"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Mar 17th, 2006
That's what I did it, at any rate. Okay, so I had green, too, but the yellow was the actual important part. This is one of the outfits I had in the fashion show last summer. The skirt I made a while back, as part of my “1yd of Pique Challenge.” The top I made […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Mar 17th, 2006
Seriously, y'all, I had a pretty kickass idea today for a street-fashion/independent fashion/small-scale designers site today, and I figured, what the hell. I'm going to start going around with mini questionnaires and my digital camera and surveying people on the street about their fashion themes, favorite clothing articles, etc. Kind of like Fruits, but not […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Mar 15th, 2006
Courtesy of Name ten of life's simple pleasures that you like most… 1. Napping in a warm, sunny room at about 2:00 p.m. with my Animaniacs quilt pulled up to my chin. 2. Drinking a room-temperature Pepsi after several hours of heavy physical work 3. The smell of fresh-turned dirt in my garden 4. Riding […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Mar 15th, 2006
I have been cataloguing things at work, because, that is a large component of my job—the job I have had since November, not the job I am starting next week. So, my most recent large project, which I just finished up last Friday, was to catalogue a bunch of bound books stored in two different […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Recommendations, Super-Short Entries on Mar 14th, 2006
Kansas City Public Libraries. Seriously, the local library rocks the free world. They’re super-fast about their interlibrary loans, the three branches I frequent are all pleasant, comfy facilities, and now they offer NetLibrary.com access, which is super-convenient and doesn’t incur those pesty late fees. Plus, the new downtown library is just absolutely, ridiculously gorgeous. It’s […]
Posted in Cats, Distractions, Imports from old blogs, Utter Silliness, Words I Like on Mar 14th, 2006
My cat has a coat of arms. Words cannot describe how much this amuses me. The Ancient Arms of Griswald! Frankly, if I were designing a coat of arms for Griswald, a large, plumy tail would have to feature into it somewhere. People frequently ask me if Griswald was named after the family featured in […]
Posted in bike commuting, biking, Imports from old blogs, Photo entries on Mar 14th, 2006
The front wheel on my ’73 Schwinn Suburban is out of round, so until I either get a truing stand or get access to one, this bike is off the streets. I guess it happened last Thursday. I came out of work to find the front tire flat, so I changed it in the parking […]
Posted in Food & Snacks, Imports from old blogs, Super-Short Entries on Mar 13th, 2006
Validation on the fluoride front. ——- And in other news, I made my first sushi tonight. I cooked, seasoned, and cooled rice (I spread it out to cool in a cake pan) I cooked 1 cup of dry rice, therefore two cups cooked. On the onigiri-nori, I spread the rice, then three long slices of […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Oh, for fuck's sake on Mar 11th, 2006
And so long as weird hippie girls are allowed to spout crackheaded theories at me in health food stores, I am allowed to make fun of them on the Internet. The scene: Wild Oats Market, 44th & Main, near the display rack of “natural,” “health-enhancing” toothpastes. The cast: Two middle-aged ladies, one weird hippie girl, […]
Posted in Fashion, Imports from old blogs, nostalgia on Mar 11th, 2006
I was putting up some of my heaviest winter clothes, and digging out my lighter-weight clothes when I got the itch to dig around in this suitcase of clothes I’ve saved for sentimental reasons. Either the garment had some significance, or it was a style I felt would one day be utterly representative of the […]