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For the past nine years or so, I have been having variations on the same two nightmares: 1) I am mingling with friends at a crowded party/church meeting when I sense the presence of my first boyfriend — let’s call him “Aardvark.” In some dreams I search twisty hallways, desperate to [...]  Saturday night, an adoring fan — no wait, it was Angela — asked me “Did you really have a buzz cut previously?”
Yes, I did. Getting ready in the morning was a breeze. Freed up lots of time for… Photoshop, evidently. [...]  Recently, Mr. Jaunty walked into our bedroom and asked “Should I buzz my head?” ANSWER: Yes, always. It’s like asking me “Wanna eat a cake single-handedly?” or “Care to nit-pick lyrics for the next three hours?” So obvious. I’ve given up my buzz cut, but keep an electric razor for just such occasions. I [...]  Over lunch a few weeks ago, my friend Andrew told me, “DON’T BE A THROW RUG!” I stared at him, wide-eyed and puzzled, until he remembered that the American slang is “doormat”. Apparently, ‘throw rug’ is the German equivalent. If the floor fits, wear it; I took Martha Beck’s Doormat Quiz, and it [...] I have returned from guarding the piano, accordion, three cats, treehouse, garden, fruit trees, badminton net, basketball hoop, a Wii, great Lego collection, movies ranging from Gilbert and Sullivan to Eddie Izzard, and maybe a thousand books. The man next door DID share his pool; he even dropped by twice to remind me to [...]  Today, Sal‘s link to the Jezebel’s catalog fantasies post took me back to my not-so-distant youth. In the late 90′s, my mother, little sister and I lived in a li’l southern Indiana town with two traffic lights. We couldn’t always pay the bills, so occasionally various utilities would be shut off. Sometimes we had [...] Andrew showed this to me weeks ago, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. What do you think? Miss me? Mr. Jaunty and I will be house-sitting for a few weeks. The home in question has a piano, accordion, three cats, treehouse, garden, fruit trees, badminton net, basketball hoop, a Wii, great Lego collection, movies ranging from Gilbert and Sullivan to Eddie Izzard, and maybe a thousand books. A neighbor has offered [...]  Yesterday, Mr. Jaunty and I went to watch this year’s Raft the Rio event— follow the link for a video of some nifty rafts in action. Embarkment scene. Boy, I’m gonna miss the desert sky:
One heroic man waded halfway across the Rio Grande to rescue a lost [inflatable] [...] Of the seven deadly sins, sloth is my greatest weakness. Gluttony’s a close second, but let’s stick to the point: I have wasted far too much of my life on Facebook. The drama, the stalking, the deceptively flattering photos… all in good fun, perhaps, but we lazy types don’t need more excuses to [...] |
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