Queen of Rambles

This must be short because it’s 10 pm and Erik is still up and at ‘em. That’s what comes of a 5 pm nap. I tried to get him down earlier, even going so far as to take him swimming in the heat of the day, but he was having none of it. Then I [...]

The Bad Aunt has tagged me with a little meme and she’s a teacher so I better obey her every whim! Seriously, if you haven’t read her blog before, go check it out. She has hilarious stories about teaching English in Japan. I thought the people of Sweden were strange. They’ve got nothing on the [...]

I just got back from the gym, but my heart got its daily pounding this morning so I probably didn’t even need to do cardio. I left Erik in front of the one-eyed sitter while I showered. He’s old enough to handle it, or to come upstairs and climb in the shower if he gets [...]

You know I can’t resist the five interview questions meme, no matter how many times it comes around. This time Tora was responsible for probing the depths of my soul. Interview Meme Rules are as follows: You comment on this entry requesting an interview. I respond with five questions. The questions will theoretically be tailored [...]

I got the weirdest message at my fantasy forum yesterday. Some guy (or gal?) who owns a small press publishing company wants to include a forum on his website but doesn’t want to moderate it. His solution? Ask me if he can just put a link to our forum as “his” forum and let us [...]

Me, with a pathetic look on my face: I’m having an emergency. Mike: You’re thirsty? Me: No. Mike: A zit emergency? Me: No. Mike: You have to poop? Me: No. Mike: Those are the only emergencies you could be having. Me: I’m having a CHOCOLATE emergency. Mike, with a complete lack of sympathy: That’s the [...]

I’m going to visit the Statue of Liberty. I am weary. Bone weary. Isn’t she supposed to help me? Seriously, Erik has me frayed to the very edge of fraydom. He refused to go down for a nap all day and it was cold and wet outside so I couldn’t run him or swim him [...]

I’m glad I live in a place where my tragedies are small ones, but that doesn’t make it any easier to be without my laptop! My power cord gave up the ghost this afternoon and I didn’t even have time to write down my new password for my mail server. I finally managed to get [...]

I need to be in bed. I can’t go to bed till I write something brilliant. I am too tired to write something brilliant. I need to be in bed. Vicious cycle. I need to get a new power cord for the laptop. It’s been giving me funny error messages for awhile, mainly because it [...]

Crappy night of sleep thanks to running stupid thoughts over and over and over in my head. Thoughts that mean NOTHING! Thoughts about people I don’t even care about! Thoughts about why people I don’t even know, like, care about or have any emotional involvement in are stupid. Who has the secret for turning off [...]