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Labels: buttons, life, wedding
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Labels: life
posted at 12:42 PM
3/04/2009
I hate to be all “Poor little Insured Girl” while the self-employed of the world play a Shostakovich concerto on teeny tiny violins… but MAN, no one told me that health insurance would be such a gigantically painful hassle! I would almost prefer to sit for hours on end at a public health clinic. Sure snotty kids got their sticky sick fingers all over me… and the screaming… ohgodthescreaming… but I’d pay my 15 bucks, and as soon as I stepped out the door I could begin forgetting the whole awful experience.
Having health insurance is like a PTSD flashback of hassle. Three months after my initial visit with my internist, the claim rejection letters start rolling in. Then the phone calls… and the hours of hold time with customer care. After spending 47 years of my life that I’ll never get back, it all turned out to be a simple misunderstanding. My doctor’s office had erroneously attached me to my husband’s policy . . . also Pacificare thought I was a man.
“Not a big deal,” said Ms. Customer Care. “At least not till you try filing a claim at a gynecologist, or try to receive prenatal care.” Just the same, I’d kind of like my pharmacist to stop looking at me funny.
When it’s all said and done, Pacificare . . . I love you baby. I didn’t mean to say all those hateful things about you. I really love how, out of all my prescriptions, it was the $450 2oz bottle of lotion that you decided to cover instead of all those cheap generics… and I love you for that. Don’t ever go.
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11/30/2008
posted at 10:38 PM
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11/11/2008
I have just a bit of a problem when it comes to Craigslist. I may only find something I need once every six months, but I promise it's not for lack of trying. It's just not a successful day unless I've checked the furniture section at least three times (and also Missed Connections... I've never claimed to be classy). So now you know I'm a little bit of a craigslist expert who's seen many things in my day, and you can believe me when I say that it is rare to find something as fantastically ROCK HARD AWESOME as what I am about to show you now.
Labels: craigslist
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11/04/2008
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10/29/2008
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10/21/2008
mmmm... so good!
Labels: youtube.com
posted at 11:45 PM
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10/16/2008
19 days till the election! Gah... it feels like I'm having a heart attack! Though that's probably just because my diet today consisted almost entirely of Smarties and coffee.
It's been awhile since a good Obama merch post (or any post at all really... *cough cough). So, before this election season runs its course... here we go one last time!
Labels: barack obama, buttons, craft, current events, design, etsy, gifts, indie shops, shopping
posted at 8:31 PM
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posted at 2:06 PM
9/14/2008
David Foster Wallace is dead at age 46.
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9/07/2008
Labels: front porch, house, life
posted at 10:16 AM
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posted at 11:51 PM
9/06/2008
Do you... do you ever have blog guilt? Oh boy. I do.
If I let too much time pass between posts, I can't even bring myself to look at the poor thing. But even if I could, I wouldn't be able to see the screen through the thick veil of shame. I tell you what, it's a vicious cycle that I need a 12 step program to break.
I feel the same way about all forms of correspondence. I love you all. Really I do... but sometimes I'm so embarrassed that I haven't written someone back in a timely manner that I just... well, I just don't write back at all. I want to write an email that I'll truly be proud of, an email worthy of its recipient. Just a simple "Hi. How are you?" would do just fine, but because I don't have time to write THE BEST LETTER YOU'VE EVER READ EVER, you'll never hear from me again. It's not because I don't love you. It's because I do. And for this great flaw in my character.. I am truly sorry.
It's quality not quantity, right?
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Chris and I will be in Norman trainin' it up for the State this next week. Do you know what that means? Stuck in a hotel room with no internet for a week. Gasp! I know. Life is hard.
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posted at 9:29 AM
7/29/2008
Gah. I'm tired of looking at my stupid mug... let's move it down the page a bit, shall we?
Yesterday, I finally heard back about the job. Lord Almighty. I don't know if you've ever sought employment with a state office but you have to set aside like half of your life just to sit and wait. Then you mail a form. And then you wait some more. And then you mail that same form again, along with two copies. Then? More waiting. 15 years later, you've got a job!
Well.. I will have a job... after the drug test comes back in another week. And then I don't actually start till the middle of August. OH MY LORD SO MUCH WAITING!
The position I wanted the very most is still in process but I've grown old and wrinkly and need to move on BUT please please please could I please wait a while longer so they can get their act together? No. Sorry, I can't. Mama needs to buy a loaf of bread. Good thing I have a few more design jobs lined up before then cause it would be a little sad if I had to go on gov't assistance while waiting to get my first paycheck from DHS, don't ya think?
Yesterday, I sat in the drug testin' waiting room with the man who drove this truck:
Tulsa World Story
News Channel 6
His arm was scratched up, but he was in remarkably un-dead condition for having just flipped an exploding truck full of sulfuric acid and bleach. I was glad to hear that the accident was caused by a tire blowout and not through any fault of his own. Way to go Chemical Truck Dude!
Oh and by the way, I highly recommend the National Occupational Health Services for all your drug testing needs. The staff is very professional and friendly... which is hard when you handle the urine of smack addicts for a living. They also had cute hair. The whole lot of 'em.
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Don't forget to vote today! Brady Heights! Get yourself to Mount Zion Baptist Church!
Elgin and Easton! Polls stay open till 7pm!
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7/15/2008
Labels: life
posted at 12:18 PM
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Hey! Look at these new things I made. They are now available for buying!
