"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching on Feb 17th, 2008
Apparently Meyers-Briggs and suchlike are hot on the brains over at 3WA. I started to contribute to the conversations a couple of times, but couldn’t really bring it to a useful and non-offensive conclusion, because the fact of the matter is, I hate those fuckin’ tests. I mean! Years ago, back when I was working […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, videos on Feb 5th, 2008
I think it took all of three minutes to vote. Seriously, there was hardly any turnout at my local polling station. There was one woman leaving when I got there, and two men and another woman showed up as I was on my way out. No lines, no pollsters, no campaigners hanging out the prescribed […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching on Jan 10th, 2008
I have a whole category for “Dumb Things I Have Done.” That is because doing dumb things comes very naturally to me, and in the course of writing journal (online or otherwise) various recurring themes emerge based upon those things one does regularly. In my case, doing dumb things. So, today’s dumbness: 1. Chucking a […]
Posted in Distractions, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake, Too lazy to classify on Dec 11th, 2007
My current job falls roughly within the realms of “PR and Marketing.” Technically I’m in communications, though mostly what I do is business-writing, which suits me fine. Because the work that I do fits best in the pigeonhole marked “PR and Marketing,” I occasionally receive fliers and professional publications from the real PR and Marketing […]
Posted in bike commuting, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Playing With Weather on Dec 7th, 2007
Dang, I was all fired up and feeling hopeful yesterday when I looked out an office window and could hardly see the building across the way. The air was thick with snowflakes. Yesss! Finally, the first snow ride of the year. Snow is the consolation we get for what is otherwise about 4 months of […]
Posted in bike commuting, dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Oh, for fuck's sake, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Nov 2nd, 2007
Yesterday I felt terribly smug about how my journal has become significantly less whiney in recent times. I sure set myself up for something, let me tell you. I had something akin to the adult version of Alexander’s Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day today.  It was a day of bungling, being thwarted, and […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching on Oct 18th, 2007
I have a loathe/hate relationship with my work cellphone. It is a Nextel Blackberry 7100i, and it is probably the most ridiculous electronic gizzy I’ve ever had in my hands. It’s packed with extraneous options, the majority of which I doubt anybody ever uses. The voicemail is ridiculously complicated to get to. The “keyboard” sucks […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Imports from old blogs, Sewing, Super-Short Entries on Mar 8th, 2006
Wax-free tracing paper blows goats, right? I hate that stuff…it doesn’t make a clean, strong mark, and the marks smudge. Ass. I’m mostly marking the inside of the garment anyway, and I’ve never had the wax kind of tracing paper stay on the fabric beyond a couple of washes anyhow. Fie on wax-free tracing paper. […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Imports from old blogs on Feb 13th, 2006
Sometimes my body gets stuck in a rut of misbehaving. For example, when I get the hiccups, I’ll be hiccupping most of a day, then for the next two or three following days, I’ll get the hiccups intermittently, tapering off slowly. It is very annoying. Right now, my current bodily rebellion is with my head. […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Imports from old blogs on Jan 5th, 2006
I realized today that “I beg your pardon,” or even simply, “pardon?” is a genteel, slightly Victorian alternative for “Oh, you did not just say that, bitch!” You can get away with a great deal more snottiness if you talk like a Victorian socialite rather than a Jerry Springer guest. I know I’ve admittted in […]