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Jul. 13th, 2007 09:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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dealio. I could very easily stay in the house all the time with the baby--not because I want to nest or anything, just out of inertia and paranoia about the heat--and that is definitely not a good idea, so I try to get out of the house with him once or twice a week, at least.
The Evil Empire is surprisingly child-friendly. Scott's been able to watch the baby for an hour or so while I've been at an appointment, and nobody has had a problem with my using them as a pit stop when I've been out and needed to change diapers. Actually, after some staff changes, the Evil Empire is not quite so Evil. Maybe a Vaguely Malevolent Empire?
He's outgrowing the swing, our Zweeble. He used to be too small for it. But at the moment, he's swinging and grinning and gurgling. God help me, I birthed a morning person. I should have guessed--when I was pregnant, he'd wake up and start kicking about 5am.
In an attempt to find a form of entertainment that I can easily put aside when the baby cries, I broke out my Ninetendo Dual Screen. I tried Nintendogs again, and now that I have an attention span of more than three minutes ... well, it's not much fun. Kinda pointless, even for a video game. Plus, I have to take care of a real child, so why do I want to do take care of a bunch of virtual dogs? My gaming should not hew so closely to my life. I have Big Brain Academy, but that's not the kind of extended-playing thing that I was looking for. And then I remembered ... Jason got me Final Fantasy III for Christmas, and I never felt like I had the attention span, when I was pregnant, to play it. So I started the game, and ... it's fun. Oddly like Pokemon, but I'm enjoying not having to catch my team, and the whole jobs aspect (with the attendant costumes--oh, people, the costumes! I'm choosing jobs by how ridiculous they make the characters look!) is fun. Like a lot of games, it doesn't know what to do with the touch-screen thing: it's actually easier to play the game with buttons, but when the Zweeble's insisting on napping in my arm, I can play it one-handed with the stylus.
I downloaded a bunch of songs off of "Instant Karma," the charity album for Darfur relief that is all John Lennon covers. Scott's and my favorite of those (I think it's a favorite for both of us) is Regina Spektor's cover of "Real Love." I also recently downloaded "Tiny Dancer," because I heard it on the radio and remembered how much I like it. I love old Elton John.
And I need to get reading, because I have half a Falco book to finish still, and the New Harry Potter comes out soon.
My sad news: didn't see Pirates of the Carribbean, and it's not in any of the theaters around here anymore. I'm bummed. :( I shall live, though.
Ack, baby's fussing.
dealio. I could very easily stay in the house all the time with the baby--not because I want to nest or anything, just out of inertia and paranoia about the heat--and that is definitely not a good idea, so I try to get out of the house with him once or twice a week, at least.The Evil Empire is surprisingly child-friendly. Scott's been able to watch the baby for an hour or so while I've been at an appointment, and nobody has had a problem with my using them as a pit stop when I've been out and needed to change diapers. Actually, after some staff changes, the Evil Empire is not quite so Evil. Maybe a Vaguely Malevolent Empire?
He's outgrowing the swing, our Zweeble. He used to be too small for it. But at the moment, he's swinging and grinning and gurgling. God help me, I birthed a morning person. I should have guessed--when I was pregnant, he'd wake up and start kicking about 5am.
In an attempt to find a form of entertainment that I can easily put aside when the baby cries, I broke out my Ninetendo Dual Screen. I tried Nintendogs again, and now that I have an attention span of more than three minutes ... well, it's not much fun. Kinda pointless, even for a video game. Plus, I have to take care of a real child, so why do I want to do take care of a bunch of virtual dogs? My gaming should not hew so closely to my life. I have Big Brain Academy, but that's not the kind of extended-playing thing that I was looking for. And then I remembered ... Jason got me Final Fantasy III for Christmas, and I never felt like I had the attention span, when I was pregnant, to play it. So I started the game, and ... it's fun. Oddly like Pokemon, but I'm enjoying not having to catch my team, and the whole jobs aspect (with the attendant costumes--oh, people, the costumes! I'm choosing jobs by how ridiculous they make the characters look!) is fun. Like a lot of games, it doesn't know what to do with the touch-screen thing: it's actually easier to play the game with buttons, but when the Zweeble's insisting on napping in my arm, I can play it one-handed with the stylus.
I downloaded a bunch of songs off of "Instant Karma," the charity album for Darfur relief that is all John Lennon covers. Scott's and my favorite of those (I think it's a favorite for both of us) is Regina Spektor's cover of "Real Love." I also recently downloaded "Tiny Dancer," because I heard it on the radio and remembered how much I like it. I love old Elton John.
And I need to get reading, because I have half a Falco book to finish still, and the New Harry Potter comes out soon.
My sad news: didn't see Pirates of the Carribbean, and it's not in any of the theaters around here anymore. I'm bummed. :( I shall live, though.
Ack, baby's fussing.
