Remember when I said I was going vegan for Lent? I kind of sort of did it! Yeah! So I was going strong for the first few weeks. I had no cravings, although I did develop a little vegan cookie problem. Other than that, I was completely free of animal products and not missing them [...]
(The white part is meant to be snow.) This is what Anchorage looks like in December and January from about 3:00 PM to 10:00 AM the next day. Sorry, but my favorite holiday in December is Solstice, when we start gaining daylight. In February, I thought to myself, “Hey, the sun doesn’t set at 3:00 [...]
Ok, so here’s one thing I don’t get: dressing babies up. Unless you’re dressing them up like animals, which is funny. Another exception is dressing baby boys up like college professors, which is adorable and funny. But seriously. Jewelry for babies? Imagine trying to explain that one in the emergency room. “The x-ray shows a [...]
I won’t really call it that. That’s just a working title. And that’s what I’ve been doing. Learning how to print. And guess what? It’s really, really hard. So you owe your computer printer a kiss and a hug, because you who have never set type have no idea. It’s not easy but it’s fun, [...]
“You should be nice to him. He’s a nice cat.” “Not when he’s biting me!” “He bites you because you bother him.” “Yeah, but I don’t bite him when he bothers me.”
I really, really, really wanted to love this movie. I didn’t. First, a word about 3D. I’m like a cat: I don’t like loud noises, sudden movements, or baths. Just kidding. I like baths, but I’m serious about the sudden movements part, which is why 3D is sort of an iffy proposition for me. I [...]
Let’s play a game called Guess Who Has a Terrible Toothache and No Dental Insurance?! If you guessed Andrea Staats, you win. The prize is… um, there’s no prize. Sorry. Thanks for playing. This is what I get for waking up in the middle of the night and eating chocolate-raspberry cookies (delicious!) and then going [...]
Meh. I expected more from this film. It was waaaay too long, and I have a well-documented hatred of long movies. I added it to my Netflix queue because I have a little crush on Aziz Ansari, but he was only in the movie for about 2 minutes. I wanted more Aziz, Aubrey Plaza, and [...]
“Write a story about a girl who loses her cat in the wall. Couple of cats. Anyway, she can’t get them out, so she gives up, and then later she goes into the basement and it’s full of kittens. She’s like, knee-deep in kittens.” “No.” “Ok, write a story about a girl who meets this [...]
You guys, I have a problem. A clutter problem. It’s interfering with my life. It’s blocking my chi or my shui or something. I’d show you a picture but it’s too humiliating. I have this “just in case” mentality. I can’t throw anything away because I might need it someday. You just never know when [...]