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Archive for July 2005

all-purpose floral smocks

On 28 July 2005

As regular readers are aware, I take great delight in those occasions when I hear myself say unusual sentences, such as (to take a few examples from this weekend) “Now THAT'S a groovy Jesus” or “You can be an elephant after you finish your applesauce.” Speaking weird things is good, but shouting them is even […]

under a clear blue cloud

On 21 July 2005

The sentiment behind campaigns like “Love Your Body” is undoubtedly noble, and in the “Angry Rant” section of my mind there is often a manifesto brewing about rampant fat-phobia, the disconnect between media image and real human flesh, and (most stridently) the accompanying weird American Puritan issues about food and idleness and control and women's […]

zigzag tribal scars across his forehead

On 18 July 2005

Cookie sushi. Maybe I am just feeling mean, but reading Pitchfork harshing on Weezer made me smirkful. Working a five-day week. Not my thing. Particularly not this week, when I have done something weird and painful to my neck (how?) that makes it even more un-fun to sit in a task chair and look at […]

only now would the farmers dare to disembowel him

On 12 July 2005

If I weren't so certain that the food options would make me cry, I would be considering moving to Sweden (aka Subsidized Daycare FantasyLand) right now. Between preschool and the temporary nanny, I have Nora safe and occupied for the rest of the summer. Beyond that, who the fuck knows. I am having a hell […]

modeling mix-up, poodle pandemonium, dancing dilemma, and much more!

On 7 July 2005

ONE MORE FOR THE “I AM GOING DEAF” FILES For the past year (and thus the entirety of my Blue's Clues-watching life), I thought that Steve's lyrics were about using our minds and taking a step out of time (rather than the actual lyric about taking things “a step at a time”), and I had […]

our love is crumbly like shortcake, baby

On 2 July 2005

Whoo! Boring! Biographies of all the North Dakota governors. I tend to get North Dakota and Wyoming mixed up, probably because I cannot think of a single noteworthy thing about either state without resorting to Google. (Fargo happens to be one of my favorite movies, but I have to make a conscious effort to remember […]