Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: November 2022

  • Ozark 809 Crash

    I vaguely remember blogging about Gary’s experience with the crash of Ozark flight 809, but I can’t find it. I apologize if I am telling you this story as if you haven’t heard it before. It comes up because last week Gary told me the story as if I hadn’t heard it before. The first…

  • Dave Haul

    I relocated a few of Dave’s things to Saint Louis. There was Jerry’s final draft (which I am still reading), several old Mad magazines, and then two other things. Mom’s Whale Mugs. Mom, as you may remember, had limited use of her arms because of the polio. One arm had a good elbow but a…

  • Rewriting the Novel: That New Draft, and Again, May I Say, FFS

    One of the reasons I had trouble closing my suitcase on the way back from Albuquerque was because I was carrying Fave’s ashes and Jerry’s evidently-finished novel. If you recall, a few pounds of Dave had to stay behind, because I wasn’t going to trust Jerry’s novel to UPS. But then, when I got to…

  • This Year’s Christmas Ornament 2022

    Usually I have bought a Christmas ornament by this time. I was debating with Gary what might make a good ornament symbolizing the the year. I don’t know if they make tiny little wig ornaments, bur that didn’t happen to “us.” On review, all that happened was that we sold Mom’s house. (I mean, of…

  • Death Food

    When I was at Dave’s it was just too easy to Grubhub all the food. Sure, it was ridiculously expensive (like fifty bucks for Taco Bell), but with the terminal agitation and the expired food from Shipt, it was easier. It was also easier when I came back. I had enough stuff to do with…

  • Infrastructure Nonsense

    Two days ago I saw a truck in our subdivision marked “U.S. Infrastructure” and I thought that was pretty cool. Yesterday I noticed that an area on our street was marked off by cones. Today I noticed a large pile of gravel blocking our driveway. Could have put it where they parked their trucks, but…

  • Weekly Paint Progress; 11/24 Happy Thanksgiving

    I put so little effort making this: … out of this:

  • Rookie / Cookies

    Rookie. Every synthetic wig wearer does this once: opens a hot oven and scorches the nylon that her wig is made of. I went a whole two months without doing it. Technically I could take that wig to a stylist and have her clip out the scorched hairs then use mild heat to re-route the…

  • Good Things / Bad Things: Big Delete

    Now that Dave is gone, I keep coming across things I no longer have to hold on to, and I’ve been getting rid of them. A list of movies David insisted I must watch. Dave and I differed on what made a good movie. For years he insisted Veronica Guerin was the Best Movie Ever…

  • Bad Things: Dust and Mysteries Part 2

    So, now I have honored Dave’s wishes and distributed some of Dave’s ashes to his friends. (I assume his AA sponsor really did this at the remembrance ceremony they held for Dave.) I kept the rest in my luggage and flew it home. (To be honest, first I sprinkled some in the backyard of his…