Domestic Nemesis

to a real honest to goodness Badger Football game! It's a miracle! (I hate to admit it, but it was even...sort of...dare I say...FUN!??!! :) Here are some shots of the good times !! I also need to post this lovely self portrait of KTZ and myself on our date night last week! Hugs and kisses to all, keep on spreading the love! XX Ms. Non-Sequitur

Good Title. I was again reminded of the importance of waiting for a cake to cool before adding frosting...as shown here: The Guy and I had a hoot in Green Bay 2 weekends ago, especially when the Philosopher made him check his blood pressure on both in arm AND his wrist at the SAME TIME. I love these shots! In the second the Philosopher is pushing the button and laughing...good times. What do you think The Guy is looking at in the first picture? Well, probably that dude to his right. By the way, I think I need to change his name to Mr. Miss or something? Get it? Like to where he is from? Or maybe just Mossy... hmmm Something else funny happened that I can't remember, dang what was it? Well, maybe I'll think of it later... Sincerely, Ms. Non-Sequitur

So my car smells like sweaty socks because it's full of them. I don't understand how so many of my frisbee socks end up in my back seat (backseat?). Anyway, they are stinking the place up. Other random items in my car include plastic bags. WTF are they doing in there? There must be like 6 plastic bags, some of them have things in them, some don't. I don't really know what to do, should I take them out? Another thing in my car is this big hunk of blue corduroy fabric that I bought at Goodwill with my mom back in July. I don't know why it continues to sit in the back seat, but it should get up and carry itself into the house!! I want to make dark curtains with it because I am a vampire and I don't like light waking me up in the morning. Wait, I forgot there are some other things, like random pieces of garbage. My muffler is falling off now and a belt is squealing like a 30-year old at a New Kids on the Block Concert. I'm not going to their concert by the way....

I meant to write about this during the summer, but...I didn't. SO I'm just going to post it now!! I wanted to so show y'all some shots of me working in the factory! :) Clearly I was strong as an ox as I lifted that pallet (nevermind those are smaller-than-usual) And here I am looking tough as I take apart a pallet. Um, here's something dumb. I bought this re-usable Trader Joe Shopping bag...and I FORGET IT EVERY TIME I GO TO THE STORE!! Sheesh. What's it gonna take to remember to re-use frickin' grocery bags for the love of all that is grocery. Ms. Non-Sequitur

No gnats lately, BUT there was a MONSTER centipede thing in my bathroom last night that kept disappearing on me. I saw it, then I ran for a piece of paper. When I came back it had disappeared but I knew it would come back and decided that the paper didn't have enough power. So when I saw it again, I ran back out for a shoe. Came back...no bug!! So, my heart was racing and I was like opening the medicine cabinet really fast and whipping a towel at the mirror...and then...I saw it on the wall below. I wacked it with my shoe and it died! :) Non-Seq 1-Bugs 0 AND Will someone please tell me how I can shave my legs when they are covered in mountanous, ginormous red mosquito hills, I mean bites. JEEEZ I'm trying to go into a zen place, so that when I feel all the itching, I close my eyes and think about warmth. Then I end up scratching the hell out of 1 or 2 of them, just for the fun of it. xx Seq

Well Ms. Non-Seq, HWel and NoBullshitR (I'm going back to her original name) spent yesterday afternoon at the terrace!! Had to go to Hawks first, Terrace doesn't serve beer until 3:00!! Ding dongs. Check out the dude who snuck in our pic! Priceless. My shirt had a hole. HWel insisted on a picture! A bunch of friends joined! Whoooo hoooo!! I know what you're thinking! NICE BANANA! :) AWWW, perfect!!! This must have been after I stopped singing Summertime. (I brought the lyrics and was singing them to whoever would listen...or even for those who did not want to listen! :)

I decided to actually f-ing clean my OVEN. WHAT? I know you're shocked. I guess that's how bad I don't want to do homework. Here is the before picture. If you have a weak stomach, I suggest you avert your eyes: NOW I just tried to take an after picture, with the beautiful yellow cake that I am currently cooking in the oven, but I can't figure out my camera today because I'm....well I don't know what I am, but sometimes my camera just hates me and decides to take videos of everything instead of photographs and it really pisses me off because I don't know how to fix it so I just push all the buttons until I scream and give up! :) See you all at the gamelan performance on Saturday!! xx Non-Seq

