9 things I covet, or, oh hey is it Christmas time already?

What? This isn't an entirely self-serving list. How else are you going to know what to buy all the OTHER artsy, comic-obsessed, gaming nerd moms on your list?

1. The Bose SoundDock for iPods: Okay, really I just need some KIND of speaker for my iPod. But if I'm coveting, I should go all out, right? I'm tired of having all these really great songs on my iPod and only listening to them at the gym. I should be able to belt them out in my living room and assault my son's ears serenade my entire neighbourhood!

2. I love my Wacom Bamboo pen tablet, but what I really really want is the Cintiq. To be able to draw right on the screen? Droooooool.

Or, y'know, paper works like that too. But not quite as fun.

3. A laptop bag like this one from glorydaze on etsy, or the lapsac. Or anything like that, that doesn't make me look like I inherited my father's industrial black vinyl laptop bag. If it could double as a cute diaper bag, that would rock even further. I just want to look cool as I take out my laptop, and then take out a sippy cup and a baggie of cheerios. Is that so much to ask??

4. Comments. Lots and lots of comments. Seriously, people, I'm barely holding it together here and comments are the glue.

5. A huge wall decal of zombies. Okay, no, not really. We've been over my fear of zombies. But if I wasn't completely askeered of the living dead, I would think it was pretty cool.

Maybe in the baby's room.

6. A new bathrobe, to replace the one I bought on sale 5 years ago at a La Senza outlet, on sale because it was missing the sash. The one that two years ago, the dog chewed the pockets out of because she thought she smelled a molecule of dog biscuit (and I've been forgetting and trying to put things in the pockets that no longer exist ever since). Do you think she would refrain from chewing a new one if I bought her her own?

7. Two words: SPA. DAY.

8. This hoodie from thinkgeek.com. I know, I'm a loser. I just really REALLY want to wear it to work one day. Or possibly every day. I used to have the t-shirt but, uh....it doesn't fit anymore.

9. The Wii Fit. Well, I've been coveting one of these for a while, they're just elusive round these parts. Must be shy. If I find one, it's automatically an early Christmas present to ME.

What do YOU covet?

Sources: wecovet.com, thinkgeek.com, bedbathandbeyond.com, nintendo.com, wacom.com, bose.com

Posted in conjunction with abdpdbt's Listless Mondays:

A new low

It finally happened. I'm having dreams about BLOGGING.

This usually happens to me when I've been obsessed spending a lot of time doing one thing. At the height of my City of Heroes superhero career, I dreamt at night about superjumping around the city, thwarting evil. Those were pretty good dreams.

Once I read the entire Diana Gabaldon Outlander series from start to finish. For two weeks I had some REALLY good dreams. Mmm, Scottish burrs and men in kilts.

When I was a waitress and pulling a lot of shifts, I'd have nightmares where my section was the size of a football field and people would be ordering really complicated drinks in a whisper while people at other tables impatiently flagged me down. Obviously, those were not fun dreams but every server has those dreams, so at least I could go to work and expect sympathy.

But dreaming about blogging? It's not like I can wake up and exclaim, "OMG! I just had this whacked out dream where savvysuzie posted something really funny but nobody commented and then barefootfoodie put me on her blogroll!". I mean, I've never been cool but - c'mon.

So, yeah. I think I need to play more Warhammer or something.

I got candy!

BLOG candy, before all you HASAYers jump down my throat. Notice anything different? A few minor changes in the decor? Yeah, I went out last night and I left Rachel from Blog Candy Designs the keys to the joint. I guess she thought I needed an overhaul? Can't imagine why.

Anyway, I LOVE IT. And Rachel was awesomely professional with my nitpicky (and impatient - refresh test blog, refresh test blog, refresh test blog) self.

What do ya'll think? Does this blog layout make my butt look smokin', or what??

Not really an update so much as a bunch of blathering

I'm posting a HASAY update, although it's a little late, and I'm not even sure what week this would be for me since I joined the club late too (sensing a theme here?). Week #2, maybe?

I weighed in Monday. I lost a pound.

