December 2009
79 posts
Christmas conclusions
1) In my effort to be accommodating to, well, everyone; I’ve just gone and made a mess of the day. Henceforth, both ex’s will have to do some of the dropping off and picking up of children. I can’t be everywhere at once, I am not Santa. Also, trying to do so just makes us really late, which then pisses off all the family who wants to start blaming said ex’s when in reality,...
finale
I don’t miss them. I was feeling guilty about “keeping my husband from his family”, then this happened:
My step-do was kind of bugged on FB by her father’s family (one uncle, one aunt, and her grandfather) to “friend” them. Being a sweet, trusting, and generally good-natured 13 yr old, she thought it over and finally did. Almost instantly the games began.
Now,...
ahem?
Where is Dustin?
Suddenly, Tumblr says I’m not following him. Errrr…..hmmmmm.
We’ve butted heads in the past over everything from air conditioning to which end of the political spectrum our bread is buttered on, but I respect that boy more than anyone else new I’ve met in a long, long, time. He’s going places.
However, I didn’t think he was going OFF MY...
fingers crossed
apparently, bad poetry works on Old Navy
Old Navy
T’was the Night before the Night before Christmas…
And I am finally online shopping.
Old Navy dot com is keeping me hopping.
With every click, a new error message doth shine
Performance fleece, I want to make you mine…
I need character tees for Andrew and Kaien
Flannel pj bottoms for the girls to lie in.
Old Navy online is the seller of extra tall
At prices half of...
Hey, Verb[ict]!
I’m on my Blackberry which makes a regular post difficult, and I wanted to get this out there while it was on my mind. I want to see a page somewhere, anywhere, that has listings for all the local artists and craftsmen (and women) who make and sell their wares on places like etsy, ebay, or their own websites. Would Verb be something that could organize that? Could Verb “feature”...
christmas tree related drama!
Made you look.
Not really. The ex called me today and said that after all, he’s not putting up a tree this year (did I predict that shit or what?) and that I can use “his” tree once again.
Ahem.
First of all, it’s MY tree, or at the very least, OUR tree, and second of all, what the HELL am I supposed to do with this other one he bought for me then?
In better news, I get...
Should I be mad?
aimee-b-loved:
monkeyfrog:
aimee-b-loved:
I checked my bank account and was surprised to find more money in it than I expected to see. Then I saw a note posted with a couple hundred dollar transfer into my account: “xoxo Mom”.
This really upsets me.
First of all, she refuses to be signed off my account “just in case I get into a jam.” And second, I’m working now and saving and paying my...
um, well, see...
joshdutcher : Well then. <——I’m guessing I’m on someone’s “not nice” list this year. Still, I hope there are no hard feelings over some stupid blogging.
I kind of want to have my own tumblr meetup
chrisfromtheict:
steph-honey:
chrisfromtheict:
I’m not much for meetups, mainly because I don’t like groups of people I don’t know. I’m antisocial as fuck. But I have a big handful of people I would like to meet. Someday maybe.
Me, too. Tweet-ups make me nervous, because there are always soooooo many people there. It’s usually loud, it’s usually crowded, and I’ve had the bad experience...
remind me not to tell YOU GUYS secrets
what part of “do not repeat this” in that post did you not get?
Yet, it was reblogged, twice at least, almost instantly.
a) I’m laughing my ass off right now it, because if the CIA intrusted secrets to any of us we’d all be in some deep manure
b) I’m surprised I’m not getting more heat about dissin’ on NC (Yes, dissin’ is my “new”...
I kind of want to have my own tumblr meetup
chrisfromtheict:
I’m not much for meetups, mainly because I don’t like groups of people I don’t know. I’m antisocial as fuck. But I have a big handful of people I would like to meet. Someday maybe.
Me, too. Tweet-ups make me nervous, because there are always soooooo many people there. It’s usually loud, it’s usually crowded, and I’ve had the bad experience that if I’m...
um, well, see...
<looks around>
be very, very, quiet. Do not repeat what I’m about to tell you. Promise? We good?
Cool.
I like verb[ict] more than naked city.
I KNOW! I KNOW! I’M SORRY! Ok, well, I’m not. See, a year ago, my bgff (best guy friend forever) started being second in command at Naked City and I started paying a LOT more attention to them. I had browsed it before, but never...
