December 30, 2011

New Year’s Quiz 2011

This is my fourth New Year’s Quiz. Here is 2008. Here is 2009. Here is 2010.

1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before?

I went on a trip with my mom, just the two of us. We went to New York City for three days. I was also put [...]

November 9, 2011

things I’m doing besides cleaning shit out of my carpets

I actually have a life outside of dealing with feces in my home, despite what my recent smattering of blog posts would suggest.  Although I just told my son, “I can’t get that right now, I’m sending an article to my boss,” and he said “YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE A BOSS, MAMA,” which is [...]

October 7, 2011

The Soundtrack of My (Really Dorky) Youth

I received two tickets to see Duran Duran as part of #DuranSocial.

When I bought my first Duran Duran album, it was in 1993 when Ordinary World came out. I was 13-years-old. Up until that point, my only CD purchase had been the Original Soundtrack to Cats. My dude crushes were basically [...]