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Oh, the tricks I get up to with boredom.
If you would like, ask me a question about any or all of the following ( Read more... ) -
Do you: A.) Hold it in B.) Let it out C.) None of the above D.) Both A. and B.
The world is full of little things. Winding in and out of the giant footprints of momentous events and occasions, little things comprise a life and weave it into and out of other lives. Perhaps because I am a little thing, I have never felt connected to big events. Whether they be graduations, concerts, calamities destined to be used as ( Read more... ) -
Self-reminder
When looking for potential clients in a painful search rivaled only by a job search, please resist the urge to "read the founder's blog" or "read my mission statement" when the owner/founder is a young, white, straight male who thinks "OMG BOOBIEZ" is a business venture. Shooting people is illegal, and the unfulfilled urge to shoot people is ( Read more... ) -
A quickie, if you will.
For some reason, abortion talks have come up a lot in my blog-reading, phone conversations and work (overhearing people talk). And I frequently hear/read something along the lines of "XYZ ban would protect women from a decision they might later regret."
Um, if that's the case, can we also draw up some legislation that would keep me from drinking ( Read more... ) -
The requisite New Year's Eve post
No one wishes for the kind of year that 2008 was for me and many others. As with all the rough times, I learned a lot; things that will propel me through the years to come, but things that are hard won understanding ( Read more... ) -
Wherein I accomplish something.
A week ago, I had a social interaction that was not centered around S. or any of my coworkers. This post will not be about that interaction, but it serves as justification for what I am currently doing (baking off-recipe ( Read more... ) -
Bad Habits (Reality not Almodovar)
I have a gross habit of refilling the French press pot with hot water to make more coffee if S. has not left me enough, rather than cleaning it out, grinding more beans and making a fresh pot. Even if it has been sitting on the counter for 4 hours. I do this primarily out of frugal worries about "wasting beans." (I'm not even going to get into the ( Read more... ) -
I will not ever understand Physics.
S. has a pair of skinny jeans, so-called (by me) due to their lack of "boot flare" which I, until recently, thought was the standard for all jeans everywhere. S. is the only one in this household with any fashion sense, as I am currently sporting an aging, 80's rocker semi-mullet and the cat likes to put her face in the toilet brush, a new form of ( Read more... ) -
Uh... help?
Dear readers, friends, et cetera ( Read more... )