I’m the kind of hermit who gets increasingly anxious and angry when forced to be social too many days in a row. And my definition of social is: speaking to humans with my mouth. By…
Date Archives June 2013
Strange Women Like to Talk to Me When I Go to Target
I had just signed whatever federal warning crap thing they make you sign to get the good, meth-grade allergy pills. The pharmacy lady at the unSuperT was super perky and I was itchy-nosed, red-eyed, muzzy-headed…
Cold War Kid
In Elliott Holt’s debut-novel You Are One of Them Jenny Jones’ harbinger of doom comes in the guise of her best friend Sarah Zuckerman. Sarah’s an anxious kid who grows up in the shadow of…
Uses for Boys
There’s a lot to say about Erica Lorraine Scheidt’s wonderful young-adult novel Uses for Boys, I hope I can get to them all. Where to begin? First of all, this book came to my attention…
It’s Sunday & I’m Boring: The I Finished the Draft Edition
So the most important things about today is that this happened: I typed those words and then I cried very hard. I sobbed really, with the noise and the shortness of breath. I didn’t expect…
Faux Hippie Hipsters & The Cranky Middle-Aged Lady Who Doesn’t Like Them
I’m pondering changing the name of this website to “Cranky Lady Leaves the House and is Cranky.” Now Part II of yesterday’s rant. So after Low’s horrific 27-minute long assault on my ears, Bob Mould…