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 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 [...]
By Mary on Jul 3, 2009 in a worthy ponder, approved, cheap distraction, lists, the meaning of christmas | 0 Comments
…identify ‘em all and I’ll buy you a hot dog and a box of sparklers.
By Mary on Jun 30, 2009 in lists, report from the field | 0 Comments
…or, “My best friend got married in New York City this weekend and the only pictures I took were of street detritus and the subway.”
Q: Why isn’t the train coming? What do I do? What’s going on?
A: Deal with it.
By Mary on Jun 24, 2009 in approved, internet, lists, reading, the meaning of christmas | 1 Comment
Item! Carrie Tryharder is running a sweet summer contest, and you have until Friday, July 3 to enter.
Details are as follows:
The task: Turn this spam headline into something entertaining: Police end funereal striptease acts.
The format: Short story, comic, photo essay, pop tune, whatever, as long as it is bloggable
The prize: A box of awesome [...]
By Mary on Jun 18, 2009 in a worthy ponder, lists, tips | 8 Comments
Ha, so, this. I don’t condone crazed overreaction to innocent mistakes, nor do I “row with a lot of other women who share the same first name,” but I may as well take this opportunity to lay out the guidelines for using my nickname, which, if you have to ask “what’s your nickname,” the answer [...]
By Mary on May 13, 2009 in lists | 7 Comments
…whilst spring cleaning:
The red canvas tote bag someone bought for me on the street outside the Bedford L stop
Favorite Nivea lip balm
Six (??) pillows
Two large, authoritative-looking binders
Two small, calcified piles of cat vomit hidden behind the furniture
Three dust- and hair-covered cat toys hidden under the furniture
An empty cardboard box, a very satisfying size and sturdy [...]
By Mary on May 12, 2009 in cheap distraction, lists | 0 Comments
“Oy” edition:
A week-long break from any activities involving typing or thinking or both at the same time
A burger, medium-rare, with no condiments except charred onions
Some quality time with the acupuncturist, followed by a nap
A hovercraft
Meanwhile, here is a picture of my cat pretending to be shy:
By Mary on Mar 17, 2009 in cheap distraction, lists, money | 3 Comments
Right now, honestly:
1 part orange juice to 4 parts water, room temperature (cold things hurt)
Rite-Aid brand “Non-Drowsy Head Congestion Cold DayTime [sic] Severe Caplets”
My inhaler, or “puffer,” or “lung crutch”
Kombucha, not that I’ve been able to find the kind I like in this fungusforsaken town, making do with some weaksauce oversweetened junk
ARS, first into the [...]