Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category

February 21st, 2010

I hate bloggers who think that because you visit their site, they can tell you really gross stuff about themselves, things they haven’t really typically done before. Like, they get daring and want to wow you with their ability to talk about poop. I’m not that kind of blogger. This entry is about my pee, and that’s an important distinction.

So at 3 am, I wake up and realize I have a bladder infection. While peeing, I call my doctor, get a prescription called in to a 24-hour pharmacy, and my superhero boyfriend gets on his bike and rides over to pick it up. For the first time ever, I also get this stuff called phenazopyridine, (google it), that does little else except turn my pee dayglo orange. It’s a dye that’s supposed to limit the effects of a bladder infection, the burning, the constant need to pee, all of that, while the antibiotics do their thing. keep reading »

February 10th, 2010

NOW it’s snowing. You may panic at your own discretion. Me? I think it’s whimsical.

January 13th, 2010

LeVar Burton thinks I’m badass, and he told me so.  As you can see, he clearly knows what he’s talking about. That is all.

December 2nd, 2009

There are a lot of things to be thankful for, and this year, I’m making a list.

1. Love. This year, more than any other before it, is full of love. Platonic, brotherly love, familial love, romantic love, it’s the trifecta.

2. Faith. I’m not faithful, in the sense that I conventionally subscribe to any one religion, however, there’s an acceptance and respect for the quiet faith; faith in humanity, faith in the world, faith in the universe. I’m tremendously grateful for being permitted to be myself, quirky, unconventional, and altogether human.

3. Hope. Nothing is easy, nothing is simple, and after a long, dark decade, we’re finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. After war, terror, death and the absolute ugliest side of humanity, we’re able to brush ourselves off and still hold out for the better part of humanity. We can accept that part of being human is being terrible, but there’s another side to humanity, one worth fighting for and hoping for.

4. Thrust. You thought this was a serious entry, didn’t you? You really did. It is serious, but come on now.

October 7th, 2009

The other night, I had a nightmare that I was an illustrious author, writing the great American novel. Every time a character laughed, instead of writing that, I just put “lol.” in the text. So it would just be like, “McDevitt grabbed the man by the lapels and shook him, but all the man did was lol.”

ALL THE MAN DID WAS LOL.

These are the nightmares I have.