Within my circles of friends we’ve often had the discussion lately about the manners of people. Rather, the lack of manners. Midwesterners, by most standards, are kind people and the things I’ve witnessed lately tell me that they are absent of those things taught to them (hopefully) as children. (Complete aside: I’m going to Boston [...]
I’m the worst kind of writer. Looking over what I’ve written is difficult for me, editing is hard to do because I can’t see my mistakes, and when I get into the flow of it I seem to poop out when one sentence is giving me trouble. I can’t commit to the writing! There must [...]
Part of my Trying To Be A Responsible Humanoid is cutting down on gas (doing a LOT of walking both for health reasons and not wasting fuel) and combining meals with my mom when she and I decide to eat dinner together. That extra mouth to feed (read: the 8 year old nephew) isn’t really [...]
The votes are in and this was hard. Extremely hard. I had to run an extra 3 blocks just to sift through the information in my brain just to come up with the Primo Water Winners. Six, in particular, helped spur me to write but I finally wrote their names and picked from a hat. [...]
I have spent much of today getting some writing done for three publications other than this place. Anyone who’s ever written for someone other than themselves knows this is a feat done best in the cliche cafe while wearing a beret and smoking French cigarettes. Mostly, though, I just listened to my iPod (which is [...]
My younger sister, Tracy, once jokingly told our mother that when whites and blacks get together to make babies they should sign an agreement that they would pay for the hair care for those children for the remainder of their lives. I’m going to have to agree to that. I didn’t learn how to do [...]
This weekend I spent time with my sisters and parents in Chicago (a difficult feat, to say the least – my parents are divorced and one of my sisters isn’t speaking to my father) and it was the most wonderful family time. I’m too exhausted to write much. Here. Have pictures. In fact, have pictures [...]
Since I had to attend an Administrator Academy within this fiscal year to meet the requirements for remaining an administrator I won’t let it go by without note. Aren’t you lucky? It’s like you took the class with me today except you didn’t have to pay for it nor do you get the “lunch provided”. [...]
Today I smell extra good. My butt looks good in this summer skirt. My hair is curling properly and not puffing up to planetary proportions. My zits have all cleared up. I’m not bloated. My teeth are super shiny and clean. That must be why three advertisers contacted me today. What else could be the [...]
No one else was gonna do it and I’m from the school of Do It Yourself. Incidentally, every single freaking time I see “DIY” it takes me a moment to come up with what the letters stand for and I’m slightly pissed at myself for being so slow. So! I tagged myself! Because I have [...]
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