Sunday. I’m done working for the night. Trying to do any Photoshop work of any magnitude on my laptop is like… Analogy, Claire. Analogy! Like trying to walk a cat. You try and take some nice steps and the cat freezes and refuses to move. Then you try and take little steps to coax it […]
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The bitch is back. Well, I mean I’m always quite bitchy, but in this context I’m referring to the fact that I finally got wireless access set up in this planet claire outpost and can now rant anytime I like without trying to mooch off someone else’s connection. Plus: the webcam made its way over. […]
It’s weird not having constant internet access. The only time I have to write anything seems to be after midnight. And it’s near impossible to find some random’s wireless access late at night. Today my mom was reading through a Collier’s from 1939 (found in my Grandma’s stuff). And she pointed out an ad for […]
I just got back from the funeral. It was a nice service. The people we expected to be there were there. It was nice to see family I hadn’t seen in some time. But it’s nice to be home. There are only so many ways you can answer the question “How are you doing?” with […]
Hm. A Ryan Adams song on American Idol. I think that’s a first. They seemed to attribute it to Tim McGraw, so I’m a bit confused. And it wasn’t exactly the greatest performance of the song. The original is beautiful. I’m scrambling to get ready to leave tomorrow morning. I’m a great packer, but not […]
I suppose I ought to wrap up the hospital stay. It’s been long enough: Bottom line: overstress, overwork, poor nutrition and a whole host of other things landed me in the hospital. They kept me for a few days, pumped me full of blood, gave me lots of pills, scolded me for not taking care […]
I have intermittent internet access at the moment. Which sucks. Anyway, I collapsed on Wednesday. Fifteen minutes later I was in an ambulance. Never been in one before. I asked if they could turn on the sirens but they politely declined. […]
Well, as it turned out, my night went awry. The night of the fourth anyway. I just got out of the hospital. Fun places, hospitals. And yet I get home and all I have is spam. Boring. […]
You know there has to be something interesting going down when three police cruisers in a row drive by your apartment without sirens or lights on. And, unless I miss my guess, a couple of unmarked cars just went by as well. Someone’s night is about to go awry. […]
I’m up at 4 AM. Which is always so much fun. Especially since I have to work tomorrow. And my eyes are killing me. I forgot to take out my contacts again. I was flipping channels and came across a program called “Hippies: The Dark Side” and was totally stoked. Because there aren’t enough programs […]
Alright, I lied. Well, not lied. I got two renewal notices. One for my professional site and one for this site. And I mixed them up. So I have another two months before this site goes down. Which should hopefully coincide with the last few shows I quote. In other news: I can’t sleep. Nothing […]
I got a renewal notice for this site today. And I’ve been thinking about it. I can’t afford paying $42 a month anymore for a site that doesn’t make me any money. I think the fact that The OC is gone, Stargate SG-1 is nearing completion, and Queer Eye is on its last legs doesn’t […]
I’m taking a break from work. I have a meeting tomorrow morning that I’m finishing up some designs for. And it looks like it’s raining outside. I love the rain. You know those kids who go stomping through the rain puddles just having fun and not caring about getting wet? Yeah, that was never me. […]
There’s this ad for Quizno’s with a chick on it that says “It’s not lacking any meat. And that’s what real women need” and then giggles this infectious little giggle. Infectious like the clap. I have made it my personal mission to never eat there. That ad is just so many shades of wrong. […]
“And to try to mislead children into believing that all cultures are worthy of respect is simply teaching them a falsehood.” —Phyllis Schafly, interviewed on In the Life Well said, Phyl. If you’re a bigoted, wrong-thinking dumbass. People scare the hell out of me some days. I’ve often wondered—if I was allowed to smack some […]
Have you ever been sitting in one position for a long time and then moved your leg in a way that your body deemed awkward and then suffered an extreme surge of pain leading you to think you dislocated something but then the extreme pain goes away but becomes a dull ache in your hip […]
For the past… nine hours at least I have been watching the outside disappear as the snow piles against my window, blocking my view. It’s just as well, I suppose, because the harsh reality is that I’m going to have to dig my car out again tomorrow to avoid getting towed. And I’m in denial […]
I can’t just retire this thing with such a grumpy rant, can I? It’s snowing again. Hopefully not as much as last time. On Monday I had to dig my car out. Not because we got so much snow, but because once the plows went through my car was surrounded by heavy compacted snow. Not […]
It’s currently snowing in the Twin Cities. Minnesota is supposed to get a large snowfall this weekend. In light of that, I went out this morning and bought supplies. Not survivalist or anything. I mean, flare guns and ammunition are pretty standard stuff. Now I’m hunkered down for the weekend. And it certainly has been […]