Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: March 2024

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 3/21

    This week The Tongue went from this: … to this … Damnit! That tongue is too small again! So close, though.

  • Cranky Old Man at 70

    Today is Gary’s 70th birthday. I remember when I was first engaged to him, and Mom cautioned me that our eight-year age difference would come back to bite me at some point. “Oh, no,” I scoffed. “It sounds like a big age difference now, but when he’s 70 and I am 62 it won’t be…

  • Favorite Movie

    Okay, Poor Things did jostle Brief Encounter off my Favorite Movie pedestal, but only briefly, and only because it features a brain-damaged woman with a funny walk who blurts out everything in her head. It was funny, but it was not the hilarious romp that is Brief Encounter. Granted, many people think Brief Encounter is…

  • Double Vision

    I took advantage of the 60-degree weather to do some garden cleanup. The first hour was fine, but then I was plagued with double vision for the last thirty minutes. It’s pretty rare that I have MS symptoms unrelated to my bowel or bladder, but when I have them, it’s because I am gardening. And…

  • TWIL: Lean

    People have been talking about this on Reddit and listicles for years, but it was news to me. Americans evidently lean. Given the task of standing in one place, we can’t go five minutes without support. In fact, we lean a particular way. The posts on this topic always mention that the CIA has to…

  • Review: Poor Things

    Months ago, Gary and I had this exchange: “Oh, oh, Gary, I heard about this movie –” “The one with Emma Stone?” “YES.” “We have to see it!” Quirky, sexy, sounded perfect for us. Last night, we started watching it on Hulu. Gary winced when he saw the pregnancy bump and realized the doctor’s plans.…

  • Gary: Jealous?

    Gary’s mother has fawned on him since the day he emerged from her womb, and because of that, he has a high tolerance for compliments. I recall once I tried to see if I could get him to say, “Stop, you’re embarrassing me,” the way a woman might. I carpet-bombed him with compliments for twenty…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 3/14

    This week the Tongue went from this: … to this. Agh! Part of the issue is that the lighting was different, but I do want to enhance that nose/cheek highlight on the left. Bordering on overworked. I think I will lighten the sweatshirt, add freckles, and say that’s it. But you know what? That tongue…

  • Coronaversary

    Look how young and happy I was before the world shut down. Four years ago today I went to Target and bought two pairs of pants in the smallest size I had been in fifteen years, then I went to my novel-writing class, then I got the text blast that told me I shouldn’t go…

  • Review: Argylle

    I hate action movies. James Bond? Mission Impossible? Put me in one of those new comfy cinema seats and I am asleep at the first chase scene. Are you the same? Does your spouse think you are odd for requiring dialog, or plot progression? Well, enjoy your revenge when your spouse conks out an hour…