January 2011
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We ate soup on NYE. We are officially old men.
I just chewed up part of a mushroom. We’ll see how that goes.
December 2010
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First coat done in the dining room and vestibule.
First coat needed in the stairway. But we have a shortage of rolling handles so that has to wait and I’m taking a break.
Primer cutting done in the bathroom (the bathroom is very corner happy so cutting is a big job).
So all things considered we want to get the first coat on the stairs, the priming finished in the bathroom and the second...
Reading through some of those “Most Memorable Shit-Faced” stories is giving me like, sympathetic nausea.
My easily upset stomach has kept me alcohol tolerance very low.
Coffee Break
Ben put the beef barley soup on at like 9:30 this morning and the smell is reaaaaaally distracting me from painting.
George is so funny, he loves that we’re home. He’ll run up and sit in my lap for 30 seconds then run around the room sniffing everything. Then back on my lap. Then trying to stick his face in my coffee cup. Then chasing Stacey or Smokey. Then upstairs to check on Ben....
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I have cramps from hell.
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Whelp
That was inevitable. So we have this paper taped to the stairs but after 5 days and a lot of water drips/paint drips/and constant up and down tread the tape isn’t exactly sturdy. I was just going down stairs and the paper slipped out from under me and I went down on my butt. I’m fine I just wrenched the shit out of my shoulder when I threw my arm back to brace myself.
Sad part? Since...
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I have never been to one of those big NYE bar type events. It’s mostly because the tickets are usually so expensive and I am cheap.
My friend is dating a guy in NYC and she’s staying with him and is making him go to Times Square with her. He soooooo doesn’t want to do it. He’s like, “it’s all tourists!” She was like “well yeah, so am I.”
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I’m loving all these shrooms tips/stories.
therealestsocksinthegame:
I’m inviting a small number of people over to dance around and get super drunk and maybe watch Andy Cohen’s NYE thing on Bravo. Anyone of you who doesn’t have NYE plans and wants to interact with other human beings but doesn’t want to get all dolled up and have to keep using gross public restrooms because you’re drinking beer and you know what beer does to you is...
What’s everyone’s NYE plans? We’re painting all day and then in the evening mushrooms* and Disney’s Alice in Wonderland. We also have The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, which we’ve never seen. Ben bought the stuff to make beef barley soup. I said, “did you get snacks???” He doesn’t understand about snacks, so I’ll run...
@delicatetbone:
I know, I haven’t properly measured just estimated so I’m hoping it wont be too big but I am giddy at the idea of having room for a big couch finally. I’m not going to have any other chairs in the room I don’t think and the TV is going to be wall mounted above the fireplace. I’m trying for as uncluttered as possible.
The only color available is actually not that...
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earlier I wrote “buggers” and I meant to write “boogers.”
duh.
I'm so tired
I feel like I’ve been WORKING since the second week in December (which was around when my trial prep really kicked in) and haven’t really had a solid 24 hours of rest since then.
I really REALLY wanted to get the painting done but between actual work and the holidays I don’t think I really understood how tired I would be when I said, “hey let’s take the last week of...
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My parents just “dropped in” to check on the progress. They don’t do the drop in a lot but they will go there from time to time.
My dad used to be a lot worse about it, “Oh hi! I’m just dropping in to make sure you (any guy I was with who he always referred to as ‘that punk you’re dating’) aren’t mistreating my kid or having any fun...
You know I have my list of problems with the Israeli government but prosecuting a high ranking government official for rape is actually a positive.
Are people really under the illusion that rapists only reside in the Israeli government? Please.
Ok after my brief fatigue-puddle yesterday I’m ready to go again today. The dining room is ready to be primed.
We’re watching TV and drinking coffee and there’s some ad for an 8 CD “Classic Rock” collection. Mostly from the 70s, Peter Frampton, Ted Nugent and the like. It’s so bad. White people, man…
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I went out and picked up dinner for us and it’s icy as a mother fucker out there.
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I am awful
Whenever we do home renovation stuff I reach my breaking point about half way in and crumple onto the floor in a puddle of fatigue and hopelessness.
At which point Ben says, “ok you just need to rest take a break for now,” and continues working himself. I need to remember good qualities like that when I’m annoyed at him for forgetting to take his allergy pill before bed and...
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After four days we have home renovation fatigue. It’s ok though, we’re ahead of schedule.
Why is Ladyblog going on a mission to give a larger platform to individual lunatics publishing anti-women blogs?
If it weren’t so revolting, it would just be sad. And what’s alarming is that this guy is more organized than the campaign-of-four and seems to have at least a couple of acolytes. Roosh has self-published books and a newsletter. Want to know more?
Um, no? If they want...
I do not understand the compunction to comment on a story about abortion with:
I’m pro choice, although I personally would never have an abortion.
1. Not relevant
2. Really? You really think you can sit there at your computer and 100% guarantee that?
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Yessssss
Ben is bringing me back matzo ball soup and a salami sandwich from the deli. I am fucking starving.
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“I don’t think she really performed with the horse like she does in our...”
– Pageant Mom
I can’t wait to name my future daughter Lohan. Doesn’t that just sound soooooo elegant?
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OH MY GOD
mamafratelli:
And Brandi - the 31 year old contestant - won!
And everyone is crying tears of joy! TEARS OF JOY!
THANK YOU JESUS!
Maybe she had recently been through some horrible personal tragedy that the show didn’t go into, like she was recently very ill or something. You know? So then she decided, fuck it, I’m gonna do a pageant because I want to have fun (just go with it)...
Sometimes I feel bad about how irritated I am by George Clooney. Like, it’s on the whole positive that he wants to use his wealth and influence on worthy causes.
Still though. I don’t know what it is about him in my head I’m just like, “SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP!”