"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in dumb things I have done, Family, Photo entries, Recommendations on Aug 31st, 2010
A squillion years ago, more or less, I graduated from highschool and my grandparents gave me a really, really, really, really nice set of pens (one ballpoint, one fountain). I, being the hamfisted mutant that I am, managed to break the ballpoint pen within a year. Moreover, being an ignorant cluck, I tried to “fix” […]
Posted in Family on Aug 30th, 2010
Now, if I had any sense of the fitness of things, I’d save this story for February 2, which is not only Groundhog Day, it is also the birthday of the Grandma involved. Alas, I am not that organized, and so, you get a story about hibernating groundhogs on the second-to-last day of August. In […]
Posted in Distractions, Garden, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Aug 28th, 2010
This summer, the thing that has done the best in my garden is the lavender. Most specifically, the lavender in the northwest garden box. So I’ve been drying sprigs of it in the bedroom. I’ve shared out some of my floral bounty with several friends, as well as made myself a couple of little sachets. […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Family on Aug 26th, 2010
5 drops of Rose Otto (in jojoba) 1 drop of Patchouli scant .35 oz vodka infused with whole cloves (12 in a 1 oz bottle) I use these tiny perfume bottles that are .35 oz, so whatever liquid I put in besides the oils (usually vodka, either plain or infused) is just under .35 oz, […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Dumpster Diving, Photo entries on Aug 26th, 2010
Melissa and I were out riding around the other evening and I am so glad my friends are patient with me. “Dude, we’ve gotta stop,” I hollered out. U-turn was pulled, trash was picked. Someone down in Columbus Park was getting rid of some luggage. Most of it was lackluster and grubby, but not this […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Distractions, Utter Silliness on Aug 25th, 2010
Realistically, I am pretty sure I can make my own custom toilet-flush frame for my MA certificate. There are unnecessarily complicated birthday cards which have a little battery-powered recorder gizzy so you can record your own greeting. When I could do is disembowel one of those cards, record a toilet flush sound effect on the […]
Posted in Distractions, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake, Super-Short Entries, Utter Silliness on Aug 25th, 2010
So, what I’m really looking for is a battery powered picture frame that will make the sound of a toilet flushing when you push a button or pull a lever. Ideally, it would accommodate an A4 sized sheet of paper. Can you believe this thing is for real? Or that I, in actual fact, “earned” […]
Posted in Gratuitous Cussing, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Aug 24th, 2010
I was in a colossally bad mood yesterday after having to work on my day off, plus learning that I didn’t get the promotion I’d applied for (one which would have gotten me off the phone lines and allowed me to wear ear-protectors at work and not have to listen to my co-workers gabbling at […]
Posted in bike commuting, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake on Aug 23rd, 2010
I’ve been vaguely under the weather this past week. Snotly, wimpy, and excessively sweaty. Not sure if it was just some sort of crazy hay-fever or a very feeble summer cold, but I’m over the worst of the foulness. At least I don’t feel totally wimpy anymore, though I am still in possession of a […]
Posted in Distractions, Oh, for fuck's sake on Aug 23rd, 2010
Oh lord, did my alarm clock just wake me up from one HELL of a scorched-earth hissyfit. I was dreaming that I had some sort of big final paper to turn in, the fate of my BA hung in the balance, and a string of catastrophes was preventing me printing it out and handing it […]