Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: March 2013

  • Drugs of My Youth, or, the Return of Science Girl

    Here is my theory. When we are young – babies, toddlers, pre-teens- our bodies learn. Our bodies learn how to react to drugs, and then they never forget. My body took penicillin once as a child, learned how to react to penicillin (projectile vomit!) and since then it has never forgotten. So, my theory says…

  • Movie Recommendation: Timer (2009)

    Man, it’s one o’clock. I would have gone to bed an hour and a half ago but we started watching a movie called Timer. Interesting premise: everyone gets wrist timers that countdown to the moment they meet true love. Watch it. It’s on NetFlix. Quirky, funny, interesting.

  • The Social Pressure of Meeting New People

    There’s a new employee at work. I tell you, I am terrified. There’s a countdown ticking till I say something inappropriate to him. Other people can wait for the new person to embarrass herself. I jump right in and embarrass myself first. Oh, here’s an example. In Chicago I met the husband of one of…

  • DONE! Basement. DONE!

    The before: The after! Look at the air! The vacancy! The stark nothingness! Everything I own now fits on one wall. The past twenty seven years. I’m like a freaking Buddhist, man! The pure of heart can see Mom in the corner, approving, Honestly, I feel like I just bought a new house. We still…

  • We Have Been Productive.

    Must be the vegetables. Gary keeps saying how we can sleep on them like bunk beds …

  • Tired of Vacation Already!

    Gary and I narrowed down vacation choices tonight. Quebec City. Pros: inexpensive. Cons: not enough there to keep us for a week, I think. Hawaii – the Big Island. Pros: lava! Hattie! Cons: been there (Maui). A Mediterranean cruise. Gary pulled this out of nowhere. Pros: we could spend a few days in Venice before.…

  • Movies I Gave Up On

    I have no patience with movies any more. If I’m not interested after half an hour: click, delete. It’s the wicked Amazon Prime again. When a movie downloads free to your PC there’s no investment. Amazon Prime is evil. (It’s the primeval Amazon.) I had hopes for My Brother’s Keeper. There’s a mercy killing, confessed…

  • Mr. Tooth

    After 36 consecutive waking hours spent watching episodes of Warehouse 13, I asked Gary if he ever felt bad wasting his weekends. Perhaps he might feel better if he made lunch, like I did, or did the taxes, like I did, or even loaded the dishwasher, or …. Of course he reminded me it was…

  • Amazon Prime

    So, what they don’t tell you when you get Amazon Prime (so you can watch documentaries on your PC for free) is that the shopping monkey jumps right on your back and rides you like a donkey in Tijuana. That’s why I was scrolling through the day’s “deals” and saw this: Of course I clicked…

  • March Forth

    March is Gary’s birthday month, which he will spend focused on his favorite activity: working. That means I have time to work on my new resolutions. Usually at New Years I resolve to lose one hundred pounds or plod on the treadmill thirty minutes a day. Neither of these makes me feel good. I think…