Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: October 2013

  • Bucket List Update

    Gary and I seriously investigated a visit to see Northern Lights. This was a bucket list item for me. It has been struck from the bucket list, joining other de-bucketed items such as an outdoor wedding, and for the same reason: it just isn’t remotely practical. To see the lights at their best, you have…

  • Scene: The Guest Room Last Night

    Me, nesting in the guest bed, because Gary’s Delicate Back has sent me there. Gary suddenly appears at the foot of the bed. Gary: Hey! Me: What’s up? Gary: I just had an epiphany! Me: What’s that? Gary: It’s like a Eureka – Me: I know what an epiphany is. What was your epiphany? Gary:…

  • Productivity

    In the past, the house has always been at some level of disarray, no matter how clean, because the basement was a mess. The messy house is always a damper on my fun. “I want to play my guitar! But … really … I should clean the house first.” And then I do neither. However,…

  • Best Part of the Party

    The pinata was hard to kill. Eventually, it was on the ground while Libby bludgeoned it. She struck a mighty blow and red fluid poured on the basement floor. I was appalled. What had gotten into my uetrus pinata? I searched my mind for what chemical interaction could have caused red fluid to build up…

  • Took five swings to kill it

  • Games

  • Bonfire

  • NSFW Candy

  • Watermelon

  • Damn Redbirds.

    The Saint Louis Cardinals were up three to one against the LA Dodgers. All they had to do is win one more game. But did they? DID THEY? NO. This means there’s a good chance the seventh game of the playoffs will conflict with my MenoParty on Saturday, damnit. It also means I may have…