Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: May 2021

  • Moloch

    I am always delighted when I learn something new. I am even more delighted when I learn something old — that is, something I should have learned a long time ago. I mean, I certainly can see why my church just thumbed right past the sacrificial-baby-burning idol Molech in Leviticus and Kings. But, here’s the…

  • Alexa Is Listening

    My duties at work involve updating the anti-money laundering course. It’s difficult, because to update a course one must understand the topic of the course, and while I watched the first two seasons of Ozark, I don’t quite understand money laundering. When I ask questions, the experts cheerfully tell me they aren’t in the business…

  • Rewriting the Novel: Characters Decided the Break was Over

    I have been taking some time off from the novel. I hit the midpoint, in which things go seriously south for the heroine, and I took a break because I felt it needed to settle. That was three weeks ago. For some reason all the characters woke up and said things in my brain this…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 5/27

    This week the pansy went from this: … to this. The cliffs … … got this far:

  • Old

    A week ago I was telling the young neighbor about my 35 bruises. She said, “Oh really? Is that what happens to old people?” I thought, “Really, girl?” Then I softened. I’m not old, but I am elderly-adjacent. Gary’s old. Well, he isn’t exactly old, but he looks old. I stuck with that interpretation of…

  • Trunk

    I think I’ve taken the Mini out seven times in the last month, and twice it has given me a warning message that my trunk is open. Bear in mind that I am sixteen years behind the rest of you in car technology, and most of you know why my trunk is mysteriously open. As…

  • I Know I Just Talked About the Fox But Look How Gorgeous this Fox Is.

    Look at the ears and the tail! Incredible. Fox is paying us a visit once or twice a night every night now. Completely stole the show from the baby raccoons.

  • Gravy

    I have a new staple. Garlic cream sauce. So, so garlicky. Head of garlic distilled down make garlic-infused cream studded with garlic and THEN FLAVORED WITH GARLIC POWDER because why the hell not. I put this on everything for two weeks. I just sniffed myself. I waft a nimbus of garlic in my wake. Fair…

  • More Work Shenanigans

    So, the new thing at work is to be vulnerable. Bosses, executives, co-workers, we must all be vulnerable so that we can trust each other. It feels very awkward to be in front of people and talk about my purpose in life and my greatest fears and what shaped who I am today. Jerry gets…

  • Babies!

    The raccoon babies are here three weeks early this year! They are allowed back down to pretend to eat. Later the fox comes by and chases the mouse. No taste for baby raccoons.