Oh and.

[featherynscale]

For the last two nights I have had dreams in which I am either Alfred, from the Batman comics, or a comics writer working on a Batman story in which Alfred figures prominently. In both dreams, Alfred is/I am trying to stop Robin from committing suicide. In the one where I was almost certainly Alfred, he had made several attempts at death by drowning. In the one where I might have been the writer, he was working on a pills and liquor combination.

And I say unto you, That Shit Is Not Right. Number one, it is not fair that I should have had that unlikely combination of elements twice in a row. Number two, I know the boy is classically depicted with no pants, and there are all the rumors and everything, but really, it's not worth offing yourself over. Just buy some pants and get a girlfriend.

EDIT: And, speaking of nightmares, woman goes in to the doctor for stomach pain, as it happens, she's about to give birth to a baby she didn't realize she was carrying. This sort of thing freaks me right the hell out. Perhaps today will be a good day to call a doctor to discuss getting fixed. I'm practically thirty, maybe I can find someone who will take pity on me this time. At 18, 21, 25, and 27, I was told I was too young and would no doubt change my mind, and was therefore a poor risk for the procedure.

Comments

"Young Master Tim's lost rather a lot of blood, but luckily our emergency supplies are adequate..."

[gamera-spinning.livejournal.com]

It's not like he was found almost dead last issue, nearly murdered by Bruce Wayne's actual son, but luckily they were able to get him into Alfred's care, and among other things, Alfred is a good surgeon.

This happened in Batman #658, the conclusion to Grant Morrison's "Batman and Son" story-arc, and yeah, I really am dork.

Robin's problem seems to be that he doesn't wear a cloak, carry a katana, and belong to the League of Shadows or something. I guess somewhere along the line, DC figured that Robin needed to be a ninja or something. Frankly, I think he'd be better off in the bosom of Power Girl or Zatana.

And yeah, get the boy some pants.

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

This might sound harsh and biased, but by the gods, I've been pregnant twice, and any woman who goes to term not even suspecting she's pregnant has to be as dumb as a sack of hammers.

The weight gain, possibly. Many other body changes, maybe. But the third trimester, when your abdomen goes through Pan Farr? Sorry, but nobody could think that's just gas.

[chayam.livejournal.com]

First I want to say that this was the most excellent way of discussing your dreams. It too often comes out as a bore, but you were witty and interesting. (I never manage this.)

Secondly, I've been pregnant three times, and NO FREAKIN' WAY is it possible for you to not know. You have to be in massive denial--massive in a way I cannot comprehend--and this will not happen to you, since you're not utterly stupid and are on the lookout for it. But how, how, how on earth is it possible to not know you're pregnant? The body changes are a half a million monstrosities, and a baby rolling around in your stomach and kicking, kicking, kicking--these are not only actually physically visible, in my case, but unmistakable. You have a small human being packed into your uterus. When it moves around, you feel it even if you don't visibly see the protrusions, as in my case. And that's just ONE very obvious "symptom". I am so tempted to list ten dozen more, aside from the ones like changes in periods (usually, complete lack thereof) and massive abdominal weight gain that you'd think of first. I'd say it isn't possible if there weren't people swearing it happened. But still...really...not possible.

[brandy22kc.livejournal.com]

weirds me out that someone wouldn['t know they are pregnant but i new some one who thought she was just having female trouble due to the fact she was told she could never have kids so had no idea to even look for it, but at thirty your getting to the age where it wouldn't be healthy to have kids so a doc should be more than glad to help you out, my doc at ku would and i've know him for over 12 years if you want a referal ...just at thought