Posted in Booya on Oct 31st, 2006 7 Comments »
In honor of the day I steal the kid’s candy, Halloween, I’m presenting my all-time biggest sources of fear and trepidation. These images are what keep me up at night, tossing and turning until Will gently pushes me onto the floor.
When I was a wee little girl, I was scared of the following:
(See [...]
Posted in Look at me...I'm so great. on Oct 29th, 2006 6 Comments »
Last week I dismissed myself from blogging, posting only updates and snippets of family life. So now it’s time to play ketchup.
Sooooo….what did I do this week? Hmmmm….I made a pumpkin pie. That was cool. We crafted some vampire scarecrows. Also cool. What else? Got some groceries, [...]
Posted in Booya, Showin' some love y'all. on Oct 29th, 2006 3 Comments »
Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your good wishes and prayers for my moms. The crisis is momentarily over. Now that I feel a little better I can divulge more details. My mother, like her father, brother, multiple cousins and uncles, has muscular dystrophy. And like everyone else [...]
Posted in I'm a mama y'all. on Oct 27th, 2006 4 Comments »
Ava: Why do I wear underwear?
Me: Because you have to.
Ava: Do bad guys wear underwear?
Me: (blink blink)
Ava: Bad guys don’t wear underwear. Only humans wear underwear.
Me: Bad guys are humans.
Ava: Nooooo, bad guys are monsters. That would be silly if they wore underwear!
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Ava: Do you [...]
Posted in I'm a mama y'all., Showin' some love y'all. on Oct 26th, 2006 4 Comments »
Ava: This is a picture of you! (hands me a picture she painted of a hooker)
Me: Me? This is so pretty!
Ava: This is you when you were a little girl. And I was your mom. And I put make-ups on you. Because you said you wanted to [...]
Posted in Booya, Showin' some love y'all. on Oct 23rd, 2006 11 Comments »
I’m taking a hiatus, of sorts. My mom is very sick. She’s been sick for a while. Now is the time to pack up and head back to Texas to be there with her.
So I’m taking a little break from trying to be funny. I’m not sure how long…I don’t know [...]
Posted in Superior Beings on Oct 20th, 2006 12 Comments »
Ultra-hip online magazine Slate is celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of Weird Al Yankovic’s first single. Let me highlight some of my favorite words from the last sentence. Ultra-hip. Celebrating. ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic. One of these things is not like the others. How ‘Weird Al’ continues to exist, no [...]
Posted in Booya on Oct 19th, 2006 8 Comments »
Mrs. Chicky has issued a calling…a pre-emptive strike, if you will. Many bloggers struggle with the decision to continue their blogs. I know I’m living half my life with a blog narrative running in my head…which is weird and a little unsettling. And when one of us calls it quits, it’s like you’re losing a [...]
Posted in Movies are my life. Not really. on Oct 16th, 2006 9 Comments »
There once was a choreographer named Fosse.
His named rhymed with saucy.
He was sexy and slinky,
His moves made you thinky.
If you don’t know him, it’s truly your lossy.
Once upon a time, back in 2003, I witnessed one of the greatest miracles in modern cinema. You guessed it, Chicago. Chicago was the first musical I’d [...]
Posted in Think McFly Think on Oct 14th, 2006 2 Comments »
ABC News.
Review: A Vot of Apathy for Robin Williams Political Satire
by: David Germain
I’m sending ABC News a Hooked on Phonics tape for Christmas. I’m sorry, a Hookd on Fonics tap. Tape, tap…it’s all good.
