A little while back, I posted an ad on craigslist to sell my 5 year old Titanium PowerBook G4. I loved that computer and I used it every single day, but it was showing its age. I had it posted at $800, which is more than I probably should have gotten for it.

Last weekend I received a reply from someone offering to trade his MacBook for it. I thought that he must be a confused Mac-noob, and he had some funky old iBook or something. I asked him what the specs were and he said “2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB ram, SuperDrive”. Whoa now. No shit, it was a genuine new school MacBook.

Anyway, fast-forward to this past Tuesday. I went over there and did a straight up trade; shiny new MacBook for my old PowerBook. I win.

God bless the fuckin’ internet.

I swear, this site will not become one big baby photo depository. He’s just brand new and I’m freaking out so deal with it. But in case you do want a baby photo depository, I have one of those too.

I spent all of yesterday at the hospital, and that’s what I’ll do again today once I get ready. Both Mom and Baby are fine, but breastfeeding could be going better. He’s lost a bit of weight (which is totally normal), but they don’t want him to lose any more. So now he really needs to start latching on to that boob as if he were in high school.

Oh, and he seems to like the Codeseven album.

Oh man… I’m going to die from too much cuteness!

He actually came on his due date. Amazing.

His name is Darwin. He was born at 3:42 PM and weighed in at 7 pounds 13 ounces. At the last minute he decided to flip upside down, so he had to be delivered by cesarean section.

As far as I can tell, he’s pretty awesome.

The woman had her Week 39 baby-Doctor appointment today. Until now we both really thought that he would come ahead of his due date which is July 25 (next Wednesday). But there’s been no changes since last week and its starting to look like he could be overdue. I’m not sure how I feel about that, but guess it doesn’t make much difference, as long as it doesn’t cause any difficulties.

Since praying for a boy on here worked for me, I’m gonna try again…

God, please let him come next Friday so that I don't need to miss band practice next Wednesday and Thursday. Thanks.


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I may be the only one that cares about this kind of stuff, but whatever. I’ve done some upgrades to this site, and added a little new one.

First, I upgraded to WordPress version 2.2.1. I highly recommend WordPress to anyone interested in creating any time of blog-like website. I also use it for Megahurt.net. In addition, I’ve installed a custom theme and plug-in that optimizes this site for viewing on iPhones. If you visit this site on an iPhone you’ll see that version automatically. Pretty cool.

Now if you look to the sidebar on the left, you’ll notice a new link. Who knows what it will become, if anything. But for now it gives me an amusing new use for my iPhone, and a new way for you to kill time at work or wherever the hell you are.

PS. I almost forgot. I also managed to import all the posts from the old Blogger version of GetHurt. Go me.

I hope this is my last post concerning my sons name. If there’s another one, that means something drastic has happened, and I just don’t need that. Anyway, I thought I would just document some of the thought behind the last round of the naming process.

JONAH: It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is “dove”. The name is ultra-biblical (unlike me). In the story, Jonah was on board a ship when God caused it to sink. Sailors have traditionally used the name to personify someone who brings bad luck. And that is absolutely the last thing I need. I’m certain that jackasses would butcher this name into “Joe” the same way they do to my name, and that would be annoying.

It’s also super trendy.

EMERSON: It is of Old German origin, and its meaning is “Son of Emery”. I have absolutely no personal connection to the name Emerson. All I think of is Emerson, Lake & Palmer, which I also have no opinion of whatsoever. It’s a nice sounding name, although it is becoming common for a girls name as well.

Its popularity is on the rise.

DARWIN: Darwin is of good ol’ Old English origin, and its meaning is “dear friend”. Dear friend sounds nice. Much nicer than “son of emery” or a bad luck charm for sure. Everyones first thought for better or worse, is of course Charles Darwin; the first major exponent of human evolution. Aside from being a genius, he represents my beliefs far more accurately than a biblical name ever could.

It’s very unique, and he’s unlikely to have a friend with the same name.

Last night I decided that my son needed a name. Immediately.

I typed our 3 final choices (Darwin, Jonah, Emerson) into a page on my PowerBook, duplicated them several times, printed it out, and cut out the names. Each one was folded in half and placed in a small box. An iPhone box actually. =) The idea was that my woman and I would take turns blindly choosing a name from the box, until one name was drawn 10 times. It was damn close, but Darwin was the first name to reach 10.

Oddly enough, a few of those “Darwin” sheets appear to be larger than all the others. Whoops.

As a wise man once said… IT’S EVOLUTION BABY!

I have a problem. There, I admitted it.

Buying a killer new 8 GB iPhone was probably the most irresponsible purchase I’ve ever made, but honestly it was necessary. There was no way I was going to get any sleep until I bought one, because I was completely overrun with the need for this sexy chunk of electronic greatness. And hey, I have a son due in a few weeks. If my woman were to go into labor and be unable to reach me… oh man, that would be bad.

And since we’re talking about the iPhone, it’s just as rad as the hype would have you believe. I love it, and I hate phones.

In other news, my son finally has a crib. His room finally looks like his room, rather than just a spare room. Now he just needs a damn name!