i like to knit in circles.posted on Jan 22 '08 at 11:28 PM
i need to update my website.
reasons.posted on Dec 03 '07 at 04:03 AM
reasons that not having a roommate sucks, #137:
when the power goes out unexpectedly (like when you're trying to watch LOST on DVD at 2am) you have no one to run to, only your blankey and your flashlight to protect you.
journey to the 'Sipp. day 3.posted on Nov 21 '07 at 11:59 PM
so far so good.
erin showed me this neato little bookstore in downtown Vicksburg, and i finally bought my very own copy of Stitch 'n Bitch. just before that i went to the coffee shop next door and confused the barista b/c i wanted soy and an extra shot in my iced vanilla latte. (yesterday i almost made a starbucks barista cry. i'm on a roll.)
yesterday i had some amazing sushi (so great, so so great) and then i watched some friends play guitar hero. it's my turn next.
something really awesome was that there was a thunderstorm today...big huge thunder claps and bolts of lightning that were miles and miles high. miles and miles.
my hair hates humidity. always has.
dude, i have been cleaning my old room out and have found some really great things! i found my old sewing kit and all my psych books from college, and and and tons of material and paint and slides and negatives and photographs and silkscreens and and and and and...yeah. stuff rules. i do love some clutter.
at the mall i saw a santa playing golf. how odd, i thought.
more tomorrow. turkey, dressing, all the fixins, and my brother gets into town in the evening.
p.s. i guess b/c it was so cold when i left Seattle, i packed 4 jackets, a bunch of undershirts, jeans, and long-sleeved shirts! whattheheck was i thinking?!?! so i had to go shopping for warm weather clothes for this week. and what did i end up buying? a slammin' red peacoat. woo to the hoo.
lorizzle, the Mississippi Queen
flat kristy.posted on Oct 02 '07 at 07:11 PM
Flat Kristy has been staying with me in Seattle for the last month. but alas, all good things must come to an end, and i have to send Flat Kristy back home to Mississippi. Flat Matt (her husband) misses her.
Flat Kristy has built quite the rapport with my Toastybaby:
i'm srsly thinking about getting my friends together to make flat versions of ourselves. that would be awesome! and i could send Flat Lori with Amys next time she goes on a sweet vacation. holla.
lori
good news.posted on Sep 09 '07 at 05:45 AM
good news: because the english language is already so screwed up, you can make a verb out of pretty much anything.
so if you'll excuse me, i have some couching to do.
love,
lori
how i feel.posted on Sep 02 '07 at 05:17 AM
Bethlehem Steel - Grant Lee Buffalo
There was a light blue as a welder's torch
It used to shine over the fields
And all the wise men strong men were drawn for miles
Followed a star to Bethlehem Steel
Our mother's father worked here in World War Two
On the main floor operating the drill
And in his open palms little splinters remind him of
The booming days days of Bethlehem Steel
But the steeples on the hills they point
To a better life beyond this one
And that promise penetrates the clouds
And mighty walls of brick red cinnamon
Ah ah
Take a walk past Lazarus Moving n' Storage
Behind the Goodman's Furniture Store
See the smoke stacks rise on up to heaven's step
While on earth we're burnin' this miracle iron ore
But the steeples on the hills they point
To a better life beyond this one
And that promise penetrates the clouds
Even when they block the fiery sun
The sun
There was a light blue as a welder's torch
It used to shine over the fields
And all of the wise men strong men were drawn for miles
Followed a star to Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Yeah Steel
Yeah Steel
today's highlightsposted on Aug 27 '07 at 09:25 PM
on the way back from Safeway i stopped to let a man who looked like David Crosby cross the street.
that's probably the only highlight for the day. but the night is young!
so i've been doing all this writing for my book lately and that makes me want to blog more, yet blog less. and then i thought about taking an excerpt from a chapter and posting it up, but then decided against it. not sure why.
in just a few days it will officially be two years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast. thinking about the hurricane is kind of sobering to me. as a bona fide southerner i have lived through my fair share of hurricanes, tornados, flash floods, ice storms, wind storms, violent thunderstorms, etc. yet i guess when one decides she has something beat, or under her thumb, the outcome of that one different storm blows all understanding away, along with houses, cars, and trees. in a way i feel as though all i ever understood about our weather was wrong. perhaps that sounds like it shouldn't be the big deal that it is. if we ever meet face-to-face i can explain it to you. i will also say that the absolute worst came out in people, and believe it or not, it is the aftermath of Katrina that forever burned into my skull that all people, regardless of race, gender, or religious preference, are all inherently evil. i was in utter disbelief at what i saw going on around me and i wept at the injustices being committed to my left and to my right. utter chaos. perhaps i was just jaded enough to think that these genteel southern people could never act this way. but like i said, we are all evil, and my naive little eyes were witness to many atrocities in the days following the tragedy.
But while we were yet still sinners, Christ died for us...
books.posted on Aug 21 '07 at 10:00 PM
1 in 4 people read no books last year.
perhaps this cann esplains sum of teh poor grammerz on teh intarwebz.
like this little gem i recieved in a myspace message:
"Hi my name is xxxxx iam 23 yrs old male from bothell wa. I like to meet new friends on line. I do security officer job. do you what to be my friends on line.
plz email me back "
riiiiiiight.