If you know my family, you will find this very amusing

October 10, 2006 at 1:43 am | In AdoptThis!, mishpocheh |

If you don’t know my family, it will give you some insight into my childhood. And into Guatebaby’s probable gender.

My father has decided that until Guatebaby moves from being an indefinite to a definite article, his codename for Guatebaby will be Che.

Rock on, Dad.

ETA: Does this mean we should start our registry with this?

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Your dad and that onesie are awesome.

Comment by Lyrehca — October 10, 2006 #
Heh. I love it.

Comment by Round is Funny — October 10, 2006 #
I want one of those for my future son or daughter! Very cool

Comment by Kelsey — October 10, 2006 #
Nice: Viva la revolucion!

Comment by J — October 10, 2006 #
I hope you saw “Motorcycle Diaries”………

Comment by Minnesota Nice — October 10, 2006 #
a probable boy? aiiii!

Comment by Cat, Galloping — October 10, 2006 #
You need it!!!! You really, really do! Hell, I may need it too.

I went to school in Cuba for a summer (state department license, no need to turn me in) and came back to the U.S. feeling very confused and out of sorts without poor Che commodified to greet me on every available surface. Then I bought a Che t-shirt at Urban Outfitters and wore it just for the wonderful, wonderful irony.

Comment by pithydithy — October 10, 2006 #
Love it!

Comment by Sarah — October 10, 2006 #
Fabulous!

Yes, your dad truly rocks.

Comment by Sandra Miller — October 10, 2006 #
That’s awesome, and hell yeah, you need the onesie.

Comment by Lo — October 10, 2006 #
You’re dad is pretty cool

Comment by Shannon — October 11, 2006 #
sure, you can get the kid a onesie…but who sells baby beret??

Comment by Calliope — October 11, 2006 #
If you’re suggesting you might be mom to a boy, then I’m suggesting that I’m excited for you. But then, I’m a little biased. Either way, yay!

Comment by lagiulia — October 11, 2006 #
OK, I know it is probably obvious, but still I want it all spelled out for me: did you just check “first available”?

Comment by Lo — October 11, 2006 #
That is really fucking funny.

Comment by charlotte — October 11, 2006 #
YES — you need that. i already purchased one for the child that has yet to be referred to me. Friggin’ great…people’s reactions to Che are even better.

Comment by annmarie — October 12, 2006 #
Oh how cute!!!

Comment by Kerri. — October 12, 2006 #
LOL!

Comment by Robin — October 12, 2006 #
That is awesome!

Comment by George — October 13, 2006 #
there is nothing “cool” or “awesome” about che. an excerpt from “washington blade online”:

Che was, indeed, a cold-blooded killing machine. He was personally and directly responsible for hundreds of deaths. But his thirst for blood extended beyond his personal ambition to take the lives of thousands more.

The number of homosexuals killed under the reign of horror he helped establish in Cuba is still unknown and will remain so until the death of his accomplice, Fidel Castro.

But what is known is that the forced-labor camps he started in Cuba with the founding of the Guanahacabibes camp were populated by what they considered the scum of society: gays, and later people with AIDS, as well as Christians and Afro-Caribbean priests.

Comment by marta — October 14, 2006 #
Also this, from Wikipedia:

“In Cuba, labor camps were widespread after its revolution in 1959. Most of the camps were personally constructed by revolutionary leader Che Guevara. Both Fidel Casto and Che Guevara oversaw the execution and imprisonment of thousands of dissidents and former Batista officials. Castro would later adapt the penal system to include homosexuals. (See: http://www.wpunj.edu/newpol/issue25/farber25.htm & http://www.slate.com/id/2107100/ Slate Online)”

Comment by Susan — October 14, 2006 #