Do you ever look for a seat on a bus where every window seat is taken and every rider has a row all to him or herself? If you have to be the first person to sit next to someone what person do you pick? Nine times out of ten, you pick me. There’s something [...]
Archive for March, 2007
28 Mar
Ladies and Gentlemen, please put your hands together for Miss Placed Modifier!
I just got lunch at my favorite cafe/ice cream shop/grocery store/John Deere Dealer, a store that’s so wonderful it almost makes me forget Thai food, a place that provides about 50% of my total food, and a place that takes about 50% of my take-home pay. What I’m saying is that it’s a place I’m [...]
27 Mar
Why it’s bad to rent from a person who once wrote a book about being committed.
A phone conversation this weekend with my landlady: Me: Hi landlady! Since you got mad when I didn’t report my broken shower to you right away, I want to let you know that my sink is completely backed up right now. Crazy Landlady: Well, what have you done to fix it? Me: Besides call you [...]
24 Mar
Out of sight, out of mind
I’ve made this commitment to clean the hell out of my cottage, and you know what? It’s awesome. For the first time in over a year, I feel like I can really live in this place and call it a home. It just takes some elbow grease and a positive attitude. For instance, I’ve spent [...]
22 Mar
Who designed this thing?
Last night was a battle of the wills between the cat, histamines, and me. From 5:30 to midnight, I dusted, scrubbed, mopped and swiffered my bedroom into oblivion. (With an hour break for House, MD and a bowl of pasta.) I made the bed with a brand new, fresh out of the plastic mattress pad, [...]
20 Mar
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood
I’ve been watching a lot of House, MD lately, so I assumed that when I saw the doctor yesterday he was going to be a jerk by storming in, diagnosing my problem in a second and then insulting me three ways from Tuesday. I was prepped and okay with that, because at least I would [...]
20 Mar
The kind of day I’m having
Despite spending Friday snowed in at Birmingham’s (and coming about a foot away from my car skidding into a farmhouse on the drive over,) and watching St. Patrick’s Day pass me by as I put a seven hour shift in at the bookstore, and then going down for dinner in the city on Sunday and [...]
16 Mar
Sorry, that was totally my fault
Earlier this week, on that unseasonably warm day, the first day I haven’t worn one of my six rotating sweaters in I don’t know how long, I turned the air conditioning on in my car for the first time. (It works just fine.) I started thinking about what I was going to plant in the [...]
15 Mar
That’s so funny, Birmingham’s mother said the same thing!
I spend my Saturdays working in a bookstore, a second job that keeps me in touch with my retail roots. Last Saturday, we had a particularly snotty kid in the store, the kind who believes the entire world is his toy. As his mom spent ages trying to pick out the perfect birthday card, her [...]
14 Mar
Warrior Three, Omega Three, Three hours of sleep
Two nights ago I had a restless and uneasy sleep with some strange dreams. One of the dreams, the one I had right before my alarm went off, was about my quest to find a coffee grinder. I woke up moments before I was able to get my hands on one. It seemed pointless at [...]
