Innocent Ramblings of a So-Called Writer

I write for fun and sometimes for money. I make you no promises that this will be funny. I'm not poetic (at least not on purpose). I just blog whatever thoughts float to the surface. Comments to a blogger are like nip to a kitten. Leave me some and I'll be yours - totally smitten.

You have no idea how many stabs I took at that intro. Hence, why I put "So-Called" right there in the title. No false expectations.

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Oct 20
The Charlotte Observer knows what’s up.
Out of all the pictures they could have put up to represent last night’s So You Think You Can Dance Tour, they picked one of my girl Kayla.  Well done, Observer. Smart thinking.

The Charlotte Observer knows what’s up.

Out of all the pictures they could have put up to represent last night’s So You Think You Can Dance Tour, they picked one of my girl Kayla.  Well done, Observer. Smart thinking.


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Oct 15
“I never should have given up animation rights.”

Gob. (via aaronburns)

Why would a banana grab another banana? I mean, those are the kind of questions I don’t want to answer.

(via super-rad)


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Oct 14
At first, when I saw this, I thought it was a Sexy Marching Band Girl costume. Then I realized (after noticing the one sparkly glove) that this is more likely a Sexy Michael Jackson costume.
My question is this… which one is worse?

At first, when I saw this, I thought it was a Sexy Marching Band Girl costume. Then I realized (after noticing the one sparkly glove) that this is more likely a Sexy Michael Jackson costume.

My question is this… which one is worse?


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Oct 14

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Oct 13
inmyopinion:

“If you were in an accident, I wouldn’t stop for a beer.”
“If you were in an accident, I wouldn’t stop for red lights.”
I actually just fell in love with Josh and Donna falling in love on The West Wing.
Darn you Jenn Grabenstetter for getting me hooked on this show that has turned me into a total sap.


That scene makes my heart flutter every. single. time.
Also, getting Sarah hooked on The West Wing is one of my proudest accomplishments.

inmyopinion:

“If you were in an accident, I wouldn’t stop for a beer.”

“If you were in an accident, I wouldn’t stop for red lights.”

I actually just fell in love with Josh and Donna falling in love on The West Wing.

Darn you Jenn Grabenstetter for getting me hooked on this show that has turned me into a total sap.

That scene makes my heart flutter every. single. time.

Also, getting Sarah hooked on The West Wing is one of my proudest accomplishments.


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Oct 13

I remember the first time I saw Before Sunrise. It was 1999, nearly 5 years after the movie had been released. It came on TV on Friday night and I watched it in my bedroom, curled up in a chair. I realized, as I was watching it, that this was MY MOVIE, it was affecting me in ways I didn’t know were possible.  As the credits rolled, I thought I’d cry that it was over. Then, as channels like USA and TBS are wont to do, they started playing it again right away. I scrambled to find a blank VHS tape (because we still did things like that back then), and crammed it in and pressed record just as the movie started over again. I watched it again that night, and then wore out the VHS tape in the years that followed.

The summer I was out in LA, (otherwise known as the summer I met my future husband), I found out about the sequel. Not only did he, who had only been dating me for a little over two months, agree see it with me, he had actually seen and loved the original, also.  We sat in the Arclight theater on the 4th of July in 2004 and watched Before Sunset, and in that moment, I knew that I hadn’t been foolish to believe in love. Before Sunrise is a movie for hopeless romantics, and I had always been proud to be one. The sequel, and the man sitting next to me, holding my hand as I watched it proved to me that I wasn’t that hopeless after all.


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Oct 13
genevieveclare:

I’m quite certain I’m going to be one of those mothers that does things that are juuuuuuust a tiny bit inappropriate like this.  Things that toe the line between “Oh look, that’s adorable” and “Hmm, we should probably call Child Protective Services.”
(via rickyv)

I fully intend to dress my kids in thing with animal ears (jackets, hoodies, pajamas) and make them wear them far past the point of appropriateness. Like, maybe I’ll let them stop before Middle School.

genevieveclare:

I’m quite certain I’m going to be one of those mothers that does things that are juuuuuuust a tiny bit inappropriate like this.  Things that toe the line between “Oh look, that’s adorable” and “Hmm, we should probably call Child Protective Services.”

(via rickyv)

I fully intend to dress my kids in thing with animal ears (jackets, hoodies, pajamas) and make them wear them far past the point of appropriateness. Like, maybe I’ll let them stop before Middle School.


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Oct 9
Well I guess I can file this under, Really, Society, are you kidding me with this?
I might possibly be going to a fancy Halloween party in a few weeks. Considering that I haven’t gotten dressed for Halloween since Freshman Year of college when I sang on campus for “Project Pumpkin”, I am a little excited about this. I have always dreamed of being able to wear a truly gorgeous costume… like a Greek goddess or Cleopatra, or a Renaissance queen. I had a few minutes, so I thought I’d look through some pictures on the website of Charlotte’s local costume shop, where once upon a time, I rented a hoop skirt for an Old South ball. (Yes, that is code for “I was a debutante”).
I was dismayed and a little disgusted (though I suppose, not surprised) to find that the there is no section for “Women’s Costumes.”  It’s just Kids, Men, and Sexy.
Really Society? Are you Kidding me with this?

Well I guess I can file this under, Really, Society, are you kidding me with this?

I might possibly be going to a fancy Halloween party in a few weeks. Considering that I haven’t gotten dressed for Halloween since Freshman Year of college when I sang on campus for “Project Pumpkin”, I am a little excited about this. I have always dreamed of being able to wear a truly gorgeous costume… like a Greek goddess or Cleopatra, or a Renaissance queen. I had a few minutes, so I thought I’d look through some pictures on the website of Charlotte’s local costume shop, where once upon a time, I rented a hoop skirt for an Old South ball. (Yes, that is code for “I was a debutante”).

I was dismayed and a little disgusted (though I suppose, not surprised) to find that the there is no section for “Women’s Costumes.”  It’s just Kids, Men, and Sexy.

Really Society? Are you Kidding me with this?


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Oct 9
ethancushing:

binkythedoormat:
Love this simplified London tube map (via Gym Class/Londonist).

ethancushing:

binkythedoormat:

Love this simplified London tube map (via Gym Class/Londonist).

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Oct 9

genevieveclare:

The Office Wedding

This was incredible.

This episode was perfect. I don’t know if I’ve ever been as affected by a fictional couple getting married on TV. I think the last time I felt that giddy was when Chandler proposed to Monica. And I was a lot younger, so it was different, but kind of the same. This was a more mature giddy. If that makes sense. Whatever. I loved it.


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