Hot Guy Awareness Ribbon
After yesterday’s extremely popular John Barrowman retrospective, it was suggested (by me) that I might be the patron saint of hot guys, and then friend...
Category: Personal Journal
John Barrowman: Man, Myth, Mammoth
Children, gather ’round. I’m here to tell you about a man you love. Some of you may not know you love him, but you do....
Standing My Way to Glory
Tuesday I gave in to back pain and made myself a standing desk. By which I mean I piled every box and book I could...
Mansplaining: Allergic Reaction
I have been obsessed with reading the Mansplained Tumblr lately, and today I was reminded of an incident I experienced in my own life. I...
Oh Hi.
So here we are again at P (publish) minus two hours, and I have fuck all to show for it. I’ve been crouching in my...
Home Again?
I was 13 when I got kicked out of my house. Not the house I ended up sharing with my mom in an abusive tangle...
Incoherent
It’s coming up on 1 a.m., I’m still exhausted, and I have a meeting tomorrow morning that I need to look at least 80% human...
Oh Shit.
It’s after 1:30 a.m. and I’ve been writing proposals and watching OG 21 Jump Street. Thursday’s post is set to publish in an hour and...
Self Doubt and Terror
I don’t think I can do this, you guys. I haven’t made a cent I didn’t a have to immediately turn around and spend on...
My Grandma Likes the 99 Cent Store
I spent basically the entire day with my grandma. To give you some perspective on what that’s like. I haven’t hit my 10,000 step goal...
Buffalo Airstation N300 Killed My Baby
Without remorse. Then it ate him. My life will never be the same. Ok, maybe I never had a baby (that we know of). But...
Bring Me My Brown Pants
There once was a pirate captain who felt strongly that as the leader he should never show fear, or even be seen to bleed. Whenever...
Goodbye Hitler Teapot
The JC Penny Hitler teapot billboard has been taken down. One week after this beautiful Hitler-coaster roared to a start, it’s all over in a...
Freelancing Update
Quick recap: Friday, May 10 was my last day of full-time employment. Monday May 13 was my first day at my new company: Marina Martinez...
Hitler Teapot
AN EVEN UPDATE-IER UPTDATE The Telegraph riding all of our tails to glory over here. I’m just saying. I saw that Hitler pot when nobody...
You Made Me Do This
Any special requests for tomorrow’s blog? Otherwise you’re getting a list of ways that Leslie Knope and I are the same person. — Marina Rose...
Fuck.
Ben just pointed out that I left my $120 vibrator out and the dog chewed on it. I mean, it was totally clean, I just...
The 5:30 Blues
First, look at how adorable this is: They fell asleep like this with the light on. The dog is actually awake in that picture, but...
What About Day Three?
On his album Final Engagement, Marc Maron has a joke about “day three.” And you’ll have to go find it yourself because I could not...
Day 1: Success
So this morning I was having an absolute heart attack because I drew up our new budget and realized that in order to keep the...
New Job
I know, it was really fast, but I’ve already found my new job and I start today. It’s Puzzle and Dragons. All joking aside, if...
Two Corns Passing in the Night
If you weren’t aware, (how could you not be) the amazing and wonderful Hyperbole and a Half has come back to us with two consecutive...
Laid Off
I knew this was coming, I made all the plans and preparations a person in that situation can possibly make before they really know for...
Headaches from All Directions
I’ve had a killer headache since lunch. So I’ll be quick. You might be wondering if I’ve gotten laid off. I’m wondering too. Still no...
To the Man I Shushed
Dear Sir, You were sweeping up paper bits in front of the elevators at approximately 9:40 Monday morning at 2001 Wilshire in Santa Monica when...
Lists of Plans
Remember that bit of icon work I showed you guys on Wednesday? Well, here’s what it turned into: I’m bothered by the hair and the...
The Falsehood of Strength
This is the post I’ve been trying, and failing to write for the last few days. Due to some upcoming lay-offs at work, I’ve been...
Use Your Brain
For fuck’s sake. I’m currently filling out the What Color is Your Parachute interactive tabled app, and there’s a section where I have to tell...
The Cost of Living
I see a lot of poor people like myself really upset about their student loans. And sometimes I think to myself that I live in...
The Theme is Chill Pill
First of all, click on this link and gaze on the beauty that is this central coast ocean livecam. Unless of course the sun hasn’t...
What Is This Man’s Name
Do you ever have a word on the tip of your tongue and it’s like one fifth of an almost sneeze for the ten minutes...
Only Sort of Unpleasant Things
I’ve been literally under the weather for the last couple of weeks. The wind is blowing around all my allergens and my medicine can only...
Porn’s Here!
I just heard that I have to be at work at 9 a.m. tomorrow. So it’s time to go to bed. But this happened earlier....
Fitbit’s First Bath
Last night when Ben was washing the clothes I decided it would be fun to make him try to wrestle them off me. It sounds...
What’s the Worst that Could Happen?
Much to everyone’s surprise, the BBQ went off without a hitch. In fact, we’re already planning the next one. That might be over-optimistic, but I...
Bud Light Dextro!
That’s right people. Those are the dulcet, unflanged tones of voice actor Brandon Keener, aka Garrus Vakarian. You can thank Ben for finding this. He...
The Monday After
So after my weekend of suck, I actually had a really good Monday. No I can’t tell you about it. You should be my facebook...
The weekend that fail built. Also anxiety.
Ben and I both attempted the PPHS dating sim game jam this weekend. And we both failed to complete our games. Turns out these things...
The Downward Spiral
I appear to be on this trend where I start the week OK and then by Thursday/Friday I’m a complete wreck. Yesterday’s post seemed so...
“Check Your Privilege” Trolls
This is one of those things that’s been bothering me for awhile. I try to write about it whenever it seems to flare up, but...
Dating Sim and Janis Joplin
So I’ve started planning my dating sim for this weekend’s jam. Here’s what I have so far: Possible titles: Wrench in the Works, Stool Pigeon...
Stinky Pussy Blues
I expect you saw my awesome April Fools joke yesterday. At first it was going to be scented tampons until I learned that they’re already...
GDC Day, or, Making Food While Ben’s Away
Ben left the house at 3 to go to GDC this morning. Which means that for the remainder of my “sleep” I was attended by...
Sorry (I’m Not Sorry) I Cussed You Out This Morning
I wrote this on Friday towards the end of a long and (once again) shitty day. I’m peppering in some gifs because now that I...
Universary 6
Blood Rape 3: The Blood Rapening Friday was kind of a mess, so I didn’t get down to San Diego like I’d planned. I did...
An Oil Change and a Memorial. Oh, and Work
Tomorrow (today if you’re reading this hot off the servers) is going to be a very busy day. I’m up and out of the house...
Die Trying
When I was in high school I wanted to go to college, but I wasn’t sure if I could. Besides my abusive monster of a...
The God of Parking
Do you think that the reason God gives American house wives awesome parking spaces, but lets children starve and get molested and stuff is because...
Dirty Professor: A Dream Journal
It’s been almost 6 years since my undergraduate career ended, so I feel safe sharing this with you guys. It’s more a picture of my...
Do Fictional Characters Go to Heaven?
This is my whole life right now. I’m about 2/3rds through The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, and I actually had to take a...