From the monthly archives:

April 2010

Pinks and greens on a sunny day

April 24, 2010

It’s a beautiful day here in Southern California–sunny, with a light breeze, not too hot, not too cool. It’s days like today that make me so happy we live here–it may be expensive but damn if it isn’t gorgeous. I was supposed to go to an honest to goodness tea party today (the kind with [...]

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Taskmaster

April 22, 2010

I spend a lot of time being the bad guy at work. I have since I first started getting put in leadership positions way back in high school. Because here’s the thing: I don’t let people get away with crap. I’m the person at work emailing you to remind you that you’ve passed your deadline. [...]

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The style challenged

April 21, 2010

You know what I need? I need a stylist. I need a personal shopper, or a fashion guru or…someone to tell me what the hell to put on my body. Because I SUCK at having any kind of style. I went shopping on Sunday for stuff to wear now that it’s getting a little warmer [...]

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The 12 best parts about date night

April 19, 2010

Wearing clothes that (unless things go horribly wrong) don’t have another person’s spit-up all over them Being able to eat in a leisurely manner, rather than scarfing food down in 3 minutes flat before the baby gets into something else Those nice dangly earrings aren’t in danger of being ripped out When you sit down [...]

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ControverSunday: It’s a Boy!

April 18, 2010

It’s ControverSunday time, once again! This week, we’re discussing gender in all it’s glory–if you want to play along, just write something up, grab the badge from Accidents’ and then head over to Perpetua’s place to get linked up. So, gender. I’m going to leave the academic discussions of gender norms, feminism, and the like to [...]