You know what makes it all feel better? Truckin’ songs. You heard me. Coffee Creek : Willin’ Coffee Creek : Truck Drivin’ Man Son Volt : Looking at the World Through Windshields Whiskeytown : Theme for a Trucker These help too: Son Volt : True to Life Old 97s : Four Leaf Clover Replacements : […]
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Helpful Tips to Avoid Overdosing (Perhaps Fatally) on Drugs. By Claire: 1. Do not hang around Pete Doherty. 2. Do not hang around the Olsen twins. I think that has to cut down your chances by at least 42%. ETA: Well, apparently I made my list too soon. As rumors of an Olsen involvement have […]
I was having a good day today. Got some work done. Some billable work done. I even dealt successfully with changing a light bulb. Even though the glass part broke and I had to pry the metal part out of the socket with a pliers. I was very proud. But then I decided to push […]
It is currently five degrees below zero in the Twin Cities. Although once you get around this temp it really stops mattering what the actual number is. It’s just really fucking cold. Going outside you immediately become aware of any exposed skin because it stings. Stay outside much longer with exposed skin and of course […]
I seem to have the worst luck with my neighbors. I don’t know any of them. The ones that I did know have since moved on. Last week, for instance, I met my downstairs neighbor when he started pounding on my door one morning. Turns out the work the plumber was doing created a hole […]
Tips for Keeping Down Food (by Claire): 1. Do not watch 28 Days Later. While eating. 2. Do not watch any medical show, in particular one where they show a gunshot wound to the head. While eating. 3. Do not watch The HIlls. While eating. 4. Do not watch— Actually, I just wouldn’t recommend watching […]
I have no idea why I do this. I just spent 10 minutes trying to figure out one word from a quote from the latest Gossip Girl episode. There is something seriously wrong with me. But I totally figured it out. Turns out (if I guessed correctly) it’s a screenname. So, do I win anything? […]
Well I can’t say this year hasn’t been interesting so far. Mine has been a step forward here and there followed by a giant leap back. Which is, believe me, an odd way to live. But no more. I need to refocus my life. So I’ve decided to quit my part time job. I started […]
I have been feeling once again neglectful of my little rant and since I couldn’t think of anything to write about I thought I would migrate in another month of rants. And I came across this gem: Another dream I don’t care to analyze: I dreamt the other night that I was pregnant with a […]
Blergh. One would think that having an apartment that stays regularly at 75 degrees would preclude one from getting a cold. One would think. But hell if I haven’t contracted the plague. Not that I’m surprised. Ever since college this is when I get sick. It would be a stressful period of finals and papers […]
I am perhaps the least Sporty Spice girl ever. Don’t really watch sports, never participated in sports (which I believe has cost the world many unintentionally hi-larious moments), not all that interested in sports. Which is why I am constantly amused at the high ratio of interest to ownership of sports paraphernalia that is always […]
When I moved into this apartment (about four years ago) there were pretty much no other people with wireless connections nearby. And I know this because I desperately tried leaching off any stable connection I could find. And I could never find one. But these days there are around ten at any given time, not […]
I am currently finding a home within my home for some new furniture. Not so exciting, but a bit like a game of Tetris when you have a smallish apartment such as I do. You tend to have to find creative ways to fit everything in so the furniture doesn’t pile up to the top […]
In the past few snow-filled days I have found myself more on the road than not (thanks in no small part to being stuck in a traffic clusterfuck for four hours yesterday) and have noticed that our resident Classic Rawk! radio station has a new billboard ad campaign with such zippy slogans as “Our Lawyer […]
I have some thoughts: One: I haven’t been writing much lately. But I think I totally made up for it with that awesome snowglobe a few posts back. Two: I was driving down Franklin the other day. No, seriously. I was. Anyway. The old Dairy Queen that is now a non-regal frozen treat place was […]
I’ve been chatting back and forth with my erstwhile boss as she has been preparing to depart for warmer climes. California, here she comes. And she’s a big texter. I actually hadn’t really used that feature on my phone until now, so I’ve been taking some time to get used to it. And I can […]
And… we’re into December. Fitting, that. As we’re getting snow dumped on us as I type. I was out driving in it earlier and had forgotten how much fun it can be. There’s something about taking ten minutes to brush all the snow off your car and then slip-sliding down a deserted street that makes […]
Happy Thanksgiving. Or Happy Thursday if you’re not into that sort of thing. I’m off (eventually) to the family events. Which will be… well, same as it ever was. Not much variation at those types of gatherings. I occasionally fantasize about mixing things up a bit. Like going really crazy and wearing jeans or something. […]
So in an attempt to actually follow through with a theme, on my way home today I swore at some passing dick of a motorist and called him an ass knuckle. And after my initial thought (“where the hell did that come from?”) I realized it was another random pairing of words that could be […]
So a few thoughts as we journey into this pit of hellish torture more commonly referred to as the week ahead (it’s gonna be a bad one, folks): • A few weeks ago I saw this completely awesome Lucky Strike cigarette case at a shop by my mom’s house. A little worse for wear but […]