Monthly Archives: September 2008

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Um, ok

Have you ever taken an online quiz where the results totally puzzled you, but you can’t really find a way to say so without sounding falsely modest or like you’re fishing for compliments? Behold.

Your result for The Classic Dames Test…

Myrna Loy

You are class itself, the calm, confident “perfect woman.” Men turn and look at you admiringly as you walk down the street, and even your rivals have a grudging respect for you. You always know the right thing to say, do and, of course, wear. You can take charge of a situation when things get out of hand, and you’re a great help to your partner even if they don’t immediately see or know it. You are one classy dame. Your screen partners include William Powell and Cary Grant, you little simmerpot, you.

Take the Classic Dames test (or Classic Leading men test if that’s more up your alley) and see who you are! I promise to tell you the results are dead on.

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Some random things

The quilt is done. It turned out pretty cute, although I discovered last night that I did the binding completely and utterly wrong, but it works. I’m still afraid to put the whole thing in the washing machine, I have visions of it completely disintegrating. But I learned a lot and I’m up for doing another one, so that’s a good thing, right? Z loves it, and I will post pictures at some point.

This is really good. It will change the way I approach things for, oh, about an hour or so. (Let’s be completely honest here.)

If you’re so inclined, my friend and her babies could use some prayers. They were born 13 weeks early and in the month they’ve been alive have already had heart surgery and other drama inherent in being born that early. They’re stable now, but any prayers you can spare can only help. Their names are Kineta and Gerard, and their parents are Cheri and Paul. Thanks!

We’re off to get Z’s picture taken at the Gap Open Casting Call today. Hey, it’s something to do, right?

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Seriously??

I just saw what is possibly the most appalling thing I’ve ever seen. I took Zoe and Audrey over to the little playground in our complex today, and there was a little girl who couldn’t have been more than 4, wearing a shirt that said “Future Hooters Girl” on the front, and “Make ‘em drool early” on the back. It took everything in me not to ask her mother if she was totally and completely insane. I try (though I’m usually not successful) not to judge other people’s parenting, but that’s just unbelievable.

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You may be right, I may be crazy

Just so you all know, I may have lost my mind.

I’m making a quilt.

Me, the queen of eschewing exactness, who possesses not only very little patience, but also no ability to cut in a straight line.

Making a quilt.

Just in case there was any question, by a quilt I mean one of those large cloth-y items that the creation of which requires you to not only precisely cut fabric into lots of small pieces, each containing straight lines, but to also sew said small, precisely cut pieces into straight lines which will then form a large, more-or-less exact square. And that’s what raises the concern, because I’m almost certain that mine will end up being far less exactly square than, you know, a square. But what the heck, no one said it had to be perfect, right? And it’s full of shiny stars in pink, purple, and blue, and Zoe won’t even notice if it’s not remotely square.

Wish me luck.

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You can’t lie to Batman

Just popping in here quickly to say, this is awesome. A 7 year old’s review of a recent Batman comic; insightful in the way only 7 year olds can be. And the paragraph that contains the title to this post is the best of the lot. Go check it out, nothing more to see here.

(Although, I must add; kudos to that dad for getting his kid comics, talking to him about what he reads, and encouraging him to write about it. That’s awesome.)

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With my freeze ray, I will find the time to find the words

If you haven’t seen Joss Whedon’s incredibly awesome Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog (which is a 3 part internet musical mini-series starring Neil Patrick Harris, who is full of win), you must go check it out. It’s available on iTunes for mere dollars, and it will give you such enjoyment – it’s a total steal. If you watched the musical episode of Buffy, this is approximately 2000 times better. (Although I will warn that the ending is pure Whedon- if you know his stuff, you know what that means.)

The reason for this post though, is to bring to your attention that the soundtrack, which is really, really good, is now available on iTunes. If nothing else, check out the songs Slipping and Everything You Ever, they’re just so incredibly good. There are definite traces of Sondheim, both in some of the melodic phrases and the complexity of some of the lyrics, which is never a bad thing. So go! I’m going to listen to My Freeze Ray again.