Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: February 2007

  • Huh. I Don’t Get Men.

    The theme for the most recent GNO was “Hot Men.” You try making a Hot Men mix CD sometime. Songs By Women Who Think Men Are Hot? Yes. And thank you, Liz Phair. Songs By Women Who Think They Themselves Are Hot? Thanks again, Liz. Songs by Men Singing About Hotness as an Abstract Concept?…

  • Look On My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair

    I got the latest BNL CD, Barenaked Ladies are Men, and found two surprises on the enhanced CD. First, it contains a feature that lets you re-mix a few of the songs, including a lovely pop-up box that contains the lyrics: Sure, it looks obvious to YOU, but if you had flown through the installation…

  • You Had To be There

    Okay, I’m about to attempt the impossible: writing an account of an evening you had to be there to appreciate. I was at Catherine the Red’s last night, with her friend “Lisa.” Lisa is a natural mimic. I shrieked, “Do me! Do me!” Lisa immediately messed up her hair. Lisa relieves the stress of her…

  • Gary’s Big House O’Fun

    I suppose Valentine’s Day inspired Gary to have another of the freaky Big House dreams. He was once again the owner of a Big House, and again strangers were milling around. Gary reported this house was even larger than most houses in the Big House series of dreams. (Coming soon on DVD!) So large he…

  • A Gift of Love

    A few days ago, I said to Gary, “It’s so great! They took away the tree and all we have left is tree detrius. ” (pronounced “Deh-tree-us”) His eyes widened. He gasped, and crowed, “Do you mean “DeTRITus?”I scoffed, “There is no such word.” Yeah, well, shut up. He was right and I was wrong.…

  • Three Stories Down, Six to Go

    Well, while waiting for Middlesex (snicker – I just capitalized it MiddleSex) to be pitched on my doorstep as does not befit a Pulitzer-prize-winning novel, I looked for another book. I read the prologue to The Time Traveler’s Wife. And then the first few pages of a chapter. “Well, this didn’t win a Pulitzer,” I…

  • Best Day Ever!

    The day started with blessings raining down on my snoring slumbering form. The phone rang at 7 in the morning. The dentist. The dentist CALLING TO CANCEL that day’s 8 a.m. tooth-cleaning appointment. “BWAHAHahahaha!” I said after I hung up. Then I relaxed my body so much that it absorbed into it the sheets and…

  • Red Hot Who?

    So! I forgot that one time I bought the Red Hot Chili Peppers album. Gary disliked it so much on the first hearing he tore it out of the car CD player and winged it out into the street. I’m sure that is why Red Hot Chili Peppers won rock album of the year. And…

  • Yesterday and Today

    Yesterday I Was Cool and Sophisticated Yesterday I went out to dinner at Yai Yai’s with Catherine the Red (Friend #1), Marcia (Friend #3), Another, “Brandon” (not his real name, as someone mentioned after I used it incorrectly all night), and He Whose Name Shall Not Be Repeated (this is his own joke, and it…

  • Foods in Disguise

    Gary usually adopts the Tea Spirit after it is over, making helpful suggestions that all start with “You know, what you should have done…” But this year, since the Tea was delayed so I could get over Crouping my lungs up, Gary’s suggestions can be implemented. This is why I need recipes for foods that…