At least, I think I lost a pound, it's hard to be sure, since the previous Monday I weighed myself while wearing a bathing suit, and this Monday I was in full gym gear and much less naked, so I had to account for how much my clothes weigh.

Um, how much DO clothes weigh?

Anyway, I'm guessing a pound. I'm not AS concerned with that as I am with getting back on the wagon and working out, which I did - in spades! I hit the gym 3 times, AND added in a swim fit class with my son, AND went for a nice long walk.

Food, however, continues to be a problem. I did the WeightWatchers thing after I had baby, and it worked great, but I'm kind of over it. I was starving ALL THE FUCKING TIME, and let me tell you, a starving Keely is - let's put this politely - unfriendly.

Okay, I'm a raging bitch when I'm hungry. So this time I'm just trying not to fall victim to the allure of cheesecake and creamy sugary coffee, and eating SLOWLY so I can stop when I feel full.

What? I'm sure it'll work just fine.

This week is going to be harder to get to the gym, but I'm doing my best. On Monday I had a killer workout, and did this ab workout which I used to do all the time but lately seem to have forgotten that there is more than one muscle between my boobs and my hoo-ha. Guess what? After revisiting that workout, I am now painfully, agonizingly aware of EVERY SINGLE ONE. And probably some extras, too.

Also? TVs built into your cardio equipment? BEST INVENTION EVER. I never, ever get to watch TV uninterrupted anymore, so having to run on the treadmill while I indulge in John & Kate Plus 8 seems like a small price to pay. The gyms I've belonged to in the past always had TVs in the cardio area, but you were always subject to someone else's whims, and that someone else always seemed to want to watch sports. Seriously? Who wants to watch people work out while you're working out?

I want to be distracted from the burning sensation in my lungs and thighs and the largish area of my ass, thank you very much.

Random Tuesday Thoughts, Revisited

Last week's Random Tuesday Thoughts was entertaining enough (for ME - I don't care what you thought)(Wait! I didn't mean it! I CAAAARRRE! Come back!) that I'm going to make them a regular thing. Between this and Anna's Listless Mondays, I can go at least two days without having to write a cohesive post! Yeah!

So if you have a bunch of random thoughts rattling around in your head that aren't enough individually to make a post, or if you have a stream of consciousness you just need to piss out, feel free to participate. Grab the button, slap it up there, and leave me a comment so I can link you up.

Ready? One - two - three - RANDOMIZE!

...I've discovered that I need to "set the mood" to blog. The right lighting, and a glass coffee mug of red wine. That's right, I'm romancing you people. The coffee mug keeps it klassy.

...Teddy bears are kind of creepy. Not as creepy as dolls, with their dead eyes that roll back in their sockets, but creepy enough that I don't want to go into my son's room in the dark by myself. Of course, I have no problem leaving HIM in there with them. Hm, I sense a possible repressed childhood memory.

...Still no Buffy comic. I'm going to have to start busting kneecaps. Did all of Dark Horse go for coffee? For over two months?

...I wonder if anybody else has dreams where they're the last person on earth, and it's kind of nice? I found this blog called Alone on Earth that's a work of fiction written as the diary of a guy who is suddenly (and inexplicably) the last person alive. The writing is not uber polished, which just makes it all the more realistic as a diary, and it's super suspenseful and a little scary. I'm totally on the edge of my seat waiting for the next post. But somehow I think if I were in the same situation, I'd just stock up on wine and chocolate and books, and putter my life away in total contentment.

...My dog's life kind of sucks. All day she mopes around waiting for someone to pay attention to her, and all we do is yell at her to get out of the way. No wonder she loves my kid. At least he crawls on her. Every day I feel guilty for this; and yet here I am, blogging, ignoring her.

...Yeah, I'm going to go pay attention to my dog now. Hope it doesn't confuse the crap out of her.

Are you a random rebel, too? Write your totally uncohesive post, copy the following code, and let me know via a comment or an email.

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And the completely aimless and wonderfully arbitrary for the week are:

1. Michele at It's a dog's life

2. Julie at Cool Mom Guide

3. Tiffany at My Random Wisdom (appropriate, no?)

4. Kelly at The Neurotic Mom

5. Michelle at Michelle's Blog

6. April at April's Little Family