Ultrasounds are the coolest things ever!!

So as some of you may know,  I'M PREGNANT!!!  Yayayayayayay!!!  This is my first baby so everything is new and super exciting and all sorts of emotions!  I had my first ultrasound yesterday and it was one of the coolest things that I have ever experienced.  They put this stick thing on your uterus and then a video of your little baby shows up on the screen.  It's so cool.  This was the first time I had seen my baby and I can't even describe how happy it made me to see it move around and wiggle in my belly.  It was so amazing.  I am just super grateful for the technology that makes this possible and that I could watch it on a television screen.

Because I am so excited I thought I'd share with you what the inside of my uterus looks like right now.

Zombie Apocalypse

So my husband has been super into zombie apocalypse stuff lately so when I found this, it made me laugh a bit.

http://blog.estately.com/2014/03/u-s-states-ranked-from-most-to-least-prepared-for-the-zombie-apocalypse/

It's a list of the states and it ranks them on how well they'd survive a zombie apocalypse.  Utah is #11 so we'd probably live! Yay!  The reasoning is pretty funny too so give it a look!

Arrow and Hamlet

So recently, my husband and I have been watching the TV show Arrow on Netflix.

For those of you who have never seen it, it is the story of a rich playboy millionaire named Oliver Queen that survived a shipwreck that killed his father and his girlfriend's sister and got marooned on an island.  While he was on the island, he learned some awesome bow and arrow skills.  He was rescued and now he's back in Starlight City and ridding it of corruption spurred on by the memory of his father.  Super cool superhero story.  It's pretty interesting actually.  Anyway, as I've been watching, I've noticed a lot of similarities to Shakespeare stories especially that of Hamlet.  For example, Oliver plays a Hamlet character who is trying to get justice and redemption for his dead father.  He even had hallucinations on the island of his father asking him to rid the city of corruption, which is very similar to Hamlet's chats with his ghostly father.  

Another example is that while Oliver was shipwrecked, his mother marries the CEO of his father's company.  This is all very Claudius and Gertrude esque.  Also, one of them may have had something to do with Oliver's father's death but I'm not far enough into the series to know which one yet.  

Another similarity is that Oliver has a friend named Digs who knows that he is the vigilante and helps him stay true to himself much like the character of Horatio in Hamlet.  

There is even an Ophelia character.  Luckily, she's not crazy but she does exhibit many Ophelia like characteristics.  The Ophelia is Oliver's old girlfriend Laurel.  When Laurel's sister is killed in the shipwreck, she goes crazy in the way that she throws herself into finding justice through becoming a lawyer who is unafraid to attack the corrupt rich in her city, much like that of Ophelia upon hearing of her father's death.  In addition, she has a father who counsels her not spend any time with Oliver like Polonius tells Ophelia of Hamlet.  

I found all these similarities fascinating and I hope to discover a lot more as the show continues!

Psych is Ending.

Psych has been a favorite TV show of mine for a while now.  I love watching Shawn and Gus figure out the case and solve the mystery every time.  I have loved watching Shawn and Juliet fall in love and become a couple.  Psych is ending very soon.  It has 2 more episodes.  And I really don't know how they're going to wrap everything up in just 2 more episodes.  I really hope they can do it.  I just am not ready to say goodbye to this show yet.  Psych is ending and I am really sad about it.

The Bachelor Finale: Es Okay

Warning: this contains spoilers so if you don't know what happened and don't want me to ruin it for you, don't read this post.

As I have previously mentioned, I watch The Bachelor as my guilty pleasure and this season has been quite a disappointment. Mostly, it has been super confusing.  I'm sure the finale made sense to Juan Pablo and maybe to the lucky lady he chose but to the audience, it was simply confusing.

Here's what happened.  Juan Pablo chose Nikki (that was exciting for me because despite all the hate hype, I was rooting for her) but he didn't get engaged to her or even tell her that he loved her.

While, I think it's awesome to not jump into marriage quicker than you are ready for it, to not even tell the girl who has just poured her heart out to you and told you that she loves you that you love her is just rude.  One of the basic rules of the show is that the bachelor/bachelorette can't tell the contestants how they truly feel about them (for example, say I love you) before the "final rose."  Usually the bachelor/bachelorette is dying to say it by the time we get there and they just get all excited that they can finally tell that one person their feelings.  It's a beautiful moment.  But we didn't get that this season.  

Also, maybe it's a culture thing but Juan Pablo's constant "es okay" was super irritating.  It was especially so because he said it in moments where he should have said something else.  

Overall, The Bachelor this season was a little disappointing but don't worry because as Juan Pablo says, "es okay." And his season is over so it truly is okay.  

Thick Hair Problems

I have really thick hair and it can be a problem.  So this buzzfeed article was especially enjoyable for me.  So my fellow thick haired friends, please enjoy!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/javim2/28-things-people-with-thick-hair-will-totally-unde-bw9q

Miss Representation and Pregnancy

I enjoyed the film we watched yesterday in class.  I thought it was very enlightening and interesting.  One of the things that stood out to me was how when Jessica Simpson had a tiny bit of a belly (which I couldn't even really see) they assumed she was pregnant and her publicist had to come out and say that she wasn't.  It made me think about how this is saying that you must be skinny unless you're pregnant.  But even then there is no peace for body watch.  Then the media covers how fast your baby bump grows.  I found this picture of Olivia Wilde after she announced that she was pregnant and the caption was can you find her baby bump?

The answer is no because she's still probably in the first trimester or very beginning of the second trimester and most people don't have a real baby bump then.  It's crazy how the expectations for women are to be skinny until pregnant and then they want to see a cute little baby bump immediately.  This, like all the expectations that women face, is highly unrealistic.