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		<title>Burned my belly.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was making breakfast this morning in my underwear (the windows were fogged up from the cold outside).Â  Making the second egg for egg/bagel/cheese breakfast sandwiches, I overdid the cooking spray.Â  When IÂ  plopped the egg down, the butter spray splashed.Â  Onto my belly.Â  And now it&#8217;s not only extremely hairy, it&#8217;s got dozens of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was making breakfast this morning in my underwear (the windows were fogged up from the cold outside).Â  Making the second egg for egg/bagel/cheese breakfast sandwiches, I overdid the cooking spray.Â  When IÂ  plopped the egg down, the butter spray splashed.Â  Onto my belly.Â  And now it&#8217;s not only extremely hairy, it&#8217;s got dozens of red bumps from tiny burns.</p>
<p>No, no pictures.</p>
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		<title>I think the pregnancy is making me braver?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Or, at least, less afraid of everything?Â  Or maybe so afraid of the BIG THING that everything else seems trivial.Â  Or maybe I&#8217;m more comfortable with not caring about stupid things like my appearance. Examples: Calling someone a bad name that included the word &#8220;ugly&#8221; and a reference to her height because, well, she deserved [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Or, at least, less afraid of everything?Â  Or maybe so afraid of the BIG THING that everything else seems trivial.Â  Or maybe I&#8217;m more comfortable with not caring about stupid things like my appearance.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<p>Calling someone a bad name that included the word &#8220;ugly&#8221; and a reference to her height because, well, she deserved to receive some grief.Â  This was followed by a night of shame over freaking out like that.Â  And a morning of being angry about being treated condescendingly that replaced any shame.Â  Tip: Don&#8217;t be condescending to people just because you have <em>the time</em> to be.</p>
<p>Digging through piles of clearance stuff at a store where I saw really need wooden toys in the same place a few months ago.Â  I was <em>manic </em>and didn&#8217;t care but still only found a busted doggy and ducky, neither of which were worth buying.</p>
<p>Wearing polo shirts/Tevas to meetings where I should be wearing at least at tie, if not a suit.Â  Also wearing a thick beard to said meetings with high-ranking university officials (high enough to get my fired).Â  At least I tucked my shirt in.</p>
<p>Leaning back in my chair with my hands over my head at meetings, staring out the window.Â  I probably did this before (ADD), but now I know it.Â  And drawing cartoons of the people present that they can probably see.</p>
<p>Actually threatened to break my still not fully function right hand over someone&#8217;s head if he attempts to break a certain banishment (long story) of which he himself was the author and which it is not <em>my </em>place to break or occlude said banishment &#8212; but where it <em>is </em>my place to support the banished party.</p>
<p>Ate breakfast with my luxuriously-round belly out because I didn&#8217;t feel like walking to my bedroom to get a shirt.Â  I never ever ever do anything without a shirt except sleep and swim, and I don&#8217;t do either much lately.Â  My 20s and my belly have not been friends.Â  (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/fashion/13POTBELLY.html?_r=4&amp;scp=1&amp;sq=hip%20to%20be%20round&amp;st=cse?no_interstitial">Although apparently this makes me awesome?</a>)Â  Maybe my impending 30s and my belly will like each other more.</p>
<p>I have acquired the habit of yelling and waving at pedestrian-ignoring cars.</p>
<p>My non-healed injuries from this spring don&#8217;t worry me as much as annoy me.Â  So what if I still can&#8217;t make a fist with my right hand, put weight on my left wrist or walk/cycle to much before my toe starts killing me?Â  The thought of toe surgery is less scary and more of an annoyed case of, &#8220;Wait, how much longer will I be in crutches because of <a href="http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2009/05/how-i-wound-up-in-crutches/">that stupid driver</a>?&#8221;</p>
<p>These are probably not big deals to some people, but I&#8217;ve discovered that I am extremely fearful and anxious, despite my coffee-zen demeanor.</p>
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