laurenisms » nothing http://laurenisms.com Sat, 07 Apr 2012 01:41:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Guess not http://laurenisms.com/2009/11/20/guess-not/ http://laurenisms.com/2009/11/20/guess-not/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:09:53 +0000 lauren http://laurenisms.com/2009/11/20/guess-not/ Yeah, November’s a wash. We’ll see if I pick the songs back up again in December. Or maybe I’ll work on photography with my new (used, gifted) camera, a Nikon D70!

So here’s an alternate something for you to read instead of me blathering about songs I’ve never listened to: Yes, You Are, by Sars [...]]]> Yeah, November’s a wash. We’ll see if I pick the songs back up again in December. Or maybe I’ll work on photography with my new (used, gifted) camera, a Nikon D70!

So here’s an alternate something for you to read instead of me blathering about songs I’ve never listened to: Yes, You Are, by Sars (Tomato Nation). Thanks SJ for reminding me of this great post.

“If you believe in, support, look fondly on, hope for, and/or work towards equality of the sexes, you are a feminist.

Yes, you are.”

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]]> http://laurenisms.com/2009/10/01/because-its-awesome/feed/ 1 Alone time http://laurenisms.com/2008/08/30/alone-time/ http://laurenisms.com/2008/08/30/alone-time/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:07:37 +0000 lauren http://laurenisms.com/2008/08/286 I was supposed to go camping today with G. and some other friends, but last night Ruby came in from the woods all limpy and whiny about it. This morning it wasn’t any better, and was actually worse, so we went to the vet. All muscles and joints seemed fine yet she was clearly hurty [...]]]> I was supposed to go camping today with G. and some other friends, but last night Ruby came in from the woods all limpy and whiny about it. This morning it wasn’t any better, and was actually worse, so we went to the vet. All muscles and joints seemed fine yet she was clearly hurty and stiff when walking, so she got some painkillers and orders to keep quiet and not run around too much. We decided that would be easier to accomplish if we were not camping and visiting an off-leash dog training and herding park. So, Ruby and I, and visiting friend dog Stella, are home in front of a fire, having alone time. I am so rarely home alone, since I have longer working days than Garth, and I am kind of looking forward to it. I am going to spend some time folding laundry and playing with my Wii Fit, now that my ankle is mostly better. Fun times!

]]> http://laurenisms.com/2008/08/30/alone-time/feed/ 0 Kill the stars, shreds and shards http://laurenisms.com/2007/03/11/kill-the-stars-shreds-and-shards/ http://laurenisms.com/2007/03/11/kill-the-stars-shreds-and-shards/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:58:11 +0000 lauren http://laurenisms.com/?p=261 Weekend of great yuppiedom: Took a small vacation out to Vashon Island this weekend. G. didn’t know where we were going until we started following the signs to the Vashon ferry, as I had planned everything, which really just involved getting us a little cottage and printing out the directions to the lighthouse, and remembering [...]]]> Weekend of great yuppiedom: Took a small vacation out to Vashon Island this weekend. G. didn’t know where we were going until we started following the signs to the Vashon ferry, as I had planned everything, which really just involved getting us a little cottage and printing out the directions to the lighthouse, and remembering to pick up a couple of bottles of wine. And given the week I had last week — one full day in Olympia, two late nights (getting off work at ~7pm), and spending 8+ hours on the phone (!), it was wonderful to sit around with no plans.
We spent Saturday morning in downtown Vashon, where we bought a really cute little woodblock print of peapods, and drank some coffee, and went to some garden stores in search of a seed potato for this Saturday’s ceremonial planting. I quite like the art we got, and I am glad we got it, but buying it made me feel conspicuously yuppified, even though I was wearing a comic book tshirt and my hair was all flat from my coelacanth baseball cap. It was an interesting experience.

Weekend of intended vacation and actual work and stupidness: Last weekend I was in Eugene to visit pals, staying with Andi and spending most of my time with her and Shelby. The time that I wasn’t working, that is. I took the day off on Friday to head down, and while I was on the bus on Friday morning, I learned that I would be in Olympia all day on Monday and therefore had to prepare. So I spent Friday bus time, as well as Saturday and Sunday, when I was supposed to be spending time with the girls, working on PowerPoint slides. Boo. I did have a good time, other than that, though, and I managed to go to Rennie’s (which was the only place with free wireless! wtf?), where I ran into Heath — which I hoped would happen, as I didn’t think I had his number — and also met up with Stephanie. I also made it to Roma, where I saw Sho, and we talked about comic books, and Battlestar Galactica, and library school.

