February 2012
8 posts
Feb 26th
Takeout sushi for lunch, yay! Having a sushi joint 3 blocks away is pretty awesome.
Feb 22nd
It appears to be raining, in direct opposition to the forecast, which promised clear skies. I DEMAND A REFUND.
Feb 19th
Feb 14th
Is the octopus/squid this season’s owl? Discuss.
Feb 8th
Feb 8th
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Feb 5th
Feb 1st
January 2012
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Jan 31st
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Jan 31st
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Jan 25th
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“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are...”
– Sylvia Plath (via roscoe-)
Jan 25th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 16th
Recovering Goth
I am thinking of giving my real site a sort of Gorey-inspired theme, and also dressing up my avatar in stripy tights and OH MY GOD AREN’T I TOO OLD FOR THIS? (I’m probably still going to do it, though.)
Jan 2nd
December 2011
5 posts
Dec 24th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
Dec 4th
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November 2011
3 posts
Nov 30th
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Breaking Dawn in Fifteen Minutes is HERE →
Your reason for being online today: let me show you it. (Seriously, click through. You won’t be sorry.) Casa de Swan EDWARD: Before I go out to my Vampire Bachelor Party, Bella… there’s something I have to tell you. About myself. BELLA: Are you… gay? EDWARD: Subsequent events will prove that this is not the case, no. BELLA: Are you not a virgin? BOTH OF THEM: LOL BELLA: No,...
Nov 24th
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PERHAPS YOU CAN TAKE A MOMENT...
Two of my FAVORITE BOOKS of this year are up for Goodreads Reader’s Choice Awards. If you haven’t read them, go do that right now, and then vote! Or the other way around, I’m not picky. maureenjohnsonbooks: …and vote for The Name of the Star in the Goodreads Readers’ Choice Awards? Or for The Last Little Blue Envelope in a TOTALL DIFFERENT category? Perhaps you have time to...
Nov 18th
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October 2011
3 posts
Oct 28th
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Oct 9th
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LitReactor →
Seriously awesome new site for writers.  LitReactor is a destination for writers to improve their craft; a haven for readers to geek out about books; and a platform to kickstart your writing goals.
Oct 7th
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Oct 1st
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September 2011
5 posts
Sep 28th
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Namification
I’m seriously thinking of using the name Carys as the first name for the main character in one of my books. What say you all: Carys, y or n? Too Welsh? 
Sep 25th
Sep 23rd
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Sep 22nd
August 2011
1 post
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this post offends people
Someone posted one of those all-caps, poorly punctuated Facebook rants today. This one was about the pledge of allegiance and how it’s not being recited in school anymore “FOR FEAR OF OFFENDING SOMEONE!” (direct quote). And I thought, wow, it’s about time. Pledging allegiance to “one nation, under god” in a classroom always made me really uncomfortable, to the...
Aug 25th
July 2011
4 posts
Sometimes I wonder what would happen if I just picked a direction and started walking.
Jul 25th
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Jul 16th
Jul 13th
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20 year reunion: skip.
I thought I’d go to my 20 year high school reunion. When I skipped my 10, I figured I’d definitely go to my 20. Because, 20 years! That’s…something! I even joined the Facebook group in which many people I either remembered only vaguely or didn’t remember at all talked about how fun it was going to be to party like the old days OMG. A faint rumble of unease began...
Jul 4th
June 2011
5 posts
Jun 23rd
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Song my kid is singing to himself right now
We are boooooogers We live inside noses Sometimes people graaaaab us Which we think is unacceptable
Jun 18th
Me: It's raining? It's not supposed to rain today.
Ellison: I will call the King of the Weather. (Dials onto his hand, holds it up to his ear.) Hello, King of the Weather? It's Ellison. Can we have a sunny day please?
King of the Weather (deep Ellison voice): No. Today will be chilly and gray.
Ellison (normal voice): Aaw, man.
Jun 15th
Househunting
Landlords: if you want people to look at your property, you might want to make sure the photos you post are somewhat flattering. It’s never good when the Google street view image is better than the one you posted on craigslist.
Jun 11th
Jun 8th
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May 2011
3 posts
May 9th
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The Laundry Whisperer
I put Ellison to bed just before I had to run up and grab the laundry. When I came back down, he was leaping back into bed (as usual).  “You need to stay in bed,” I said. “But moooom, I need to -” I put a fresh-from the dryer blanket over him. “-ohhhh. It’s so warm!” He snuggled right up and went to sleep.
May 8th
Me: Do you know what a bar is?
Ellison: Yes.
Me: OK, what is it?
Ellison: It's a grownup place, where grownups get soda.
May 5th
April 2011
3 posts
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Ellison: I walked on the tightrope and I didn't even fall off!
Me: Wow! Are you going to join the circus?
Ellison: No. Silly mama. I'm not going to join the circus until I'm 16.
Apr 25th
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Apr 20th
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Apr 7th
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March 2011
7 posts
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Unwhirly →
Do not forget that you can follow along with my quest for the perfect cocktail on Tumblr as well as Facebook. I mention this purely out of altruism. I know how heartbroken you would be if you realized you could have been following Unwhirly all this time but, inexplicably, were not. Also! There will soon be posts by someone who ACTUALLY knows how to drink. You don’t want to miss that! (Click...
Mar 29th
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It would be surprising
Me: I'll teach you how to make websites when you're bigger.
Ellison: I think I already know how to make a website.
Me: Oh? How do you do it?
Ellison: I can't tell you. It's a surprise.
Mar 24th