"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Distractions, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake, Utter Silliness on Feb 4th, 2009
So, I’m pretty much on tenterhooks of late, because I’ve been awaiting a callback from a job I really, really, really want. I’m hoping for a second interview, but at this point, I’d possibly let out a sigh of relief if the callback was telling me that I’m out of the running. At least the […]
Posted in Distractions, Oh, for fuck's sake, Other Bike Stuff, Recommendations on Jan 25th, 2009
I sort of sometimes read New York City Bike Snob but after a post or two, his blog makes me get all head-punchy. His “your bike sucks, you sucky hipster” shtick gets really tired. Sure, fixie evangelicals can get super annoying, but what sort of zealot doesn’t? There are annoying people in pretty much every […]
Posted in Adventures, Art Projects & Making Things, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake, Other Bike Stuff, Trashboat Shenanigans, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned on Jan 18th, 2009
Six months until the First Annual Kansas City Trashboat Regatta. Put that on you calendar. Sometime in mid-June, you will, if you are lucky, be floating down the Big Muddy in a home-built contraption based on salvage, bicycles, and cuss words. And maybe a little duct tape, a few zip-ties, and some hope. Crews are […]
Posted in Oh, for fuck's sake, Sewing, Shopping on Jan 13th, 2009
Option B of this pattern is precisely what I want for a new jacket. Option A is kind of cute, too, though I can definitely do without the bloomers, thanks! Of course, this purchase is pending my getting a new job, so we’ll see, but it’s definitely in consideration.
Posted in Adventures, biking, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake, Utter Silliness on Jan 4th, 2009
Umm..so we found a lot of wine in a dumpster, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. Each of us nabbed two or three bottles, because it was there, basically. Now what the sam-hill am I supposed to do with it? I’m not much of a wine drinker (not much of a drinker, full stop) and I’d feel […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Oh, for fuck's sake, Sewing on Dec 27th, 2008
Klutziness? Fever-addled incompetence? Loss of mind? Whatever you want to call it, at midafternoon on Friday, things were not coming together as planned. I was starting to feel a better from my little bout with the flu, but I obviously wasn’t up to full power. Fortunately, today I was back on the right track, and […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Oh, for fuck's sake, Sewing on Dec 20th, 2008
So…I started making this suit on May 30, 2006. That’s when I started cutting it out. I bought the fabric sometime in late ’05, I think. I finished it, down to the last button this afternoon. Is that ridiculous or what? There we are WAAAAY back then, after laying out and pinning down, the cutting […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake on Nov 28th, 2008
My life is so weird. This isn’t a problem, mind you. I wouldn’t want it any other way. I might get bored. I owe my friends James & Dalia big time since they dogsat Ruby the whole time we were gone on our cross country trip. So, among the things I offered to do in […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Food & Snacks, Oh, for fuck's sake on Nov 24th, 2008
This morning I made a lovely batch of apple-cinnamon muffins, but I totally forgot to put in the sugar. They taste like cinnamonny bread with bits of apple in it. New house rule: no baking before coffee.
Posted in dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake, Sewing on Aug 24th, 2008
I need to get a different iron. This one, the temperature setting is too easy to change…if you bump it it can end up getting turned WAY up…then this can happen: This was going to be my wedding dress. It may yet, if I can get up the heart to re-cut that back bodice section, […]