"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Adventures, biking, Party on Nov 7th, 2009
Christi just got a frisbee that has a little LED light thingy in the middle of it. What this means is that this frisbee can be lit up at night and the more die-hard (and nutty) Friz enthusiasts can now play Friz even after the Daylight Saving time change. We tested this theory this evening […]
Posted in Adventures, Costumes and disguises, Distractions, Family, Party, Photo entries, Ruby the Dog on Nov 6th, 2009
I said something recently about writing more frequently…and once again I did a lot of fun stuff, didn’t write about it, built up a backlog of postable material, got overwhelmed, and will be babbling forth a disjointed and photo-heavy entry…AGAIN. So. We went to Nebraska this past weekend-ish. We left town Halloween night, did a […]
Posted in Adventures, meta on Oct 21st, 2009
As it happens when I don’t update in a while, lots of stuff goes on in my life…interesting stuff that I ought to write up, but don’t then when I finally get up the gumption to write, I’m just plain overwhelmed. It’s like a larger and more personal dose of the anxiety I get when […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Adventures, Family on Sep 24th, 2009
I’m a total bum, and didn’t say a peep about Joel’s and my anniversary, but this past Sunday, it was a year since we did our “I do-ing.” We went out to dinner on Friday and took Joel’s mom out and had a joint celebration, since her birthday was on Saturday. One year ago yesterday, […]
Posted in Adventures, Oh, for fuck's sake, Sewing, Well I'll Be Darned on Sep 15th, 2009
make trashmonade? Yes, yes, I directly cribbed that from Strongbad and piemonade. Pretty much everything funny I’ve ever said was probably cribbed from somebody funnier than I am. Wit by proxy, isn’t it? Anyway, I’ve been makin’ some trashmonade just lately. You’re probably looking at this picture right now and thinking, “WTF does this lady’s […]
Posted in Adventures, Art Projects & Making Things, Distractions, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned on Sep 4th, 2009
IMG_0511, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. I pushed my way through a home-made revolving door into a diaphanous, amorphous, rustling pink antechamber. It was not unlike being encapsulated in a gigantic chewing-gum bubble. This was the entrance to Jaime Burkhart’s conceptual installation project, “Great Accommodations!“ The piece takes its form as a large, inflatable maze, a […]
Posted in Adventures, Travel on Aug 14th, 2009
Man, I’ve been just plain itching to go somewhere! Preferably on my bicycle, with all my necessary gear stuffed into panniers and/or bunjied on to a rack. What really kicked it into gear was meeting up with and hanging out with Jacquie Phelan & the 42-Below North team (and subsequently reading her blog and some […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Party, Well I'll Be Darned on Jul 17th, 2009
So yesterday evening, Joel was off to Kung Fu class, and I was considering my options of leftovers from the fridge, maybe re-watching one of our DVDs, and finishing up cutting out this suit jacket I’ll be working on one of these days. As I was just about to have a rummage around the fridge, […]
Posted in Adventures, Distractions, Photo entries on Jul 9th, 2009
We met up with Dr. Greg & his daughter Kayla in Parkville today and rode the river back to Kansas City. Greg had recently acquired a sweet vintage aluminum canoe and was itching to get it out on the river, and I’d been stoked about spending some more time on the Mighty Mo after the […]
Posted in Adventures, Art Projects & Making Things, dumb things I have done, Party, Trashboat Shenanigans, Utter Silliness on Jun 21st, 2009
The formidable prow of my trashboat veered toward a parked car. I corrected, and the whole thing lurched toward the oncoming lane. I corrected again and nearly lumbered straight into the curb in my own lane. I could see that this was going to be a very long half mile ahead of me, and I […]