| Let's play Guess the Hatcher Hatchling... |
[May. 24th, 2012|05:06 pm] |
I am full term this week (37+ weeks) and exhausted. AND super cranky. Oh, man, SO cranky. I still have a million things to do before the baby is born, but most of them involve organizing and cleaning... so I need a distraction. A fun one. This is where YOU come in!
I think pretty much everyone knows that we haven't found out the baby's sex. We thought it would be fun to have it be a surprise (who knows what we'll decide for subsequent baby-havings) and we also knew it would keep me from buying pink tutus if it's a girl (or, you know, blue tutus if it's a boy) and from having the bedroom next to ours end up looking like Strawberry Shortcake horked in there (kind of like this blog layout... heh). So, there's that. There’s also the fact that in spite of my due date being June 12th, the doctor shakes her head every time I have an appointment and just says it'll be born any time between NOW and the end of June. (How I am surviving with this much suspense when I like knowing everything in advance baffles even me. George, on the other hand, adoooores surprises.)
And this is where the game-playing comes in. Let's play guess the delivery date and sex! Just a few rules...
YOU CAN ONLY "PARTICIPATE" ONCE. YOU GET ONE VOTE... and it must be in the comments section of this post. Not on our statuses. Not via text message. And please, be really clear. "May 29th, girl" is fine. "Tuesday, boy" is not. WHICH TUESDAY?! And you really can guess any date in the next four to five weeks. We're not going to induce labor unless I go over 42 weeks, much to my OB's chagrin.
Any given date only has two options. Like, June 12th can be "June 12th, girl" or "June 12th, boy". Once someone uses a date and a sex, you can ONLY pick that same date for the opposite sex. And a "June 12th" vote counts as any time between 12:00:00am EST and 11:59:59pm EST on that date. (Eastern Standard Time since that's OUR time zone and therefore, the baby's birth date time zone.)
You cannot change your guess once you post it... and you cannot post more than one vote. If the date comes and goes... sorry, Charlie.
Once the first email, text message, or phone call goes out that I'm in labor, voting is closed.
Check the comments before yours: if someone already picked the date and sex combination, you can't pick the same one. If you are too lazy to check and thereby end up posting the same combo someone else already posted, the first person to have posted the correct one wins.
If no one guesses correctly, we will just give ourselves a prize! Just kidding. :) If no one guesses correctly, the person with the closest guess wins. If someone guesses May 27th and someone else the 29th, and the baby is born May 28th, the winner will be determined by whether the baby was born before or after noon.
The prize: It will probably take a couple weeks to get to you (especially if you don't live locally). Also, if you don't live locally, you'll obviously have to provide us with your address so we can send it to you. We have some ideas on what the prize/gift will be, but it'll definitely end up being something personalized and tailored to the person who wins (for example, we're not going to give one of our sisters the same thing we would give a guy friend). No matter what it ends up being, we'll try to make it something we think the specific person would like and appreciate.
May the person with the creepiest capacity of foreseeing the future win!
Originally published at fresita.org. Please leave any comments there. |
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| Just a doodle |
[May. 24th, 2012|09:49 am] |
Psychedelic Santa Claus?
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| Parade time! |
[May. 2nd, 2012|07:46 pm] |
The 25th annual Houston Art Car Parade is fast approaching and I am finding we are a bit short on volunteers.
Ever wanted to be part of the circus?
We could use a few folks to man the gift shops or just do "crowd control" (stand around and keep people from being run over).
What do you get? A free t-shirt(in a color that won't be for sale!), breakfast and that warm fuzzy feeling down in the cockles of your heart, maybe even the sub-cockle area!
Visit us at http://www.thehoustonartcarparade.com
Oh, and I might just love you forever. |
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| Space Center Houston Rolls Out 'Carpet' for Shuttle Replica |
[May. 18th, 2012|10:07 am] |
Don't miss the "Shuttlebration Weekend" June 1 and June 3, beginning with the arrival of Space Center Houston's newest exhibit, a full-size Space Shuttle replica, Friday, June 1. The replica is arriving by barge to the Johnson Space Center dock located at 3000 NASA Parkway on Clear Lake, near the Houston Hilton NASA Clear Lake hotel.
Space Center Houston has a slate of fun planned beginning with the replica's arrival projected between 3 and 5 p.m. There will be a come-one-and-all street party with NASA space exploration exhibits and activities, food and entertainment between the dock and the hotel. Gates will open at 2 p.m. but plan to stay for the evening to watch the fireworks at 9 p.m.
(Saturday, June 2, the Orbiter replica will be loaded onto a mobile transfer vehicle for transfer to Space Center Houston. While public interest will be high, there are no formal events planned on this day.)
On Sunday, June 3, the Shuttle replica will make an estimated three-hour trek down NASA Parkway from the dock to its permanent home at Space Center Houston where it will be welcomed by JSC's very own prototype planetary rovers, local scout troops and marching bands. The Space Center is rolling out the carpet with a free family-friendly celebration in its parking lot between 10 a.m. and noon, offering viewing of the replica, more NASA space exploration exhibits, fun activities for the whole family and much more.
For detailed "Shuttlebration Weekend" information, visit http://www.spacecenter.org/shuttlebration.html |
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| Level up! |
[May. 17th, 2012|06:48 pm] |
So, I got a new camera.
A way nicer one.
I'm still fiddling around with it, but it's definitely one of the sexier things I've ever owned in my lifetime so I'm pretty excited about it, to say the least. It's about time.
Burlington, Vermont.
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| Portfolio categories |
[May. 17th, 2012|01:04 am] |
I read through the tags and found some posts related to this, but I'm here to ask you something straight to the point that can be useful to the community (and myself, of course). It's even been a while since this topic was raised, so I'm sure there are new answers as well.
What categories do you use in you portfolio? No need to explain, but feel free to elaborate.
Thanks! |
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| social ad:globalization |
[May. 15th, 2012|05:47 pm] |
dear designers! i am a fresh graphic designer, and i am currently making my portfolio.
i am trying to insert more advertising stuff, as i want to move in this direction.
here is my work - social ad. total idea: globalization. personally, i do not like globalization, as it removes away the cultural differences, which are so cool, and it makes us "bald" - "global".
i want to ask your opinion on this ad.
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