Still need your myCoke rewards

Hey, my brother is still collecting myCoke rewards codes. If you have any that you won't be using yourself, we'd be thrilled if you'd give them to him.

The reward codes come on most Coke products, including Minute Maid juices, PowerAde, and Dansani water in 20 oz. bottles. They're found inside the bottlecap or the 12-packs.

You can donate your codes via the web - he's made a webpage where you can post your codes directly. No signup or screen name needed - you can even post your codes anonymously.

Thanks much in advance, and please spread the word to anyone you think might be interested in helping!

Seriously. BABIES. EVERYWHERE.

Stay away from me if you don't want to get knocked up! Apparently I am harboring some sort of pregnancy-inducing virus that only I am immune to. Because EVERYONE I KNOW? IS PREGNANT. Seriously, even males of my acquaintance should start steering clear, just in case.

Today I got a call from my cousin H3...turns out, she's pregnant too! Kisses and congratulations to her and Mr. H3...I'm so excited for them. ♥ And wouldn't it be so cool if I could manage to get myself sprogged relatively soon so that we can be preggers together? Eee! C'mon, body, get with the program! *shakes fist*

Oh! And I forgot to mention previously that my friend Michelle just had her second baby on Tuesday - a little girl named Morgan Paige. Aww. Now can I have one of my own?

No, really! It's me!

Last night someone I know pretty well but haven't seen in about eight months didn't recognize me. Heh.

I was at a bar with my good friend Vader*, and our buddy Kevin who we used to play poker with once a week walked in. Vader called him over and they exchanged hellos, and then Kevin turned to me, stuck out his hand and introduced himself. I laughed and told him it was me and he was absolutely shocked. Like, surprised into momentary silence. He said he thought I was Vader's new girlfriend! And then he apologized all over the place until I explained that no, really, it's a compliment.

[dork]Made me feel good, especially to know that I am apparently cute enough to be a hot guy's girlfriend. [/dork]

*Not his real name.

Babies, babies everywhere. Except here.

I recently had the following conversation with my dad. He was asking me about how things were going on the finally-getting-him-a-grandkid front and wanted to know about the, er, process as far as the surgery and the PCOS and everything.

Me: blah blah a year after surgery blah blah OBGYN said to go off birth control and use an alternate method for a month.
Dad: Alternate method? What's that?
Me: Non-hormonal.
Dad: What do you mean?
Me: *leading* Something different from the pill that doesn't use hormones...
Dad: ...
Me: CONDOMS, Dad. *headdesk*
Dad: Oh! Right.

God love him. And please don't make me ever have to say "condoms" to my dad again.

In related news, you may be pleased to know that I have finally gotten my period. Only 17 days late! Oh body, how I curse your wackiness. In similar related news, WHY IS EVERYONE PREGNANT BUT ME? We just got back from my friend Erin's daughter Georgia's first birthday party. Erin is due with her second on October 8. My friend Sarah is due with her second on November 3. And my friend Cherie is due with her third in like a month. This is like when you buy a new car and suddenly realize that everybody else has that same car. SIGH.

*\o/* Well done, California.

California ban on same-sex marriage struck down

Iron Man

Saw Iron Man. LOVED IT.

Seriously, it had some problems but I DIDN'T CARE. I'm a total sucker for big hardware. I love explosions and battles and things that fly and Iron Man had all of that. And it had a cleaned-up version of Robert Downey Jr. who was HOT LIKE FIRE. Yum.

So, yes, a couple of problems - [SPOILER ALERT] (highlight to read) the plot was a bit predictable, the explanation about the heart thing didn't make sense later, because they said it would take a week to kill him and then when the bad guy stole it, Stark was immediately feeling the effects. I tried to chalk it up to the pain he must obviously be experiencing. And at the end, it took Stane exactly no time to figure out how to use the super-suit when it took Stark a good while to master his. [/SPOILER]

Other than that, I was completely GLEEFUL through the entire thing. There was much squeeful bouncing and clapping and intent starting at the screen.

RDJ was totally hot, he looks so good now. And he got seriously ripped for this part - his arms and chest looked fantastic. And can we talk about the Iron Man suit? The suit fucking ROCKED. All the versions of it - and that's something else I really loved, watching him make each version. Again, geek for hardware. And his awesome computer system/CAD/butler/AI thingy was super cool. Gwyneth Paltrow didn't bug me at all, Jeff Bridges was great, and I suprisingly adored Terrence Howard as Tony Stark's buddy/mentoree, Jim Rhodes.

For your Iron Man needs, check out Inside The Suit. It's an LG phone promo, but if you enter the code LG883, you can access some nifty extras - video, stills, wallpapers, etc. Plus, I entered the contest to win the cool Iron Man phone.