My resolution for 2013 is to finally upgrade to HDTV……. No one? Fine. The thing is, I’m not usually a resolution-making person. I’ve always sort of thought they were for the weak, just like hugs and empathy. This year, however, I’m giving ‘em a shot. I mean, what’s the worst that can happen? Oh, look, … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Magazine Fashion in the Real World III
The New Year is right around the corner, which means only one thing: resolutions are about to come forthwith and abandoned within a week, but that doesn’t mean that we won’t set them! Now, when I think of resolutions that I will surely forget about, I don’t go for major life changing decisions, such as … Continue reading »
American Gods, a review.
In between reading about Watchmen’s philosophy, recovering from bread-cheese-meat-cookie-wine holiday nirvana, drinking more wine, and learning how to become a handyman through the trials and tribulations of room renovation, I decided to read Neil Gaiman’s American Gods. For reasons I can’t really justify (forgetting it at my grandparents, putting it in a “safe place,” restarting … Continue reading »
10 Words We Need To Bring Back From Obscurity
Words. Language. As time goes by, popular phrasing, terminology and slang changes with it. Before you know it, groovy, tubular, radical….it is all old hat and people are looking at you weird if you use them. Today, we’re going to explore a small sampling of words I think we need to inject back into modern … Continue reading »
Girl Meets World: A Christmas List
I am an unabashed Boy Meets World fan. By unabashed, I mean I will furiously debate people (and their descendents. I’ll haunt bloodlines!) who dislike the show. If that seems a tad overzealous, that’s because it is. I would say my knowledge and depth of that show rivals what P. Bateman knows about Genesis. That … Continue reading »
Have Yourself A Literary Christmas: Gifts For People You Secretly Hate
Christmas is right around the corner and if we thought the pressure was on last time I granted you with literary giftgiving wisdom, we were so, so wrong. For those of us who have Secret Santa gifts to buy and a disturbing lack of time to do it in, sometimes we just need a little … Continue reading »
Christmas Decorating: Festive and Expressive
Ah, the weather outside is chilly and possibly storming with snow flurries and/or slate grey rain (if you’re in Portland). The sun hasn’t shown in many a day, the only real indication of winter, and the nights are dropping down into four-blanket burrowing temperatures. It’s depressing, it’s sort of dreary, and it makes people like … Continue reading »
Christmas Decorating: Dangerous and Deadly
Ahhhhh, Christmas lights. Let me tell you, there’s definitely a feeling a magic and wonder induced by walking down a street and basking in the lit-up glory of first-world privilege. Nothing quite says “holiday cheer” like rampant energy consumption. Nothing! Do I hate Christmas lights and decorations? No. However, do I have numerous pet peeves … Continue reading »
Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Bookworms?!
Last month I received my very first influenza immunization shot and foolishly thought that I would be in the clear from a crippling illness that would have me giving dirty looks towards foods, shedding one sweater only to put on another only to take it off again, or drinking gnarly, vaguely citrus-flavored vitamin c boosters. … Continue reading »
Magazine Fashion in the Real World II
The sun is kind of out, the coffee is pumping through my veins, my sleep last night was restless, and I haven’t eaten yet toda (time to drink more coffee!). Do you know what this is a recipe for? A slightly spiny mood, which is absolutely perfect for what I’m about to do! Are you … Continue reading »
