"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Distractions, dumb things I have done, Utter Silliness on Mar 13th, 2008
Why St. Edmund is my Favorite Saint (and why I quit academia while I was ahead) St. Edmund. Dudes, what’s not to like? The guy was pious and generous to such an extend that he was sanctifiable (is that even a word?) and my god, did he ever have a colorful martyrdom. Though to be […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Home Improvements on Mar 8th, 2008
This morning, I made the biggest fucking mess I’ve ever made in my entire goddamn life. Seriously, in nearly 31 extremely klutzy years, I have never made as big, sloppy, frustrating, or just plain awful mess as the mess I made today. I fell off of a ladder and brought the remainder of a can […]
Posted in Distractions, dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Utter Silliness, videos on Mar 2nd, 2008
I’ve been considering earworms just lately, because I’ve had one or another of them stuck in my head constantly for the past two weeks or so. It started with Morning Coffee, a sweet, wistful, decade-old Japanese bubblegum pop hit from the first incarnation of the wildly popular and enduring Morning Musume. The song is all […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching on Feb 17th, 2008
Apparently Meyers-Briggs and suchlike are hot on the brains over at 3WA. I started to contribute to the conversations a couple of times, but couldn’t really bring it to a useful and non-offensive conclusion, because the fact of the matter is, I hate those fuckin’ tests. I mean! Years ago, back when I was working […]
Posted in Distractions, dumb things I have done, Well I'll Be Darned on Jan 23rd, 2008
Have you ever set a coin on edge on a table and flicked it with your finger to make it spin like a top? If so, then you know how it looks when it loses momentum and falls over and kind of rotate/vibrates to a stop. Imagine you are in a 9:00 a.m. meeting, and […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Fashion on Jan 16th, 2008
I chose to wear an oversized orange cable-knit turtleneck sweater today, paired with an orange-and-red plaid skirt, white tights, and black mary-janes. It is true that I have short, brown hair, which I chose to hold back with a couple of little orange barrettes, and it is true that my eyeglasses have fairly prominent, dark-brown […]
Posted in bike commuting, Distractions, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake, Photo entries, Utter Silliness on Jan 11th, 2008
I’m a nosy piece of work, and I dig other folks’ “what’s in my bag” posts and pictures on Flickr, so I thought I would do my own. Also, I had to clean my bag yesterday (Exxon-style glitter spill), so I figured since everything was out of it, I might as well take a picture […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching on Jan 10th, 2008
I have a whole category for “Dumb Things I Have Done.” That is because doing dumb things comes very naturally to me, and in the course of writing journal (online or otherwise) various recurring themes emerge based upon those things one does regularly. In my case, doing dumb things. So, today’s dumbness: 1. Chucking a […]
Posted in Adventures, bike commuting, dumb things I have done, Playing With Weather, Sewing, Utter Silliness on Dec 26th, 2007
This morning was shaping up to suck outrageously. I was about halfway to work, and my back tire blew out. 2″ long rip in one sidewall; you could see daylight all the way through. I tried to boot it with one of those extra-big patches from one of my patch kits, but no dice. In […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Super-Short Entries on Nov 5th, 2007
I wore this cool old 1970s corduroy blazer that my grandma gave me today. It was styled with very structured tailoring, and it’s a fairly stout corduroy, smallish-wale, in chocolate brown. It’s a great jacket, but I discovered today that I need to repair the pocket lining in the right-hand pocket, so that the interior […]