The year I dressed up for Halloween as Snow White Sister #2 was Wonder Woman. Our costumes were just like the ones pictured above. Because we were Minnesota kids those costumes were worn over our…
Date Archives October 2018
Day 98 of 200: Librarians I Have Known Pt. I
I’m in the midst of Susan Orlean’s The Library Book, and it’s making me super sentimental about libraries and librarians, in specific. When I was a sophomore gym was a required class. As a 6’3″…
Day 97 of 200: Still Busy, Still Boring
It’s not Sunday, but I’m still boring. Do you remember when I used to do weekly Sunday + Boring posts? Ahhh. . . the good old days of 2015 when I tried to blog like…
Day 96 of 200: Fried
I’m not one a person who conflates busyness with being interesting. A lot of people do. If you’ve ever read world-class mommyblog Dooce at all since she got divorced, you know exactly what I mean….
Day 95 of 200: Rage Blanket Update
When I was a kid — old enough to understand the news, but still young enough to not totally get it — I remember hearing about the war in Beirut on the news all the…
Day 94 of 200: The Hair Chronicles
When I first shaved my head in April my plan was to do buzz it once and then begin the laborious grow-out process. Much to my surprise I really liked not having hair. It was…
Day 93 of 200: Reverse PMS
I’m not sure if it’s the “holy shit this is so good I can’t believe I made it” butter chicken we had for CSA Supperclub tonight or if I’m burned out on being a rage-fueled…
Day 92 of 200: Should Have Quit While I was Ahead
I should have quit Mindy Mejia’s Leave No Trace as soon as I realized the main character, Maya, was a 23-year-old speech therapist practicing at the same mental hospital where she was a patient a…
Day 91 of 200: Things We Need a Word For
1.) That feeling you get when you think you have eaten all your Potato Oles and then you dig into the bag for your taco and you find not one, but two more Potato Oles….
Day 90 of 200: Supermarket Sweep Confessions
As I’ve mentioned a time or twelve, I watch a lot of “Supermarket Sweep.” For the most part I watch two episodes a night three times a week. In fact, as I type two frat…