The COUNT!

Hey, remember when I was worried about the count visiting? I do. The count has clearly made it back to my house. Not only have I still not found my keys but the door was wide open one day when I got home! And later Super Stace found another door unlocked....da da da..... I don't know what he is up to, but I am so excited to find out

Happiness 10/18/14

Jeremy: One day closer to Soletta Ryan: Getting the freeze in the garage Derrick: Watching football, eating pizza

3 things that made me happy 10/16

Jeremy: Was able to turn in all the necessary paperwork and am able to go on baby leave whenever I need to Ryan: Was able to sit down and really connect with one of the patient's, the first time in a long time. I loved it Derrick: Got jimmy john's for dinner because we finally finished all the leftovers

Bodies by Susie Orbach
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Susie Orbach is fantastic. Spending time with her in this book makes me both want to do more and more okay with myself. Which is amazing because the book is about the hatred of female bodies. I was totally convinced of everything she said, and even though she wouldn't want me to be, I have become a mindless follower of her. Way to go, you!

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Happy 10-15

Derrick: Mark Driscoll finally got the job that he was meant for...a non-pastor Ryan: I had a great nap after going home early Jeremy: I only have 2 more days of work this week

Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America by John Earl Haynes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

What a fun book, I read it like a thriller. I always saw this generation's focus on the communist witch hunt as awkward. Yes, everything about me hates the idea of accusing people who have no way of defending themselves. I in general don't like any sort of conspiracy theories or idea that someone out there is trying to do us harm. But I always wondered if it was the witch hunts that made sure this country never became a communist country. What if they spent all this energy preventing a problem and when it was over, everyone said, "why did you get so worked up."

This book is exactly that. The soviet union had a very strong interest in spying on the united states and turning the the USA into a communist country. And they were much better at spying on us than we were at them. They also did a great job of getting the American communist party to do the work for them. All those people, like the Rosenbergs and Alger Hiss, who people said were victims of a witch hunt, really were spies. I still don't know if it justifies our response, but it changes the conversation, and it definitely makes me rethink McCarthyism.

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Joke

"When they do a car scan do they ever find cats. You know you have a problem if that test comes up positive" Joke from 42 year old with schizophrenia

The Egg

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Happy 10/12

Derrick: Cowboys won! Ryan: time with nephew ollie Jeremy: Got laundry and everything done for start of work!

Internal Triangle, The: New Theories of Female Development by Lucy Holmes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The internal triangle is when a child interjects mother and father separate and keep the real parent from destroying the child's interpsychic world. This is seen when a child is pretending to be a mother in her play. She is not just mirroring mother but distancing from her

I love the idea that pregnancy changes the woman deeply from one side to the other. Probably because I am soon becoming a father and the idea that it isn't just the baby that is changing us situationaly but the mother is being transformed and reformed by the act of carrying a baby. It is this act that separates the mother from her own internal triangle of her mother and father

I would have to say that reading this book took consistent effort to out these ideas in the book without judgement or critique because it isn't the most naturally appealing ideas and it doesn't fit with my current framework that I allow myself to live in. But I did really enjoy trying out these ideas.