Moody Meow

Liberal, lunatic lassie, with mood swings and foot-in-mouth syndrome

Confessions

I never eat bread crust from sandwich bread. I don’t think I obsessed over this when I was a kid, but I remember being hungry back then. Now I’m fat, so I guess I can be picky? You will probably annoy me if I am behind you while I’m in my car. You will be [...]

Bedbugs, Cancers, and Listening to Fans

My darling, wonderful brother had a rash all over his body a few months ago. This is only notable because he hates taking pills. The dork actually chewed penicillin as a kid, and to take an aspirin, my mom would soften it and then cover it in chocolate (I loved that). We chatted on the [...]

Rejection? Moving on

It’s been quiet around here. Not literally, of course. I’m burning the candle at both ends again… yes the term started, on Monday. I think I already see new gray hairs. But I’ve been doing a lot of running around, trying to organize things for a new addition to our household (No, I am not [...]

Updates and Whatnots

Things to discuss: Full Manuscript request, loss of other domain name, dead radio and getting hit at New Seasons (the car, not me), travels, school, pickled livers, and laughter. This weekend started off well. It’s been hotter than the devil’s taint, here in loverly Portland.  The hubbie and I gallivanted down to an impromptu happy [...]

I’m always freaking busy

I think I promised less bullet points. I lied. David traveled to the steaming pile of swamp that is Florida to visit his family. He had an okay time, visited with old friends, hung out with the fam, got sunburned (although the claims he didn’t…. my man is very pale), and returned to civilization. I [...]

End of term

The hardest term I’ve had in all my years of schooling is over. I deserve some rest now, but we have amazing friends coming to visit. I don’t think I can clean the bathroom and be quiet at this hour…so video games it is.

No New Tale to Tell

Sorry, I’ve had that song in my head for the last few days. I guess there are new tales to tell, really. So know what? It’s bullet time! I think the word “huzzah” is making a comeback. David and I heard it while watching the John Adams miniseries on HBO and I find that it’s [...]

The Hiatus

I have lots of wonderful things I could discuss with you – my graduation, my new job, my writing life, but I am quite busy living things and not blogging them these days. There has been an obvious shift since I obtained an iPhone, which does not make blogging easy but has satisfied my need [...]

Coming Clean

I erased the entry I wrote yesterday because yesterday was not one of my better days. I recognize the swing from mania to depression. Love how it only takes a few hours to get out of the hole. I guess there is something to be said about rapid cycling. That being said, I did some [...]

Spoonful of Sugar, Spoonful of Acid

The pendulum swings both ways. I get the gift of a couple of interviews, I end up in 2nd place for both jobs. I have all this time to write, but I spend it worrying about our family. Right now, I would like to kick life in its everloving ass and tell it to be [...]

The Nature of Sound

I listened to the thundering of elephant feet on the stairs, and smiled. My nephew raced to the 1st floor bathroom and slammed the door. The house teemed with noise – the squealing laughter of a joyful 4 year old or the conspiring murmurs of a pair of boys locked in epic battle, playing some [...]

I’m alive

Just busy doing what I do most of these days – worry and twitter. I should sit down and discuss my daily forays into the world of the working class, but I can’t. Not one fucking nibble on my resume. This is doubly worrying because I leave for school in less than two months, and [...]

A funny for your day.

Seriously, I almost peed my pants when I read this. David and I are headed to the Stumptown Comics Fest this weekend (we are totally biking there). I can’t wait. But meanwhile, in Ericaland, I have a novel to finish editing. Yeah, it’s totally due today. No you don’t have to tell me what an [...]

Capped

I broke my front tooth when I was a kid. It was capped with something that reminded me of a corner of chicklet gum. Granted, this dental work was performed in the 80′s. They didn’t have all those fancy polymers and natural tooth (see: stained from years of coffee, cigarettes, and poor brushing) coloring. I [...]

Dental Drama

While I was enthused to get my tooth fixed a few months ago, my continuing visits to the dentist are draining our wallet. I have another appointment today. I don’t know which teeth they are going to fix (I have three cavities) but I would like to get a job so I can actually afford [...]

Hello, my name is Erica

Yes, I know I’ve written only several times in the past month. Part of this is due to the lack of anything really substantive to talk about. Who wants to hear me whine about not having a full time job? Yeah, I didn’t think so. What I can tell you in positive land, is that [...]

Slacker

I swear, I’ve started 100 posts since my last one, but I get interrupted and stop. There are a number of drafts waiting for me to finish them. But I will just take this moment to admit that I’m totally slacking on the blogging thing. And I would continue this post, but I have a [...]

Only my left ass cheek is Irish

That would have my grandmother rolling over in her grave. We pride ourselves on our Irish heritage, but what in the hell do I really know about this holiday? Was it manufactured just to have a bunch of white folk go get rowdy and drink beer? Isn’t everyone Irish anyway? I usually research things like [...]

Nuggets

I finally saw Wall-E. I hated it, so I won’t discuss it. I have noticed I spend a million more hours in my office now that we don’t have cable. And when I edit, I like to listen to things, like movies I know by heart or shitty TV shows care of Hulu. So, in [...]

David’s Birthday at Cannon Beach

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