Jeannette Eats Spaghetti

Please excuse the crazy

2010-03-05T00:19:00.010-06:00

I work with one of the guys who owns my building. I've told him how sometimes when I take a shower the lady upstairs stomps on the floor and bangs on the wall the entire time the water is running. I mentioned it again last week, so this afternoon he came to my office to explain that she has migraines and the sound of my shower is making it worse.Um.Blink.Blink.Say that again?I'm torturing the

Miscellaneous Debris

2010-03-03T22:37:00.009-06:00

It's sometimes hard to find the time to write a blog post even when I know what I want to say. I spend most of my time either working on the brick documentary or thinking about it. The thinking about it part is really what consumes my time; I like to call this conceptualizing.When I'm not conceptualizing bricks, I'm conceptualizing mosaic projects. And when I'm not doing either of those two

Guess what happened this weekend?

2010-02-14T22:42:00.004-06:00

Friday, 9:45 pmThank you, Nico, for chewing my camera cord in half.10:15 pm I posted a blog on the web site for the brick documentary I've been working on.Saturday, 2:54 pmToday, Sunday, 12:24 amBest burgers in the world: that dude next to Penthouse on the East Side. Yummmmm.8:something this morning9:30 am3:30Just saw a 3.5-legged coyote within the fenced grounds of the ethanol plant in Sauget.8:

Monster Mistake

2010-02-09T07:43:00.001-06:00

Saturday night I went to the dome to watch monster trucks. It was fun. I enjoyed a great walk across Eads Bridge where I was rewarded with this view of Downtown St. Louis:And then 45 minutes later I realized I didn't have my wallet. So that's awesome.Feel free to shower me with comments that make me feel less of an eeediot and also less worried about someone running around with my license and

Duh, Jeannette

2010-02-05T07:18:00.003-06:00

My hair is long. It hangs there, dangling in front of my big boobs.I stopped to talk to a friend of mine about two weeks ago because I'd heard his wife cuts hair. She does. Instead of just asking for her number, I decided to go into this whole explanation about how the last girl who cut my hair did not cut it evenly. "See how the right side is about an inch longer than the left," I say as I

Better Late Than Never Or Whatever

2010-02-03T20:32:00.009-06:00

I love doing car-related activities with my brother. I don't have any knowledge of what I'm looking at, but I can tell it's cool and I know someone put their heart and soul into their work. It's a lot of fun to stop and ask questions, learn about people and their experiences and momentarily share in their passion for fast cars, rebuilds, rat rods, bitchin' paint jobs, artwork and the list goes

I found the end of my rope. And then I started to climb back up.

2010-02-02T07:33:00.005-06:00

If you know me, you know I'm not generally a crier. I had a life-altering situation to deal with about a year and a half ago that sent me into a weeks-long frazzle from which I slowly recovered and since then, I've cried literally four times. And when I did, it was over something serious -- like finding out a friend or two or three had died (they were dropping like flies in 2009). (Okay, I did

Goodbye, The Internet, how I will miss you so

2010-01-26T21:02:00.003-06:00

My freeloading wifi access has officially come to an end. As such, I need a recommendation for an internet service provider. I need something fast, easy to use, reliable and obviously, inexpensive. Also, I need all the fixins and trimmins, like a modem and something to make my desktop become wifi able. Whatever that stuff is, I need it. Plz halp.-----------------------------Listening to: It

Don't look now - it's The Ingredients!

2010-01-20T20:34:00.003-06:00

I'm making an effort to go out to eat no more than once each week and when I do, I try to avoid the typical fast food joints and instead go with locally owned restaurants. But when it comes to eating at home, it's hard to make homemade meals regularly and I end up having frozen dinners or some sort of prepared dinner concoction. Tonight's main course: Classic Double Cheeseburger Hamburger

Frustration, Secrecy and The Spilling of Beans: I'm just trying to be happy

2010-01-18T11:46:00.010-06:00

It's been really hard for me to write anything lately. My thoughts are dominated with work and how unhappy I am. I can't really write about how I'm not challenged, I'm not learning anything new, I have no opportunity to be creative, I'm not helping people, most of the time I'm talked to like I'm an idiot and receive inappropriate comments almost daily. There's no room for me to get promoted. And

Dammit, woman, you trying to kill me?

2010-01-10T19:47:00.004-06:00

There are a few local soap makers who's products I buy religiously. But, this, this exfoliating soap is rough, man. Those brown things are twigs of some sort. See for yourself.Told ya, there's wood in them-thar soaps.So, do you have an exfoliating soap you can recommend?--------------------------------------------Listening to: Fugazi - Recap Modotti--------------------------------------------

Dumpster Diving Adventure

2009-12-22T07:18:00.003-06:00

My dad was staying in Miner, MO for work last month and he called me one Saturday afternoon, leaving an urgent message that began, "Jeannette, this is not an emergency; I just want to tell you about my dumpster diving adventure."He took out his trash and noticed an abundance of arrowheads and other artifacts strewn about. Curious, he climbed into the dumpster to see what he could find and saw a

O Tannenbaum

2009-12-12T21:15:00.005-06:00

I have a four foot Christmas tree given to me by my Gramma Sue and decorated with ornaments made by her and also by my Grandma Charlotte. No two ornaments are alike, and that's the way I like it.The Mouse is in the House - MeeeeoooowNotice how this is made from some sort of Mary Kay box.My Gramma Sue crocheted this doiley thing and glued it to the string ornament.You can see the other ornaments

A simple misunderstanding

2009-12-09T11:56:00.003-06:00

A couple of weeks ago, one of my friends stopped by after work. When Josh came in, I said something like, "Sorry, I just tracked mud in my apartment." His response: That's okay, dude. Everyone farts.Me: Huh? Josh: You JUST said, "I cracked butt...."Me: Mud. I tracked mud.----------------------------------Listening to: Moros Eros - Pride and Joy----------------------------------

Viva la Thrift

2009-12-07T18:36:00.012-06:00

I'm a huge fan of thrift store shopping. It's amazing what you can find with a little time to mill around the store, snooping through the racks of clothes and walls of bric-a-brac. I went on a shopping spree over the weekend and spent under $45 on 19 articles of clothing - that averages out to $2.37 per item, including tax.1 scarf1 pair of jeans1 cardigan thing1 button-up shirt2 pair of dress

Plumbing. And Thelma.

