I told my boss about being freaked out by the running guys last night and she just looked at me like I was a complete wuss. Maybe I just over react about things like that. I cut out early to go home and take a nap, since I still feel like complete crap. I got […]
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Crappy day, really. I can’t believe it’s Thanksgiving this week. I am so not ready for the holidays. I have to make a Closed for Thanksgiving sign and all I can come up with is “Closed in Observance of the Attempted Genocide of the Native Americans” or “Closed for the Day-After-Thanksgiving Sales.” And although those […]
Has anyone else noticed the dirth of newstype people who are now blogging? I mean like within the last month it seems like every news station reporter and newspaper writer now have one. And they’re all mentioning it constantly. Like, “For more on how XYZ felt after interviewing a woman with 100 pets in her […]
Welcome to the first day of snow in Minneapolis. I hate snow. In theory it’s wonderful, but in practice it’s a pain in the ass. Snow in Minnesota is rather different than when I was a kid. We used to have snowfalls of maybe four feet. The kind of snow where I’d watch my parents […]
Sundays. I never could get the hang of Sundays. Some are good and some are bad. This one’s bad. Although I’m working today, so at least I can say I’m making money. Wait a minute! I knew I was forgetting something. My very first ever rant reader has a birthday today. Today? Tomorrow? I know […]
A 2021 update: Found this story cleaning up my rants (deleting the really bad/boring ones mainly). I didn’t name any names at the time (and won’t now exactly), but all the businesses are gone now. The print shop closed years ago, and both the precinct where the officers came from and the nightclub around the […]
Yeah I don’t have a rant today. Fuck the world. Oh, I’m not all that grumpy really. Just… ready to move on. So my predecessor was in today. I’m not sure how I feel about that. I mean, I didn’t really talk to him. What am I supposed to say? “I’m Claire, the reason they […]
Weird. It was Election Day today and my financial planner won public office. So how focused is she on my money? I’ve got to give her respect for having a float every year in the Gay/Lesbian Pride parade however. I used to live downtown and would sit on my balcony and watch the parade and […]
I still haven’t dropped off my rent check. I always forget. I really am about to do some actual work (I had family duties earlier today). But I thought I’d just chime in with today’s update from the planet. I finally got around to reading this week’s Savage Love and found a disturbing fact about […]
Yay, Friday! I checked out of work early today (I love that I can do that) to get home and just relax. Yay, Relax! This week was a long one. Yesterday especially. You know your day is going to be interesting when you get a collect call from a Hennepin County jail inmate. It was, […]
I can’t remember if it’s Tuesday or Wednesday today. And it wasn’t like one time, it was all day I kept getting confused. The only way I seem to be remembering it is that The OC is back tomorrow. It will also be the debut of The OC Update mailing list. I like to at […]
I’m sorry, but screw my petty crap. What the hell is going on in NOLA? I did a mental inventory of family, friends, and readers I know and no one—I hope—is currently in New Orleans. Except for one relative in Monroe (four hours north), but I think she’s safe. My thoughts go out to everyone […]
I went to the wedding of a high school friend tonight. Had a great time, which included seeing two other high school friends I hadn’t seen in over ten years. Which was great because there is nothing worse than showing up at a wedding alone and knowing no one really except for the bride (she’s […]
The VMA’s are tomorrow. I think I’ll make a sincere and concerted effort not to watch. It’ll be hard, especially since I enjoy seeing who hasn’t quite mastered the art of lip-synching. But I have to be strong. MTV sucks. As much as they try to pretend they’re not a corporate shill… they’re just a […]
I woke up a few minutes ago (at 5 AM) to the sound of an intense rain on my window and thunder (with a bit of lightning mixed in just for fun). When I was a little little girl I was always afraid of big storms. I don’t think it helped that with big storms […]
Sneezers. Complete sneezers. I hate allergies. I have my cable set to record any Homicide episode that airs. These days they only air crossover episodes with Law and Order. And one was on tonight. With JK Simmons as a Neo-Nazi. What’s Tom Fontana up to these days anyway? I miss The Jury. […]
Well that was no fun. The dumpster is already gone. Oh well. Anyway. I have no work coming in right now. Which always makes me nervous. Anyone need a website? […]
Hm. A large dumpster has shown up outside my livingroom window. Which is nothing new. For the year and a half that I’ve lived here maybe 4 dumpsters have shown up and been filled up with stuff from the apartment next door. Which begs the question: who the hell lives there? It’s like everyone that […]
I’m taking odds on whether or not the power’s going out again tonight. It’s been flickering on and off a bit. I’m getting tired of power outtages. I’m out of rants. They’re all gone. I was thinking about turning this rant page into streaming video of a rant as told through interpretive dance, but my […]
I am in an exceedingly bad mood this Sunday. I’m hot and I’m allergic to the world. Which means my skin itches like crazy. It doesn’t help that I’m allergic to my cat. Well, Dan and Steve, I tried voting for you two at the Food Network site and couldn’t get on. So good luck […]