So.  Lately lots of things have been happening in St. Louis.  I have recently discovered that this neighborhood that I previously had assumed was full of hipsters who didn't care about anything is actually full of artists and musicians and people that are constantly doing cool shit.  The neighborhood used to be mostly latino, but now the young ( Read more... )

We have planted a garden.  There are potatoes, onions, shallots, and beets outside in the ground.  In little newspaper pots snuggly in cardboard boxes there are zucchini, summer squash, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, basil, cilantro, hot peppers, bell peppers, and spinach sprouting, all in the windowsill in the back stairwell, safe from the ( Read more... )

According to the eRecord, an electronic newspaper Washington University sends out, they're starting a new "safe ride home" shuttle, which will give anyone with a wash u ID a ride home from the Danforth campus between 7pm and 2:30am, but only if they live in very specific neighborhoods close to campus.  I assume this is designed for undergrads who ( Read more... )

 wine drunken
ask it
say
"mr. mouse are you the little villian that took some of my DNA?"
and he'll say, "I don't know is the Pope a Nazi?"
and you'll say, "Well not anymore."
and he'll respond, "Exactly."
and you'll say, "what does that mean."
and he'll stare into your face holes with those little breadcrumb eyes and say, "Babe, you're gonna kill me ( Read more... )

I just got bit by a mouse for the very first time.   

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a woman told me that my knitting was "good!" when i brought it out on the train, and a boy asked if Hobby Lobby was a chain, since he's from California and doesn't know about them.  I told him the chain, but left out the part about how they're really christian. Then, a few stops later, a woman behind me who i discovered, upon turning around when ( Read more... )

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i feel like i have certainly entered a stage in my life of paying more attention to smells.

i think i will pick up a sample of that tea tree deodorant tonight.

i made a mouse heart beat outside of a mouse today.