By Mary on Mar 9, 2010 in cheap distraction, lists, notes from the trenches, report from the field | 0 Comments
1. Today I missed New York, specifically the feature that allows you to enter a zen-like trance by walking 30+ blocks to a distant subway stop before heading home. Driving past a series of exits on 295-South is not the same.
1a. I promptly forgot about the city when I got back to Portland and saw [...]
By Mary on Dec 18, 2009 in notes from the trenches | 3 Comments
I went to the cell phone store yesterday because I had an hour to spare after a meeting got canceled, and because I was a year overdue for an upgrade, and because sometimes a lady simply needs to upgrade herself. Now, as a few of you know from tedious personal experience, I don’t do casual [...]
By Mary on Nov 23, 2009 in a worthy ponder | 1 Comment
I’ve never seen an episode of Mad Men. Or Gossip Girl. Or Glee. Or The L Word.
I have, however, seen every single episode of Three’s Company. And Benson. And at least 95% of the entire Law & Order series.
This weekend I found myself in a maternity store on the Upper East Side, where I saw [...]
By Mary on Oct 1, 2009 in approved, lists | 1 Comment
Roaming and/or preparing to roam the East Coast (here and here and here and here and here).
Remembering to renew my Flickr pro account, and therefore taking more photos.
Occasional not-so-secret food tumblring.
Trying to master this once and for all.
Working working working, here and there and elsewhere.
Hotly anticipating the forthcoming Marie Stella album, which needs to be [...]
By Mary on Sep 15, 2009 in cheap distraction, killer trees?!, lists, politricks, report from the field, tips, ugh | 4 Comments
Man oh man, what a month. Sickness, death and packing tape, and — most recently — a fateful combination of bike + steep hill + pothole + blue Toyota + concrete + my face. Settle down, I typed ‘fateful’ not ‘fatal,’ and the ER doc gave me a handy list of brain damage symptoms to [...]
By Mary on Sep 1, 2009 in notes from the trenches, the meaning of christmas, ugh | 1 Comment
Here’s a tip for formal summer funeral wear: Find a black cotton dress with long sleeves that roll up and button themselves into short sleeves so you can stay cool in the muggy transitions between funeral home and church and cemetary, warm in the over-air-conditioned country club where the buffet luncheon takes place. I found [...]
By Mary on Aug 20, 2009 in cheap distraction, internet | 0 Comments
By Mary on Aug 17, 2009 in a worthy ponder, killer trees?!, notes from the trenches, politricks | 0 Comments
Earlier today I posted this Sarah Palin tribute video over at Indecision, and yes I watched the whole thing, sober, before breakfast, because that’s just the kind of dedication I bring to my job. Something about the video seemed strange yet familiar, aside from Sarah Palin talking, but I couldn’t put my finger on it [...]
By Mary on Aug 14, 2009 in ugh | 0 Comments
I have reached that precarious place, the edge of sickness, the lip of the abyss where wheezing and pain await. It is, of course, the worst possible time for this to happen: the next three weeks involve several important deadlines, visiting relatives, two out-of-state trips, and a writing project that isn’t writing itself. Not to [...]
By Mary on Aug 12, 2009 in a worthy ponder, cheap distraction, lists | 7 Comments
Zach Braff
I have an intense, visceral aversion to this man. Perhaps it is his contrivedly-impish facial expressions, or his over-gelled faux-floppy hair, or the accumulation of consonants at the ends of his names. Perhaps it is the fact that he made it impossible for me to listen to that Shins record after it had served [...]