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fruits of my labor
I had a very domestic, busy weekend -- spent gardening, doing a crafty project (mostly, painting the border of a corkboard which is the extent of my crafty skills), cleaning, cooking, and of course, baking ( Read more... ) -
of childhood traumas
When I was a young'un, I was terrified of robots. I mean, I was terrified of a lot of things, E.T. being one of them (that scene with the pulsing heart AUUUGHH), but robots and all their weird robot parts took the cake. I cried when C-3PO and R2D2 guest-starred in Sesame Street, it was so bad. (It was all that exposed wiring in Threepio's mid- ( Read more... ) -
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Recently, I discovered the joys of deep-frying ( Read more... ) -
I guess California's doing something right...
We got a flat on the way home tonight. Ran right over this thing that looked like fabric but apparently wasn't (big clunk and an 'OH SHIT!') and at any rate I couldn't have swerved anyway, being in rush-hour traffic and boxed in on all sides ( Read more... ) -
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I went to yoga for the second time in my life today! and for the first time, I wanted to go back. It helped that my teacher wasn't a big beefy guy who spent the entire class bragging about how awesome he was, or who had an entire coterie of middle-aged women fluttering around him like he shat gold... (Considering the alarming frequency with which ( Read more... ) -
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You know how they say to do at least one thing a day that scares you ( Read more... ) -
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Dear people at work ( Read more... ) -
will someone please tell me...
what "the gay agenda" is? Is it related to the *gasp* Jewish agenda? Or the black agenda? Or the Obama agenda? (because, you know, he's black, and apparently only white people don't have agendas.)
OH NO, THE OPPRESSED MINORITY ARE RISING UP TO SMITE US!
Or smack us on the ass with a lavender wand spangled with tinsel and turn us queer.
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Busy today, packing up to visit friends in Los Angeles and AZ. (Yes, yes, cue 'don't forget your proof of citizenship papers!' jokes. I actually fear for the police if they stop Cindy -- who was a labor/immigrant rights activist for years -- for any reason.)
In between laundry and packing, I baked these:
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I've found another blog to follow! She's a young, crafty mom with an amusing and sassy sense of humor.
This has made my day. /LAME
Craft and foodie blogs are my secret yen. I'm a wannabe crafter/foodie, so all these blogs let me live vicariously and fantasize that one day, that'll be me, with a snazzy, artistic blog with all sorts of snazzy, ( Read more... )