I lied
yeah, I read those journals, everytime I can land hands on a copy, or anytime someone puts the articles on Scribd, or anytime I have a few minutes to access them through the college library online.
That’s AFTER I read all the medical journals I like to browse…
I’m such a nerd.
Have you ever wondered? →
Have you ever wondered how people who seem really intelligent, and kind-hearted, can be so stubborn and angry about global warming? How they can just not want to believe the data that keeps being touted by the media?
Well, some people, like ME…grew up hearing that we were in an interglacial period. We grew up learning that the earth was in the middle of a cooling cycle, and we saw lots of...
Fair Trade
An article that pretty much sums up my opinions on Fair Trade coffee can be found at: http://www.chicagomaroon.com/2007/2/27/hurting-the-third-world-one-latte-at-a-time
Furthermore, peer reviewed studies have shown that the actual amount of money that ends up in the hands of the farmers after all is said and done? Approximately 10% of what the consumer ends up spending. So you take the...
some good news
class this semester: 94%
I’d make all kinds of noise about how awesome I am and how I rock and everything, but really it was hard learning how to write again.
I know the quality of writing in my blogs hasn’t improved measurably, because well, these are BLOGS and I like to be able to relax here.
However, all but one of my papers were “a” papers, and the other one missed...
From verb[ict].com- CRITICALLY IMPORTANT! →
I’m not sure how I missed this before, but I guess I did. Lucky me, I found it today.
Locally owned business-yes, it’s important. We all know that. Caffe Posto shook us all a little. It seemed to be doing so well. Barrier’s, well, some of that has to do with the owner and her personal decisions. She doesn’t seem to have any wish to sell, and she can’t carry on...
lazy day
Kids are out of school today. Our school district doesn’t have many inservice type days, but there are a few now and then.
I took the day off, allegedly to get housework and other stuff caught up. I’ve been goofing off online most of the day. Time to get up and get moving. Get more coffee.
My brain isn’t working today. I’m sleepy, after bad insomnia last night. It sucked...
dichotomy of Starbucks
+) They are everywhere, making them damn convenient. They are even in Dillons and Target.
-) They are everywhere, proving they are a evil commercial chain determined to eliminate small local business!
+) They are everywhere, showing they employee a LOT of people, which is really important right now.
-) They commit the horrific crime of LETTING THE SHOT SIT over 50% of the time.
+) They manage...
sore throat
chrisfromtheict:
steph-honey:
This perpetual sore throat/sinus drainage crap is starting to get old. I wish it would either turn into an actual COLD, or infection, which would be over in 7-10 days and could be treated, or go the hell away. Allergy medicine isn’t helping, nasal spray from the doctor isn’t helping, and I’m fed up.
dude I may have the same shit. It’s driving me nuts, like I...
shared custody
My ex wants back the tree.
When we got married, his parents gave us their old Christmas tree. This thing is ancient. Like, I’m not really sure it’s not partially made with asbestos. It’s probably not a fire hazard. But I looooove it. It looks, when assembled, like a real tree. Like a real, live, scraggly, suffering from tree disease and infested with small animals tree. It...
sore throat
This perpetual sore throat/sinus drainage crap is starting to get old. I wish it would either turn into an actual COLD, or infection, which would be over in 7-10 days and could be treated, or go the hell away. Allergy medicine isn’t helping, nasal spray from the doctor isn’t helping, and I’m fed up.
BOLD anything true:
hazelweatherfield:
toonumb:silhouettesunsets:dirtysilver:goodnightvenom:
I’m loud. I’m obnoxious. I’m sarcastic. I’m cocky. I cry easily. I have a bad temper. For the most part, I don’t like people. I’m easy to get along with. I like to fight. I have more enemies than friends. I’ve smoked. I’ve smoked weed. I drink coffee. I clean my room daily. My Appearance I’m shorter than 5’5. I wear...
whining
hazelweatherfield:
I told my mom I didn’t want to go tomorrow. She’s mad. She is just tried of dealing with me. She shouldn’t have to deal with me. I mean, my parents already have one screw up kid. They don’t need another one. I was supposed to be the perfect child. I failed to do that too.
Self-pity is ok in small doses.
You know what? Your parents never, ever, thought either of their kids...