Archive for April, 2009
Homeless Tendencies
In the past two days I’ve been accused of being homeless by two different people. First, I was ridiculed by Abe for the way I looked in a borrowed, oversized army jacket - that I agree with but it was freezing and windy as hell, and I’m a sensible lady. I don’t make disproportionately muscled [...]
Conversation with an ex boyfriend with whom it ended badly
Scene: Busy Seattle street. I am rushing, on my way to brunch with an aquaintance when I see a larger, baldy dude with a tall teenager next to him. Oh shit! It’s that guy
Him: (noticing me) Ahhhhh!
Me: Ahhhh! Uh….
(Pause while we try to remember social graces)
Him: Uh, you remember [his daughter]?
Me: Yeahhhhhh….how are…you…both?
Him: Fine. We’re [...]
Hot weather sucks
One of the bad things about not having an office to go to is being unable to escape the daytime heat whenever there’s some horrendous heat wave that strikes without warning. There’s nothing worse than being trapped at home all day wearing nothing but a wife beater and underwear, slaving over a hot stove all [...]
The East Coast made me a hungry beast
When I was actually out there, I was never hungry because I was constantly full of delicious food ranging from homemade pancakes from scratch, potato pancakes, tasty NY pizza, mac n cheese, and even a couple not-so-bad Mexican meals. In Baltimore, we cooked fantastic Mediterranean food, tipsily made a mushroom and artichoke lasagna, and made [...]