Tag Archives: I really hate Santa Barbara sometimes
Fun with retail
Yesterday, I returned my birthday cake. This was not at all Jack’s fault, he bought it in good faith from what is normally a fine bakery that today shall remain nameless *cough* on West East Figueroa Street *cough*. We came … Continue reading →
Lepidopterology
Every year the monarch butterflies migrate to this one stand of eucalyptus trees north of Santa Barbara, and then they fuck their brains out. And then they flap around in ecstasy because OMG BUTTERFLY PROMISCUITY. It’s like when all those … Continue reading →
Winter sky
This may be a bad idea, but I’m going to try to post every weekday of 2012. So, yeah. How about that! (The exit is behind you, try not to knock anything over on the way out.) New Year’s Resolutions … Continue reading →
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Tagged Flirting with disaster, I really hate Santa Barbara sometimes, Jackson
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Day Thirty
Today I had the strange pleasure of going in for jury duty. I’ve been on call since Monday and I got to that irrationally casual mindset where I thought the whole week would sail by without me getting to sit … Continue reading →
Day Twenty-six
I took Yoda’s advice and went to see the new Twilight today with Jackson. Afterward, I almost spent $30 on Jacob and Edward action figures (20% off at Metro Comics), but I just couldn’t pull the trigger with Bella missing. … Continue reading →
Day Twenty
I have a little bit of a thing for the hydrangeas in my neighborhood, and last April 26 I started taking pictures of one particular plant that’s in the back by our garage. Every year it gets cut down to … Continue reading →
Beached
Of all the sand that exists in the world, half of it is in my house. One sixth of all the sand in the world is at the beach; one third is in the various deserts you can see from … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bulldoggery, I really hate Santa Barbara sometimes, Jackson
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Have yourself a guilty little Christmas
I spent a deliberate amount of time this holiday season thinking about how to be grateful. I was trying to get beyond, “We’re so lucky to have heat and jobs and three kinds of cheese and cable TV.” We are … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bulldoggery, Guilt, I really hate Santa Barbara sometimes, Jackson, Observations on the human condition
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Trees and wires
I was moving a bunch of Jackson’s baby photos from one digital archive to another when I found this, taken in the fall of 2001 on one of those walks we used to go on at the end of the … Continue reading →
I Went for a Walk
Last week I had to take my car in to get the passenger side door lock replaced. Owning a car that was built in the previous century means that as you round the corner into your second decade of ownership … Continue reading →
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Tagged Dreams, I really hate Santa Barbara sometimes, NaBloPoMo
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