Monthly Archives: October 2011

Cake And Presents And Someone Else’s Dog

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

Yesterday we celebrated my niece’s 7th birthday with gifts (everything was pink) and singing (everyone was off-key) and a psychedelic marble cake shaped like a donut with a ring of chocolate unicorns on top (everything was delicious!). It was your usual, run-of-the-mill Sunday get … Continue reading →

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Flashback Friday: My Father Took Me In A Haunted House Once. ONCE.

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

Walking across the mall parking lot with my parents, sister, best friend Jason, his mom and brother. Dad: I hear they’ve got a haunted house here. Jason (eyes wide): They do? Dad: Yep. Jason: Can we go?! Dad (very apprehensive): … Continue reading →

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Get It Off! Get It OFF!

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Laying there, eyes wide in horror it watched me enter the room, anticipating another round of electroshock therapy via car battery and rusty jumper cables or being forced to watch Hanna Montana until it screamed for mercy and eventually blacked … Continue reading →

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Meh.

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

I am so not into this day. Glad to have it, lucky even, but meh. PMS has me bloaty and exhausted and starving and completely without patience, which I sorely need since one of the office bullies (another assistant) is … Continue reading →

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Sweet Patriotism And Other Misunderstandings

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

For most of elementary school my favorite patriotic song was “Our Country Tis of Thee.” Why? Because I thought the next line was “Sweet land of liberty, of the ICING!” How could that NOT be my favorite song? Morgan Freeman … Continue reading →

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