Category: Seen, Heard, Said

IM Conversation

Me: I was always disappointed my mom was a fashion nerd…
there was NO WAY I wanted to share her clothes like all my friends did with their moms

Her: yep. my mom always dressed like a teacher (which shouldn’t be shocking) but I was always embarrassed

Me: ooo, good point. my mom is a teacher, too.

Her: there you go. I think it is a prerequisite – vests, pins, the whole nine yards

Me: YES!!!!!
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY SHE ALWAYS HAD A VEST ON!

New Tunes

page france album cover

Bryan recently bought this Page France album off ITunes and I’ve been listening to it all day. It has kind of a Jeff Tweedy, Elliot Smith, Garden State, Sufjan Stevens vibe to it. Is that even possible? You kind of have to hear it to know what I mean. It’s tight and smart like Sufjan’s writing, and the whole album flows together like the Garden State soundtrack. At times I think his voice sounds a bit Tweedy-ish, and other times is breathe-y like Smith’s.

Whatever.

I’m not that great with describing music, so just believe me that it’s WELL WORTH OWNING.

Police Beat

As I sit here watching Desperate Housewives there is a swarm of police cruisers posted on every block within a mile radius of my house looking for a suspect in a police shooting. Just moments ago I could hear helicopters. You can read about the breaking news here.

And by the way, the ‘strip mall south of the renton airport’ the article refers to is just a couple blocks from here.

Ahhh, life in the city.

Reason #42 Why We Should Not Let Our Children Watch TV

Last night I snuggled in bed with the kids while I nursed Thomas, and by habit I turned on the television. I was giddy to discover the nostalgic Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was just beginning, and revved Ruthie up to share in this moment of bonding with her dear old mom.

First let me say that, having not seen the show since I was a kid, I was astounded by the 1960’s era political incorrectness and was very surprised to see it still airing. Seems like some sort of feminist group, or Sons Against Overbearing and Berating Dads group, or Workers Unite Against Unfair Work Practices group would ban the airing of such a show.

I mean, really: Donner telling his reindeer wife she can’t help look for her son because it’s Man’s Work? Obviously this portrayal of women came long before the Jodie Fosters of the world kicked ass rescuing their children from safe rooms and airplane cargo holds.

Poor Rudolph. I’m sure that, were a sequel created, it would have followed Rudolph through his young adult years as he struggled with alcohol, sexual identity, obesity, and perfectionism.

But I digress.

This morning Ruthie woke up at 6am crying that she was scared. I went into her room and she said the Snowman (‘snow-tan’) was in her bed.

I KNEW that would get her, which is why I turned off the show half way through at the scary part. But I guess I was too late. The big scary snowman with the crazy eyes and jagged teeth haunted my daughter in her dreams.

Chalk another one up to the stupid things moms do.

Lexicon

Being married to a tech geek has increased my vocabulary.

It used to be that I was just too tired to engage, but now I don’t have the bandwidth to finish the conversation.

I used to operate from a To-Do list on my refrigerator, but now I consult my GTD add-in.

I used try, try again, but now we iterate.

And where I used to make personal change in my life, I now must evolve.

In Search of…

I’m still in ‘pause’ mode. The things I’ve been writing and thinking probably shouldn’t be posted on the internet – not because I’m plotting someone’s death or because I’m hiding something or because I’m suddenly not interested in showcasing my highly imperfect life in plain public view, but because I think hashing out our issues via my blog would be disrespectful to Bryan and very unproductive for both of us.

However, in the meantime I will entertain you because we all need a few laughs to lighten the mood when squabbling with our husbands.

Here are a few of the words and phrases people have entered into search engines this week that have resulted in traffic to thispile.com. My site’s rank in the search results is in parenthesis:

1. free sex stories that involve foot massages (10th)
2. sexy longs toenails (9th)
3. how does it feel to be always together yet forever apart+mint royale (9th)
4. sprinkles teenage (4th & 5th)
5. Christian Song about waking up in the morning eating Captain Crunch (5th)
6. Until Death Do Us Part like a child (14th)
7. lammott quotes (6th)

There has also been some fun and curious traffic to my site from people searching the word ‘fuck,’ but this occurred several weeks ago, and my traffic meter doesn’t have archives. Sigh.

The Softy

“What’s going on with this blanket? Why is the print side down?”

“What’s your problem? Why do you care?”

“The yellow things are poking me.”

“It’s yarn, Bryan. How does yarn ‘poke’ you? “

“I’m more sensitive than you think.”

How To Deflect a Weekend-Long Fight By Inserting a Little Humor & Humility

Bryan: (Accusingly) “Ruthie got into the box of crackers you left on the stairs.”

Jen: (Lighthearted) “I’m sorry that happened. What was Ruthie doing on the stairs, Bryan?”

Bryan: (Smirking) “Okay, good point.”

Jen: (Smiling) “I’ll clean up the cracker mess.”

[Kissing]