On the birth of our friend’s baby:
Him: is there any word on a name?
Me: Kaitlin
Me: its in a photo or status update
Him: booooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnng
Me: you just heckled a baby?
Him: I heckled the baby’s parents
Him: they should have named her Huskerdu
Him: Huskerdu McCouch
Add comment September 22nd, 2009
After months of wondering, I’m pretty sure my knee will someday soon not send electric currents of pain through my leg when I fall. That the pain limited to “when I fall” and not “when I walk or sleep or stand up after sitting for too long” is amazing to me.
After a reminder from a friend to be honest with myself about my intentions and fears regarding derby tryouts, I’ve found it surprisingly easy to apply that honesty to the rest of my life. The results have been mixed, but mostly positive.
On that note, I’ve learned that asking direct questions and not accepting half-assed responses sometimes gets you the answer you expected but didn’t particularly want.
I have more faith in my acupuncturist than in my HMO. If he did pap smears I’d never go back to Kaiser again. I’m kind of glad he doesn’t though… that would be creepy.
Hope is amazing, fragile and frightening.
Derby and the people I’ve met through it save my soul on a daily basis.
I can live without gluten, sugar, booze and yeast based products. I’ll probably try to still cut out a lot of the sugar and wheat, but I’m very excited to reintroduce bourbon back into my diet.
There is some form of wheat and sugar in every pre-packaged processed food I eat. Except for Amy’s Kitchen frozen foods. I want to have Amy’s babies. She’s saved my sanity.
If your refrigerator dies and comes back to life and you have to buy all new food, that may be a good time to decide to change your diet. Not, say, 2 weeks later when you’ve already bought a whole lot of food you can no longer eat. I’m looking at you cheddar cheese… you taunt me.
I can be frustratingly difficult towards my boyfriend. I am grateful that he is patient.
He can be frustratingly difficult towards me. I hope I can show him the same kind of patience and understanding he shows me.
We can cook an entire Thanksgiving meal for five people and not kill each other. Not even once.
If you’re going to slice your finger open, best to do it the day after Thanksgiving.
I just might want to be doing something better with my life.
4 comments December 3rd, 2008
I have been having kind of a cranky week. I’m trying to highlight the good bits.
I won my weekly football pool full of cops. They got beat by a girl. Awesome.
I was gifted with some cuddly bourbon by my favorite Armovs.
I got a package for one Mizz Schnozz out the door and I am VERY EXCITED for her to get it.
Scott’s game is nearly bug-free which means I might see him sometime in the next week.
I can’t skate in the Baby Doll Brawl, our game featuring our newbie skaters, because of my knee. It sucks but I’m working on possibly have a fun, sassy job instead.
Take that, cranky!
4 comments September 18th, 2008
Yes you, Vegan Zucchini Bread people! I see you googling for no-egg vegan zucchini bread recipes with my super powers of word press dashboard stats. I hope my recipe is answering your vegan zucchini bread questions. As a favor to me, would you, if you try the recipe, let me know how you like it and what can be done to improve it? I take suggestions very well. Thanks!
Add comment August 23rd, 2008
But really I’ve used that device a bit much lately. So I’ll just lay it out straight. I’ve recently made some adjustments to a prescription *coughcoughbirthcontrolcough* I was on for over a year. When I started it, my doctor said something like “If you start having any issues with side effects, cut out coffee and chocolate.” And, apparently, my will to live.
But I did it, dear reader. Drinking coffee made me want to hurl. Eating food, for that matter, made me want to hurl too, but I gave up the coffee and eventually graduated from saltines to big-girl food. I switched to tea and started feeling superior at how much money I was saving by making my own tea at work rather than buying coffee.
But this morning, unfettered by constraints of pill-induced nausea, I threw caution to the wind and got a large (A LARGE) coffee from the evil coffee corporation. AND IT WAS GOOD. REALLY REALLY GOOD. So good in fact that I had this conversation with my boss:
Her: How are you this morning?
Me: LOVELY
Her: I think that’s sarcastic….?
Me: NOPE! I’VE HAD COFFEE AND AM IN A REEEEAAAALLY GOOD MOOD!
Her: Are you sure you’re okay?
Maybe I need to baby-step back into caffeine. But OH GOD COFFEE NOM NOM NOM.
Also: Ask me about frozen watermelon margaritas. Go ahead! The answer is always going to be: SO DELICIOUS.
This post brought to you by the letter: beverage.
2 comments August 18th, 2008
I have difficulty saying: mustache
I can never spell correctly: restaurant (thanks spell check)
Pairs I love: puppy biscuit; dental pick
Shakespearian character with the most fun to say name: Polonious
Feel free to add some of yours. I’m having some writing blockage so help me out with some lovely lovey words.
Add comment May 13th, 2008
Check out my rockin’ hand bruise! Yay! I did three hours of skating today: regular practice and an hour of training with one of the vets before. And after I went out to dinner and margaritas with a friend visiting for 26 hours from Seattle and his school buddy. Hi Ian! And now I kinda wanna die. Yay!
Seriously. I’m so happy to be back skating. I wish this were a better post, but look. It’s 1am. I’m mostly just babbling out of blog-guilt anyway.
And no, I still haven’t gotten a camera yet. But I just ordered some outdoor wheels! Yay!
1 comment April 30th, 2008
Buttersnatch Sundae: How’s it feeling?
Me (on my third lap around the track): It’s almost better than sex!
I’m back to (gently) skating. No words can describe how awesome it is.
1 comment April 23rd, 2008
Well hello there!
