Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: May 2007

  • Wildlife in Memphis

    Wildlife in Memphis

    TigersAs we were driving to Memphis, Gary screamed, “Tigers! Stop! Tigers!” He had seen this billboard: And because once Gary told me he regretted his Dad never stopped to see tourist attractions on cross-country trips, I was a sport and pulled off to see the tigers. But of course, the tigers were closed. Instead, in…

  • Memphis: The Concert

    Gary and I tooled off to Memphis this weekend for one reason: to go to the BNL set at the Beale Street Music Festival. Sure, there was the siren song of the snoots, and we did visit the shiny shrine to Elvis that is Graceland, but what lured us there was the Barenaked Ladies hour-long…

  • Back from Memphis

    Too much to say. I must collect my thoughts. There are posts on wildlife, concerts, The Concert, demographics, spontaneity, exhaustion and the coping with it, misanthropy, and food. But as for now … work. And me with only a few hours of insufficient sleep.

  • memphis

    Hot. No snoots. Here early Blackberries suck.

  • What To Do When You Are Bored At Work

    Our team at work has been enduring a project that is soul-shatteringly boring. We squabble over who gets the challenging morsels of the project, like the ones in which you get to cut (woo) and paste (weee) instead of type. So, my aggregation (there’s no ‘I’ in team, and ‘aggregation’ was the best the thesaurus…

  • In Which We Play our First Drinking Game! Ever!

    You know what’s fun? Watching the Republican National Debate and doing a shot every time they say “Ronald Reagan.” It was Gary’s idea, but he refuses to participate now. We didn’t start watching until 7:45, and it’s 8:00, and I’ve had three shots so far. Gary has just taken aWAY the Bailey’s. Or, as he…

  • In Which I Reveal My Fantasy About My Husband

    This is pitiful, but sometimes when I hear Gary pretending to be the dog and calling us ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad,’ I have this fantasy: I go to the mall with Gary and we accidentally bump into one of his old girlfriends. This puts him on the spot and he breaks down and confesses that he’s…

  • Ooooz A Good Boy?

    An exchange this morning: Gary: “Here you go, Mac. Here’s your breakfast.”Gary in ‘Mac’ Falsetto: “Thanks Dad!”Gary: “See, I made it just the way you like it.”Gary Falsetto: “That looks great Dad!”Gary: “See? Mom just stacks it up, but I made it into a cone shape. I know you like that the best.”Gary Falsetto: “I…