March 2009
90 posts
Spending a little bit of time getting caught up on the #webchallenge twitter feed: http://tinyurl.com/cgsa9n
February 2009
69 posts
impressing @graemethickins with my blogging longevity — July 2000 represent! #webchallenge
I am seriously about to go to bed. I got 24+ long hours of blogging ahead of me tomorrow
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I always feel guilty when the people come to shovel/plow my driveway and sidewalk
Did Stefan just say Marcel was kind of a twat on Top Chef?
my anxiety over tomorrow’s forecast calling for 8 inches of snow is making me utterly worthless tonight
It never ceases to amaze me how engrossed the Tibbles get when Scooby Doo is on, and that they find it so scary
Stuff I've Been Reading: 10 word reviews (02/09) →
Since I’m going to be busy blogging for 24 hours straight this weekend (thus are the trials and tribulations of a professional blogger), I thought I’d…
Confused by the 20 minutes of crickets chirping (literally) at the end of NPR’s stream of the new Neko Case. Is that on the record too?
I have to admit, I was beyond thrilled that Charles Baxter agreed to answer MN Reads’ 6 Questions we always ask: http://tinyurl.com/debtvq
whenever my feet are cold (all the time during Nov - Apr) I sing, “Moses supposes he has roses on his toeses, Moses supposes erroneously.”
resisting the urge to school someone in the difference between anomie and apathy. Taming the wild snark is tough.
having the one-times winners nominating the other women for supporting actress is making me bawl my head off
Oscar Predictions →
While I don’t plan on liveblogging this event (I have the attention span of a flea). I will update with commentary as the spirit moves me. Here are my predictions. Please keep in mind that I saw…
giving Watchmen 45 more minutes of reading to get good or I’m done with it.
A Sunday without Whore Bus is a like a day without - i don’t even know it’s too horrifying to contemplate. Pondering sleeping until Monday.
Lollygagging on a Saturday →
It’s 45 minutes until I have to leave for Rock & Roll bookclub and I’m still sporting bedhead and pajamas. However, my mouth is watering. Supergenius HQ is filled with the smell of freshly-baked…
enjoying a celebratory cookie after scoring a KICKASS 6 question interview for MN Reads
coping with the crushing disappointment of Mary Gaitskill suggesting an Alice Munro story in the latest Poets & Writers. Betrayed.
The tune-out skills I cultivated all those years at the bowling alley are proving very useful today at The Nerdery
warm slippers, a neck rub, a cupcake, and a bit of energy = things I could really go for right about now
No amount of wishing will turn a Pop Tart into a cupcake
Decided I need to start an Appreciation Society of some sort, currently on the look out for something for the society to appreciate
People who edit video for a living have the patience of 6000 saints, I don’t have the patience of even one saint
On booknerds and musicgeeks →
Sometime last week I was chatting with Chris from Culture Bully about blogging and the writers who make our respective sites (I was talking about MN Reads) so good. We talked a little bit about…
watching the American Masters about Pete Seeger. So far, so rad.
Can’t stop sining The Only Living Boy in NY. It’s the fault of the book I was reading with the title that has more than 140 characters in it
I can always judge how good a weekend is by how many books are piled onto the arms of the La-Z-Grrl (four today).
a little frightened by some of Paul Westerberg’s fanmail #iamnotpaulwesterberg
QotD: Happy Valentine's Day →
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Just finished Local and I’m a little sad it’s over. Even though it’s done by two men, I think most women would read and Love it.
the best thing about being your own Valentine, you always know what to get (Mad Men Season 1 on DVD & sweet ass graphic novel, Local)
Reading Local, a graphic novel by Brian Wood & Ryan Kelly — can’t seem to stop looking at the Minneapolis chapter : http://www.flickr.c …
Ethical question, inspired by @gillianr: if you’re vertically gifted should you offer to reach the high shelf or wait to be asked?
In case it’s not clear, I am the type of person who will judge you harshly if you IM me and use “words” like U or R. Unless U’R Prince
also, I’m pretty sure that I would choose watching reruns of Frasier over anything else one TV (well, besides Whore Bus)
can’t eat fruit without literary allusions filling my head. Cherries = witches of eastwick, grapes = streetcar named desire …
I vow to never again apologize for my love of the Gin Blossoms’ New Miserable Experience. It’s soild.
the saddest subject line in all the land: Sorry, you didn’t win the complete six seasons of Dawson’s Creek on DVD
Liam has been loudly protesting my lack of Wii all day. I told him we play with our imaginations here, not video games. Went over real well.
Is watching Max’s parody of Dude Weather over and over and over again: http://tinyurl.com/chhxw6
then mid-90s called to tell me they missed me and begged me to listen to Soul Coughing all morning.I acquiesced.
I almost forgot, I almost forgot (song to the tune... →
Hoo boy. I got so wrapped up in writing about musicgeeks vs. booknerds over on I Will Dare that I nearly forgot about ol’ Vox. How much would that have sucked? But I did not…
doing more Teen Wolf watching than writing.
“I’m like clear the way because Bret brought us to a strip club and you’ve probably never even been in one, you lame skank.” #whorebus
decided that I am going to work the word efficacious into my everyday vocabulary
gettiing a lecture for confusing oscar wilde the otter with truman capote the bear — yeeks
The philatelist →
When I was a kid I was something of a sticker collector. It was a required activity for all girls who attended University Avenue Elementary School in Blaine. I was a big fan of Lisa Frank and…