December 2008
133 posts
QotD: New Car →
If you were forced to buy a new car today, what kind of car would you get? Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Responding to about a week’s worth of e-mails. I always think I should get a gold star for responding to e-mail.
watching Elf for the first, but most definitely not the last time this holiday season
November 2008
144 posts
Finally going to watch that Exiled in Guyville documentary thing, thanks @largeheartedboy
holy shit! Ira Glass + John Cusak + Liz Phair. I am having an multiple nerdgasms here
How I know I'm a grown-up →
Instead of cleaning up after the party the next morning, I clean up before I go to bed. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
potato peeling, bathroom cleaning, soup making — woo Saturday!
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QotD: Black Friday →
Today is the official start of the holiday shopping season. Are you planning on doing any shopping today? What are you going to buy? I bought nothing. I was going to buy a new vacuum cleaner,…
So long Nick Hornby. Bye Anne Tyler. I cleaned off my fiction bookcase in hopes that Rock & Roll bookclubbers will want my castoffs.
when I become a rockstar my first single will be called “If only I loved you as much as I love leftover stuffing in a cool whip container”
between freelance work and Supergenius HQ detoxifying it is a black friday indeed.
QotD: Giving Thanks →
Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks. What are you thankful for today? My new kickass job Shiny Macbooks Facebook and Google Family fun times My total domination at Last Word Tiny…
about to play Last Word with my niece and nephew, I am sure I’ll do well.
Just finished winning not one, but two games of Last Word
on this day I give thanks for a younger sister who admires me enough to copycat me all the time
the broadway cast of The Little Mermaid is performing in heelies, god bless america!
and on this day I give thanks for parades featuring sesame street, rick astley, giant smurf balloons, superstar miley, and marching bands
Who wrote the story about the couple that goes up to the cabin with the cheating wife’s parents + friends, really awkard & awesome. anyone?
and on this day i give thanks for tiny powdered sugar donuts
dear NYC Mayor Bloomberg, Agenda does not have an R at the end of it, stop pronouncing it like it does
Books make great gifts →
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If there were any kind of justice, I would be able to travel back in time to become a Rolling Stones groupie. No fair.
Nolan is quizzing me endlessly about my husband or lack there of.
1 box of graham crackers + 1 can green aerosol frosting = heaven for a 3- and 4-year-old boy
Liam just got so excited at the prospect of watching “Casper’s Haunted Christmas” he choked on his Gobstopper.
Target lady is here squeaking over holiday gladware
Liam: What are you doing?
Me: Working
Liam: Typing is your work?
Me: Sorta
Liam is pulling all the toys out of the toybox and narrating “i found the superman, and the frog puppet and the race car …”
add Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get it On” to the list of songs it’s impossible to shuffle past
just ordered the traditional Thanksgiving Godiva cheesecake
Shit →
I forgot to post again last night. I think I might have Alzheimers or a tumor. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
has cold feet, literally.
Twilight: 7 Vampires Better Than Twilight's Edward... →
I have more words than 140 characters can handle
Sometimes I like to turn up Belle & Sebastian really, really loud because it feels sort of ironic
Vox Hunt: Song Swap →
Share a song from the last album you purchased. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
not gonna respond to e-mail tonight, not gonna fold the clothes in the dryer, not gonna load the dishwasher either. might gonna read a book
people who resize my browser when I click their links make the baby jesus cry. Why do they do that shit?
Tom Brokaw is sticking it to Joe Lieberman, so awesome
If I die an unpublished author, I want my obituary to blame it all on Cosby Show reruns. Those damn Huxtables.
two things about the day →
1. Greg McMichael apologized to me for making fun of my pants in 8th grade. 2. I’m trying to rewire myself to become a morning person. It is not going well. I am tired a lot. Read and post…
the best part of gainful employment is guilt-free pizza delivery on a night when I don’t want to cook
Found a vampire bat puppet on Etsy which officially makes me the best Aunt ever!
searching etsy for puppets to get The Tibbles for Christmas
Anyone know any good books for a smart, smart 11-year-old girl preferably written by Canadian or Irish or British authors?
could really go for some warm, chewy, chocolatey brownies
pretty sure I am listening to a never-before-heard-by-me Replacements’ song (found in the depths of Evangeline, my new iPod)
Dollarshort: The Definition of a Slow News Day →
You gotta give Mena Trott props for not just rising above the snark, but making funny with it. It’s really pretty classy.
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