kristine: did you eat anything exciting today
: helen and i went out to eat at “froggy’s”
: and i was wearing my work clothes with bleach stains all over them
: and it was like
: a fancy expensive french restaurant
: instead of a frog-themed diner
: it was so uncomfortable
at Minnesota!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was awake when Julie Schumacher called me this morning but she accused me of sounding asleep!
I liked it.
still manages to school us:
mama: i said, “that’s just not commonsensical” and my student was like, “what’s commonsensical.” give me a break.
my sister: …what’s commonsensical?
mama: are you joking? you don’t know what commonsensical means?
my sister: that’s not a word.
mama: wanna bet?
my sister: it can’t be a word!
mama: *points to dictionary*
Miri: Have you read We Need to Talk About Kevin?
Me: No.
Miri: Oh you should definitely read it before we see the movie.
Me: Okay!
Miri: It’s really, really good. But really disturbing.
Me: Oh!
Miri: Yeah, I finished the book and couldn’t eat afterward.
Me: Oh.
Miri: Wait, no, I did eat.
Miri: But then I threw up.
to Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” while making me breakfast
So find that juicy double
Ben-a-Lot’s in trouble
YES, Lake Shore Drive. If you squint, those wind blown icicles on the trees kind of make them look like palm trees.
…Why did I buy tickets to Chicago for February, again?
(Source: gravity-burst, via kquizzo)
a $5 “mystery bag” from a used book store at a block sale.
Me: There’s a calendar in here… from 2002.
Clerk (defensively): The pictures are still good.
yes.
(via Promo Posters For The Upcoming Fifth Season of ‘Mad Men’ |)
All the accessories Amy Hempel would cut as inessential.
