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Entries from May 2010

Woman Cannot Live on Pina Colada Alone

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Last night’s dinner:

1 bag frozen raspberries
1 cup milk
buncha ice
1 blender
Mix, stir, enjoy.

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Tags: cooking

Seeing the Great Ani

July 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Seeing Ani DiFranco was probably one of the best nights of my life. And who opened? Kimya Dawson. Awesomeness.
We had the absolute worst seats in the house, so some wonderful woman from a radio show came up to use and gave us front row tickets.
Yes, that’s right. I was about 15′ from [...]

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Tags: art · feminism

Conversation with my father, upon his admitting to cheating in online Scrabble

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Dad: I’m just older, sneakier and more experienced.
Me: that translates into “jerk” somehow, doesn’t it?
Dad: Nope.
Me: your turn, fink

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Tags: family

The American Dream

July 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I watched Devil With a Blue Dress On last night, having determined that the purpose of cable TV and a DVR is recording movies that I never got to see. The movie begins with the narrator discussing how important owning his own home is, especially with the context of his being an African-American man [...]

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Tags: film · house · introspection

Domesticity

July 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Energy has been a bit of a struggle lately. Unfortunately, it’s mid-July, which means it’s high sinus season. Fighting off sinus headaches and praying for rain to come and alleviate the problem takes an awful lot of energy.
This morning I was woken up by the pain in my head, which my sleep groggy [...]

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Tags: cooking · health · house · relationships