Actually, what I want to say to the person who saw it fit to take my headphones is fuck you.
Do you know how much those things are to replace? Do you? Do you know how fucking hard I’ve worked the past three weeks, and when all I want to do is get home, [...]
I will give you $20 if you can tell me what my title references. Family members and boyfriends not allowed to participate in the $20 sweepstakes.
In addition to being a reference to something, the title marks the day and hour that I’ll feel relatively relaxed and free for the rest of the week. [...]
You know, all this talk about “The Da Vinci Code” and calls from the Vatican to boycott the movie almost makes me want to queue up and see the damn thing, just to bite my thumb at the Holy See. While I didn’t particularly like the novel, I am one of those people who [...]
Everything except the closet, that is. But that involves the purchase of more storage before anything productive can be done. A project for June, most likely.
Can you tell I’m not sure what I should title this post?
Apologies for the lack of updates, apologies to my very small audience. Work has been hectic, and I’ve had a couple of late nights. I didn’t get home until 10pm last night; the past two nights, I got home at 8pm and at 7pm, [...]
I have added another book to the 2006 list–Alvarez’s new novel. I have to say, I was not as impressed as I was with her earlier work. Her protagonist is whiny, self-centered, and doesn’t really have my sympathy until the end. What happened to the masterful portrayl of women in conflict or crisis that Alvarez [...]
“This is us just before the hearing. Unfortunately, her stay of execution was not granted.”
So said my boyfriend as a visiting friend of mine snapped a picture of us in front of the Supreme Court. I found it odd that, of all places, she wanted us in front of the Supreme Court. While we’re both [...]
Visiting Michigan was, I admit, fun while it lasted. I had been a bit nervous about the visit only because I didn’t know what the family dynamic was going to be. Was I going to be treated like same old WordNerd, baker extraordinaire who needs to do the dishes now? Or was I just a [...]