I haven’t had much to say since the knee incident. I’m healing up, although I got a little over-excited about how mobile I’ve become at the bout on Saturday and spent most of Sunday with my leg pearched delicately on a pillow. I am not trying out tomorrow. I am, deep down, okay with this. I could use the extra practice and have talked to one of the vets about some private training once I’m back to normal. In the meantime, I’ll be chilling with the Enforcers, the LADD reffing crew, hopefully kickin’ ass and takin’ stats.
To make up for the lack of content, please enjoy a photo from October. We got up at ass-crack o’clock one morning to head out to Topenga to try and get some photos of surfers at sunrise. I did get a few, but I really loved this sign across the street from the beach. Click the pic for a link to the set.
Add comment April 14th, 2008
I want to hump them. They are so sexay and grippy and lovely.
Let me back up to the wheels that came with my skates, for anyone who may be reading this who might be interested in a starter derby package.
STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM PINK SURE GRIP ZOOMS.
Also, apparently the green ones. The red ones, for some reason, don’t seem to be giving people problems.
The pink Zooms are very very hard and slippery. They have what seem to be extra deep groves that pick up every speck of dirt on the track. I’ve been spending 45 minutes after practice to scrape the accumulated gunk out of the wheels with a variety of tools and they’re still not clean. Skating on these wheels is like riding in a car with no suspension. You feel every tiny crack on the infield (and forget about the bigger ones) and where each panel of the track meets the next. You get 0 traction in your stride.
The Witch Doctors though… they’re like skating on grippy fast clouds. I’m gonna have their little blue “VooDooThane” babies. All 8 of them.
2 comments March 18th, 2008
After much deliberation and friend-polling, I made a hasty decision in seconds and disregarded everyone else’s opinion. Because opinions? They’re like assholes. Everyone’s is different, ya know?
Anyway, my derby name is Tilda Whirl. And I think its fucking awesome.
And if you don’t, I don’t particularly care.
Add comment March 6th, 2008
After years of mocking and asking “how do you milk a soy bean…. tell me THAT!!! HA!!!!” I’ve made the jump to soy milk. I haven’t become a vegetarian or lactose intolerant. My co-worker always has it in the fridge and I like some milk in my tea and for some reason soy milk like NEVER goes bad. And after about a month of soy for me I’m hooked.
Fascinating. I know.
Scott and I went to the San Diego zoo last weekend. I would have liked more pandas and for the big cats to be awake, but other than that it was huge and awesome. I wish we could have seen more but we walked somewhere between three or four miles and by the time we were done I was full of zoo.
One of the best parts of the weekend though was scoring $550 worth of hotel stay for $100. Thanks credit card points and guy who locked himself into the room next to us and had to be noisily extracted at 8:30 in the morning thus getting our parking comped!
Oh there’s lots of other stuff going on as well. I’m trying to figure out how my money is best spent: more fancy hair product, new wheels for derby and some ass pads, or a shopping spree at Tarjay to pick up as much of the Converse line as I can carry. All of these options will cost about $120. That Bumble and Bumble hair stuff is FAAAANCAAAY.
Oh. I still <3 derby.
Add comment February 27th, 2008
I am in hearts with this song.(video/quicktime Object)
I caught this band on This American Life and they are totally rocking and different from all the pseudo 80s stuff I’ve been into lately. They satisfy me like The Fratellis failed to do.
Add comment May 9th, 2007
Indeed! I had the laziest weekend EVAR, except for the part where I had some really good tequila and thought it would be wise and funny to do a very small backwards sommersault to get myself out from between the couch and the coffeetable and ended up tweaking my neck so badly it caused me to pass out when I tried to stand up.
I did manage to meet my snuggling and napping quota for the weekend. I also ran the dishwasher and the roomba. It was all around lovely.
1 comment April 10th, 2007
This rug was the winner, but in a light blue. The moroccan windows one was wool and very very rough and scratchy. The jute one feels like walking on a foot massage. AND it was on sale for $70. Between that and the amazing tax return I got this morning (I was sure I was going to have to owe) I felt certian I was going to be hit by a bus on the way home. AND I WASN’T.
I never want to talk about rugs again, thank you.
3 comments March 31st, 2007
This is the rung that may have won in Powder.
Much less daring, but in my price range and the right blue (my color palate changed when I realized I really don’t want to swap out my duvet cover right now).
I’m also picking up some orange sheets from there. AND they are a uPromise partner so I get to bank up some cash for the neiceling.
3 comments March 27th, 2007
Here is the $100/square foot rug I love from Weego Home in Santa Monica. Their stuff is beautiful and I’m sure totally worth it. But my cats can enjoy throwing up on a $100 Target rug equally as much as this one.
3 comments March 25th, 2007
Wasabi Grilled Tuna Recipe | Recipezaar
We made this last night. It was quick, easy, and absolutly delicious.
If I make it again, I will increase the amount of wasabi in the sauce and/or decreas the amount of mayo.
Add comment March 23rd, 2007
Desk with computer and lamp! Whoo!
Goodbye ugly red couch! Hello wrinkly, but vastly better slipcover!
New chair to replace Awesome Chair. Must sort of contents of Awesome chair, which is currently on my bed.
This is all for now. Laundry and Awesome Chair sorting time.
5 comments March 20th, 2007
ankle baking beach beer bruises camera derby dream elbow elephants food grr hate IM kaiser knee margaritas math money oh noes pain photos pity party psa recipe rick-rolling roller derby san diego sexy bruise time soy milk spaz sprain stab stupid fuckin fuck taxes teh suck tired topenga vegan violence wheels yay zoo zucchini
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