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When I started this post, I was all "What icon would be appropriate to use?" And then I saw this one and thought it would be awesome because it's so NOT appropriate. Because y'all know how much I enjoy being inappropriate.

Anyway, so here's the thing: I'm pregnant. I've been sitting on this for several weeks now, as it's my first pregnancy and I didn't want to spill the beans before getting an all-clear from my doctor. But he gave me the all-clear today, so I'm telling all of you. I am not anatomically impaired. I work quite well, it seems.

The Scientist and I are expecting a mini-Scientist or mini-eee right around Halloween. Originally it was due about 10 days after that, but after doing some measurements on my first ultrasound, things got pushed forward to Oct. 29. My reaction was -- and this is verbatim -- "Dammit, I had the BEST pregnant lady Halloween costume planned!" Seriously, I know where my priorities lie: maximum Halloween costume awesomeness. Hopefully the baby will either be late, or someone will have a party a week early so that I can go through with my costume as planned. Heh.

Seriously, though, it's weird. Despite being exhausted all the time, and having no appetite AT ALL (I've lost 12 pounds in a month!), I don't really feel pregnant. I've heard the heartbeat now twice -- and man, does THAT blow your mind -- and I know this is happening, but it just doesn't feel REAL. I'm sure that will be different when I can't fit into my clothes and the baby's kicking my ribs. But for now, it's all very surreal.

And I would just like to officially give MAJOR love to my sister, yakgirl. Not only did she save a ton of her baby stuff in pristine condition, but she sent it all back from RI with my parents. Our guest room is now covered in things like sleepers and play mats and jumpers. She also sent two huge bins of maternity clothes, so my sister is preemptively saving us a boatload of money. Because she's just that awesome and thoughtful, and she's going to be a great aunt, I know that already.

I think I may have slight food poisoning. Yesterday we did Subway for breakfast, and I had one of their egg sandwiches, which was extremely tasty. But last night I started losing my appetite, and then this morning I woke up with major intestinal duress. Now I just have major, major abdominal cramping. These are the signs of salmonella poisoning. Granted, I may be jumping the gun, but I don't like this, whatever it is. Boo.

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In other news, I went to WizardWorld Chicago this weekend. The Scientist and I went on Sunday morning and arrived soon after the doors opened. I got what I was really hoping for: new patches for my backpack. I have patches on it from places I've gone on vacation (Palm Springs, Salem, the House on the Rock, Storyland, the Everglades, WDW), as well as patches from totally random geeky things like Daria, Buffy, and Superman. Years ago I got a Tyrell Industries patch (except just the owl logo, no words) and lost it, so I was able to replace that one this weekend. I also got a She-Ra patch and a Eureka Sherrif patch. Now I have to sew all these, plus a giant Blue Sun patch, onto my bag. At this point I've run out of room, so I have no idea where I'll be putting these on the bag. I'd also like to get a BPRD patch, but I didn't see those at the vendor booths I went to.

I was also able to pick up two books about the art of Hellboy and Hellboy II for $5 a pop, so that was a good deal. Y'all know I love Hellboy. The Scientist picked up a bunch of TPBs also for $5 each; several were of Captain America for him, and then he grabbed a Ms. Marvel one for me. Earlier in the day I was bemoaning how female superheroes aren't getting their due. I argued that the movie studios would rather bank on Iron Man than Wonder Woman, which makes NO SENSE to me because Wonder Woman is infinitely more recognizable to people outside of the comics-reading world. Booo. So he nabbed me Ms. Marvel because he thinks I'd enjoy her character a lot. We also picked up a few of these Green Lantern tumblers for his brother's birthday next month, and a Settlers of Catan t-shirt for his other brother's birthday in two months.

Overall, it was a good time. WizardWorld is much different than I remember it. Instead of huge displays from Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, etc., there were booths for different games and stuff. No major comics publisher had a booth set up. Not even booths from any movie or TV studios, save for Lionsgate (which was pushing Saw 3D and Centurion, which they screened the night before). We met up with fishdoctorpost, and when I asked her about this change in the con, she said that most of the big comic stuff was shifting over to C2E2 instead of WizardWorld. So I have a feeling we'll be attending that one in March.

There were a lot of guests there to sign autographs, but we didn't stop to get/pay for any. We saw Anders, Tighe, and the Chief from BSG, Adam West and Julie Newmar from Batman (and the original Batmobile), and both Michael Biehn and Linda Hamilton from Terminator. Linda Hamilton still looks amazing, I must say. We also passed by Angie Everhart, who was wearing leather pants, and James Tolkan (Mr. Strikland from Back to the Future). James Marsters had a huge line but I didn't see him. fishdoctorpost went to his panel the day before and said he was really down to earth and not at all douchebaggy, which was what I expected. Huh. And I completely forgot Nick Brendon was there, too. I think my Buffy fan card is being revoked as I type.

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Oooooh, my tummy hurts. :(

I have officially lost 2 pounds since starting the Wii Fit less than 2 weeks ago (and my BMI has gone down, too). Not bad at all, considering that I don't have a use-it-every-day routine. But I think that tomorrow morning I'm going to get up 45 minutes earlier and do the Wii Fit, or Walk It Out. The Scientist is working until LAAAATE both tomorrow night and Wednesday night, so I'll probably log some more time on it then, too.

Walk It Out is a completely stupid little game, where you just walk to the beat of the music to earn points. Then you use your points to open more roads to walk on, or build things like street lamps and trees. But it's easy and fun and mindless, and today I logged nearly 2.5 miles on it, so there you are.

I just like that I'm having fun with this, and it's not something I dread. If only this had existed when I was a kid and had major Gym Class Trauma. I swear, the reason I don't do the gym as an adult is simply because I have gym class PTSD. Ugh, gym class...

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In other news, this was a weekend of movies for us. On Friday we saw How to Train Your Dragon, which both of us loved. We didn't see it in 3D (though I hear it's excellent), but the 3D version will be at the Scientist's theater soon enough. Very good movie, and Toothless the dragon is the cutest thing EVER. Highly recommended.

Last night we saw Hot Tub Time Machine, which was very entertaining and silly. Not as LOL-worthy as I was hoping, but still silly fun good times. Plus, good references to Better Off Dead, Say Anything, and even Sixteen Candles. I've never seen One Crazy Summer, so I can't say if they gave a nod to that John Cusack 80s film as well.