Entries from March 2005
and we’re back
ok, so all that down time, that was all totally my fault. my fault and thanks to Sister #2 we’re back. and these are officially the mad props that she demanded.
Read morewho has time for complete sentences and thought-out thoughts about things?
1. the spinach and artichoke thing i had for lunch is making my tummy hurt (or it’s the jellybeans that kappa and i had for breakfast while discussing his latest relationship drama).
2. work is putting a serious crimp in my slackerhood
3. there are like 34 things that i want to write about and haven’t found [...]
you might think you’re a player, but you’re bumpy in love
i’m not a drug taker. never have been. i think it’s because i read somewhere or made up the fact* that the more tylenol/advil/aspirin you take the more it kills off your body’s natural painkillers. so i don’t take the drugs. i’m a just say no kinda girl. that is until cramps over take me. [...]
Read moreremedy for a bad bad day
my wretched day has taken an emotional toll on me. i’m exhausted and would have liked nothing more than to crawl into bed, find that spot that fits my hip just so and pull the cover over my head until this day was done.
sadly, i could not. i had to do laundry. it was either [...]
blowing a fuse, literally
poor Al, the cutest girl in the world ™, happened to stop by while i was in mid-meltdown mode. and she’s so great that all she did was look at me with my teary eyes and say “do you want me to leave?”
“no,” i said.
“ok, what happened.”
and then i just spit fire all in her [...]
and if i could move i’d get my gun and put her in the ground
as many of you know for a very long time Ruby’s theme song has been kenny rogers’ “ruby, don’t take your love to town.” for a brief moment in 2003, it was “ruby soho” by the band whose name i cannot remember at the moment. but now, there’s a new song in town. well, it’s [...]
Read morei nearly gave myself a heartattack watching a hockey game i knew we’d win
hockey and easter are inexplicably linked in my mine. i think it was during a hockey game the easter of my 10th year that my aunt cathy revealed to my parents that i knew the truth about the easter bunny. she totally pulled the secret out from nowhere and left me speechless during my play [...]
Read morean easter thought from max, age 6
“i don’t need to study about jesus,” max said. “because i don’t want to be like him.”
Read morehe’s here! he’s here! he’s here!
at 7:26 a.m. the newest boy to steal my heart came into this world. though i had lobbied long and hard for his name to be Eli, sister #3 said when he came out with so much dark hair and considering that today would have been my Grandpa Cub’s 79th birthday, he is named Liam [...]
Read moreshe would of been a good woman, if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life.
today, is first lady of short fiction Flannery O’Connor’s birthday. i love me some Ms. O’connor something fierce. she’s a brilliant woman with dark, dark funny stories. in honor of her genius you should read A Good Man is Hard to Find or Good Country People.
Read morethis just in: the track listing for besterberg: the best of paul westerberg
as you might well imagine, the upcoming release of Besterberg has the locals here at supergenius headquarters all atwitter. and you ain’t seen nothing until you’ve seen a 6′5″ supergenius atwitter. from the lovely Kathy of Paul’s Page fame comes:
Besterberg: The Best of Paul Westerberg
1. Dyslexic heart
2. Knockin’ On Mine
3. World Class Fad
4. Runaway Wind
5. [...]
still not much of anything to say
today was less of a day than yesterday. just call me boring enormous. which is really quite sad beause i looked kinda cute today.
i think it’s my dream life that is sucking all the everything out of me. while my waking life feels quite dull lately, my dream life, oh my dream life has been [...]
the sadness that comes with not having anything to say at the end of the day
i lived a life today. i went to work. i brushed my teeth. i talked to my sisters. i talked to my friends. i laughed some. i even cried a little, but not for very long. when it’s all said and done i feel like i got nothing to say. i feel as though i [...]
Read more23 searchers
i wonder if the 23 people who have entered TTHM in the little search box way down younder in the minor key since March 13 are looking for my TTHM or if they’re looking for information about Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM).
Read morefollowing my brethern home
this evening as i was making my journey home from work, i was passed by a black toyota tundra. this is not unusual. i get passed a lot, because though most people i know think i’m the speediest demon there is, it’s not quite true.
but today, this was not your ordinary passing of one [...]
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