What a rare treat! A talking head on the television making a rational, thoughtful comment ( Read more... )

 I enjoy the smell of laundry. I'm going to make a great housewife.

 Last night I had a fleeting desire to go to grad school so I can get my old job at the library back.

That would be cool.

Woke up at 6:30, thought I hit snooze, woke up at 8:50 ( Read more... )

I drove for four hours this morning, from Memphis, Tennessee to Bermingham, Alabama. 
Alabama sucks. We had to drive down back roads most of the way.
It's hot and humid, like it was in Haiti.
Apparently in Alabama and Wyoming you can buy fireworks year round. In Wyoming fireworks seemed to be the only thing to buy.
We saw three rain storms in four days ( Read more... )

Things I saw that made me giggle:
Toad Suck State Park in Arkansas
A town called Wooster
A pyramid in Memphis

Something I have noticed and found puzzling:
Every state has different highway signs. Lately they all seem to be outlines of the state but for some reason Utah has a beehive.

Some smells:
Part of Kansas smells like farts.

Some notes on the car:
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 Apparently there are warnings about nickel to quarter sized hail on the TV while Conan starts at 10:30 while in town everything closes at the same time --even Taco Bell! Surely these are signs of the apocalypse.
Our hotel rooms have full length windows wich open onto the first floor of the hotel where the pool is and people walk around without ( Read more... )

 It tooks us two tries to get out the door, 45 minutes after we had wanted to leave.
I drove from Gresham all the way to Baker City, it was like 4 hours of driving.
Boise Idaho is full of menacing billboards with threatening bible verses on them: THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT MURDER.
Between the Gorge and Salt Lake City everything just gets flat and the sky ( Read more... )

About a week ago I spent $62 on Sonic Youth tickets. Immediately following this purchase I though to myself this cannot be a good idea. After listening to their new album a bunch of times and watchig countless videos on line I've decided this was the prudent choice (also it is the choice that rocks).

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OMG so great. Me and Sarah went to Jackpot! downtown before they opened this morning and bought 6 records between us and walked out with free donuts and a bag of swag each. 

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