I got my hair cut today. And colored (there are no pictures yet, because I still have ring around the forehead). It was long overdue. So long, in fact, that when I saw my friend Brendan at The Nerdery a few weeks ago the first thing he asked me was why my hair was normal [...]
Misc.
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Feb 10
New britches
Back in December my friend Adam, who I do the OxPod with, made a crack about how when I get ready in the morning I throw on my “work jammies” and trot downstairs.
It’s funny because he’s right. A lot of the freelancer sites that I read say that pajamas are the scourge of productivity and [...]
22
Feb 10
Things I’ve been doing instead of updating I Will Dare
Playing Plants vs. Zombies on Ziggy, my iPhone
Working
That’s it. It’s been dreadfully boring and mostly productive (except for the hours spent playing an addictive as cracker jacks video game). It’s been totally productive, which is why I have no words leftover. I’m hoping things will loosen up in the next week or so. And you [...]
12
Feb 10
Disillusioned & Angry: two great tastes that taste awful together
My cheeks are flushed with anger and indignation as I type. I just got into it on twitter with MPR’s Bob Collins, someone I had long admired. In fact, just last week I was talking with Sister #2 about how much I liked Collins.
And then I send one, what I thought of as innocent, comment [...]
10
Feb 10
Don’t know how to party
That sound you hear is the drool dripping from my lips as I stare slack-jawed at the TV. This afternoon I handed off a huge project. I was so happy to have it done I celebrated by feasting on D’Amicos Dried Cherry & Turkey salad while watching reruns of Roseanne. Who says I don’t know [...]
8
Feb 10
You take the good, you take the bad*
It’s snowing like a motherfucker** outside. Sure, sure it’s no DC snowmageddon, but it’s still snowing like hell. It’s supposed to snow for the next day and a half. After I white-knuckled it home from Sister #2’s last night (doing 45 in the 65 the entire 6.2 miles) I gave myself a mental high five [...]
1
Jan 10
Happy New Year
I’m not one to brag. Even though 2009 was kind of a big dull dud, I ended it nicely by signing up a new freelance client. Then, when I was driving home tonight I decided to check my mail. I found two checks from the MN Revenue Service. Apparently I overpaid my taxes in 2004 [...]
25
Dec 09
My Christmas 09 wish for you, darling ones
This is a picture of the beautiful, letterpressed Christmas cards I ordered on Etsy (and the White Violin from The Umbrella Academy, she lives on the window sill). This is also a picture I took roughly 20 minutes ago after having cracked the seal on these beautiful Christmas cards that were not sent out. Maybe [...]
17
Dec 09
Dusting
You know the ceiling in the Supergenius HQ Great Room is like 20 feet high, don’t you? In the middle of that ceiling is a big, ol’ fan that spends most of the year covered in dust so thick the blades appear to be made out of fur.
I had to dust that fucker today and [...]
14
Dec 09
Smart women covet other women’s coffee mugs
I bought this Smart Women Desk Set for Sister #2’s birthday. I cannot remember the last time I bought a gift for someone that I so badly wanted to keep for myself. In fact, if I hadn’t already bragged how I wasn’t buying her books, I would keep this and hit up Sister #2’s wishlist. [...]
4
Dec 09
Making it right
Monday, I was pretty damn sure I’d never deal with Tires Plus again. I was still pretty miffed at the shoddy treatment I received over the weekend, and when the manager called I blew him off. Mature? Probably not. But I had convinced myself there really was nothing they could do to make me happy, [...]
29
Nov 09
Forced hermitude
On 88% of all weekends in any given year, I am perfectly happy not to leave the confines of Supergenius HQ. I have hermit-tendencies and I’m more than willing to indulge those tendencies. However, all that changes when the hermitude is forced upon me rather than something I freely choose. When it’s forced upon me [...]
26
Nov 09
Giving thanks, 2009 edition
When writing the traditional Thanksgiving post a blogger can go one of two ways –mushy and sincere or withering and sarcastic. Both have their bits of predictability — I’m thankful for my family and health and house and friends and blah OR I’m thankful that I live in a world where Matt Lauer talks about [...]
8
Nov 09
The rabid chipmunk makes me more emotional than usual
Even on my best days I’m kind of a crybaby. For reasons I cannot explain, crying is my go-to form of expressing emotion — sad, happy, angry, afraid — you name it, I cry. I would be more concerned about this if it wasn’t something I’ve done all my life. I’m just wired for tears. [...]
1
Nov 09
Answering the Googlers’ Questions XII: Severe lack of wit edition
This is a feature on I Will Dare where we answer the questions that brought inquiring Googlers to our doorstep. Usually it’s much funnier, but I didn’t sleep a lot last night. However, I do have to tell you that my DVR is currently in possession of 10.5 hours of V (the mini-series, both of [...]
