"JJ, stop spitting!"
"What did i tell you about spitting?!"
"Stop it, JJ, please!"
Yea, you guessed it, JJ has taken up spitting; another of her phase, i guess. So, now, that makes me the spitting supervisor. For her, it's a hobby: "look, mommy, i'm spitting!"
In one of my earlier posts, i had said that JJ says just about everything except when she wants to poo-poo. Well, believe it or not, the very next day she started telling when she poo-poo; not before she wants to go, but after she has done the deed. Gee, i wonder if she reads my blogs; Nah, now, that's just silly! But, gotta tell yah, it surprised me big-time. She has even been saying: "mommy, i want to pee-pee!" to which i respond, "pee in your diaper, sweetheart!" Isn't that funny? Hah, careful what you wish for...
So, i'm presently juggling motherhood, wifehood, studenthood and the flu. Yea, i know, who doesn't, right? Well, most men don't which makes us, women, one heck of a human species. Today, i take time to reflect on what life would be like without all this mothering, wifing and studenting. State capitalism would flap, that's for sure; there would be no "structure" and all societies would collapse. It's that simple. Woman-identified people, take a minute, imagine the chaos there could be. Now, smile...we are powerful, more powerful than we think we are. Now, imagine a world in which there is no sexism, racism, classism, homophobia, ageism, ableism, in other words, no hate. Are you still on earth? See, on a mass scale, we are one ucked-up lot; all of us. But, individually, inside each of us, that's where humanity is. We/you/each of us can make a difference. I'm not preaching utopia, here; hope ia, maybe. I suspect many of us have already made that choice to be different, stand up and out, and say: "By golly, i won' t stand for any of this shit, stop the hate, now!"
Now, how did i get from the begging-my-toddler-to-stop-spitting scene, to talking about female strength, to discussing love? Is it mere stream-of-consciousness? What is it, really?
Friday, March 7, 2008
Todobby and Womanhood
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Jane has been spitting lately too. These toddlers are crazy little people, aren't they!
Hope you're feeling better soon!
Missed you in class today, and I too hope you feel better soon! I love hearing stories about yours and Metro's daughters and their development. It makes me want to have those hypothetical children (yes, even though they will play with boogers and spit).
I also enjoyed your thoughts about how civilization would collapse without women. Amen!
I highly recommend Adaptation, obviously! It has so many layers, it's hard to notice the first time just exactly what all is going on. Sure, the quotes are good always, but multiple viewings are best in my opinion. Let me know if you see it! You may not identify with it as much as I do, who knows, but we can still discuss! :)
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