I always wanted a black eye. Did not imagine that my cat would be the one to give it to me, howevs. Currently looking into cat therapy, cat reform school, cat military academy. (JK, only the first.) Have also opened up new therapeutic pandora’s box re: obvious future parental ineptitude.
just another wednesday afternoon on my stoop
Either there is some awesome performative shit happening on my stoop or there is a really sentimental bum in the neighborhood who likes to leave his trash lying around. as an optimist, I am going with the former rather than getting all suspicious of the unkempt man who sits on my stoop eating enormous quantities of fresh berries every morning.
(unfortunately i started documenting this evidence after the book of nautical poetry and a steaming cup of coffee had already come and gone.)
It kills me that she is not whispering in this photo.
I just received a debt collection notice for an $80 fee from an unspecified “police” matter which apparently took place in Evanston in 2003. Pretty sure I never got a ticket or was, you know, arrested during my time in Illinois, but what really kills me is the assumption by this debt collection agency that I will be getting a tax refund.
Is it just me or is it kind of amazing that Bob McDonnell’s concern about the VA ultrasound bill was that it could violate the Fourth Amendment?
Do I get any credit at all for refraining saying what I wanted to say in my last email? (which is, when I was at your age and in your situation, I had a baby, which solved everything!) I am just saying…”
— ANONYMOUS
six is the new twelve
when google is better than mind-google
It’s mentor month over at Emily Books, which reminded me of my long-lost-sorta-mentor, which inspired me to google him, which led me to this amazing incredible completely !!!! website, which reaffirmed to me that i did in fact have the most awesome mentor ever, when i was 12
i spent most of this week being hungry/tired/frantic/crazed but when i finally did eat something it was so worth it.
