My coworker M- has her first barbecue at her new house out in Bolingbrook. I show up early because I drop my wife off in the morning and if I stop in the house I’m lost. Home means I’m never going out, not even to M-’s house.
felixnation :: Jun.27.2007 :: Hermit Cave, Odysseys, coworkers :: No Comments »
I am constantly afraid of running out of anti-perspirant. I don’t know if it’s a fear of sweat, showers, or smell, but the fear exists at the top of my mind.
So the deoderant/anti-perspirant strategy goes something like this:
felixnation :: Jun.24.2007 :: Hermit Cave, Mad Schemes :: No Comments »
When I tried to buy a PS2 through The Evil Social Networking site, I was offered my friend’s husband’s PS2, which I declined on moral grounds.
Soon thereafter, I received an offer from my cousin’s boyfriend, who lives even farther away from town.
I accepted.
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felixnation :: Jun.18.2007 :: Addictions, Hermit Cave, The Coal Mine, church, family, friends, students :: No Comments »
The Cult of Parenthood has yet to convert us.
My wife is happy for another year.
We survive.
felixnation :: Jun.17.2007 :: Hermit Cave, wife :: No Comments »
Summer for teachers means we get to live.
felixnation :: Jun.17.2007 :: Hermit Cave, Mad Schemes, The Coal Mine :: No Comments »
My office is a wasteland. It’s the one place in the house where I have full reign to leave stuff messy, but even I get bogged down by the carpet of papers.
My wife started things off last week. She made neat piles where I just had indistinct masses that you could slip on. Now I’m in the process of finishing the job.
A few questions come to mind as I dig through the piles.
So I’m stuck, hoping to strike laminate floor within the day.
Maybe I’ll be able to blog more when things get too deep.
felixnation :: Jun.17.2007 :: Hermit Cave, wife :: No Comments »
I really need a Playstation 2.
So, instead of going out and actually buying a PS2, I posted a message on myspace asking if anyone did not want theirs anymore. I figured someone had to have one they weren’t using, what with the wii, the PS3, and Xbox 360 out.
felixnation :: May.05.2007 :: Addictions, Hermit Cave, friends :: No Comments »
At the urging of my wife, I finally went outside and put down some weedkiller.
As I’m walking around spreading death to weeds with my gloved hands, the dew gets into my sneakers and the chill slips under my sweater. I’m just starting on the bucket when I notice that the weeds are bigger and spikier than last year, and clumpier.
We have mutant dandelions. Continue Reading »
felixnation :: Apr.28.2007 :: Hermit Cave, wife :: No Comments »
My co-worker D– was organizing a departmental social at a Turkish food and music extravaganza, and she sent out an email to all members of our department and members of our ancillary department (ie, people we like).
When I saw her, she stopped me and said “Felix, YOU haven’t responded.”
felixnation :: Feb.13.2007 :: Conversations, Hermit Cave, The Coal Mine, coworkers, friends, strangers :: No Comments »
…it’s a silly place, anyway.”
Here we go again. I had kicked the habit sometime last year and only maintained it for the sake of my older brother’s subscriptions, but I turned it on one night.
And I stayed. For hours.
felixnation :: Feb.13.2007 :: Addictions, Hermit Cave, family :: No Comments »