Birthdays are usually overly stressful and unpleasant but this year seems to be a particular clusterfuck. I’m turning 30 this year, which is going to be rather fun, in part because it will finally shut people up from going, “oooh…you’re going to be 30 soon”. The problem is, even though it’s not going to be [...]

While boredom can jump-start one’s creativity, leading to the creation of a clay menagerie for example, it can also cause people to focus on the minutiae of other people’s lives.
I now live in a house with really bored people. I also live in a house where I am the youngest and carries the role [...]

Seriously, how is it that people can refer to me as mama when the talk to The Pea one week and then completely forget and refer to me by my first name the next? She has no idea who that is! Grrrrrr!
Even The Pea knows to say “tchwoo mamas” when she sees us. You’d [...]

I belong to a union at school – not really by choice, it’s just the way the system is set up. Anyways, I just got word that we’re on strike now which is utterly ridiculous. The union is run by a bunch of people voted in by maybe 20 members (out of a couple thousand) [...]

Border crossings are usually pain free for me. A couple of questions about where I’m going and I’m done. Usually. The last couple of trips, it feels like the questioning has become stricter, or maybe I just got a couple of jerks.
Yesterday, I was asked if I have ever been arrested and if [...]

Ever want to send flowers to someone and have it get there on the day it was supposed to?  Don’t use FTD.  Any delivery guarantee that they say they offer is complete bullshit and their customer service is even more bullshit.  Fuckers.  I am so enraged right now.

In my spare time, I like to peruse the ads on craigslist for kicks. Most are ridiculous but they’re periodically funny especially when you think you recognize someone. There’s something I often run into though that really irks me and it’s not something that’s endemic to craigslist ads. I hear it often [...]