Men of the world (with a few exceptions): YOU. WIN. I give up.
I deleted all of my online dating service accounts and I don’t plan on trying it again. EVER.
Dating has to be one of the most useless endeavours on the face of the planet. There’s no rhyme or reason to it.
A plus B should [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 29, 2008
Throwing in the towel
June 27, 2008
Vampires, Romance and Feminism
Today on Jezebel, there was a great post about abusive ’80s romance novels and someone in the comments mentioned the ‘Twilight’ series and suddenly I had an epiphany. While I enjoyed the novels, there was something that just didn’t sit right with me. And I’m not talking about a minor annoyance. Something was digging at [...]
June 21, 2008
I love the ’80s
OK. To be fair, I was born in ‘84 so my cognizant memories of the actual ’80s are few and far between. BUT, the music? Well, that transcends all generations.
Amazon had this crazy sale going on for their MP3s (Thanks for the tip, Sheena!) and I got a live version of ‘If you Leave’ by [...]
June 18, 2008
Trials and Tribulations of Journalism
If you’ve read my ‘About Me’ blurb, you know I work for a daily newspaper in South Mississippi. Said daily newspaper is owned by McClatchy, the No. 3 newspaper chain in the country. Monday, the chain laid off 1,400 workers throughout the chain.
Ten of those came from my newspaper with five of the spots coming [...]
June 16, 2008
SUCCESS!
So, after much tweaking, piddling and consulting with Cam, I’ve struck baked good gold. FINALLY.
First off, the brownies! Turns out the nutritionals on this were a little better than I thought. Points value is still the same, but when I used the exact numbers off the box instead of Weight Watcher’s generic ‘brownie mix’ entry [...]
June 15, 2008
More adventures in (almost) vegan cooking
Though my collection of vegan cookbooks grows, and I’m committed to keeping cheese on a limited basis for the time being, I still find myself sticking to things that come out of a can. I wish I had the time (and not to mention the gadgets and ingredients) for all the really awesome looking food [...]
June 12, 2008
CexCells
For the past two days I’ve been listening to ‘CexCells’ by Blaqk Audio to the exclusion of all others. I really have to be in the mood for electronic music, and I guess I’ve been in the proper mood. I bought the album when it first came out but didn’t really listen to it. Then [...]
June 9, 2008
Same old story
Work schedule shenanigans prevent me from doing an in-depth post about ‘Twilight’ or Adore and I desperately need to get to those at some point.
However, can someone please explain dudes to me. I really don’t get them. AT. ALL. OK, I should say there’s just one in particular that stumps me. Otherwise known simply as [...]
June 5, 2008
Various Odds and Ends
First off, my nephews are spending time with Mom right now in Virginia and Mom sent me this wonderful shot.
Aren’t they cute?! Zachary, 8, is on the left and Tristan, 5, is on the right. They rock!
Baking News: I broke down and bought a vegan brownie mix and just subbed in ingredients. Yes, it’s cheating; [...]
June 4, 2008
Going Veg … is harder than it sounds
Giving up meat in everyday cooking was easy enough. Especially since I’m taking it slow and gradually giving up meat instead of just dropping it all at once. Boca burgers are deceptively good and I love the hell out of beans anyway. I like veggies, too, so that takes care of that. Fruit is the [...]
