Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: September 2021

  • Fancy Like

    The Applebee’s ‘Fancy Like’ commercial is getting the same airplay as “HEAD ON APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD,” which is to say it appears at every commercial break. Thankfully, HEAD ON didn’t have a catchy tune and a special dance. Fancy Like does. This means that every commercial break I think, “You say ‘Bougie’ like…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 9/9

    This week the flycatcher-yellow sundials went from this: … to this: While I was muddying up the yellow, a fly became enraged and dive-bombed my head. (Actually, opinions vary on if the yellow color is attractive to flies, but all flypaper is that same color.) I still need to add detail to the big and…

  • Armyworms

    Saint Louisans already know that the armyworms have reached O’Fallon Illinois, right across the Mississippi. I’ve been surveying my tiny little estate looking for evidence. Haven’t seen the post-larval two-toned moth with the white lower wings, but I did see an egg ball. I would hope the raccoons would earn their peanuts by eating the…

  • Abortion

    Mom’s family had abortions … I think five or six … from a lady on the corner. I have a friend who lives on that corner of Jamieson and it amuses me to think she might live in the very house where I lost a number of potential relatives. No one talked about the abortions…

  • Outrageous Number

    A few weeks ago I saw a news post that said my risk of getting the virus is 485 times worse than the average person. Yikes, indeed. I quoted that number to someone last week, and I thought, that sounds like a made -up number. I need to find that study. Before I even tracked…

  • Sweats

    I spent last week buying new clothing. First of all, Gary complained that it had been a year and a half of me wearing pajamas to do gardening and to get the mail. (As a man at work asked me to clarify: “He’s just now annoyed by this, or it took him a year and…

  • Rewriting the Novel: Emotional Scenes

    What do these things have in common? Barre chords on guitar Cast shadows in painting Emotional scenes in writing The obvious answer: What am I bad at, Alex? Wouldn’t it be nice if they all had something in common? Then I would be bad at just one thing. What do they have in common? Is…

  • Flies, Again

    I have been horrified by how many flies have been buzzing around my painting area downstairs. I even put out bright yellow flypaper to attract them so I can count them and then look to see what kind they are. The awful flesh flies that were probably consuming some dead rabbit have been eradicated and…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 9/2

    This week the sundials went from this: … to this: Details soon!

  • Mini Release

    I know, I’m still talking about the new car. I think I’ve got a year’s worth of delight in the new car. Just think, I haven’t even seen or used the heated seats or steering wheel. I imagine if there weren’t a pandemic I would be less obsessed with this material thing. This is a…