking while pregnant::I don’t think so

Feeding kids fast food::ok every once in awhile

Letting toddlers watch TV::Fine,Adrian watches TV Now!

Homeschooling::seems hard but I’m not against it

Ear piercings for toddlers::No,that is so Vain

XVIII.) COUNTDOWN

10 Places You’d Like To Take Your Kids Someday

1::Canada

2::Disney World

3::Grand Canyon

4::Universal Studios

5::Japan

6::Puyallup Fair

7::Bellingham

8::Kansas

9::California

10::Disney Land

9 Favorite Things To Do Together1::2::3::4::5::6::7::8::9::8 Things You’ve Learned Since Becoming A Mom1::2::3::4::5::6::7::8::7 Favorite Memories1::2;:3::4::5::6::7::

6 People Who Have Helped You Out The Most

1::Michael

2::Mom

3::My Nieces Cheryl,Carol and Hailey

4::Michael’s Mom

5::Michael’s Dad

6::My BFF

5 Quotes From Your Child1::2::3::4::5::

4 Things You Want To Say To Your Child

1::I love you very much

2::you are the cutest baby ever

3::I will never abandon you

4::we will always be there for you

3 Bad Habits Your Child Has1::2::3::2 Good Pieces of Advice for Other Parents1::2::

1 Favorite Physical Feature of Your Kid 1::his smile

OPTIONAL: a picture of your child::

#Mom survey #personal

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priyabroad-blog · 6 years

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7. nyhavn sounds kind of like “new home”

pictured above: nyhavn, aka the area that comes up when you search “copenhagen” on google images

that is, if you pronounce it correctly.

i’ve been in copenhagen for over a week now and the only word i can properly say in danish is “hej,” which means “hi” and is pronounced just like “hi.” in my defense, however, i have only had one danish class so far.

i’ve been so exhausted and tired, but i feel like i have so much more to do! i have yet to explore the museums and typical tourist attractions copenhagen has to offer. i’m especially excited to check out tivoli, which is apparently an amazing, magical place. but it’s way too cold for me to enjoy an amusement park the right way.

i was able to see some other typical touristy sights, though, like nyhavn and christiana. nyhavn (pronounced like new-how-n) is as pretty in real life as it looks in pictures, but there’s not much to do there. because it’s such a popular area for tourists, any restaurants/cafes there are most likely overpriced. however, i was able to find a somewhat reasonably-priced cafe (thanks to one of my danish flatmates. its name was momors, and it was a charming pseudo-cafe/gift shop type thing. it was super crowded, so the only picture i was able to take of it was of some of its christmas-y decorations by the window:

i’ll probably go back to nyhavn when the weather is better, and hopefully i’ll be able to take better pictures and find other places to explore!

another touristy place i visited is christiania. i’ve actually been there twice in the past week. it’s a “is a self-proclaimed autonomous anarchist district of about 850 to 1,000 residents,” according to wikipedia, and it’s a really cool place to visit. the district is known for its weed street vendors, and there’s a whole road full of them. there’s also a sit-down area where people just chill and smoke the weed that they’ve bought. the first time i went, it was light outside and i was with a few friends, so it wasn’t that creepy. but the second time, it got dark while i was there, and my friends and i ran into a couple of questionable characters. however, everyone was pretty harmless. it’s nothing compared to walking in a huge city in the united states.

it’s actually amazing how much safer i feel in copenhagen than in the united states. i’ve ridden the metro alone and walked to class alone so many times in the past week, and absolutely no one has bothered me. people don’t even tend to look at me. it’s amazing. i thought i’d get so many people approaching me or looking at me weirdly because i’m obviously a foreigner and i clearly don’t fit the white, blonde-haired blue-eyed scandanavian trope. but people here don’t seem to think about it too much. i’ve actually been spoken to in danish on multiple accounts, which makes me confused to as how danish people could possibly think i was danish, too. it’s just funny that even though i come from the united states, which is known for its diversity, i’ve been met with more friendliness from the locals of a country in which everyone is literally exactly the same than from my own. but, whatever, i digress.

pictures aren’t allowed to be taken in christiania because there have been multiple police raids there recently and the weed vendors want to keep their identities private, so here’s a picture of the sign outside the entrance:

i’m not sure if i’ll have much else to write about this week because i’ll probably be busy with classwork and trying to catch up on visiting tourist attractions. i’m going to edinburgh this weekend, so my next post may be from there. or i may post another playlist. idk. byeeeeeeeee

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