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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 1: Graduation Day
“The seniors at Midville High are DYING TO GRADUATE…” $3.99. Obviously, I needed to buy this movie. Or rather, convince my friend to buy it since I was sans cash. Though I would have sold myself on the street to … Continue reading
Posted in Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Movies, Supernatural :o, Women
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An Unstoppable Force
(Repost, three days late, in honor of the four-year anniversary of Heath Ledger’s death.) It was a year ago today. Across the floor, in the art studio, everyone buzzing that someone had died. Then I heard “Heath Ledger” and my … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Driving & Other Transportation, Movies, Superheroes/Villains
Tagged artist, Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
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Dates & Dickiegrams
My first boyfriend was named Dick. We began our relationship in the fourth grade, when our mutual friend Jeffrey Paradise brought me a “Dickiegram” on the playground at lunch. I’d never received such a gram, but I was excited. Dick … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Food, Friends, Going Out, Restaurants, Romance, School, Women
Tagged Bagelmania, bicycle safety, dates, dickiegrams, early Madonna, friends named Jeffrey, friends named Jen, lace bows, neon, pin stripes, polo shirts, shyness
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Blonde Moments: Signs & Puppies
So I was driving on the parkway today and I look up and see one of those signs that are kind of like scoreboards? Where they basically spend tons of money to post irrelevant blather. Usually it’s along the lines … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Driving & Other Transportation, Friends
Tagged Blonde Moments, Eartha Kitt, Emma Nelson, lab puppies, landlords, parkways, pets, signs
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Video Games of My Life
My relationship with video games, much like comics, has always been weird, sporadic, and old-school. Although I can’t work a 360 controller to save my life, there have been many a time when I’ve been completely obsessed with video games. … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Lists, Video Games
Tagged double, Family Feud, Frogger, Gameboy, HOME RUN, Hunchback, Mariokart, Martika, Mickey's Castle of Illusion, Ms. Pac-Man, perms, Pitfall, Q-bert, Qix, single, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tetris, TMNT
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Red Faced At Red Lobster
What I need you to do is take everything you think you know about working in a restaurant, tear it up, stomp on it, set it on fire, and throw it out the window into a pool of gasoline. Wait, … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Restaurants, Work
Tagged Cheddar Bay Biscuits, inappropriateness, lobster stuffed mushrooms, mozzarella sticks, Red Lobster, silverware
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Cool Kids Eat Waxed Cheese
Why, you see, the girls are always buying them, and unless you want to be thought mean, you must do it too. It’s nothing but limes now, for everyone is sucking them in their desks in schooltime, and trading them … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Childhood, Food, School
Tagged Amy March, Babybel, Big League Chew, Bonbel, carob, fruit roll ups, Little Women, Ludens, Nabisco, peanut butter and jelly, peer pressure, Ramona Quimby, Razzles
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Sticker? I Hardly Knew ‘Er!
When I was quitting smoking, I gave myself a sticker on my Hello, Kitty calendar every day. Bear with me. Well actually no, that pretty much sets the tone for the remainder. But it was very nice positive reinforcement. I … Continue reading
