On Friday a man hit on me, using the opening line, "Why aren't you married?" Since then I have been amusing myself by coming up with snappy answers such as "Once word leaked out that I tried to cut off my ex's dick with a butcher knife, no one's seemed much interested," or "Every time I try to walk down the aisle, my most aggressive multiple ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a day of parties. First I went to my friend's boyfriend's birthday party, which involved a trip to the tiny little park by their house to drop Mentos into diet soda and watch it geyser. This was a little disappointing. The hit, for me, was going on the swingset, something I haven't done in many years. I have always loved swinging ( Read more... )

Fabulous Old Movie of the Weekend: Dark Victory, starring Bette Davis, George Brent, and Humphrey Bogart (though I didn't even recognize Bogie til the end credits ( Read more... )

I always thought the "Library Police" was an amusing but silly notion. "If I don't return this book on time, are you going to send the Library Police after me? Hahahaha!" No, of course not. We will just charge you overdue fines and then a lost book fee if you never return it ( Read more... )

I usually find the Writer's Block prompts here on lj totally unneccesary, but today's caught my eye since it informed me that it's A.A. Milne's birthday. Today we are encouraged to wax nostalgic about our favorite Pooh Bear. Of course I love Winnie-the-Pooh, because what kind of a person doesn't like Winni-ther-Pooh? However, I am also a huge ( Read more... )

The niggling, if minisucle, fear that Rock of Love--in any of its incarnations--might be real is far more disturbing than the 99.9% certitude that it is the total farce it appears ( Read more... )

Azcentral.com is officially my best source for bizarre news. With horor, I read this headline: "Texas Death Row Inmate Pulls Out Good Eye, Eats It," and knew I had found my article of the day ( Read more... )

I had plans for this morning, which included cleaning the house and writing, not neccesarily in that order. Forgetting to set my alarm clock has blown those plans. Luckily there is still a modest amount of time for coffee drinking and reading lj ( Read more... )

Heads up, Arizonans. A truly absurd law goes into effect tomorrow. Starting on the first day of a brand spanking new year, you can get fined if your license plate holder even marginally obscures the word "Arizona" on your license plate. So, those fancy vanity plates you purchased, the ones advertising you as Studly Dude or Little Princess,* ( Read more... )

Today's news includes a short article on a man who was shot at a movie theater after he and his family made too much noise.

I find my sympathies with the shooter.

Yesterday Robert and his son and I went to see The Tale of Despereaux around five PM. I expected a few kids talking because hey, it's a kids' movie and kids don't know how to ( Read more... )