pukey colors

Considering how long I’ve neglected my internets endeavors, this week has been relatively productive. New photos on flickr from a trip to the Cabrillo Aquarium, and also of some of the many biblical quote signs that are scattered all over Mojave.

I made a food blog post too, and even scheduled one for later publishing so it looks like I kept being productive.

“Do you have any liquids or fragile items, ma’am?”

“No liquids, no. If you shake it you can feel that it’s a little loose, but they are all individually wrapped and in individual boxes — they have these little ceramic things.”

“So do you want me to mark it fragile?”

“Yes. My mother-in-law passed away and these are for the grandkids.”

“On my fiftieth birthday, I’ll wear nylons and perfume.”

To Mrs. Josephine Moe in Tucson, Arizona, postmarked August 6, 1963.

“Dear Jo, we are having lunch in Deming, have had a nice cool ride so far. I think Anne gave you our back door key. I wish you would go into my bathroom and make sure that the lavatory faucets are well turned off. Fay.”

- E-mail to Archie McPhee:

“I see that for most of the catapults, you can also buy refill tubs of the catapulted items. Is there any way to buy a tub of the infants from the Baby Shower catapult? I couldn’t find them on the site. If so, what’s the price? I’m planning to use them as poker chips at a baby non-shower, so I’m hoping to buy something in the range of 500-700 infants. I’d also be interested in any other type of infant of comparable size.

Thanks,
Alyssa”

- Response:

“Sorry Alyssa, no baby tubs.
Archie”

i wouldn’t mind running away to live in a museum display for a while, like in a movie.

first, a late thanks to everyone for awesome birthday tidings and gifts. i’m getting much enjoyment out of everything. stuff rocks.

second, the money ploy tacked onto the podcast for this american life totally worked on me, probably because i was listening while walking down chilly, christmas-lit streets, feeling holiday joy or something. so i donated a little. this is not, in itself, a noteworthy event. what is sort of a crack-up is their confirming e-mail for donations. the subject line: standard donation thank you. is that funny to anyone else, or did i drink too much coffee? something about tacking the word “standard” on there is almost like getting a message that says, “thank you for doing something incredibly average.” not that it isn’t average, but it’s nice to pretend.

i didn’t drive to any far-off places for work this week. this means trucky can rest up for all of the thanksgiving dinner travels i hope to have. lots of thanksgiving = lots of food = love.

i decided to upgrade from my insanely old version of wordpress, which in turn required a new template in order to fully enjoy the new wordpress. i know there are some glitchy problems, but with my lack of technical expertise, the blog will just have to be a little wonky until i get some assistance. the end.

why have i only rarely been making blog posts? a combination of factors. for work, i spend a lot of time driving to the bakersfield area, and after spending six or seven hours in my car i pretty much turn into a zombie. of course, i don’t go to bakersfield every day (more like three or four times a month), but i also got a wii, so there goes all the rest of my time. i’ll work my way back on the few other things i can remember doing lately, until i get tired of typing:

last night was the night of igor spectre and cheap chinese food, both enjoyable despite my not feeling well; i read the haunting of hill house and assassination vacation, and highly recommend both (but especially the latter); i’ve been swapping lots of mixed cds with strangers, but already feel i’m losing steam on this new hobby; i tried this awesome beef stew recipe with a half pound more beef and a can of beef broth, and it turned out tasty even though i was afraid of messing it up; i learned that i live near the cheap and lovely fullerton arboretum, just when i was missing all of the planty goodness the san gabriel valley had to offer; and heather and i rocked knott’s scary farm for the first time, and even though the masses of high school kids made me feel old, much amusement was had.

will i start posting more often now? uncertain. will i eat mass quantities of sushi this week? most certainly.