Luckily for me, feeling comfortable making the choice to not participate has never been a problem.
writing
A Sigh of Spinsters /
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Well this is awkward. /
So...yeah. I would also pretend not to be feeling sick so I wouldn't miss school.
*sigh*
Anyway. If you substitute "webcomic-y blog" for "journal" and "an unexpected vacation to warmer climes" for "IOWA tests," this old entry becomes 1. newly apropos and 2. significantly less nerdy.
Stay tuned for a return to slightly-more-regularly-scheduled postings.
A Midweek Retrospective /
On this Thursday, a look back to the planning stages of that time I dressed up as a can of cat food for Halloween. (The charmingly naïve question at the bottom was courtesy of my 4th grade teacher, the decidedly not charming Ms. Jackson, who would've easily known the answer by the end of the year.)
And so it began. /
poor Monday. so vilified.
Dubious Assertions /
It's kind of adorable how desperately the 1997 World Almanac wanted to be relevant.
How naïvely it expounded on the very innovation that would spell its demise!
And how it presented the term "Netizen" with a straight face!
But the world was a different place then.
One where 1-800-FLOWERS led the charge in online shopping...
...and the environment had yet to be burdened with anything pesky like "air" or "birds."
Ah yes, simpler times.
And another win for books.
Why e-Readers Will Never Win Me Over /
Recently, this Slate article introduced me to the artist Nina Katchadourian, whose work is infused with a whimsical sense of humor that is utterly delightful. All of her projects are worth checking out, but the Sorted Books series is particularly dear to my heart...
...reminding me as it does of that time I noticed this happy accident on my own bookshelf: