Heather talks about the tug of war between feeding her career and fulfilling her respsonsibilites as a mom on www.momversation.com.
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Tuesday, 28 October 2008 - In celebration of That Awful Dog
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Thursday, 23 October 2008 - A rare moment of blue in a sea of red
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
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1. Franny said:
I never thought such a little dog could look so elegant and noble at the same time! Who is this fine specimen of caninehood?
2. Kath said:
Chuck??? What have they done to you!!??
3. Cora's mommy said:
LOL, What a beeatch that "pink" woman was. Women can complain all they want about birthing a child..... It's hard! But no one said it wasn't worth it.
4. Brooke said:
Doggy!
5. Gavinator said:
Is that a chihuahua? I have one named Mia and I make her wear a sombrero.
6. Sally said:
I think you should have forwarded sassietrousers's message to your non-sheet-folding vagina, since that's apparently who she was scolding for not healing and all.
7. di said:
where's bug? :)
8. Meg said:
...as for Sassietrousers, I pity her child(ren). Can you imagine what fresh hell it would be to have such a judgmental,self-righteous mother? Sad, since she is most-likely well intentioned, at least with them.
9. Christi Lee said:
YOU FOUND TINKERBELL? Somebody call the star!
10. Regan said:
bwaha! I bet that dog gets beat up by all the other dogs at the park.
and that email you got? what a royal beeeotch!
11. Mary said:
If all it took to recover was FIBRE, the world would be full of women eating tree bark.
What a sweet picture.
12. Lindsey said:
Awwwe, what a sexy lil morsel of doggie goodness that is for Mr. Chuckles :)
P.S. Pink, really? Wow, apparently she hasn't survied the 'wonders' of childbirth all that well.
13. Betsey said:
cute bow, that looks like a dog I've met (a name starting with S, I think ) who is almost part of a circus routine with it's clown owner.
14. Heatheranne said:
What a bitch! (Not the dog.) I'm talking about "Miss I Love That My Vagina Tore". I think it's very cowardly to sit at a computer and email a complete stranger some self righteous bullshit.
It takes a real woman to admit that she's not perfect.
It reminds me of this one time my hubby and I got into a fight. I was venting to this girl and said "You know what it's like when you start yelling at each other and you get so mad." she said "No, Doug and I never raise our voices or get mad at each other."
SMACK
15. Peter Hentges said:
I would suggest that in order to increase your fibre and, thereby aid both your ability to poopand raise children, that you print out emails like the one you received and eat them. But that would likely upset your stomach more than it's worth. so forget that!
And that's the cutest rat I ever saw.
16. Ceylon said:
"Having a baby is a WONDERFUL experience, down to the labor pains and tearing...!"
Now, I've known quite a few masochists, but this lady takes the cake.
Mmmmm. Tearing. Like sunshine on a spring morning.
17. Mir said:
Can that dog fly? Because she seriously looks like she's about to take off.
I'd love to comment on Miss Pink Fibre, but I have to go sing an anthem of praise and joy about my vagina tearing, right now. Maybe I'll be back later after I finish my offerings of praise to the Gods Of Wondrous Labia Stitching By Med Students Wherein The Pain Makes One Sing For Joy.
18. Lindsay said:
So, I never said I wasn't childish (22 is still young, right?)... how many of you have mentally composed hate-mail to that wench and are honestly considering sending it?
19. Jenny said:
Adorable dog. And Ms. Pink Fibre clearly has some issues, if she needs to pass judgement.
20. HazelEyedPisces said:
Lindsay, you bet I'm thinking about it. I wouldn't trade my kids for the world but the women who think giving birth to them are more fun than making them HAVE to be into S&M.
21. Tracy said:
Ai, perro hermoso! A wee Jackie O. among pups. My dog would have that flappy ribbon off her collar in 3 seconds flat; no flair for fashion whatsoever.
