Category Archives: Embarrassing Myself Daily
Insert tattoo here
So I’ve always liked entertaining people, but besides my small role in the junior high play or spontaneously belting out, “GOOD MORNING, BAAAAAALTIMOOOOOORE!” in my kitchen, I really have not spent much time focusing myself on “the arts” or “honing … Continue reading →
Please, have a seat and look at slides of my summer vacation(s), Part I
My webmaster (Chris’s cousin) (happy belated birthday, Brant!) updated my Flickr plugin so now I can post pictures to this here blog again. I thought I’d go ahead and post the pictures from our summer vacations here, in case you … Continue reading →
Newish stuff to report
Well hey, happy February! I really meant to post more (as in, more than once) in January — I have all this free time now, you know — but I guess I was busier than I thought. I did run/walk … Continue reading →
Confession time
Sometimes I mock-interview LG: “So LG, tell me, how does it feel to look exactly like your father?” “Do you think there will be any long-lasting effects from dressing like him from August through February every year?” “Is there anything … Continue reading →
Faker
I used to think I was very smart. I don’t know why I thought this. Wait, yes I do. I was in college (at San Diego State, practically the Ivy League right there) and those were the days when I … Continue reading →
Five letter word for ‘Funny lady’
A couple weeks ago, I was working on a crossword puzzle and I tweeted the following: I need a three letter word for ‘PBS funder.’ ‘Viewers like you’ doesn’t fit. Right? RIGHT? No one got it. Instead, I got actual … Continue reading →
Child of the corn
Me, walking through corn stalks: Who am I? Chris: Signs? Me, walking through corn stalks with more emphasis: No! Who am I?! Chris: Umm. Children of the Corn? Me, again, walking through corn stalks with as much emphasis as I … Continue reading →
Not Point Break*
Me: What movie is this? Wait! Don’t tell me! Is it Constantine? Chris: No. It’s— Me: The Matrix! Chris: No. Me: The Matrix Part Deux? Chris: No. Me: The Devil’s Advocate? Chris: No. You’re nev— Me: Don’t tell me! Is … Continue reading →
Babies: Ruining their Parents’ Brains Since Forever
They say you lose brain cells and get kind of stupid when you’re pregnant (my mom appropriately calls it pregnesia.) I don’t know if it’s a real thing (am I REALLY passing my brain cells to my child?) or if … Continue reading →
Pantslessness: What got me into this mess in the first place
I’m at the point in pregnancy where I see the doctor every week. The appointments have (up to this point, at least) been of the uneventful take-my-blood-pressure-pee-in-a-cup-listen-to-the-baby’s-heartbeat-send-me-on-my-way variety of appointments, but in reading a pregnancy website yesterday, I realized my … Continue reading →