Sunday, October 19, 2025
Typical Clickbait Content
This weekend, I re-organized not one, not two, but three different closets.
I'll give you a minute to control the arousal you are naturally feeling upon reading that sentence.
You see, I had to finish converting my primary bedroom closet from summer-fall clothing to fall-winter clothing. (After weeks of denial, of course.) So that involved swapping things to and from the guest bedroom closet. At which point I got inspired to do a full gut rehab of the primary bedroom closet, changing the location of my short sleeved tops and purchasing a bunch of close organization items from Target. At which point I decided to go ahead and clean up the organization of our pantry as well, since I feel like various dog-related items are always falling out of there and causing a frenzy. And before I knew it I was on a stepladder culling our collection of old shopping bags for the recycling.
Obviously, these are very exciting times.
I also cleaned the front patio, ordered new heads for my Sonicare, and called my mother.
Let no one say I am not down to earth and relatable.
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Definitely Worth A Thousand Words
Here are some photos of recent happenings, just because I can.
I went to the Art Institute with my mom and saw the Gustave Caillebotte show. I didn't know very much about him, but he was French and did some Impressionism that wasn't just like trees and such. Also, according to Wikipedia, he "ceased showing his work at age 34 and devoted himself to gardening and to building and racing yachts," which was kind of a baller move.
I'm a sucker for little doggies in art. This one looks maybe a bit sinister, but what can I say? I have a type.
My nephew's band played a concert in the suburbs. I don't know why he had to wear a sailor hat for part of it, but I'm not against it. The best thing is how serious he looks. He is going to faithfully cover hits from the British Invasion years, damn it.
I wore a fake moustache and a fake leather vest. And I'm just going to leave it at that.
My niece started building a fort in our basement and then cried when they had to leave before it was finished. I'm pretty sure Gaudi felt the same way about Sagrada Familia. Regardless, Dolly found it to be a pleasant place to crouch, so we've got that going for us.
Sunday, October 05, 2025
Fall Fun 2025
Fall is actually not my favorite, but there are plenty of fun ways people can observe it:
-- Noting that, thanks to climate change, it is 80 degrees in October.
-- Denying that climate change exists and citing as evidence the fact that it once snowed in May.
-- Getting the pumpkin spiced meth instead of your regular meth.
-- Working on that Sexy Pope Leo costume.
-- Having impure thoughts about Jack-o-lanterns.
-- Being bummed out by squash.
-- Trying to tell the difference between a scarecrow and Sharon Stone.
-- Paying to pick your own apples and letting them rot in your garage.
-- Arguing with your condo association about the finer points of rules governing Halloween decorations.
-- Saying "sweater weather" repeatedly.
-- Attending Homecomings for places you have no connection to and making people feel bad for not remembering you.
-- Being Meg Ryan.
-- Claiming to have better fall colors than those other guys.
-- Enjoying Hallmark Channel's uncomfortable calculus on when it can start showing Christmas movies.
-- Worrying about the decline of civilization (with cinnamon).
