Recent Things That Make Me Happy1. Peeling and eating a grapefruit as if it’s an orange. I learned that from a coworker and now can’t eat them any other way. Now that I don’t have to make a big mess with a spoon, I eat grapefruits all the time.2. […] Continue Reading…
Not Sorry Parents – Just Sorry PeopleSo, the other day, I was driving my kids to school and listening to a morning radio talk show (which is probably bad for my blood pressure but I can’t seem to break the habit). The topic was playground bullies. The illustrious Roula […] Continue Reading…
Two Short Stories to Read for FreeYou should try to read both, because they’re both good.Aimee Bender.George Saunders.
School started.Today is the first day of school. Everything went off without a hitch this morning. Of course, I’m sitting here with “quiet panic” as the background music in my brain, but that’s only to be expected. I’m practicing not panicking aloud about un-panic-worthy things. I’m doing a pretty […] Continue Reading…
Right on Cue AgainI’m talking about my infatuation for DJ Sasha, and then I read my blog rounds and find a very kind invitation from Sarah to do a song meme listing the 10 songs on my mind lately. Synchronicity! Here they are, in order from most-obsessed-over to least:1. […] Continue Reading…
Right on CueHere is an email I recently received from psycho Cynthia Frankson:This is a pretty desperate way for people to read your story as a writer you should have tried a more proffessional way to have approached it. Don’t sleep with fools! Thanks, Cynthia. I appreciate you […] Continue Reading…
Assorted RamblingsThere’s a lot of stuff I’ve been wanting to tell y’all but it’s never enough to sit down and write an entry about, but now I’m gonna say it all in one big go.1. Oklahoma has the tackiest license plates. Green and white dreamcatchers on a Mercedes Benz. […] Continue Reading…
TodayNext to our workplace is a pretty cemetary. I went there today at lunch time because my bones were soaking in the cold of our AC.I sat on the farthest-corner shaded bench and read my book for thirty minutes, until something tickled my hand. It was a pale green […] Continue Reading…
Weekend AccomplishmentsAt any given moment, I have a Fantasy Karaoke Song in the back of my mind. That’s the song I wish I could sing at a karaoke bar but so far haven’t worked up the guts to sing. On Friday night, I sang my Fantasy Karaoke Song and […] Continue Reading…
Things I Hate1. I hate it when strange men assume that I want to hear what they think, or assume that I’m speaking to them when I have no reason in the world to do so.Saturday night I was at a pretentious club with some friends, and as we […] Continue Reading…
