I woke up this morning with a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. The generalized anxiety left over from this morning's vivid dreams (involving serial killers, a plane crash, and something unseen chasing me through a desolate urban landscape: the holy triumvirate of Suki's Nightmare World) has given way to a persistent, nameless dread and a jumpy ( Read more... )

I hate Wednesdays. They are a half day at work, but they always feel longer than that. Partially because we're generally pretty busy on Wednesday mornings, what with two different storytimes and all, but also because my regular hump-day coworker Lenny is, to put it charitably, not very helpful.

Going into detail will just come across as mean- ( Read more... )

If you love scorching heat and 100% humidity, Summers in the Midwest are excellent. By July, it's usually 90 degrees in the shade, and sweat simply does not evaporate in the heavy, stifling air. As someone who appreciates a temperate climate and plenty of cloudy days, this place sucks from June-August. Every year, I've considered digging a hole ( Read more... )

So, this has been going around lately. And this is how I did, apparently:


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"So many social engagements, so little time." *

Apparently, we are neither hermit crabs nor Coelocanths, so leaving of the house has been accomplished this week! As well as some social mingling and beer consumption! Tuesday, a lovely friend of ours celebrated her birthday in Loose Park, one of the prettiest parks in KC. Despite threatening to storm ( Read more... )

Every time I pick up a new hobby, I want to be good at it RIGHT AWAY. I don't want to waste my time learning stuff when I could be fuckin' doing it, man!!! I don't need no lessons, just gimme the thing and let me go to town, yo ( Read more... )

The hoop is boss, but the BRUISES* are not. Ow. Arnica gel, you can only do so much!

*No pictures --- if you think I'm going to show you a picture of my bruised and dimpled belly, you have LOST YOUR FUCKING MIND.

Some recent purchases which have been surprisingly satisfying:

The $14 Deodorant
During our honeymoon in Amsterdam, I went into Lush for the first time. (Yeah, I know we have them in the US, too. But not here in America's Bellybutton, and the one in Boston opened after we left. So sue me, it's not like we were in McDonalds or anything.) Anyway. It ( Read more... )

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...So, yeah. We did the thing, where we got hitched and stuff, and went on a trip, and came back and had to adjust to being regular people again. It was sort of hard at first, because getting married was such a whirligig of activity and energy and EVENTS. Despite the fact that it was crazy and chaotic and a little fraught at times, I kind of loved ( Read more... )