Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: September 2022

  • Covid Card Odometer Rollover

    Seventh shot. I went with Moderna this time, because why not? So elated I got to keep the old card. Many thanks to Dave at Blogography for sharing that the wait is only two months this time.

  • The Queen

    The Queen is dead; long live the King. I wish we had a Queen Elizabeth II in America. Some nice stable figurehead. A nice wealthy lady who does good deeds and represents her country well. I certainly wouldn’t want someone who has had an affair, lusted after young girls, wanted to be a tampon, dressed…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 9/8

    This week the latest dog went from this: … to this:

  • Deer On Tape

    The sprinkler repairman said, “You have deer,” and pointed to the tracks. I answered, “I know. We used to catch them on the video camera, but they’ve been avoiding it the last few years.” They must have been listening. This deer says, “Looking for me?” It’s almost time for them to switch to their woody…

  • MRI Appointment

    My MRI was long. It was for my brain and my spine, with and without contrast, so it was just shy of an hour and a half. (Some of that time was spent in a waiting room watching Grey’s Anatomy, which seems like the worst possible thing to show in a hospital.) I expected to…

  • Eye Appointment

    So, after hearing last week that three people I know had caught all Covid, I decided the Flu and Cold and Covid season was beginning and I’d better get my health maintenance taken care of. I made an eye appointment and an MRI appointment as soon as possible. The eye appointment was unremarkable. My suspicions…

  • Vacation Plans

    Just ignore me. I am publicizing my goals because supposedly that makes them easier to accomplish. The Purging The Weaning Creative Pursuits Something That Can Only Happen When Gary’s Around (That Won’t Happen) Something That Can Only Happen When Gary’s NOT Around Home Repair If All Other Chores are Done It is ambitious, but I…

  • Gary Screams

    So, a few days ago I was working and I heard Gary scream. Like a mother with a toddler, I know the different screams and what they mean, and this was a scream of horror. I thought he was listening to a scary movie, so I ignored it, until it was followed by multiple short…

  • Rewriting the Novel: Slooooowwww

    So now that I’m hand-editing the novel, you would think it would go faster, right? I don’t have to type, just scribble in the margins. Nope. It takes a half-hour per page to make edits and arrows and strikouts, and then — and this is what staggers me — it takes another quarter-hour per page…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 9/1

    So, I have decided to hand-draw the next dog, then check it against a traced dog. Original dog needs to have his eyeballs redirected. Eyeballs still need tweaks. Oh, and I amputated a foot. Need to fix that too.