Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: June 2012

  • Lunch

    Burger with pork belly at Annie Gunns

  • I begin my date with myself

    Miles 84197 Temp 95

  • Gaslight

    I’ve never seen Gaslight before tonight. It spoke to me. Like Ingrid Bergman’s character, I have been trapped in my house by my husband and I am going mental. This is the scene when Ingrid tells her husband that she isn’t “too tired” and she IS going out, even without him. She gets out of…

  • Raccoon Spirit

    On Tuesday (a mere three days ago) I was a weepy mess. I used to look young and vulnerable when I cried, but at my age, I look like I’m in the advanced stages of some horrible eye disease and my eyes are dissolving. My lips once got big and puffy and soft, now my…

  • No Fun Here

    Number of tests for his heart and lungs Gary has had so far: 2 Number of tests that have come back with good results: 2 Number of tests scheduled in the next 2 days: 3 Number of hours of sleep I’ve averaged a night: 3 Number of times I broke down and cried at work…

  • Perverts (and How We Dealt With Them)

    We’ve had our required two hours of sexual harassment training at work recently. It always makes me think of how I’ve reacted to inappropriate situations in the past and how they would be dealt with today. 1981Age: 19 Perp: Guy at DQ A guy at DQ came in while we were slammed. I was behind…

  • In Which We Mock Baby Racoons, Because They are Stupid.

    I am accustomed to seeing our racoons caught on tape in the middle of the night. “What? This is mine, right?” So I was surprised when I looked in the backyard this morning and saw one of our two trees was leaking racoons. Adult racoons, BABY racoons, just pouring out of the tree. I screamed…

  • Twenty Seven Year Anniversary

    I completely forgot Thursday was my 27 year anniversary until Tuesday, when a friend mentioned there we had two days till Flag Day. I didn’t even know there was a flag day until I scheduled my wedding for the same day. At the time, Dad said, “Now you’ll never forget your anniversary.” I laughed. Who…

  • Balls (No, really this time)

    I still can’t get over the cottonwood fluff in the air. And as Caroline has said, the wind in the corners of the parking garage tumble them in to perfectly round balls. The angels have their opinion. One thing about the Angel Shoes of the Dead, they can make you feel much more self-conscious in…

  • PR Gone Wrong

    I recently enjoyed this article from Cracked.com: The Five Worst Marketing Ideas Ever Put Into Action. (I remember Ayds in particular.) And then this week, Schnucks, the grocery chain here in Saint Louis, decided to introduce the Sixth Worst Marketing Idea Ever. Schnucks was all in the news a few months ago for sickening salad…