22. Christi Lee said:
Word to Mrs. Fibre:
Don't you have better things to do besides harass Heather, Like passing a kidney stone, taking pictures of your "CUTE" hemorrhoids or something like that? Gee...Torn vaginas ARE JUST SOOOOO FUN! Maybe you thought you meant well, but god, get some tact. Mothers have a right to bitch about what ever they want, I mean mine does it all the time and she is a great mom, and so is Heather.
23. The Mighty Jimbo said:
i saw a woman at fascist island a couple weeks ago holding a dog that i swear was no bigger than a baseball. i was thinking at that point itsn't it just easier to get a hamster?
24. Fenix said:
Such a purty lil' thing!!!
It's Scrappy-Doo turned feminine.
25. katekite said:
is "fibre" code for something else? cause i dont think fiber has anything to do with childbirth.
26. Jelene said:
I'm still laughing at Peter Hentges' comment up above... LOL
Nice picture of the doggy.. looks like they are smiling.
27. dave p said:
Ah, so here's that Dr. Who monster come to terrorize San Francisco and the Heap o' Dirt (tm).
(And it's just like the Dr Who crew to dress up a, er, um, whatever animal that is in a ribbon and call it a monster, too.)
28. Splitlip said:
This might turn into a, "My vagina is going to beat up your vagina after school behind the fibre shack!" if you're not careful, Heather! From the sounds of it, seems like she doesn't mind the rough stuff...oooh...the burning and the ripping. Perhaps she even saved some placenta to crimp into baby's fist scrapbook!
29. maxigumee said:
With the guy wearing all black and with the dog wearing a white bow, it looks like they're getting married. :P
30. Julie said:
Whooo. Very cute pooch. Of course, chihuahuas in action are another thing...
And, yes, I did send a nasty email to the Pink Fibre Lady. She deserved it. On another subject, "fibre" is just the Brit way of spelling it...
(and I had a good time sending PFL that email, too!)
Julie
31. Jess said:
So apparently just cos the thought of my vagina tearing doesn't fill me with excitement & joy, I should never have kids? Who is this people and STOP picking on Heather whoever you are.
Did Chuck beat up that cute little rat:)?
32. eco2geek said:
Coincidentally, after reading your blog, someone posted this on another blog:
http://www.unassistedchildbirth.com/orgasmic.htm
Scary.
(May God forgive me for posting that. :-)
33. Heatheranne said:
DAMNIT!!! Why wasn't I told that I could have an orgasm during birth?
34. Sarcomical said:
i was shocked reading that email you got. i was thinking 'this must be some funny sarcastic joke', but then...no funny. BOO! she obviously isn't TOO happy about ANYTHING or she wouldn't take the time to write something so pointless to you.
p.s. cute doggie! who's is it?
35. Sarcomical said:
whose. duh. WHOSE.
sorry.
36. lorrie said:
Those unassisted childbirth people are very, very scary. Sorry about you lacking the fibre to enjoy the ripping. It sounds like a hoot.
37. sarcastic journalist said:
SUPERDOG IN THE HOUSE!
38. christa said:
oh! the dog looks like my chi, J-Lo. my damn ex-husband got custody of her... damn him.
39. dave p said:
Unassisted Childbirth - heh - I think the scariest link was "Catching Your Own Baby" -
http://freebirth.com/catch.htm
What kind of sick freaks are these?
40. cindy said:
The dog is a cutie, but I have to say something about that email. That woman is psycho! I don't have children, but even I know there is some pain involved in the process. And in all the talk of the pain and agony, you never say stuff like "I hate my baby" or "I never would have had her if I knew this much pain was involved". You're just telling the honest-to-God truth. There's pain involved. PAIN! Stupid bitch (her, not you).
41. Dee said:
Wow - Almost 11 months post for me wishing I could be pink.....i too should eat more fibre and get over it.....oh, and i didn't get to enjoy the 'during' thing either ..... will Ms. Awesome Birthing Queen of the Women's Stretchy Vagina Association crucify me now? fucking bitch, come feel my pain .... hmmm is Ms Pink Woman Lover?
