weapons of massdistraction

I should be in bed. About 24 hours ago I was up hurling. Got that whole stomach flu thang going on. Again. But I’m hoping to miraculously be well again by morning. Or midafternoon at least. As we’ve got company coming for New Year’s Eve. We’ve been shockingly social lately. Friday night we had [...]

For the past decade or so I’d managed to keep a grand tradition alive. Ok, maybe not so grand. But really, um, nice. Each Christmas Day/Evening I would go out, with friends and/or family. To dine at one of the few open restaurants…and catch a movie afterwards. Some years the meals were better than [...]

So I decided against going to see Solaris. Did take care of the errands, as intended, and retrieved the little man a little early. Which was a good thing…for the most part. We’ve had a pleasant enough evening. The low point was when he was chasing after a ball and slid face-first into the [...]

Been listening to the Magnetic Fields today. Remembered to order a bunch of gifts online…all a little too late. A couple of batches of them have just arrived. Didn’t bake anything for the little man’s preschool holiday party. Did bring in some inferior store-bought cookies instead. For the first time in months I submitted [...]

The past several days have been equal parts elation and exhaustion. Too much to document thoroughly. Instead I’ll resort to a sloppy stream of consciousness style. You have my apologies. the good: chocolate almond midnight cake the little man’s penchant for hugging and cuddlingdance dance revolution invader zim august moon sigur ros weekend partying [...]