Posts Tagged ‘postaday2011’
gooble
I got Google Voice for my phone. I activated the feature that transcribes my voicemails, often to hilarious effect. I imagine an overworked, 50s-style secretary, cartoon sweat droplets shooting from her head as she struggles to type the messages. Oh, and English is not her first language. Here’s the actual message that was left, transcribed…
Read Morerear window
This is one of the scenarios I intended to draw when I attempted to create a drawing every month. Oh well! I work on the second floor of an old building on a quiet street off the small historic/quaint/kitschy/touristy downtown section of my town. The acoustics are such that I can hear spoken conversations carried…
Read Moreseattle ho.. again again
Tomorrow, I’m off to Seattle to the International Festival of Improvisation. This is my third trip; the first was in 2006 and the second in 2009. In my mind, I’ll always link this blog to that first trip in 2006; I created hamblog about the same time — even though I had been writing sporadically…
Read Morecraft corner (such as it is)
I have not created something with my hands in months. Months! I can blame my small area craft community’s drifting apart, or my move, or my caregiving duties … so I will. Darn you, other people and/or geography, for stopping me from crafting! I actually used the ol’ sewing machine yesterday; imagine me pulling it…
Read Moreshoe luck
My boat of shoe good luck just came in, a giant boat full of shoes. I had been feeling some real anxiety about the summer — my wardrobe is in order and is quite nice, actually, but my shoes? Nary a suitable pair for this season. I felt myself slipping down towards the lazy and…
Read Moreinland (nasal) passages
I have pretty lousy cold, caught from the manfriend (“are you sure it’s not a cold?” “no, it’s just allergies!” “are you sure?” “yes, now let’s exchange saliva!”*) *blogger’s artistic license taken while writing this dialog Even though I’m in the worst of it, lying in bed atop a stereotypical nest made of tissue, cough…
Read Moreaural side effect
Now that I’m listening to IQ-lowering radio pop (as I do every summer), I occasionally experience a bizarre side effect. When I was 17, I spent the summer with my mother (as I usually did — I lived with my dad during the school year). Mom lived in a place very close to where I…
Read Morethe yearly dumb-down
As I have mentioned before in this here blog, I like to listen to IQ-lowering radio stations during the summertime. Last year, it was the nutty R&B station; previous years, it’s been heavy metal or standard-issue American Rawk. Now that it’s unofficially summer, I have cranked up “The Rewind”, a local station bringing me the…
Read Morepurple passion
The jacaranda trees are in bloom here in Southern California. They’re quite pretty — grand and purple-bloomed — but are generally despised. The flowers, apparently, are messy — sticky and stainy when they plop to the ground. I suggest you bring up the jacaranda when you visit here. It’s pretty funny to hear the passion…
Read Moremight as well face it
Posting screen shots of silly iPhone autocorrect fails is the “I have no energy to post” meme. Although they can be hilarious (if they are true). Before you click that link, you may want to know there’s some swear wordage on that site. I was texting with a Certain Someone and, thanks to autocorrect, my…
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