My Bubblegum Anecdotes
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I wasn’t really into chewing gum as a child, maybe because I wasn’t good at blowing the bubbles. Or maybe because, when I was four, I got chewing gum in my hair that necessitated various tortures and then a very bad hair cut. But, one day, when […] Continue Reading…
Double Nightmare with Animagus Interlude
In my dream last night I ran around a huge research compound with a bunch of photogenic people while a red-eyed, zombied-out doctor chased us. Was it better to run outside, into the gated loading docks, or to hide in the corners of dim rooms? […] Continue Reading…
Linkelodeon
This is my boyfriend Tad, as mentioned in the comments in the post below. He’s not lazy. He’s relaxed. (The one shaking its ass to the Walkman, who likes to bother relaxed people while they sleep? Must be me.)Thanks to Erika E. for a link to the cutest little […] Continue Reading…
Xmas Gifts
Here’s what I want for Christmas:
an attractive tote bag or very large purse – large enough to carry a change of clothing and/or several books and notebooks and/or bottles of water and/or whatever I might need when I take my kids to the zoo and realize that my […] Continue Reading…
People, please…
I think it’s great that you take comfort from church and the Bible. Really, I do. But, you know what? I don’t. And you know what else? That doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with me.
I don’t want to read your little poems about Jesus. I don’t want to […] Continue Reading…
Depression runs rampant.
First I noticed that a lot of people my age are depressed. Then, I noticed that a LOT of people younger than me are depressed, too. Is this because American life has become more depressing, now that we don’t have to fight so hard to survive? Or […] Continue Reading…
At Work Today
I ate my sandwich early, at 9:50, because I was starving. (Only had an Atkins bar for breakfast.) The sandwich was two pieces of cheap ham and two pieces of medium cheddar cheese on sugar-free bread with mustard. I was glad I made it and took it […] Continue Reading…
Beautiful Things
1. An ocelot print purse
2. A houndstooth and white patent leather purse
3. A coin-pearl necklace
4. A pearl and citrine necklace
5. A “sneaker boot” that is all black
6. A silver bracelet
7. A flower necklace
8. Pretty boots, but the toes are too pointed for me
I think my style is “classic […] Continue Reading…
I got new shoes.
I got a new pair of shoes and that makes me very happy. Finally, my shoe style has reached the year 2003, in that this new pair has pointed (but not TOO pointed) toes. And they are sling-backs, which is always good.
I don’t know if it’s […] Continue Reading…
Another Simplified Life Lesson by Gwen
or, Why Some Rich Republican Straight Men Hate Feminism
or, An Old Feminist Concept Re-Hashed for Generations Younger than Mine
Everyone says money makes the world go ‘round, but I don’t think that’s true. I think it’s actually sex.
Think about it. What do people do when […] Continue Reading…
