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On the state of the Zeppelin.

Posted in Pregnancy on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Of course, ‘rocketing out of your chair shouting obscenities at the TV’ has been a bit hard of late given that you developed horrendous backache last week.
‘Flopping over onto your side and using all available furniture and husbands to pull yourself up while whimpering before waddling slowly off like a duck’ would definitely have been more [...]

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On misleading advertising

Posted in Advertising, Art, Communication, Culture Shock, Russia, tagged , , , , , , on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Now you wouldn’t want to give anyone the impression that you are anti advertising.
Far from it, in fact. You find ads endlessly fascinating.
You take a secret delight in an industry that is blatantly all about manipulation. So much more honest than the pretence of making objective news reports.
It’s quite soothing just to be able to relax [...]

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On being nearly new.

Posted in Clothes, Pregnancy, tagged on March 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »

You went to an NCT sale today. Elbows at dawn to hold off all the other mums or mums-to-be as you all dive simultaneously for that Natty Designer Babysock sort of thing.
You went with Best Friend, as it occurred to you that having a bone fide mother in tow might help you start to navigate your way [...]

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On more comparative linguistics.

Posted in Choir, Classical Music, Language, Music, Pregnancy, Russian, The Rest of the World, tagged , on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Incidentally, you did find something new out in your first trimester, and that is that it is impossible to sing while pregnant.
Unfortunately, you discovered this by collapsing in the middle of the winter concert of your choir.
Interesting programme. You have now added two new singing languages to your repertoire: French and Russian.
French, the conductor spent [...]

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