I meant to post this news article earlier, but Katherine Dunn kicks ass . . . literally on occasion. At the age of 64, she beat up a would-be robber who was high on crack.

I finished reading Katherine Dunn's "Geek Love" today. It's a fascinating and disturbing book. It begins with two carnival performers deciding to breed circus freaks by experimenting with various tetratogenic agents, such as amphetamines, cocaine, insecticides and radioactive isotopes. They succeed in producing an "aqua boy", a pair of conjoined ( Read more... )

I've had a fun few days.

On Saturday, we had the Wallace Christmas party, which was enjoyable. The company was good, and the food was amazing. One of the guests brought along a boardgame that I'd never played before. It's called Tsuro. It's deceptively simple; it's easy to learn, but requires a lot of thought and strategy. I'm going to let Wiki ( Read more... )

I decided to be slightly less lazy, and baked some pecan pie muffins for the Wallace Christmas Party. I say "slightly", because they take about five minutes to throw together and require almost no work ( Read more... )

I swear that there are fairies who live in our apartment and make a mess of everything. I cleaned it at the beginning of the week, and it's already messy enough that I need to do it again ( Read more... )

I had my ears pierced today, which is a Big Deal for me. I've been wanting to do it for years, but have been too scared of the pain and the possibility of blood-borne diseases. This week, I decided that I needed to go ahead and do it ( Read more... )

I made chocolate fudge the other day, and it came out really well, so I thought I'd share the recipe. It's the old, original recipe from the back of the Kraft marshmellow creme bottle ( Read more... )

I haven't posted in this journal for a while. I'm going to try and be more regular now that I am on break and have time ( Read more... )