idle musings

I seem to have gone on a shopping spree. First, there was the clothes. Then, I bought a retro video game machine that can play both original and super nintendo games on eBay. And of course I needed games, so I did the logical thing and bought 6. Now, I just got off Etsy after [...]

I stopped at the movie theatre on my way home from work and bought a large bag of popcorn. I’ve been craving real movie theatre popcorn for a few days and microwavable popcorn just doesn’t cut it. Plus, it’s started to have a funny taste to it – the chemicals, maybe? Now I have a [...]

You may recall that I wrote this post recently, about feeling like a fatty mcfatterson when I went to buy some clothes. Let me now tell you of my experience at Lane Bryant, specifically the one on 12th st nw in Washington DC. I had heard about them through one of my favourite FA blogs, [...]

The Customer is Not Always Right

Especially when you have a purring kitty to snuggle up with in bed. The trip was great (see pictures and commentary here) but as always, traveling makes me realize just how much I love my city.

… And Why They’re Actually Not. For anyone following the US election lead-up, this is a good read. Not only is it from one of my favourite feminist blogs but Melissa McEwan is one of my favourite bloggers. She’s got a way with words, that one.

I’m in Virginia at the moment. Will be wandering around the western edge of the state for the next day and a half, then heading into Washington DC on Saturday. I don’t plan to post any pictures until we hit Washington, and then I will be doing daily updates to my travel blog: Travels by [...]

I was chatting with my dad tonight about where we are sitting in the plane for our flights down to DC and back, because he likes the window and I like the aisle, and I’m used to international flights having 2 seats, then 4 or 5 seats, then another 2. Our flights have 3 per [...]