"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Adventures, biking, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake, Shopping, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned on May 10th, 2009
Who says I’m playing? Trash-pickin’ is serious business you guys! Anyway, yesterday we found a dumpster that was a BONANZA of clothing…good stuff too, some of it with the tags still on it! We actually ended up leaving plenty for the next scavengers! Melissa nabbed a pair of lime green pants and a shirt that […]
Posted in Cats, Distractions, Family, Utter Silliness on May 7th, 2009
This entry is mainly for my sister’s amusement, though I am sure other folks will enjoy the adventures of Maru, a Scottish Fold cat from Japan. You can watch videos of Maru in bouncey, pouncey action, too. Maru is a round-faced, round-eyed, stocky mostly-grey-tabby cat who reminds me of Boda, my sister’s glorious oaf of […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Utter Silliness on Apr 29th, 2009
…you just go faster” –Greg LeMond, on cycling. “When it gets easier, you have to do more?!” –me, on weight training So yeah, I started lifting recently because I represent the double-threat of having the typical upper body strength of both a cyclist and a woman. Which is to say that I have noodly little […]
Posted in bike commuting, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake, Utter Silliness on Feb 24th, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3wgaWAHo2Q] So, as I mentioned over on Twitter earlier, I got caught singing Spice Girls tunes publicly this afternoon. I was out riding around, running some errands and enjoying the unseasonably pleasant weather, and for some odd reason, “Wannabe” was in my head. And soon, I was singing it, which was, of course, ridiculous and […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Super-Short Entries, Utter Silliness on Feb 24th, 2009
I’ve admitted before that I conflate George Clooney & David Duchovney in my mind. Apparently, Mickey Rooney & Mickey Rourke are the same person in some perverse crinkle of my brain, too.
Posted in Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries, Sewing, Utter Silliness on Feb 13th, 2009
Well, I had a couple of really, really nice surprises this morning. #1 is that Joel thought today was Valentines Day, so I got a lovely treat of LUSH goodies a day early. I’ve now got a selection of lovely soaps (ice blue, sexy peel and yay! karma) and a fab shower gel called Flying […]
Posted in Distractions, Utter Silliness, videos on Feb 11th, 2009
Someone from Hello Online made this ages ago. It’s a capture from Ayaka’s Surprise English Lessons, where Kimura Ayaka from Coconuts Musume would ambush members of Morning Musume and teach them useful (or not so useful) phrases, and usually reward/bribe them with desserts. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXj6RnaK4Pw] Here’s the episode it came from. Ishikawa Rika was learning about […]
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 Adventures, beer and/or homebrewing, biking, Party, Utter Silliness on Feb 2nd, 2009
After Joel’s gonzo recap of Saturday’s pub crawl, there ain’t much I can say so instead I am going to let my pictures do most of the talkin’ What? You don’t park your bike this way? Wrong Right! Jill & Wade show us how it’s done. I think it’s a nice touch that Jill’s beer […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Costumes and disguises, dumb things I have done, Utter Silliness on Jan 31st, 2009
I think I might have mentioned that I was going to make a belt out of a scrap of bowling alley carpet. I probably posted about it on Twitter. Anyway, I found a little strip of leftover carpet trimmings in a dumpster downtown a few weeks ago, and was inspired to make a belt out […]