October 2011
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Most days, all I need is to feel the weight of his head in my lap and his hair slipping through my fingers.
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Recently
I dreamed that I sang a song that made hearts swell and smiles bloom.
I dreamed that I searched for a door into a white bathroom, and once I found it, I couldn’t get out.
I dreamed that I rolled down stairs, trapped in a giant ball of multi-colored tissue paper.
I dreamed that I was a midwife to a dragon.
Because these never get old (to me):
I'm off to do some adult things today:
1) make a will and
2) purchase life insurance.
I’ve reached the point in life where I can no longer ignore these things. Sometimes, being an adult sucks.
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Why is it that, when I really need to do some...
all I want to do is bake?
Yesterday, I made shortbread cookies that literally melt in my mouth. They are like the kind that you see in tins around Christmastime but not stale.
Now, I want to try a new recipe for peanut butter cookies, and I want to bake a pumpkin cheesecake. I want to make rugelach like Ina Garten made on Barefoot Contessa, even though everything she does intimidates me. I want...
TMI Tuesday: I have learned a lot about...
According to Wikipedia, about 30% of the world’s men are circumcised. Due to my United States-centric mindset, I assumed that the majority of the circumcised would be white Christian and Jewish Americans. This is not so!
Of the 30%, almost 70% are Muslim. In an effort to help control the spread of AIDS/HIV, there are more circumcised men per capita in most African countries than the U.S....
Visual Confirmation
So, remember back in September when I wrote a post about how Publix has a cock and balls made of marshmallows on the front of their marshmallow package? No?! Well, you can read my fabulous post here, but the purpose of this post is to show you.
Tell me now: doesn’t Mr. Big and Fluffy look like happy genitalia?
Also, I am a firm believer that if you underline something a few times it...
Speaking of favorites...
My favorite adverb is “clearly,” especially when used in a way that suggests if you don’t think it’s clear, you must be a fucking moron. You find it most often in textbooks, when the author is too lazy to fill in details. It’s a simple way to let the smug ooze into conversation/writing.
As a side note, ever since that episode of South Park, I have enjoyed using...
Anonymous asked: I love your blog, and you are my favorite person to follow. I don't mean for this to be creepy at all. Just thought I should let you know.
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Q: How many hipsters does it take to change a...
A: Oh, it’s an obscure number. You’ve probably never heard of it.
Two things turned this shitty day into a great...
1) I ate IHOP for lunch. By “ate,” I mean I stuffed myself with eggs, bacon, hash browns, and cream cheese-stuffed French toast then washed it down with coffee, the flavor of which vaguely reminded me of cigarette smoke.
2) Fluffy bought me Clueless.
Food Trend
So, I finally tried almond milk because my brother’s wife told me it had more calcium and less fat than the same serving size of milk. It like it okay because I’m not a huge fan of milk in general. I can put it in stuff or drink it alone. The color leaves something to be desired, and it’s thick.
I made pancakes with it this morning, and they turned out well. Any almond flavor...
Today, I turned old.
Until yesterday, I had never seen an albino.
A girl that got on the bus with me is. Not only that, but she’s black.
It was very hard not to stare at someone so unusual, and since I don’t quite look like what most people her age and riding this particular bus are used to seeing, we caught ourselves sneaking glances at each other.
Her skin is a tinge darker than white socks, and her hands and face are a bit darker than her legs....
A guy I've known since childhood died,
apparently of a heart attack, in Costa Rica. He lived there with his wife and kids and managed his father’s resort. Now, everyone I knew from high school is posting pictures on Facebook (and tagging me in them) and talking about what a great guy he was.
He was an asshole.
He and I used to get in screaming, shouting, punching fights in the street when we were little, and that only changed...
For notbuddyblanc:
Your glittens, sir.
Alien on AMC
AMC showed all four movies in the Alien series today. I think that the first two movies were two of the first DVDs of 80’s movies that I ever bought. Okay, Alien was 1979, but close enough.
Anyway, I was thinking that I missed an opportunity to make a game (drinking or gambling) called “Who Will Survive?” This could work for many, many horror movies. See, the interesting thing...
TGIF?
Dog kept me up all night.
Bus was 20 minutes late.
A/C in my building is broken, and we’re having highs in the upper 80’s still.
Made a TON of mistakes in my work.
Can’t form complete sentences.
Can form only half-thoughts.
Want to take a nap and … zzzzzzzzz…
I need a car.
Used/Not new.
Reliable.
4-door.
Good saftey rating.
Any make/model suggestions?
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Canicide
I like dogs. I don’t own one because they require more upkeep than I am willing to do, but I generally enjoy other people’s dogs. Generally.
I recall despising my childhood neighbor’s black lab (and ever after, any black lab with no “home training”) because she liked to jump on everyone. I understand why: we squealed just like a squeaky toy. I was the only person she...
Clueless
There is a stop sign just after the bus stop by my parking lot. Only once have I witnessed someone come to a full stop at it. Said person happened to be on a cell phone, so I assumed she stopped (and did so for a full minute) because she was either lost or in deep conversation.
Twice every day (when I get on the bus and when I get off the bus), I watch vehicles, including the buses, roll through,...
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Hiatus
I’m taking a forced break from writing fiction because I am overwhelmed with work, technical/scholarly writing, and just life in general. I hope it isn’t permanent. I think I can have both, just not right now. Maybe in six months? Maybe in six years?
In order to achieve one of two major life goals, I’ve had to put my created worlds on hold in favor of the real one. But there is...
You can always tell when people on Tumblr are in...
because they don’t post for extended periods of time.
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