There are less classy ways to tell people you stay at the Ritz-Carlton than by carrying a Ritz-Carlton mug around the office. But not many.
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
1 week, 2 days agoView original
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Realizing that if I live to be 98 yrs old, I'll still have stress dreams about Spanish vocab tests.
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
1 week, 6 days agoView original
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Idly mousing over Twitter icons, thinking @BarackObama should TOTALLY do that "put Hussein as your middle name" meme. (Oh, wait.)
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
3 weeks, 5 days agoView original
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Tried for a disco nap, but ended up in a prog-rock coma.
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
3 weeks, 6 days agoView original
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Black bean stew, mug of coffee. Feel like I knocked down a cowboy and stole his lunch.
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
3 weeks, 6 days agoView original
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Cat's piteous "feed me, I'm a Dickens orphan" mews began at 4:15 this a.m. It occurs to me she is looking well-marbled and roastable.
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
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That unintelligible line in "Eyes Without a Face"? It's "les yeux sans visage." The 80s thought it was being all smart, but I'm onto it now.
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
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Oooh, she just grinned naughtily at the camera when Biden said "drill drill drill!" Was that an inside signal to Todd?
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
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Mgmt spam wants me to "Go From a Life of Success to a Life of Significance." That's, like, squares seven and eight. Guess where I am.
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
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Husband responded to my email re. spiritual confusion with a desc of his neutrino detector simulation. Anyone want a used physicist?
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
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I'd like my Judaism with more reflective inquiry & my Buddhism with more singing and dancing. Can I get a middle path here?
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
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Why am I the only 30ish Jew I know going to Rosh Hashanah services? I went to all the trouble of marrying an Arab and now I'm the pious one?
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
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I think I speak for all of us when I say OH BUGGER.
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
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Just sent massive email to friend I haven't talked to in over a year. I'll be useless for an hour or so while I recharge. Oh look, kitties!!
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
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I see by my Nick Cave playlist that I am having one of those days.
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
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Clothes-horse coworker just recoiled from the scarf in my hair like it was an open wound. Threatened to sing "Rhiannon" at him.
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
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I'm laying in a supply of classic rock for the winter.
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
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OH (as swarm of teenage boys jogged by): "Why is our cross-country team so UGLY??"
littleclaypig (Helene Wecker) from Oakland, CA
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