Agro
In which I wanna bitch about financial stuff. As you may or may not know, I’m not a legitimate adult-type person. I’m actually one of those financially marginalized creatures who literally cannot cash...
View ArticleI have this red bicycle…
In which it’s… well, if not the best story, at least there’s a learning curve. That’s always good, right? Over the last few months, I’ve invested a non-trivial amount of time in reading up on bicycle...
View ArticleBanking.
In which the banking industry has no manners because it feels it doesn’t need to. I’m listed at Chex Systems. The reason for this starts with a d and ends with ivorce; long story short, all the bills...
View ArticleGo die in a fire, Sales, you stupid prick. (And hey: nobody likes you, by the...
In which I HAZ A MAD. Dear cell phone carrier, JUST FUCKING TELL ME HOW MUCH IT COSTS WHEN I ASK. I’m going to sign up anyway, and your stupid contract will ensure I can’t go anywhere. Do not tell me...
View ArticleJob hunting. It's so awesome. Where 'awesome' equals 'not so very.'
In which I apply for jobs. So I’ve been more-unemployed-than-less now since December 2009. That’s nearly two years, if you do the math. Sure, I spent nine months of that time in school taking CCNA...
View ArticleQ. u mad, bro? A. yeah, I mad
In which I’m feeling bitchy, so I’m going to bitch. 1.) First of all, that rain? Isn’t just rain. There’s fucking snow in it. I know this because I just rode my bike to work in it, and now I’m cold and...
View ArticleWhy I’m not posting.
In which your most burning question is answered in a single sentence. Work is busy as fuck because I’m a one-person department and the general public, with whom I must deal daily, gets more and more...
View ArticleFried foods
In which there’s a snack orgy for Sunday dinner. I worked all weekend, of course, because nobody gives a shit that I MOVED TWO THOUSAND MILES TO HANG OUT WITH THE GUY I LIVE WITH AND NOT TO WORK AT THE...
View ArticleThis.
In which it fucking snowed. Fucking SNOW. And frozen ponds and sub-freezing temperatures. It’s not even Thanksgiving! WHAT HAVE I DONE.
View ArticleLiving in Uptown
In which I’m all about the neighborhood. Sort of. I’m an Uptown girl! After a full month, I think I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not that I’m stupid and missing something, it’s that there really...
View ArticleOn the cult of printed books.
In which I’m kind of a dick about people trying to wean themselves off of their identification with their belongings (which is a very important stage of development, of course, but seriously, this has...
View ArticleBoobs!
In which I suggest we normalize breast shape already.* I used to think brassières served a function, but it turns out that they don’t. Well, that is to say, they serve a style function, by changing the...
View ArticleOMFG you pussies are really beginning to piss me off now
In which I’m ranting about “rape culture” yet again. Rape culture doesn’t exist. No matter how many articles you see about it, it still doesn’t exist. There was a national hysteria in the 80’s about an...
View ArticleProtesting the fossil fuel industry, are you?
In which there’s some perspective. Oil is in everything. Oil is in every single thing you ever use, touch, or buy. How does food get to the store or farmer’s market? In trucks that are running on gas....
View ArticleFUCK HORMONES!: middle age female edition
In which there’s a rant about the joyous experience of aging-while-female. This piece about perimenopause made me laugh. Especially the line, “Last week, I cried because I saw a high school marching...
View ArticleOMG I WANT PASTA SO BAD RIGHT NOW
In which I’m dieting. Tired (again) of being fat and miserable. Dieting (again) in an effort to be less fat and less miserable. As a vegetarian, I find it very difficult to do really low-carb, so I’m...
View ArticleAging while female: “Still not really a fan!” edition
In which I rather complain a little. It’s 29F outside. I cracked the windows while I tidied did the dishes and made the bed, and it can’t be over 73F in here, but I’m overheating! Very hot water just...
View ArticleDip
In which I don’t understand. Why do store-bought dips suck? I bought a huge container of artichoke-jalapeno dip last weekend, and while it isn’t exactly inedible, it’s really not good. You can safely...
View ArticleEntitled first-worlder rant!
In which I whine like a little bitch. I decided I wanted a thing. A thing I don’t need, but it’s so cute and would be so fun. And there’s a sort of sense of nostalgia, as well. See, way back in the...
View ArticleBlathering on about change
In which I catalog not terribly relevant stuff! Realizing that your youth is well and truly over is so fucking weird. One, you now know that people don’t even know what youth is until they’ve left it....
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