The death of an icon like Michael Jackson is one of those unifying events that reminds us how very much we have in common. I would defy you to find an American thirty-something who cannot remember the first time they saw Michael Jackson dance, scooting across the floor in a motion that we didn’t even [...]
Posts Tagged: so that sucks
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May 09
And now this happens 2: Unemployment Boogaloo
Because I like irony or poetic justice or just bits of weird symmetry in my life, the marketing department at The Nerdery went to the very same Mexican restaurant today, on my last day, that we went to on my first day. It kind of happened by accident because none of us can make lunch [...]
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Feb 09
Giving up on Watchmen
I’ve been slowly picking through Watchmen since about September. I’d get so far in the book and then come to the poorly written autobiography stuff and stop. I’d pick it up a few weeks later and have to start all over from the beginning because I had no idea what was going on.
During the Superbowl, [...]
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Feb 09
Toxic February
If you lived inside of my head lately this is what you’d hear, “Grrrrrrrr. Blah. Suck. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Suck, hate, suck, suck hatey suck suck. Grrr. Suck it. Bite me. Suck suck.”
I’ve been a joy to be around. So fucking cranky that I can’t even stand myself so I spend all my time avoiding thought usually [...]
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Jun 08
Tim Russert, dead at 58
It’s always weird when you cry over the death of someone famous. It’s not as if you knew them, bbut yet you still have an emotional connection. I don’t think I’ve done it too often. I remember a lot of celebrity deaths that really shook me up — Phil Hartman, Elliott Smith, Kurt Cobain — [...]
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Mar 08
One step forward, three steps back
I am not sure what is worse, the day I had or the fact that I have a Paula Abdul song stuck in my head. The emotional rollercoaster that is Supergenius HQ is exhausting me.
On a logical and rational level I know that Sister #3’s anger is not about me or caused by me. [...]
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Feb 08
Roommates
It seems to me that when monumental events happen in my life I can never find the words I need.
Tonight Sister #3 and the Tibbles moved into Supergenius HQ. They needed a safe place to go and I’m the only one with the room to house them all. Everyone is safe and nobody’s hurt, [...]
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Feb 08
20 missed calls
When I went to bed last night I made a decision not to set my alarm. I haven’t been sleeping well and thought it would be good for me to sleep until I woke up.
I use my cellphone as an alarm so when I made the decision not to set the alarm I didn’t [...]
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Feb 08
Bookclub Bitches 9: The Screwtape Letters or, boy that sucked
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For February, FFJ and I read, or rather attempted to read C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters. It sucked. It sucked hard and it sucked long. It was really, very quite bad. But I suppose you’ll find that out of if you listen to the podcast. For March we promise to read something good.
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Dec 07
The bet
I like to make random, inane bets with most everyone I know. I got gambling in my blood. I once bet someone that I could say all the words to the movie “Almost Famous.” I didn’t win or lose, because we never got around to actually watching the movie together. But I did make the [...]
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Dec 07
Emotional porn
I have heard tales told that when some people need help getting the mojo rising or the juices flowing they follow their prurient interests to porn. Tonight I needed some help. Not with the bow-chikka-bow-bow, I took care of that yesterday ifyaknowwhatImean. Nope, I needed some emotional porn.
Ever since I found out I was [...]
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Nov 07
I’m sorry, what was I saying?
The worst part about finding out that I’m losing my job in a few months is that it has caused my ADD to go into hyperdrive. I have to keep apologizing to people while I’m speaking with them because I lose my train of thought mid-sentence. I’m lucky that the only people I’ve spoken with [...]
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Nov 07
And now this happened
Remember how almost exactly one month ago I got a raise and promotion? Guess who got laid off today? It’s me! It’s me!
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Jan 05
easy come easy go
i made it my new year’s resolution to go out and see author’s read. i don’t think i’ve been to a reading since sweet rob read at the loft like a year ago. so, i made plans to go out tonight and see Pete Hautmann discuss his book Godless. but it was bone crackingly cold [...]
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Jan 05
and so it goes
yeah, well today totally did not go how i planned it at all. not in the least. there are times in your life where you can convince yourself so wholly of something that you never even plan for the opposite to happen. today the opposite happened and it took me completely by surprise. so much [...]