42. Dee said:
and I do love the doggy ..... too adorable
43. IHateToast said:
I read sassypants' (?) email in code. Turns out she meant to say, "You're honest, funny and are loaded with personality. I'm as dull as a soap dish. If I can't be fun like you, I shall cut you down. I read pop-psyche books on how to be the one and only perfect mom and no one is as good at it as I am. I pass rose scented gas, and poo marshmallows. Full House was great comedy and I tape Family Circus and Love Is... on my vanity mirror. Follow my example and you'll be typing pink, too!"
It took me a few tries to crack the code. I finally did it after a breakfast of Milo and TimTams.
44. Chanelbaby said:
Clearly Ms. Sassypants is mad. Mad as a hatter. And therefore most grievously to be pitied. So I'm up here in Boston and I just smoked a little which I've never done before! Which experience I will NOT be detailing on my blog.
45. mousey said:
the scary thing is that if we left having babies to those with the "fibre" to handle it, like the woman from the email, we'd end up in a world where the pink-text genes ruled supreme and every ounce of sanity will have been genetically eliminated from the population...
46. Molly said:
Great Pic!
Wow, Miss Pink is probably a man with no kids...
47. dayna said:
dooce, you are just simply the best shit ever. EVER. i had a baby a year ago & howled my ass off reading about (identifying with) your experience. i've sent your labor story to all my preggo buddies.
thanks, i hate toast. your comment is a riot!
48. Toki said:
...I did compose and send a "hate" mail to Miss Pink Email. No response. :(
49. Charlie said:
Yo quiero taco bell, motherfucker.
50. Charles R. Kaiser said:
Chihuahuas always make me smile. That's why I am owned by two. Good looking dog there. Mine are named Pedro Cortez Godtar, and WC's Mayan Princess. Pedro's name is a bit of a mock at people who tease me about my little dogs.
51. Abby said:
I also email Mrs-icky-pink writing. I have a feeling that she got buried!! Hee-hee.
Nice ribbon!!!
52. abbey said:
I think that if my handle were "sassietrousers" i would have a stick up my ass too.
53. Angelposh said:
Arf Arf
54. aic said:
So some women have orgasms -more power to them! I caught my own baby in a water birth in my living room. It was definitely painful but also fucking amazing and certainly does not a sick freak make me. I think its The Aftermath, as dooce has so awesomely coined it, that has sucked like nothing else. The Aftermath is why its a damn good thing that babies are so cute! More than anything, I don't think its a competition, and it bites that anyone would criticize Heather or any other new mama for complaining ALL WE WANT!
55. tiffany said:
ihatetoast - Are you saying that Full House ISN'T a great comedy? o_O
Super cool pic! The dog looks so stylin. Elitist! LOL It's the opposite of my recent chihuahua shot http://www.electricboogaloo.net/archives2004_09/13/index.htm
56. heathyrre said:
because I am a very easily amused person, I ran That Email through the Shizzolator (http://www.asksnoop.com/):
Email: I Lack da Fibre
Friday, 24 September 2004
From: sassietrousers@yahoo.com
Subject: none
I read some of yo' website 'n quite frankly wuz astonished that yo' ass are a person that has had a child at izzall…." .I think some muthas should just leave such wonderful experiences those who has da stamina 'n fibre do such things!!!
Having a baby is a WONDERFUL experience, down da labor pains 'n tearing… n' shit. .I think by after 7 months yo' ass should seriously be over this!!!
---
I think it gives it a nice touch, personally. Picturing some uppity woman with tapered khakis and a polo shirt with a sweater draped over her shoulders saying it like that in a British accent gives me the giggles.
57. Regan said:
Bwaha Heathyrre! I put it through the "english to 12 year old AOLer" translator.
