Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: June 2016

  • Steven Page and the Art of Time Ensemble Are Coming to Town

    Steven Page is finally visiting Saint Louis! He comes with the Art of Time ensemble, doing a “re-imagining” of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They idle quite a while around St. Louis in October, with one show in Urbana Il, 3.25 hours away, one in St. Louis (Oct. 17) at the Sheldon, one in…

  • Losing My Mindfulness

    While I still haven’t brought my mindfulness rock out of its package, I have been viewing videos on mindfulness: ones my counselor published, and a Harvard video. Supposedly, when you succeed at it, you don’t dwell on the past or worry about the future, you just connect with the moment. You have to breathe, and…

  • The End of Innocence

    When we view the videos of what Gary calls the “Backyard Wildlife Buffet and Petting Zoo,” one thing we watch for is animal sex. Of course, animals giving birth would be the ultimate, but impossible, so we’ve been keeping an eye out for the next best thing, wildlife getting it on. In the beginning of…

  • I Finally Get to Strange Donuts

    Everyone in Saint Louis but me has been to the hot new donut place, Strange Donuts. Gary slept in, so I went there to get one of everything. Well. Two of everything. The thing is, a Strange Donut is a cake donut. Mom loved a good cake donut, and happily she lived close enough to…

  • Gary’s Father’s Day Gift From His Babies

    Gary announced his intent to make turkey soup, and I announced my intent to document his turkey-soup-making process, which involves sauteeing all the vegetables separately before putting them in the soup, and then he elected to make his soup after I went to bed. That’s why he was up making soup after midnight. It was…

  • A Tale of Two Theaters: BNL / The Nice Guys

    It was the best of theaters, it was the worst of theaters. In the past week I’ve been entertained at the best theater I’ve ever been in (the Starlight Theater in Kansas City) and the worst theater (a movie theater some miles away from my home). Best Theater: Starlight Theater in Kansas City The Starlight…

  • Counselor

    So I did go see a counselor, and it was not what I expected. I think I expected someone to call me on my bullshit, and my bullshit was not called on, Instead, she was very supportive of my concerns. She listened, and was calm, and yet horrified at the appropriate times. She had three…

  • The Happy Event

    Mr. and Mrs. Gary S______ Are happy and proud to announce After months of waiting and pounds of dog food The Arrival of Five Bouncing Happy Kits at 2:34 a.m. on the Seventh of June There was one touch and go moment. The kits hung out off and on till 5:15 am.

  • Testing the Mental Health

    Since I made the appointment with the counselor two weeks ago, I’ve cried only once. I suppose this is like when you schedule a haircut, prompting your hair to look as cute as possible. The last bout of tears was when we were driving to see Ken in the hospital. Gary was relating how Ken…