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A conversation:
Hygienist: Do you think you could remove that? [meaning my tongue stud]
Me: Umm….honestly, I’m not sure.
Hygienist: OK. I’ll just work around it.
Me: Sure, feel free to move it around as much as you need to.
Dentist: How long have you had that? [meaning my tongue stud]
Me: Um, 11 years?
Dentist, pushing back his chair a bit: 11 years?
Me: Yep!
Dentist: I guess my speech about hurting your teeth probably won’t work if you’ve had it for 11 years.
Me: Nope!
Dentist: Because I’ve seen people who have broken teeth…
Me: I don’t play with it, I don’t bite it – in fact most of the time I don’t even remember that I have it.
I share this anecdote because hello, I forget all the time that I have my tongue pierced period, much less that I’ve had it for 11 years. I can’t decide if it’s cool or weird or gross or all of the above that I’ve had this piece of metal in my mouth FOR NO GOOD REASON for 11 years.
I sometimes like to reflect on what earlier incarnations of E might think of where I am in my life. I’m in an adequate office job that makes not much more than what 22 year old E made, but I have two graduate degrees, which is something that 17 year old didn’t want to go to college E wouldn’t believe. I’m about to get remarried to an awesome guy with whom I have a really stable and healthy relationship, which is something that 24 year old E probably wouldn’t have imagined, but all ages of E should be happy about. I’m not a doctor, but I do have two cats, which should make 8-10 year old E pretty happy. I don’t stay out all night anymore, which would likely disappoint 19 year old E, but I do still have the tongue stud that I got at 19, so maybe we’ll call that one a draw.
March 26th, 2010
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Godzilla Haiku: so amazing
Continue Reading March 25th, 2010
My grandparents lived in Detroit after the war, and every time I talk to my grandma on the phone, she tells me stories about Detroit. More often than not, they’re the same stories I’ve already heard, but she’s 91 and has earned the right to repeat herself. It occurred to me this weekend that I should probably write some of this stuff down, if only so that I can remember it for future trips to Detroit:
- There used to be a buttermilk bar in Eastern Market, where you could go have a glass of cold buttermilk, just like you might go to a soda fountain for an chocolate milkshake.
- They lived on a street called Orchestra Place, which no longer seems to exist, and both worked at Harper Hospital. One of their neighbors was Hawaiian.
- I think Grandpa was doing his residency at Harper. Occasionally they would get to go to the theater or the opera because in those days, they always had to have a doctor in the house. They once sat behind the heir to one of the major auto companies. Said heir had just married the heiress to a major tire company. That was one of my grandparents’ brushes with famous people in Detroit.
- Grandma was the head nurse on the ward where famous people were treated. Said famous people would bring their own food and linens, and occasionally the nurses would catch a famous person in bed with a lover.
- There was only one washing machine in their apartment building, and each household got it for one hour per week. With two kids in cloth diapers, that one hour was precious.
- Grandma would take the trolley downtown to do her grocery shopping.
- Living in a big, diverse city was a big shock for two kids from Iowa, but no one bothered my Grandma when she walked to and from work in her white nurse’s uniform.
- One time there was a knock at the door of their apartment, and it was a big African-American guy. He had heard that my grandparents had gone to the University of Iowa and wanted to meet them, as he’d gone to school there as well.
- There was a place where you could go pick out your chicken, and they’d do all of the cleaning and other stuff for you.
These are some things I know about post-war Detroit. My grandparents lived there until around 1950, when they moved to Davenport, Iowa, where they still live.
March 23rd, 2010
“A Simple Plan” – Gaming, Pop Culture T-shirt by Neil Gregory
Happy Friday y’all.
Continue Reading March 19th, 2010
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GOOD THING I USE KEYNOTE!
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everytime you make a powerpoint edward tufte kills a kitten(dataviz via heeeraldo)
The freelancer at work today made an icon that looks impressively like that …
Continue Reading March 16th, 2010
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
After a totally lovely week, it’s been cold and rainy all weekend. I’d like to see the sun again soon, but I’ve been making the most of the dreary weather. To wit: baths, big pots of soup, tiny cookies, lots of coffee, movies, reading in bed.
March 14th, 2010
The Cooking of Joy: Bacon and Egg Bunny Buns
I’m torn. On the one hand, these are stupid cute. On the other hand, I doubt I’ll ever make them. But look at how cute they are! Someone make these and report back, k?
Continue Reading March 13th, 2010
Couple Of Cool Guys Just Hanging Out | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Continue Reading March 12th, 2010
Are You Bike-Curious?
Continue Reading March 11th, 2010
Secret-ary Of State – Hillary clinton michelle obama – Jezebel
I love this.
Continue Reading March 10th, 2010
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