Lydia Peever's Blog, page 71
January 17, 2012
January 16, 2012
Going outside so you don't have to: Poetry
I can't take the cold. Obviously. It is not even that cold today but I did head out to purchase a new power cable for my laptop and a magazine. On the way back I noticed this. Having the attention span of a housefly, I wanted to snap a photo (which is what I do [...]
January 7, 2012
Lost in the blinding whiteness of the tundra
In the name of learning to chill out and relax for real once in a while, I have done very little this month. Not that I need to relax, like so many people 'have' to once at their wits end. It is so much more fun to take time off of projects and stop the [...]
January 4, 2012
Queer eye for a creepy girl
With the closing of a premier flower shop and decor boutique back home, my close friend Dawn snagged this for me. He is one of two creepy trees that the boys had made probably for Halloween decoration at the flower shop. They need a little repainting, and if there is one craft supply I have [...]
January 2, 2012
Resolution: No Resolution
What is the exact reason behind such wild optimism for 2012? Is it a toss in the face of the supposed end of times 'predicted' by the Mayan calendar? Was 2011 really all that bad? I had a fine year. I published a novel and several articles, finished school with great marks, my sister graduated, my [...]
December 30, 2011
People are gross
when not writing for a living, i clean for a living. it is a helpful vocation in that it appeases my OCD tendencies making my house average and not a Gattaca runner-up as it is when i am not making myself sick to death of cleaning everyday. also, while cleaning, my mind can roam and it [...]
December 25, 2011
Easy Bake Nothin' for the holidays
So. It dawned on me this morning that I did no baking this year. No gingerbread dream house. No peppernuts. No shortbread. No cathedral windows. No peanut brittle. The only one I really miss is the brittle, but otherwise the other exclusions I address with a big fat "meh". Seeing as I have a low [...]
December 3, 2011
Washinton Irving – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Last year about this time, a woman stopped me on Bank Street to ask where Sleepy Hollow was. I was thrilled with the idea of what I hoped- no, prayed – was someone hot on the trail of the Headless Horseman. Then reality happened, but the momentary excitement reminded me how much I loved that [...]
December 2, 2011
Proving I like sports… kind of…
Sports sports sports sports. Blah. Anyone who has spent much time with me knows I rant anti-sports all too often. For those I have offended, I do partially apologize since I realize I kinda tend to blow up out of the blue when in the vicinity of Jock Talk. Okay, by blow up I mean [...]
November 30, 2011
Cute, in that Hannibal Lecter kind of way
"Can I ask you an odd question?" he said. "Sure" "Do you eat a lot of asian?" "People or food?" "Hm. I think I meant food." "Yes. Why." "You smell like you eat a lot of asian food, like healthy food, like, you smell like some asian people smell." "Is that good?" "Oh yeah. See, [...]
