What if your favorite television/movie character were to attend the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Where would the Sorting Hat assign them?
I remember taking a Sorting Hat quiz aeons ago and finding out that I would be sorted into Ravenclaw. As much as the books make Gryffindor to be the house to be in, I think that I would fare best in Ravenclaw too — courage is not, and never has been, my strong suit!
Which house do you think you would be sorted into?
Via Geekologie.
Artist Matthew Ranzetta has re-created the posters of five popular movies using the typography and imagery of Star Wars. Beautifully thought-out and rendered!
Via Geekosystem.
Quit breastfeeding.
Had to choose between quitting cold turkey and gradually quitting (by cutting out one pumping/nursing session every couple of days). Decided that engorgement pain is preferable to the razor-sharp pain from thrush I get every time my right breast is emptied. Smelled like cabbage soup as I stuffed my bra with cold cabbage leaves to help with the engorgement. Drank sage tea and Coke to help kill my milk supply. Regretted quitting more than once as my breasts became rock-hard and throbbed with pain. Leaked through numerous nursing pads, bras, and shirts.
Felt overwhelming guilt for not providing the best available nutrition for my child. Felt further burdened by “lactivists” online who likened formula to poison, who informed me that if I were not ready to make sacrifices for my child, I shouldn’t have gotten pregnant in the first place.
Realized these women know squat about my life or my family.
Did research and discovered that while breastmilk is best, it is only marginally better. Most studies that tout the benefits of breastmilk (or formula, for that matter) are so flawed/biased that there really is no conclusive evidence that children who are formula-fed are any less smart or healthy, or vice-versa. Correlation ≠ causation.
Realized that some of the healthiest, smartest, and most talented people I know were formula-fed as babies. People who are Ivy League graduates, have great jobs, hold MBAs and PhDs, are at top physical shapes and rarely get sick.
Cried tears of relief as I put away my pumping supplies.
Shed a few more tears the first day that Claire went 100% formula. Told her how sorry I was and that I had failed her as a mommy, that she must be patient as I will most likely fail her many more times in the future. Watched as she happily sucked away at her bottle of Similac Sensitive and looked at me as if to say, “I forgive you.”
Bonded more with my daughter in 5 days than I had with her in the entire past month. Was able to hold her tight (despite the painful engorgement in my chest) and not dread my next nursing/pumping session.
Realized that I had been associating my baby with pain, and that was now a thing of the past.
Gorged on Thanksgiving dinner without worrying about whether a dish had dairy, seafood, beans, broccoli, and all the other foods I had cut from my diet.
Had my first glass of wine in over 11 months and enjoyed every last drop.
Still experience guilt time to time. Am dreading Claire’s 3rd month checkup this Friday when the pediatrician is sure to ask if I am still breastfeeding. Have been reading sites such as Fearless Formula Feeder for encouragement and support.
Hopes that no one will judge me for this decision. After all, doesn’t a happy mommy help lead to a happy baby?
This is so disturbing yet intriguing at the same time. I wonder if Mr. Freeny will go on to produce fetal versions of various other characters, as he did with his anatomy series.
Via MoistProduction.
I am loving this Typographic Anatomy Lesson Plan by Ligature, Loop, and Stem. Unfortunately, the limited-edition letterpress print is sold out, but after taking a look at the company’s Ampersand print as well, I immediately joined their mailing list to be updated on all their future endeavors.
Via The Daily What.
Admit it: you have at least one thematic melody from the Final Fantasy series running through your head while perusing this chart.
Via Geekosystem.
A funny list of how a baby would be delivered in the corporate IT world —
A Project Manager is a person who thinks nine women can deliver a baby in one month.
A Developer is a person who thinks it will take four and a half months to deliver a baby.
The Onsite Coordinator is one who thinks single woman can deliver nine babies in one month.
The Client is the one who doesn’t know why he wants a baby.
A Marketing Manager is a person who thinks he can deliver a baby even if no man and woman are available.
The Resource Optimization Team thinks they don’t need a man or woman; they’ll produce a child with zero resources.
The Documentation Team doesn’t care whether the child is delivered, they’ll just document 9 months.
The User Interface Team will design a baby with three arms and one leg and ask if it can be done.
The Quality Auditor is the person who is never happy with the process to produce a baby.
A Tester is a person who always tells his wife that this is not the right baby.
Seeing as how J is a software tester, please excuse me while I go ask him if he thinks he’s holding the right baby.
Via Miss Cellania.
I’m sorry if the majority of my posts have been too baby-centered lately. Before becoming a mother, I swore that this wouldn’t turn into a mommy blog, but I must admit that it’s difficult to write about much else when the baby consumes most of my time, thoughts, and resources.
Are there any topics in particular you’d like me to write about? Or are you satisfied with the status quo?
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
This picture of Turkzilla was too good to pass up. Courtesy of Boing Boing.
There are many, many things to be thankful for this year. But right now, at this moment, at 6:14am on Thanksgiving Day morning, I am most thankful for our cradle swing that calmed down my daughter who suffered from a poop explosion at 5am and would not go back to sleep despite my best efforts.
I hope everyone has a tasty, fun, and restful holiday. 
An old coworker used to joke to me that all Asians look alike to her. While some may find this offensive, I knew that it was all in jest and chided right back that all white people look the same to me.
I think that being Asian myself has helped me become familiar with specific features that are common within the various Asian races; I am usually pretty good when it comes to guessing whether a person is Chinese / Japanese / Korean / Filipino / Vietnamese / Thai / etc.
That being said, when I stumbled upon a website called Asian Look-Alikes, where you are prompted to guess the ethnicity of the pictured person just based on their looks, I was sorely humbled…I performed horribly!
Try it and see how well you do.
Via Absolutely Fobulous.
For the record, I think that Vader kicks Voldemort’s butt any day.
Via Geekologie.
P.S. — Have you watched HP7 Part 1 yet? J and I managed to sneak away for a few hours last night to catch it and…well, it’s like what I’ve always said about the Harry Potter movies: each consecutive movie is better than the last, but it comes nowhere near the book. And what was up with the Harry & Hermione dancing scene?
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