A Little Help, Guys?

I'm going to do something different with the poll this time. I've set up two different polls: one for the ladies, and one for the fellas. I've always been glad to have been born female; I personally find that the biological perks (like not having to worry about squishing my delicates when I ride a unicycle) are worth the social disadvantages. Societal trends and social norms may evolve with plenty of help, but certain biological realities - like the fact that female junk can gestate babies and male junk can't - are pretty much here to stay unless science catches up.

Here are the results from the last poll, which had 57 responses:

If you could decide how long it takes to gestate a full-term baby, which would you prefer?

Less than a month. Get that sucka out ASAP!	12 (21%)
40 weeks is just fine by me, thanks.	33 (57%)
Indefinitely. I just love the perks of pregnancy that much.	3 (5%)
Screw that, I'd like to give birth about three minutes after conception.	9 (15%)

I think it's actually pretty awesome that a few people wish that pregnancy were indefinite. I hope that my full-term experience turns out to be that positive.

Finally, A Break

So my due date, August 9th, has come and gone; and in a way, it was kind of anti-climactic. It was almost like any other day - almost. Marcus and I ran errands, watched a movie, played with our cats, and ate Chinese food.

And we cried, because it was like any other day, and...it just wasn't supposed to be. But it was not the worst day of my life, or even in the top ten of worst days. It was just a painfully normal Saturday.

The participation for the last poll was great, with an astounding 56 responses. Here's the breakdown:

What kind of baby would you most like to care for?

A baby bird. The thought of caring for a helpless infant by regurgitating into its mouth is heartwarming	5 (8%)
A baby elephant. I would ride it to class/work every day, and/or use it to pick up my kid from daycare.	12 (21%)
A baby alligator. Its cold stare will strike fear into the hearts of my enemies!	6 (10%)
A baby human. I hear they make terrific alarm clocks.	33 (58%)

It's a quarter past four in the morning as I write this. Currently, Marcus is cleaning the cat boxes while the cats themselves wonder what the hell we're doing up this early. Soon the packing will be finished (so I'm a procrastinator - sue me) and we'll be on the road towards the beach, where we'll be spending the next week vacationing with my parents, sans Internet. So forgive me if you don't hear from me till then (but I'll have awesome pics, I promise!).

The new poll is up, so don't forget to show me some love and vote while I'm gone. See you in a week!

TTC: Cycle 2

Verdict: Failure.
Future Prospects: Hopeful.

I actually feel pretty ill today, so I'm staying home and drinking plenty of water (not soda, which I practically overdosed on over the weekend) and resting. And so begins another cycle.

There's a new poll up, so get your votes in! I got a whopping 27 votes in the last one and here's the breakdown:

If you had a choice, how would you prefer to reproduce?

Sexual reproduction. Awwww yeah.	15 (55%)
Asexual reproduction. The other methods are too messy and I kinda like these pants.	5 (18%)
Oviparous reproduction. I like eggs from my head down to my ovipositors.	3 (11%)
Give me clones!	4 (14%)

Also, I would like to apologize to all of my email subscribers for yesterday's "test" post. Blogger was doing some funny things and in the course of my experimentation, I forgot that a copy would be sent to my readers. I swear on the pile of snow-white pee sticks under the bathroom sink that it won't happen again.

I'm Classy

Me: We have a date tomorrow night.
Him: To do what?
Me: It.

If that isn't romance, I don't know what is.

P.S. There's a new poll up! The winner of the last poll (Do you enjoy answering blog polls?) was "banana."