Sorry for the short promotional post, but I have an interview for which I must prepare. Where are my nose hair clippers!? Wish me luck!
Labels: art, craft, decor, etsy, indie shop, shopping
posted at 9:40 AM
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7/07/2008
Labels: life
posted at 10:35 AM
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You know what? I completely forgot about McSweeney's. Man! I love McSweeney's! Especially the lists because, despite the fact that I don't have cable, I have attention deficit disorder. Labels: life
posted at 10:16 AM
Favorite lists:
Broadway Musicals Written by Gender-Studies Professors.
Significant Ways I Differ From Carly Simon.
The Wages of Sin
The Lesser-Known Slogans of Political Moderates.
I'm trying to cut back on my coffee, so I've only been brewing six cups each morning. Chris takes 3 of those cups with him in his working man's traveling mug and that leaves one and a half mugs for me if I use my huge Allan Bros. mug with the lip groove. Have you ever used a mug with a lip groove? You don't know true lip comfort until you have used a mug with a lip groove.
Anyway, every time I pour that last half a cup it makes me unbearably sad and full of regret that I didn't brew a full 12 cups like back in the good ol'days.
I've been painting a lot... it's a riot.
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6/22/2008
Over the last few weeks, you may have noticed the Etsy box to the right. See it? Yup, right there, just above the flickr one.
Visit my shop for all manner of lovely items. Need some custom buttons? Order them here! Want to celebrate your Tulsa pride? Gotcha covered! Handmade bags? Yes! Vintage goodies? All sorts!
I have A LOT of items to add so, and over the next few weeks I'll be listing some of my new artwork too. Very exciting!
Shop away and help me pay my mortgage!
Labels: buttons, craft, etsy, indie shop, vintage
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6/19/2008
Labels: cookin', garden, life, Tulsa
posted at 9:26 AM
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posted at 11:52 AM
6/18/2008
Dear Marissa (circa 2000),
Yesterday I tossed your Juliana Theory t-shirt into a big cardboard box marked "Goodwill". Now, don't cry. Its been years since I've been able to wear it and even longer since I realized that the Theory really weren't all that great to begin with. A little campy even. With the screaming and all? Sorry.
Just think of the little emo kid who will wet themselves in excitement over finding a "vintage" Juliana Theory shirt for 3 bucks amongst all the shirts commemorating team building and 5k runs. I know you go crazy for that kind of thing. Shoot, I still do.
I know, I know. If you had known that we would "grow up" to enjoy banjo music and James McMurtry, you would've slit your wrists... but then, you were a little emotionally unstable and really now, it's your fault that we moved to Oklahoma in the first place. You have to admit that you were kind of asking for it.
Thanks for your understanding,
Marissa
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6/16/2008
Here's a little cross publishing action from the Brady Heights Neighborhood Association blog:
The latest issue of Cottages & Bungalows (June/July 2008) might be of some interest to those of us who live in fabulous, and much forgotten, American foursquare homes.
I've had a hard time finding information on this often overlooked architectural style, so it was great to discover 5 pages of the issue devoted to the foursquare with so many full color illustrations, floor plans and historical information.
The following is a list of links given at the end of the article for further information:
American Foursquare Architectural Style
American Foursquare
Foursquare Homes
There is also an article within the issue which discusses historically accurate paint colors and color schemes. According to the article, bright white is never allowed on the exterior or interior of a craftsman home. While I'm sure that is accurate historically, it does seem a little nit-picky to me. But maybe I just say that as a home owner who's every door, ceiling and piece of trim is painted white... not to mention the aluminum siding on the exterior of our home. We'll take care of that... someday.
It's always fun to find old floor plans that reflect the layout of your home. See If one of these foursquare plans match your own.
The 1916 Aladdin Cumberland
The 1921 Fenner Nebraska
The 1916 Sterling Windemere
The 1916 Sterling Manor
The 1916 Sears Kit Chelsea
The 1925 Wardway Marley
The 1921 Fenner Kentucky
If you have a home built before 1965 Antique Home is a fantastic resource for vintage reference material. Find old house plans, millwork illustrations, interior design articles and more– all taken from original source material!
Labels: architecture, foursquare, house, restoration
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6/08/2008
Labels: diy, house, restoration
posted at 12:49 PM
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6/04/2008
Labels: barack obama, comics, design, politics, shopping
posted at 1:25 PM
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Labels: barack obama, politics, wonkette
posted at 8:32 PM
5/26/2008
My nominee for best quote ever.
During this year's commencement season, Obama will be addressing the students at Wesleyan in Senator Kennedy's stead. Wesleyan students are trying very hard to put their excitement into words. Dude Almighty, are they ever excited.
Lola Pellegrino ‘08: You know that feeling when you’re so excited you have to pee? I’m feeling that. In my heart.”
Runner up:
Sarah Lonning ‘06: “I can’t imagine anyone that the Wesleyan student body would possibly be more excited about. Maybe Gandhi, if he weren’t dead.”
This is for my dear brother who, I'm pretty sure, might have only been half joking when he told my mom that Obama was a likely candidate for Anti-Christ. At the very least he enjoys trying to rile us up with SLANDEROUS LIES. It doesn't work though. We're very level headed about such matters.
(source:theprereq.com via wonkette.com)
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Something downstairs smells vaguely of vomit. It better not be actual vomit or I'm going to be seriously ticked off... Labels: life
posted at 12:24 PM
It would also mean that I have a nauseous prowler. No one wants that.
Update: Found it! Just the dog!
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