Merry Christmas, everyone. Well, technically it’s still Christmas Eve, but by the time I post, it’ll be here. It’s currently snowing in Minneapolis. A light, pleasant snow that looks like it glitters in the moonlight. I went over to mom’s to exchange gifts tonight. I was driving along 50th in Edina and I passed a […]
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So today Heathrow and I went to the dollar store to kill some time and get her a few items for a gift. And you’ll never believe what I found: Another Action Jesus. This one is a little weird looking, to be honest, but it comes with this little plastic mat that has his tomb, […]
‘Twas the week before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even Ramona.Because I overslept again. I sat up in bed, yelled, “Good golly! Great sakes!” “The bosses will sack me if I’m once again late!” I leapt out of bed to get dressed and get primped Hit my knee […]
In an attempt to illustrate my company’s policy on time off this holiday season, I post the following: Spotter: Er, well, I’m camel spotting. I’m spotting to see if there are any camels I can spot. Interviewer: Good. And how many camels have you spotted so far? Spotter: Oh well so far I’ve spotted nearly, […]
I’m having a crappy day. Pity me. I will mention that the only bright spot today was a late lunch at a coffee shop with a friend. Before I got to the coffee shop, I drove around for a bit. I used to live in NE Minneapolis and I was curious as to what had […]
I hate Mondays. Not as much as I hate Sundays, but there you go. And I had a miserable day at work. I hate that place. If I could get enough freelance… Anyone need a website? Who am I kidding. I suppose most everyone hates their job. I gotta figure my life out. At least […]
Every night I hang out on my couch, working on my computer. So from right to left it’s me, two pillows with a laptop on top, and Ramona in a nubbly cat bed. And it’s a new thing, but she has taken to covering her eyes with her paw. It’s cracking me up. In other […]
I think I christened Sundays Odds & Ends Sundays a bit ago, so I’ll just babble today. On a side note: Dear lord. It is so flippin’ windy today. There is debris just flying everywhere outside. I mean like 20-feet-up-in-the-air everywhere. It’s been such a weird winter. In Minnesota, not having any snow on the […]
It’s 3 am and I have a little thing I like to call insomnia going for me. It doesn’t help that when I stir in my sleep, Ramona leaps—violently— onto my chest to make sure she can wake me up for food. She’s not a light cat. Seriously. It really hurts. Plus, the heat’s off […]
I love the holiday season. I really do. Despite being a cynical, grumpy bitch in general, I get dorky about Christmas. Ever get just a happy, peaceful feeling on Christmas Day? Everything’s closed, people are driving to be with families… excited about opening gifts and a big meal… Unless you don’t celebrate Christmas, of course. […]
Odds and Ends Sunday
So here’s the deal: Sundays are now Odds and Ends Day at planetclaire. For the time being, I’m going to try to cut down on the random nonsense I normally post during the week, and just save it up for Sunday. I hate Sundays. I’ve said it before. And yet, I also love Sundays. When […]
The Fugitive
I just got back from running to the grocery store. My bags were rather heavy, so it took a minute or two to bring them in. Once in, I proceeded to tidy up a bit. After five minutes, I thought I heard Ramona meowing. She has this “I’m about to die” meow she employs once […]
My mom’s pissed at me.
It’s 6:30. Just got home. Usually it would be from work, but I got home from helping my mom move all day. I’m tired. So tonight, no work. Just play. No freelance, no quotes, nothing. So, story about moving my mom: At one point, my mom instructed me to go to her bedroom and unpack […]
Star of David Houses and Fanny Farmer chocolates
Happy Halloween, everybody. Coming home from my mom’s I saw a couple kids (with parents) walking around Uptown in costume. I think I like this holiday so much because it’s mainly for kids. When I was younger, I loved the holiday. I lived about four blocks off of River Road growing up. It’s a beautiful […]
Read More… from Star of David Houses and Fanny Farmer chocolates
PSA: Turn your clocks back, kids. It’s Daylight Savings time. I have a story. It’s lame, but it’s a story. Due to various… dicey things going down at work, we’ve had our accountants in full time. And last week I needed to talk to one of them, so I popped my head in the door. […]
Beep beep.
Today at work was crazy. I’m going to break my rule and write about a work incident. First, the backstory: I work for a fitness publisher. Boss #2 is one of the authors of said fitness books. We have a website with a forum that I moderate. Well, not really. If I moderated it, half […]
Airline to Heaven… alone.
Wilco is in town tonight. I am not there. D’oh. Once they started playing auditoriums I stopped going altogether. Cake was in town over the weekend. Didn’t go to that either. I just can’t bring myself to go to shows alone. I know it’s wussified, but I feel stupid. The only show I went to […]
Madame Shoo-Shoo flies again
I wrote a random rant yesterday, and decided it was too boring to post. I wrote a random rant today, and decided it was too boring to post. So I deleted a bunch of crap and condensed them to bring you the most ranty goodness I possibly could. It’s most likely still rather boring: It […]
Fun with Easter Eggs
We did another shoot for the cookbook today. Which required us to make Easter eggs. I haven’t made Easter eggs in years. Since Easter is nowhere near we had no way of picking up an Easter egg kit with those little tabby things for the color. So Heathrow and I went online to find a […]
Sometimes my rant tells me to burn things.
RANDOM MUSIC STORY by CLAIRE: Two acquaintances of mine went to school at West High in Uptown. One was the drummer for a band, Dumpster Juice. And they both lived on Cedar Lake, one of the many lakes in south Minneapolis. So one weekend, the band had a show in his mother’s garage. Before the […]
Yay for voting. Or is it yea for voting?
I went shopping today. People should really stop me from going shopping. Here’s the damage: Groceries (too boring to list) CDs: Ike Reilly, Cake, Westerberg’s Folker Patina: ring, lip junk DVDs: Keen Eddie (!!!!), Homicide Season 5 (!!!!) Unnamed political candidate’s merchandise I keep going back and forth, but I’ve made my decision: I will […]