Just sad – The Bloggess

Well…shit.

So. Last week I had to catch Dorothy Barker’s pee in a ladle 6 different times to get enough for the giant sample I needed to take to the oncologist and two different neighbors drove by and stared at me as they tried to figure out how the lady with a full-sized bear dressed asContinue reading “Well…shit.”

Goddammit, Chris.

I’m sitting here at my computer, crying on my dog who is very confused about what has happened. What has happened is that Chris Cornell has died. It seems crazy to cry about someone you never met but he affected my life with his music and words from the time I was a struggling teenagerContinue reading “Goddammit, Chris.”

I can’t.

Ugh. Just. No. This morning Victor woke me up and took me to coffee because he wanted to break the news to me that Alan Rickman had died. And then I cried so hard that he decided to go through the drive-through and the cashier at Starbucks looked at me like, “Should I call theContinue reading “I can’t.”

Next class: How to keep bees with handguns

I don’t have a lot to say here because I live in a mixed political home and so things are always a bit tense here after election day, but I will say that we can all stand together as one nation in hatred of that sound you get when you try to erase something, butContinue reading “Next class: How to keep bees with handguns”

Posey

Posey died today. If you’ve been here long enough you already know that he was a special little person in a fur suit and I’ve had him for almost half of my life. I’m too sad to write about him right now so instead I’m posting a video we once made together for some orphansContinue reading “Posey”

Well that was disappointing.

Conversation with Victor: Victor: What are all these? me: I liked my Beyonce/Copernicus ornament so much that I decided to make ornaments with Hailey on them so we could give them out as presents. Because I’m brilliant and think ahead. Victor: Huh. Why do they all say “2010” on them? me: Because…wait. What year is this? Victor:Continue reading “Well that was disappointing.”