Life is Busting out ALL Over!

One year ago today, on December 31st, 2008, I moved into this here apartment I’m typing from right now. I had actually driven into Austin two days earlier but thanks to the wonders of logistics and company office moves 10x more important… my stuff didn’t show up until the early morning of New Year’s Eve. [...]

Just a life lesson here: When one has not been getting enough sleep, for what seems like her entire life, and then has a week of really not getting enough sleep, looking at decorating sites and finding something like Exhibit A might bring one to tears:
Exhibit A

OMG. The thickness of that comforter just kills me.
I [...]

It was almost as if I could imagine the fountain and the Von Trapp children bopping up and down its’ stairs:

As in “fucking sick”. Fick.
I don’t know what I have, but I have it. I finally admit defeat. Not even my surefire Neti-pot is helping.
Here’s hoping it doesn’t last long. I think feeling sorry for myself is making it worse, I haven’t even lived here long enough to find a doctor. Ugh.

Holy heck! I was so expecting the Super Bowl to follow the advertising trends of Super Bowl Ads of late and be a ho-hum of a game. But it was exciting and I didn’t turn to Puppy Bowl once! Although I am on cold meds and ready to pass out, opting for a quick blog [...]

THE BACHELOR.
I know. I can’t believe it either. It’s not totally out of the blue for me, however. Back in my pre-life, my roomies and I were HUGE Bachelor fans, probably because it bonded us together (I was the odd man out of the apartment as my two roommates were good friends from college, one [...]

So I don’t want to lament on my state’s fair governor being brought up on federal charges for lots of illegal stuff, not to mention the gov before him? Sitting in jail. Those political machines in Louisiana never had anything on Illinois, I’m afraid. But a couple thoughts from a day, when it truly felt [...]