New Blog
I will be doing most of my posts at my new blog: http://scareyourselfeveryday.com/
Ellen
On the plane ride to San Francisco for my grandmother’s burial, my father, sister and her boyfriend were seated in the row to my right. I had the aisle in the next row and my mother sat in the middle seat. I can’t remember the last time I’d flown with my parents. It might have [...]
The Room
My mother seems fine. Laughing and joking in the car as we drive from the airport to my Uncle’s house. My father sits in the back, trying to use his fading hearing above the drone of a freeway drive. I feel a sense of temporary relief but I know it won’t last. We make it [...]
Thank You
Thank you for for making me birds out of dough when I was a little. I still don’t know how you did it with just flour and water. Thank you for the countless number of hong bao’s over the years. I’m sure if I was better at saving I could have purchased a small island [...]
5 Types of Yoga Students
1. The Noob This is their first yoga class and it’s painfully obvious. Defining characteristics: Borrowed yoga mat Socks Setting up in the back of the room How to Handle Handle with care. Everyone was a noob once. Don’t judge. Don’t laugh. At least , during class. 2. The Veteran They’ve done this a thousand [...]
The Comfy Chair
There was a computer game I used to play as a kid called Beyond Zork. In it, there was something called The Comfy Chair. It was a Monty Python reference of course because that’s what computer programmers did back then (see the entire The Bard’s Tale series for example). So in the game you come [...]
80′s Childhood Gift Basket
I saw this 80′s gift basket on Amazon and thought it was a great idea. Until I actually looked at what was in it and it didn’t bring up any 80′s memories for me. So here’s what I would put in my 80′s Childhood Gift Basket: Vienna Sausages – My mother used to pack this [...]
The Single Life – Revisited
I have extolled the joys of single life before which in a nutshell including the ability to poop with the door open while watching porn (a purely hypothetical situation of course) and vacuuming in my underwear (in my defense, unwittingly). Last weekend, I had another joy of single life moment and yes it did involve [...]
80′s Metal Power Ballad Music Video Checklist
Time lapse video of a stage being built Band emerging from tour bus Band going down the tunnel to the stage Fans being carried off the stage Slow motion shots of band playing on stage Slow motion shots of band playing in a dark room with a single spotlight Fan crying in the audience Band [...]
Un Auto Nouveau
I got a new car. It’s shiny and smells nice and it moves fast. If it could cook me dinner, I would marry it. Or if it had a fleshlight installed somewhere on it. One or the other. Or both. I loved my Jetta even as I was cursing it out when the ignition coils [...]