In grad school I gave up writing conclusions to my papers. Once, on a not-very-important paper for a class I didn’t care much about, I was tired and didn’t want to finish the paper so I decided not to write the conclusion and see what happened. NOTHING happened. It didn’t affect my grade. After that I wrote very few conclusions. Unfortunately this causes me pain now, as I don’t like ending posts without some sort of conclusion, pref. witty or otherwise punch-line-ish. But I have lost the knack for the conclusion, and I’m not very funny in the first place, so.

(song: “The Old Black Hole,” the Fruit Bats)

]]> http://laurenisms.com/2007/03/11/kill-the-stars-shreds-and-shards/feed/ 0 Pour éclairer tes yeux de rêve http://laurenisms.com/2006/09/22/pour-eclairer-tes-yeux-de-rve/ http://laurenisms.com/2006/09/22/pour-eclairer-tes-yeux-de-rve/#comments Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:57:36 +0000 lauren http://laurenisms.com/?p=251 Dogs are snoring, and so is G. I am up late (but not that late) because Ten Things I Hate About You is on, and because I had a cup of coffee at about 3:30, and because my Friday night bourbon is accompanying me. (Julia Stiles has amazing hair in this movie.) I have an [...]]]> Dogs are snoring, and so is G. I am up late (but not that late) because Ten Things I Hate About You is on, and because I had a cup of coffee at about 3:30, and because my Friday night bourbon is accompanying me. (Julia Stiles has amazing hair in this movie.) I have an early morning tomorrow of meeting with a photographer, and I want to go running beforehand. Lots of relationship newness around me right now, both televisory and IRL, and I am a bit weirded out by my soon-to-be-legally-declared absolute future lack of newness, ever.

Also, I love the part where Bianca kicks the stupid kid’s ass at the prom. Especially the “that’s for my sister!” There has also lately been sistering. I love my sister. We keep trying to define it but it doesn’t work. She’s the best. I’m so happy that she’s in my wedding. I think I am at least as happy to have such an excellent sister as I am to have a wedding at all. Because, really, I could take or leave the wedding itself, and he knows that. But the sister, she is essential to the functioning.

Did I mention the bourbon? Hello, rambly time.

Lots of things accomplished lately and lots of things to do upcoming soon. Work + side projects + planning + damn hell ass house needs cleaned + sleeping? what is that?

Garden has been suffering for lack of sun, but it is supposed to be clear and bright and like 70 degrees this weekend, so maybe I will get some more ripe tomatoes for the saucing, and some more corn for grillin’.

PS. Colin Firth, call me up any time! OK? OK!
PS2. I am 26! Yarrr!
PS3. Johnny, I didn’t mean it about Colin. You know I think you’re actually the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen, including Scarlett and that girl who used to work at Le Panier.
PS4. I love the name Bianca. If I ever get an all-black dog, I will name her Bianca. Just for fun.

(Song: “Aïcha,” Khaled)

]]> http://laurenisms.com/2006/09/22/pour-eclairer-tes-yeux-de-rve/feed/ 0 Got Jesus in my pocket http://laurenisms.com/2006/07/28/got-jesus-in-my-pocket/ http://laurenisms.com/2006/07/28/got-jesus-in-my-pocket/#comments Sat, 29 Jul 2006 02:32:13 +0000 lauren http://laurenisms.com/2006/07/246 I think my toe might be broken. But I have an awesome garden, and the room has finally stopped rocking back and forth now that I’m off the boat after the long weekend. I have to upload a bunch of pictures and then I’ll post for reals.

(song: “Firetrap,” the Walkabouts)

]]> I think my toe might be broken. But I have an awesome garden, and the room has finally stopped rocking back and forth now that I’m off the boat after the long weekend. I have to upload a bunch of pictures and then I’ll post for reals.

