I was thrifting with AY-D and Amy on my glorious — and gloriously productive — Saturday off when Amy spotted this little number at that antique shop next door to the Mapco at Central and Cooper. (Gary’s?) $15 brand new. It’s a good thing Amy spotted it because I was too busy following Amanda around while wearing some wooden African sympathy pregnancy belly to notice a damn thing.
Here is how a girl knows she has gone over the deep end into the homeownership bit of adulthood: She gets absolutely beside herself about all the weird and cool and old stuff at Memphis Waterworks and Memphis Market Central. I’m talking ancient doors, crumbly bricks from historic Memphis buildings, enormous church windows, soothing fountains, coppery hardware, the whole bit. I harbor no illusions that I will ever be able to afford anything…
Thirty-seven that I can see. There are more I can just feel. I wear Deep Woods Off! like a fine perfume but I get nibbled up just the same. Grrrr.
Why do I get sucked in to dumb arguments? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY
This has been a week for the books. I had a one-day weekend and then hit the ground running Monday, only to run headlong into the bloodiest police shootout in Memphis-area history at the end of the week. I don’t know exactly what happened, other than it was awful. Just awful. Awful and weird. But I am in the business of awful. I see and hear a lot of it, every day. I miss a…
The lilies my mom transplanted for me finally bloomed! My camera can’t seem to handle bright red! I should figure out why! And fix it!
Since early spring, a certain bratty-looking leafy plant has been popping up all over my yard. All over it. Up through monkey grass, up through hydrangeas, around the roses, out in the middle of the yard where it has no neighbors, along the driveway, hugging concrete, around the bird bath, peeking through the slits in the fence from my neighbor’s side, everywhere. At first I mistook it for some kind of volunteer tree, until I…
I have just laughed and laughed at this skit. Is it weird that I have a crush on Bill Hader’s bone structure? UhhhL Originally this was a clip of the Stefon skit. Now it’s the whole episode. Huh?
Nick: i’m off work today me: awesome big plans? Nick: might catch a movie me: “babies”? it’s not a porno sorry Nick: i think we’re gonna go see robin hood this is what happens when people who don’t share similar interests try to go to a movie me: it’s going to be terrible have fun Nick: i know it might not it’ll mostly be forumula me: isn’t it getting terrible reviews? Nick: i dont know…
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