Grandma E always made it with angel food cake and strawberries- so in honor of her I made some yesterday. It was brilliant! It was dumb mashing the strawberries though. How does one best do this? I cut them, put them in a bowl, added some sugar and started smashing them with a fork. It was taking SO long (like 30 seconds) so I got sick of it and quit. The strawberries weren't really mashed that much and my wrist was throbbing from the frenzied smashing. Hob told me to get the blender, but I told him to Hob off. Then I thought about his mortar and pestel and was horrified at the thought of cleaning it. In the end, I just smashed a little more with the fork and my strawberry shortcake turned out fine. Done in like 3 minutes. I think I have a bit of...let's call it "hurry issues" I'm always in a hurry, particularly when I cook or wash dishes. A 30 minute meal to me is like a year. I want a 5 minute or 4 minute meal. I broke a plate yesterday because I wanted to was...

Oh Brett...We'll miss you!

Well, It's Feb 2, and I've managed to take all the ornaments off the tree...but the tree is still sitting there. I wonder how long it will take for me to actually bundle it up and bring into storage? Now, a new topic relating to sub par domesticity. I have this silly habit of taking off earrings where ever I damn well please. There are pairs of earrings on top of my desk, near the phone shelf, on my dresser (not in the jewelry boxes) and I found I even sighted a random pair on the end table. Here are some pictures, just to prove it! Now's here's a little game if you are bored at work. How many pairs of earrings can you find? The first person to post the correct answer in the comments will win something. Hmm, what should the winner get? I know I know, when you post the number, say what you want as a prize, and if it's free, I will try to get it for you! NO I know a better prize! Ooooh this is good....if you win, you will be the "Featured Domestic" of my...

NEW YEAR!!! Yipppeeeee Great fun last night. The only things missing were weird hats and noisemakers. Next year I'm bringing a BIG bag of NYC with me (that's New Years Crap) and handing them out to needed to all the hat-less and noisemaker-less people out there. Getting Ready- you can never have too much lip gloss!! Prettiest girls at the party! Dinner at Jolly Bob's Dj'ing, it might be my new calling! 2008! I can't believe it. Some top 10 highlights of the year: Man, I can't think of a goddamn thing. HA HA HA HA that made me laugh. Seriously, maybe writing this at 10 in the morning the day after New Years isn't such a good idea. My head may be too foggy... I will have to return to this thought at some point in the future! Regards, Ms. Non-Sequitur

The pain and misery is finally over!!! I turned in my last paper yesterday morning. (After staying up until 4:30 AM again!!) Last night's white elephant was a great way to celebrate! Here are some pics! Thank goodness for Hwel, I think I need to give her a new nickname, I don't like that one, I'm going to call her...gosh I can't think of a thing...anyway, she came early to help clean up the hole that was my apartment. Here she is doing dishes! Later, all her hard work really paid off when she left the party with the most magenta-ish, frilly-ish present at the party! What are they laughing at? I think they are dying because I was having a hard time taking the picture. Sunny D, what's that on your leg? Aww, such pretty girls.... Finally, my white elephant present. It's frickin' awesome. It's a wine holder, and it's so beautiful! So, who has actually gone Christmas shopping? NOT I said the fly. There'll be plenty of time on Sunday....or Monday! ...

Tonight, I sang at the Open mic at the union and it was so awesome...I can't even put it into words! First of all, I need to thank my fans, without you, I am nothing! Second I seriously need to write some more songs so I can sing again! If I can figure out how to get the video on here, I'll totally put it up! The Folk Singing Seq

Dude the Modest Mouse concert was AMAZING! Their music was loud, tight, in a word, Rockin' I totally have to go to more live shows. It is so worth it! AND their opening band, Man Man, totally rocked the house too! I wish the pictures showed us as a little more "rocky," they don't exactly show how hard we were all rockin at the concert! Here is a shot from where we were standing! Perfect view, well the pic cuts off the band a little, but the lead singer is on the right and we could see everything! After the concert with our new products, I got the black shirt, Chair got the brown shirt (I needed a nick-name, that's what came out, don't hate me! :) And KT got the Man Man CD.