(song: “Firetrap,” the Walkabouts)

]]> http://laurenisms.com/2006/07/28/got-jesus-in-my-pocket/feed/ 0 Make you so blue you become mean http://laurenisms.com/2006/05/29/make-you-so-blue-you-become-mean/ http://laurenisms.com/2006/05/29/make-you-so-blue-you-become-mean/#comments Tue, 30 May 2006 05:21:33 +0000 lauren http://laurenisms.com/2006/05/242 I can’t believe I ever wondered why I was swearing so much. We just bought the 2nd season of Deadwood and now I remember.

Cocksuckers.

(Song: “Mother-ucker,” BBJ)

]]> I can’t believe I ever wondered why I was swearing so much. We just bought the 2nd season of Deadwood and now I remember.

Cocksuckers.

(Song: “Mother-ucker,” BBJ)

]]> http://laurenisms.com/2006/05/29/make-you-so-blue-you-become-mean/feed/ 0 If I’d been out till quarter to three http://laurenisms.com/2006/05/11/if-id-been-out-till-quarter-to-three/ http://laurenisms.com/2006/05/11/if-id-been-out-till-quarter-to-three/#comments Fri, 12 May 2006 04:14:39 +0000 lauren http://laurenisms.com/2006/05/240 I have posted at Knitblog and at Kitchenisms. But not here.

Except now I have posted here.

(Song: “When I’m 64,” the Beatles)

]]> I have posted at Knitblog and at Kitchenisms. But not here.

Except now I have posted here.

(Song: “When I’m 64,” the Beatles)

]]> http://laurenisms.com/2006/05/11/if-id-been-out-till-quarter-to-three/feed/ 0 His bowtie is really a camera http://laurenisms.com/2006/02/23/his-bowtie-is-really-a-camera/ http://laurenisms.com/2006/02/23/his-bowtie-is-really-a-camera/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:12:47 +0000 lauren http://laurenisms.com/?p=230 I woke up early this morning — 5:30 — too excited to sleep. Not going to post about the exciting thing for a few more days, when it’s for sure. But staying in bed was boring and I have been regretting the loss of time to sit around and do nothing in the mornings, so [...]]]> I woke up early this morning — 5:30 — too excited to sleep. Not going to post about the exciting thing for a few more days, when it’s for sure. But staying in bed was boring and I have been regretting the loss of time to sit around and do nothing in the mornings, so I got up, hoping to get some of that sitting around done before my 7:08 bus. I was full of thoughts about things to write here, but on the way from the bed to the couch, I lost them all.
Nothing much happens anymore. I still haven’t seen Brokeback Mountain; I haven’t been sewing or knitting or going to shows. I do have tickets for Rhett at the Showbox, and for Eef of Clem Snide solo at the Crocodile, though, so that’s good. I have been getting a bit better about keeping in touch (thanks, Google Chat!) and have joined the LAME-ASS gym, stupid 24-Hour Fitness, which I hate but must keep up until it gets warm enough for me to run outside again. Work is fine: a bit stressful, but it should calm down again soon.
And that’s all that ever happens to me.

(song: “America,” Simon & Garfunkel)

]]> http://laurenisms.com/2006/02/23/his-bowtie-is-really-a-camera/feed/ 0 Wishing you the bluest skies http://laurenisms.com/2006/01/04/wishing-you-the-bluest-skies/ http://laurenisms.com/2006/01/04/wishing-you-the-bluest-skies/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2006 04:20:39 +0000 lauren http://laurenisms.com/2006/01/224 Yesterday it was still dark when I left for my 20ish-minute walk to the bus stop. I was cranky as I walked down the hill to the I-5 overpass, and composed a post in my head about how wretched it is to wake up every day before it’s light out and get home after it’s [...]]]> Yesterday it was still dark when I left for my 20ish-minute walk to the bus stop. I was cranky as I walked down the hill to the I-5 overpass, and composed a post in my head about how wretched it is to wake up every day before it’s light out and get home after it’s already dark. Then I stopped at the corner and looked away from my coffee cup and my feet as I waited for the light to change, and I saw the most brilliant, reddest, pinkest sunrise I’ve ever seen. And I decided it’s not so awful to have a job, and feet to get me there, and a city with a bus system, and a coffee cup and a coat and a scarf. And a sunrise.

(song: “Better Things,” Dar Williams’ live version)

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