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Archive for April 2009

kick that stool right out from under you

DON'T BLAME ME If this weblog entry does not shimmer with literary pithiness, it is because I never took the class. THEY CALLED IT SOMETHING ELSE BACK THEN Just got in a fight with a silly person about whether the delightful (to some) and hilarious (to all) kink of “teabagging” existed before this year. Listen, […]

leaving Vermont

NOT THE PITTS The first weekend in May my job sends me to Pittsburgh, and if anyone out there wants to hook me up with the usual things I look for in foreign cities (beer, Ms. Pac-Man, comic book stores) that would be just fine. For some reason I am busier on this trip than […]

too violent, too humiliating

Bonjour! Happy Thursday! I am weirdly pleased with myself today. Hopefully that does not mean that I am cruising for a karmic bruising. I am pleased with my appearance, even though I am wearing short sleeves (omg, ARMS!) I am pleased with my no-makeup face, and ready to pledge my unswerving devotion to the cult-like […]

a designated center of excellence

1. Oh dear! Look how shriveled! Let this be a warning to you. 2. After LT closed up his office and took a proper job, we inherited all the office plants. That's fine with me because I like houseplants. But there is one plant that really needs to get over itself; if I forget to […]

her walkman started to melt

SO MANY CRAZY PEOPLE FOR ME TO LOVE Recent encounters with strangers: 1. A smelly unfortunate was loudly moaning and gibbering to himself on the Red Line—per usual every other rider was plugged into an iPod or else just mentally reminding themselves how much they love living in the city because it is a wonderful […]