[at the Fringe booth, while I was putting a temporary tattoo on a woman's shoulder]:
“Wait, are you Allegra Lingo?”
“Uh, yep.”
“Oh my god, I just got tattooed by a famous person!”
Entries from June 2008
June 30, 2008
Quote of the weekend
June 29, 2008
Conversation
“I like you.”
“Why’s that?”
“Because it’s 10.15pm on the Saturday of Pride, and we’re home watching Billy Elliot while the fireworks are going off at the park, and there are all these drunk people down there partying. But I am where I want to be.”
“I love you too.”
June 27, 2008
Hmm.
I was heading out of the Fringe office yesterday to meet Schnappi for lunch, and this guy does the usual “can I bum a smoke?” I gave me normal response of, “sorry, it’s my last one” while my fingers grazed the whole pack in my cargo shorts. And then he continued, “well, some Vicodin, then?”
That [...]
June 25, 2008
Thwarted
As previously mentioned in this blog, Amy and I have been attending St. Joan’s Catholic Church in Minneapolis for about the past two months. Not every Sunday–not quite in that habit yet. But, of course, it’s Fringe season and we are really busy. But nearly every week. We really like it. We feel welcome. The [...]
June 25, 2008
Overheard while temping
I’m working at a university in Minneapolis today, at the Front Desk. A woman came in with her three or four year old son for an appointment, and ended up waiting for quite awhile. At first it was really cute–after a few minutes he turned to his mom and said, “So, Mom, how was your [...]
June 19, 2008
Really?
It’s been nearly two weeks since I’ve posted? Jeesh. That’s no way for a writer to act.
But my time is splintered right now between a few different things, and blogging fell away.
The show is coming along nicely. I have one section left to pull together, and I can call it done. Well, I have a [...]
June 6, 2008
Today’s ponderance
Schnappi was putting dinner on the table last night, and suddenly asked the question “do you think it’s a detriment to our society that we don’t have both a formal and informal tense in our language”?
I should note that a question of this sorts, seemingly out of nowhere, is not unusual for either of us. [...]
June 6, 2008
Food for thought
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/06/walker/index.html
And yes, I will expound upon this soon in conjunction with the promised blog entry below.
Except Amy posted that last comment after getting her friend’s opinion, so it really doesn’t count as number 10.
June 5, 2008
What’s so historical?
This is an appeal to y’all: I want to know why you think Obama’s nomination is so “historical”.
And as soon as I get ten comments, I’ll make my own argument and extrapolate on what I think of this article.
