Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: August 2023

  • Interactions with Men

    I have recently been reminded what a big old whore of a flirt I am. And then, thankfully, something happened that made me change my mind. I was starting a Zoom call, and our last attendee (call her “Jane”) signed in on camera. “Wow, Jane, you’re gorgeous,” I said. “Okay, so we’re here today to…

  • Re-rewriting the Novel

    I finished almost all my line edits and then set aside the novel for a few months, so I can look at it with fresh eyes at the end of the summer. I didn’t even make it to the end of summer. On the last day of July I woke up at 3 a.m. and…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 8/10

    This week Hunky Gary went from this: … to this. I can paint whatever color I want. Even a strange blue green that no grass has ever been.

  • Off the List

    One nice thing about the prep for this clinical trial is that it gave me a chance to review the last 23 years of my medical history. They asked me to document the start and stop dates of any condition I have had. I briefly considered not documenting the bi-polar diagnosis that I have never…

  • So Not Fair

    Have you seen this commercial? She had eight UTIs in one year? Other people might say, “Dude, get off of her.” Whereas I say, “Girl! You had sex eight times in one year? Jealous.” And now that this pelvic floor tension has led to a cruel coupling of reduced capacity and heightened interest, I have…

  • Update on My New Hobby

    I think clinical trials all have a test you must pass to be deemed worthy. The Gilenya trial offered me an alternative drug in order to test my loyalty to science. This new Evusheld trial is making me fill out paperwork to test my loyalty to science. I got my hands on my medical records,…

  • TWIL: Lacks Settlement

    I know only the thinnest of details. Only the synopsis of the story of Henrietta Lacks. I tried to read the book, but I didn’t get very far. I knew it didn’t have a happy ending. I might have to try again, because this week I learned that the Lacks family is being compensated in…

  • Taking Nominees for New Favorite Comedy

    My favorite movies for five genres: Romance: Brief Encounter Sci-Fi: Brazil Drama: Henry V Action: The Great Escape Comedy: I don’t know anymore. Pillow Talk aged out because of scenes like this: Oh, and this: It’s just cringey enough now that I can’t even enjoy Tony Randall, and he’s the best part of the movie.…

  • Birthday Week 2023

    In about a week I will have my 61st birthday. Many people do not know this, but at 61 years a women’s images are automatically withdrawn from any spank banks where even a partial memory might be stored. (Not Spunky’s image, though. Spunky is immortal, like Sophia Loren and Cher. If you have a mental…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 8/3

    This week Hunky Gary went from this: … to this. His face got pretty overworked. I should have stopped and let part of it dry, but I got excited. It looks like Gary now. But why is there a tiny white dot on his crotch? And what is that light area over his shoulder. That…