chicago '08

we went with Jake and some of Hugsband's coworkers to hear Andrew BIrd play in millenium park the other night. it was a great show, a real spectacle. Hugsband and I decided that it's pretty common to find musicians who are wacky OR talented, but he's a great combination of wacky AND talented in a brainy way that reminds me of David Byrne and TMBG.

I realized the other day that ShimSham, the fetus, will travel to NYC, london, and paris before being born. not bad, considering Shim's parents didn't have an opportunity to leave the country until after they were old enough to vote. pregnant travel is not glamorous, however. I have to wear "compression socks" (or as my grandma used to call them "rubber hose") so that I don't throw a clot on the plane. I just hope I remember to wear pants and not a skirt so that the rubber hose can be my little secret.

I flipped through a people magazine in the clinic at work the other day while I waited for my patient to show up. on the last page, there were two pictures of Jessica Alba. in the first, she was clearly pregnant. in the second, she was skinny again. the caption read "from pregnant to hot." because lord knows that those two categories are mutually exclusive.

after weeks of not getting around to it, we finally went to see the latest batman movie on the imax screen on labor day. Hugsband went all apeshit for it. me, not so much. I loved seeing chicago, which looked amazing, but I certainly prefer Tim Burton-style tomfoolery to all of this dark knight crap. how's that for a film review?