Several Unreasonable Things
I was watching this old documentary about The White Stripes and Jack and Meg were still pretending to be siblings
Gifts
There has been a lot of talk leading up to this Mother's Day about how we should celebrate it on the internet.
Why Youth Sports Are Vital
Somedays I cannot believe how busy we are around here. Between scouts, choir, soccer, birthday parties, piano
The Late Apology
Yesterday I got an apology that was 22 years overdue.
Sort of out of nowhere (sort of not, Facebook and old pictures stir up dusty old memories that we’ve worked so hard to suppress) a guy that dicked me over in 10th grade sent me an apology.
A boy that cheated on me in 1989 apologized to me yesterday.
Wrap your head around that.
Randomness Part 139: Embarrassing Things
Three Embarrassing Things That I Am Telling You For No Reason
1) One time I thought I peed the bed, but really my cat had poked some holes in my waterbed with his claws and that is why my underthings were all wet.
Randomness Part 138
Two People I Said “Hi” to in Public Because I Thought I Knew Them, but Really They Just Looked Familiar Because They Were Famous
Things I Learned About Myself While Scanning Old Photos
8 Things I Learned About Myself While Scanning Old Photos
1. I was neither fat nor ugly.
I’m not entirely sure why I thought I was.
Big Hair and Links
It finally happened. This morning I realized that I am the crazy lady wandering around the Safeway parking lot muttering obscenities under her breath.
That didn’t take nearly as long as I was expecting. I figured my kids would at least be in Middle School before it came down to that, but no. I am nothing if not ahead of my time.
Ahead of my time and prolific.
How To Win a Fan For Life
A month or so ago my friend Nancy ran a giveaway on her website. The prize was the book “Talking to Girls About Duran Duran”
Having spent a good four months of last year helping promote Duran Duran’s North American tour and having spent ALL of middle school obsessing over John Taylor* I knew I wanted to read this book so I was really looking forward to receiving it.
Yesterday, when I went out to wait for my kids to get off the bus I had two big envelopes waiting by my door. This wouldn’t even be interesting at all expect I had been home for four hours and seriously mailman, how hard is it to ring the doorbell? Well, no, it would be interesting because both envelopes had the same return address. Rob Sheffield.
Give and Take
I try not to ask too many things of you, but today I am asking for a favor.
I have mentioned before that I sing with a choir. We aren’t a church choir or one of those a cappella groups that dresses up at Christmastime and sings in malls (Although, were I to be honest, I would love to do that someday. The choral arts are where my geek roots live.). Choralis is a 100 person mixed voice chorus within an organization that consists of 5 different choirs including three youth choirs. This year we commissioned a piece from a local (Washington D.C.) composer in remembrance of 9/11 and in May we will be singing Bob Chilcott’s Requiem and it will be conducted by THE ACTUAL BOB CHILCOTT
Flying and Crying
There is a guy in the row in front of me and two seats over and his headphones are so loud that I can tell he is listening to Shakira.
Sure, I question his taste, but the real mystery is how on earth can he be asleep when I can’t relax because his music is too loud?
Airplanes are so weird.
I cried again. I always cry on airplanes. I have no idea what my deal is. Being really high up makes me weepy. I should never move to Denver. This time I cried at a documentary.
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