April

  • The Things I Love

    Finding the perfect gift can be challenging at times.  I’m one of those people who strives not to give next year’s white elephant gift or Goodwill donation.  Like many, I’m not always successful, but I have to admit that  lately I kinda feel like slugging myself in the shoulder while giving myself a sly little…

  • Drunken Chicken

    I’m a Daddy’s girl and as such, wherever Dad went, I’d tag along as his willing sidekick/apprentice. If there was a car to repair or a project to build, I was passing along tools, utensils or tea – occasionally pushing pieces of wood through the table saw or helping pull apart a car’s innards.  Whatever…

  • Mark Your Calendars – March 11, 2011!

    What are you doing Friday, March 11th at 10:30 pm?  Why not put those plans aside and come out to support April and me (and the rest of our amazing Improv 301 class) in our very first improv performance at the Salvage Vanguard Theater?  The tickets will be $5 (cheap!)  Plus, we need your cheers, your laughter,…

  • A Nice Long Weekend

    Evan Smith & P.J. O’Rourke Originally uploaded by Big Blue Mess Normally, I really don’t like imposing on my friends or asking for favors, but when a friend of mine started reading a blurb for an upcoming taping of “Overheard with Evan Smith” at KLRU, our local PBS station and my former employer, I was…

  • Improv: You Still Have a Death Scene

    Yesterday I started Improv 101 with April at Merlin Works.  Hands-down, it’s the best class I’ve taken, and considering it involved me + strangers playing together, this is saying a great deal.  Usually me + strangers is akin to cats + water or maybe even polar bears + desert (which makes for great Sci-Fi, but since no…

  • Update for Charla

    Since my step-mom uses this blog as an update on what’s going on (or what I’m thinking about) and I’ve been really bad about posting lately, I thought I’d update her. My apologies to the rest of you who probably are a couple of seconds from yawning if you go much past this sentence. Sam…

  • Meet April

    World, meet my good friend April and be sure to check out April’s Googly Eyed Car Project while you’re at it. I love my friends! (Sometimes a picture is worth 1000 blogs.)

  • Doggedly Loyal: A How To Guide

    How to be a Better Girlfriend Jonathan and I were having an email exchange today and he confessed to not knowing “when to say attagirl,” or “OMG, girlfriend! You were wronged! What an (insert colorfully appropriate adjective)!” in support of your female friend. Seeing that I’ve mastered the art of being doggedly loyal, I decided…