2009-12-01T18:16:00.014-06:00

To bring you up to speed since my last post: the problem is not fixed. Today is the eighth day. Each day's high point has been one of two things: me bucketing out all of the tub water (from my upstairs neighbor and possibly from the washer located in the basement... because there's just so much, water. WHERE is it coming from?) -- I digress -- or the bathtub filling and then overflowing, which

You owe me a turkey, all the fixins and a four day weekend - Dude

2009-11-25T17:49:00.009-06:00

If you follow me on twitter, you are probably aware that my bathroom flooded last night, and then sometime overnight, again this morning, and once again this afternoon....It started with a bath. And then the water wouldn't go down the drain. After consulting a variety of people (pardon the technical jargon you're about to encounter), I decided the tub plunger thing on the wall of the tub, that

I wanted a snow cone, I swear

2009-11-21T20:54:00.016-06:00

In the distance I heard The Ice Cream Man's creepy music and grabbed every dollar I had in preparation for a snow cone. Today is November 21st, so of course he was out of anything snow cone related, had none of the cartoon-character-shaped-with-gumball-eye-balls ice cream and after four times hearing, "I'm out of that," I asked him to point out what he was out of. Wrong question."I'm out of this

My next tattoo

2009-11-15T14:30:00.005-06:00

When Geoff came to visit me a few weeks ago, we paid a trip to the Army Surplus Store here in town. It was full of army clothes and guns and knives and stuff, but then there were a lot of random things that were too awesome. I would've loved to take photos, but they are very serious about no one taking pictures. As the store is full of guns and knives, I wasn't about to attempt sneaking in a few

Baseball and LSD, count me in

2009-11-13T09:36:00.001-06:00

I hate baseball. And being from St. Louis, that is truly a Cardinal sin. Watching the game is boring, listening to it on the radio is tolerable, going to a game in person is meh. It moves too slow and over an entire game, there might be one minute of excitement for me. On the other hand, I love people. It's amazing the amount of diversity on the planet. Every human has differing perspectives,

I went (to Colorado, back in July), I saw (lots of) stuff, I went home

2009-11-10T18:51:00.012-06:00

I uploaded photos on Sunday from my trip to Colorado in July. It was a whirlwind experience. I drove to St. Louis on Thursday, met at my mom's where her, myself, my Gramma Sue and my mom's youngest brother, Kenny hitched a ride to the MetroLink station in East St. Louis. It took about two hours to get to Lambert airport and we ended up riding a total of four trains just to get there. Breaking

So this homeless guy walks next to a grocery store...

2009-10-27T07:26:00.007-05:00

I used to write several times each week and I want to write more, but it seems that I have nothing positive to share – which is an odd thing for me to admit because the last year I’ve felt happier than I can ever remember feeling. But my happiness has been overshadowed by a never-ending job search. It took me eight months to find the job I have now and that experience can best be described as a

Happy Belated Birthday, sort of

2009-10-19T13:30:00.003-05:00

Today is Sandra's birthday and all I can do is think of her. I want to call her so badly, but she's dead. And, fuck if I don't feel like a bitch for so bluntly writing, "she's dead." But she is. It's been 17 months and it still hurts. Like I wrote before: My silly aunt, the shit-disturber, the feisty one, the one I got together with to misbehave, make inappropriate jokes and share secrets -

Real Chance of Mixup

2009-10-06T00:29:00.010-05:00

Tonight was the 9th Monday in a row that I've gone to a friend's to watch Real Chance of Love 2. Like most people, I'm not A Monday Person (technically I'm not A Morning Person), but I can't wait for Monday night to roll around. And the first thing I do when I get home from watching the newest episode, I get online to watch the Bonus Clips so I can see the unaired show footage. Dude, that's

I got yelled at by a crazy person

2009-10-04T21:27:00.009-05:00

At roughly 3:15 this afternoon, Nico bolted out of my apartment building to chase a squirrel. She dragged me down the stairs, I wasn't there to catch the door - and it slammed. Loudly. It happens. And I'm not the only one who does it.So I'm wrestling with my dog, the door slams and I'm mid-cringe when I hear someone from above yell out their window, "Blah blah something, Jennifer, blah blah

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2008-04-27T00:00:00-07:00

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2008-03-31T00:00:00-07:00

Cops bust high school root beer kegger - Yahoo! News
These kids are awesome.

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2008-03-27T00:00:00-07:00

Study: Warming may threaten Lake Tahoe (AP) : Yahoo! Green

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2008-03-24T00:00:00-07:00

Folding under pressure (that's an old origami joke) (kottke.org)

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2008-02-28T00:00:00-08:00

Your Car: How to Choose Tires
Tires have mini-consumer guides molded into the sidewalls. They're a quick, enlightening read.
How To Buy New Tires
More tire buying advice

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