by Mir | Dec 10, 2011 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Woohoo!
So remember how I was all “Grrrrr, people make me mad and we need more girl power in the world!” and so I was going to go audition for The Vagina Monologues basically because my daughter asked me to? And then I didn’t say anything else about it and...
by Mir | Dec 9, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
December is, traditionally, the month of the year wherein I am most likely to wish to die in a fire. It’s not that I don’t love the holiday fa la la la blah blah or whatever, it’s that: 1) Work is crazy. (See also: the glamorous life of a freelancer,...
by Mir | Dec 7, 2011 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
You get one day to stay home from school when you tell me you don’t feel well, even if you don’t necessarily have a fever. I’m willing to suspend disbelief for one day. When you refuse to go to school on the second day, I will inform you that in the...
by Mir | Dec 6, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
It’s Tuesday, and that means that today I’m over at Off Our Chests. Partially inspired by Otto’s birthday (and subsequent match-stuck-in-the-cake), I’m thinking about wishing, today. And wondering if I’m weird. I once had a friend who...
by Mir | Dec 5, 2011 | Ottomatic For the People
Yesterday was Otto’s birthday, and lo there was much celebration and rejoicing! Except… there was no way I was going to manage to top last year’s surprise (and subsequent party and extravaganza), plus Otto was out of town for most of the weekend,...