I R3AD SOME OF UR W3BSIET AND QUIET FRANKLY WAS AS2NISHED TAHT U R A PERSON TAHT HAS HAD A CHILD AT AL….I11!!!111!1!1!!1 OMG LOL THINK SOME PAOPLE SHUD JUST L3AEV SUCH WONDARFUL EXP3REINCES 2 THOSA WHO HAEV TEH STMINA AND FIBRE 2 DO SUCH THNGS!
HAVNG11111!1!1!1!!1!!11! OMG LOL A BABY IS A WONDERFUL AXPEREINCE DOWN 2 DA LABOR PANES AND T3ARNG….I!!!!1!11 OMG THINK BY AFTAR 7 MONTHS U SHUD SERIOUSLY B OV3R THIS!1111!!111!11!!1! OMG WTF LOL
58. denise said:
chieka is heather's friends' dog from her trip to san francisco.
59. Melissa said:
I love the way the dogs eyes are so delicately closed with its little doggy mouth in a faint smile. Is this dog the picture of Zen or what?
60. Deja said:
Holy crap Reagan, that is so wicked funny!
However, this line: "HAVNG11111!1!1!1!!1!!11! OMG LOL A BABY IS A WONDERFUL AXPEREINCE DOWN 2 DA LABOR PANES AND T3ARNG….I!!!!1!11" Is not something I'd ever want to hear coming from the mouth/keyboard of any 12 year old AOLer! (OMG)
61. DM said:
I don't have children. I don't want children. However, that does not mean I don't think that kids are (from a distance) amusing and also "our future." That doesn't mean that I don't find a website like dooce's to be funny and poignant and OMG LOL!111 (sorry, couldn't help it).
I think there's always going to be someone out there that just knows everything and feels they must share all of their wisdom. I routinely get told that I'm a horrid person because I don't want babies (shudder) and would rather adopt an older child when I am fiancially secure. Apparently, in some circles, that's on the same level as being a drug dealer.
62. Don Ulrich said:
Obviously Ms. Pink speaks for all woman Heather. I bet she is the head of the PTA or some damn thing.
I am a male who has raised a daughter during the day while the wife worked. Then I headed off to work at night. The one thing I learned is that EVERY womans birthing experience is unique. It pisses me off that pink could be so narrow minded. That type of thinking throws feminism back 100 years. The more you talk about your experience the more you remind other women there is a unique experience sandwitched between a common bond. My wife and I had a miscarrage a few years back. It was hell for her. I just tried to be there to get her to talk. We got through it together and are stronger for it. I can bet Ms. Pink
never had that companionship. As for our daughter I think this child rearing crap worked. At 17 years old she has an interview as a part time programmer on Monday. She tells me that she does not need a boyfriend to validate herself and that for now she would rather have friendships with boys. Did I mention we talk alot about everything and she reads you as a result of my suggestion. From that reading she has another new perspective on the wide vista that
is her life.
63. trudie said:
right on don! we are the same way with our son, he's 3. he's already got such a different outlook on things--and you can really tell. at his first soccer game yesterday he got rotated out, and instead of crying about it, he stood there cheering his little heart out for his team. all you can do is expose yourself and your kids to different experiences and hope to learn something, good or bad from it all. one of the most important things to realize, i think IS THAT EVERYBODY AND EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT. you don't know every single detail about every single thing that makes things the way they are. you have no right to make snap judgments or assume your way is the one and only way. who wants to have a stick shoved that far up their ass, what fun is that? you don't learn a damn from it--judgment is such a waste of time, what does it do for you? even if the woman who wrote that email disagreed, she could have been at least constructive instead of just slamming our rockin' REAL girl heather, not a person hiding behind anything, or trying to make us all think she's something she's really not. if my son grows up to have respect for all things--people, their situations, decisions, property, etc. and has some good critical thinking ability, i will be one very happy mama.
sorry about that vent, guys--people like pinky here just drive me absolutely batty, and i'm feelin' fierce this morning. someone, throw a 'hot fork of displeasure' her way!