I was doing a bit of shopping over the weekend, and was nearly overcome in the Christmas onslaught. Since I'm unlikely to beat all of the jingle bells, fat men, and ho ho ho-ing, I decided to join it. For several years, I've been putting out my teeny tiny Christmas tree, but I've never had decorations on it. It came pre-strung with lights, but ( Read more... )

I don't think those were regular pan scrapings in my dinner ( Read more... )

ARGH! UNINTENTIONAL HACKY SACK AROUND MY KITCHEN WITH A CHEESE SLICE.

VICTORY, WON'T YOU EVER BE MINE?

HAPPY CAPS LOCK DAY. OR, IF YOU PREFER LESS SHOUTY EVENTS, enjoy.

There is little that fills me with more fear than having to open a sealed tin of refrigerator tea biscuits ( Read more... )

I'm covered in glitter, and I've got trousers I can't operate.

It's been that kind of a day.

I'm a complicated girl. Just now for instance, I've got a documentary on string theory playing in the other room, but I'm panicking because I can't separate slices of frozen garlic bread ( Read more... )

I think I've figured out why I wake up covered in bruises and lesions.

When the witching hour comes, I turn into roller derby queen the Backbiting Book Bitch.

I'm a cardigan on roller skates, me.

The heat has me delirious.

The comedy of errors that saw me extracting the cooling apparatus from the closets and trying to find an empty slot in the möbius power strip reminded me how glad I am to live alone.

I'm this close to waking up with paint lids in my hair. thymeth knows what I mean. The rest of you are fearing for my well-being and hygiene ( Read more... )

Dancing around like a demented marionette is hard on the neck.

Almost as hard as freshly scrubbed kitchen lino.

What's a new week without a few fresh bruises?

Hopefully I can get through a viewing of Bleak House without incurring additional injuries.

Ha! They do exist!

I spent most of this afternoon doing mid-air diagrams of frameless photo frames to various sales assistants, with no luck. Now I have a plan for tomorrow. And an excuse to visit Big Lots, purveyor of SPAM brand dips, spreads, and lotions ( Read more... )