It Actually Matters

I think I may have given myself an actual milk allergy. It was not exactly “actual” before, in that I would ingest a dairy product and then experience some sort of symptom. I was ingesting dairy all the time, and my body was dealing with it. Not happily, but I just thought [...]

(Ir)Rationale

I have a couple of irrational fears. One is that there are bugs in any new bed I sleep in (hotel beds, etc.). I always have to check before I get in. I can deal with insects normally, but not in my bed.
I’ve also developed a fear of men of a certain [...]

Humble Beginnings

Click here to see the humble beginnings of my shamrock (featured a couple posts ago)…  Noting, of course, that the real beginnings were even more humble than this — I just didn’t take pictures until I got excited about how much it was growing!

Today’s Mail Love

It’s the latest McSweeney’s!  How exciting!  This one looks like a pretty normal hardbound book:
 
But of course it isn’t, dear friend.  McSweeney’s is never ordinary.  It’s actually more of a double book:

 You could almost call it a triple book because another one is attached to the inside (I didn’t realize this when I was taking [...]

Notes on Questions

There are questions that, if you ask them (even of yourself), it’s likely you already know the answer. For example (I asked myself this last week): “Is this sweater too librarian-esque for a librarian?” I’m quite certain it was. I already wear my hair in a bun occasionally. One must [...]

Happiest Plant Around

I Want to Hang This…

… by a mirror:

(from Keep Calm Gallery, discovered via Poppytalk)
It’s one of those phrases, like “To thine own self be true,” that didn’t make any sense when I was younger.  For of course a beautiful person would know he or she was beautiful, and how can one lie to oneself?  It would be like trying [...]

When it Rains…

…It pours.
These are the albums coming out in the next two weeks that I’m interested in hearing, if not purchasing:

PJ Harvey – White Chalk
The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour
Jose Gonzalez – In Our Nature
Athlete -Beyond the Neighborhood

Too bad I’m spending money like crazy this month (on the car, the filling, and (sigh) other stuff)… [...]

ALSO:

Today it is important to understand that savings accounts aren’t just for fun things like vacations and down payments. Nope. They’re for fillings (one, not five, thanks to the second opinion!), and they’re for car maintenance. I was hoping to be in the black (counting the student loans and the retirement plan) [...]

Premature

Today I am… ridiculously tired. I haven’t slept to the alarm (6:30) once this week — today I came closest, at 6:00. Tuesday was the worst when I woke up at 3. Tomorrow I get to sleep in a little (leaving the house at 7:45), and I’m glad for that (hoping [...]