Even though he doesn't go near a computer, I thought it was appropriate to wish the old man a Happy Birthday today! In other news, I need everyone to start stealing me little creamers from restaurants. Though I hate creamers, I keep running out of milk/cream for my coffee and on days like today, when I'm drinking my coffee black, it would be really nice to have a back-up plan. I mean, why bother actually BUYING creamers when you can get them for free! Also, I'm on the look-out for a new rug for my living room. The old one has outstayed its welcome. The price should be...$0.00- $20.00. Just keep your eyes peeled, you never know what might show up! Here's a pic of me and uncle J near Halloween, notice the beard he is growing for the pole. I like being blond! Sincerely, Ms. Non-Sequitur PS: It was JUST SNOWING OUTSIDE! WHATTTT???? NOOOOOO :)

1) It was SO exciting and fun yesterday (Sunday) to find the rice I cooked on SATURDAY still in the pan on the stove- I had totally forgotten to put it in tupperware things! GROSS (see crabby picture) 2) I found this pink chewing gum on my bike wheel?!* And I was like, where the F did that come from because I don't CHEW gum because of my jaw. It was quite a mystery until I remembered that SingingJ crashed on my hide-a-bed last weekend and I know that little punk was chewing gum before bed because I specifically remember saying, "Aren't you going to throw out your gum?" and he was like, "I'm just going to swallow it." NOT :) What should I do? the gum is still on the tire as we speak, same as it is in the picture. 3) This is a picture of my lunch today, not exactly a disaster, but a pretty piss poor meal if you ask me. Just so you are sure, that is a hard boiled egg, a piece of red pepper, some raw zucchinis, and some pita bread. Yumm :) Not pictu...

I don't have a tea kettle that whistles, so I just boil water on the stove in a pan. However, I always forget that I put the water on there and usually, it boils for like 30 minutes! Wasting both GAS and my WATER! Perhaps this confessional will stop my shameful act! Speaking of going to hell, the Christians (I know they are extreme Christians and not regular Christians) on campus are driving me MAD. It seems like every day they are asking me what Jesus would do. I don't know, I think he'd chill out and have a beer and some sex. I don't want your dumb handouts and I don't want to be called a sinner now stop harassing me! Finally, Uncle J didn't even notice my new hair color! I don't even recognize myself when I look in the mirror. I'll leave it up to my viewers: Before After Hmm... Ms. Non-Sequitur PS. Hob actually posted a funny post. Click here and play the video.

Helpful Household Tip #1 When making your bed, lie in your bed and put the blankets by the pillows. Then re-fluff the sheet, add the blankets on top and you've made your bed without walking around or barely exerting any energy at all! This is best done right before you go to sleep, definitely NOT in the morning. HHT#2 It is not necessary to wash your water glass out every time you use it. Feel free to re-fill it with water for at least a week. THEN you can wash it and chose a different glass so the other glasses don't feel useless. HHT#3 When sweeping, go around all the objects on the floor, nobody looks under the couch anyway, and it lets the dust bunnies procreate! HHT#4 Dusting? What's that? HHT#5 Throw lots of dinner parties! They are really the only good reason for cleaning your house! As shown by the picture below!

Seriously, every time I opened my cupboard, I was like, what's that stink?? GOODDD it's so gross. I mean EVERY time. I even took all the items off the bottom shelf and scrubbed it with arm and hammer soda stuff. And still...it persisted. Finally, I was like Hob, what's that stink in my cupboard? And he's like...that's no stink, that is asafetida. And sure enough, staring me in the face was this jar of asafetida he had left in there from when we had been cooking Indian. Asafoetida ( Ferula assafoetida , family Apiaceae ), alternative spelling asafetida (also known as devil's dung , stinking gum , asant , food of the gods , hing , and giant fennel ) is a species of Ferula native to Iran . Notice that name, "stinking gum." Actually it is good stuff that helps your belly so you don't...well you know cabbage and beans? What they do to you? Well ironically, this stuff counteracts that- so it always makes you smell fresh like a daisy. Unfortunat...