City of Memphis Core Values

• Honesty, in All Transactions
• Excellence, in All We Do
• Responsiveness, to All We Serve
• Safety, in All Environments

Really? Are you sure?

Why I Have a Love-Hate Relationship with Bananas

1. They are delicious.
2. They are good for me.
3. They go bad too quickly.
4. I cannot type while eating one.

1988 Movies That Would've Made Good Painting Titles for My Show

1. 18 Again!
2. Arthur 2: On the Rocks
3. Big
4. Bright Lights, Big City
5. Cocktail
6. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
7. Eight Men Out
8. Hairspray
9. Hellbound: Hellraiser II
10. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
11. The Land Before Time
12. License to Drive
13. Midnight Run
14. My Stepmother Is an Alien
15. Rain Man
16. Rattle and Hum
17. Running on Empty
18. Stand and Deliver
19. Tapeheads
20. Young Guns

Adding to Previous List

7. I will be happy when this zombie stuff is over. Man, zombies really freak me out. When I want to be freaked out by zombies/entertained, I will watch Shaun of the Dead. (Note to Zombies: I do not begrudge you your Zombiefest! They just freak my s***.)

Just Some Stuff

1. This is so ugly it hurts my eyes.




























2. The price of stamps is going up again. Argh.

3. On a happier note, I was interviewed yesterday for a story about my upcoming show! (Which, by the way, is next Friday May 2 at Material.)

4. Today, for the first time ever I went back to my hairdresser to get something fixed. It was a bit uneven, and I am the queen of symmetry.

5. Public art & sky


















6. Cute kid

What I Did While Babysitting the Quartet Last Night

1. Watched lots of coin tosses to see whose game would be played.
2. Helped GK walk on the wood lining their landscaping, as she said "Hep me, Tooby."
3. Tried unsuccessfully to convince GK to go inside, then watched C do it with no problem.
4. Watched the movie "Underdog" with running commentary by GK: "Woof woof. Where woof woof? Woof woof!"
5. Played 2 minutes of a board game with C, JP & S.
6. Played about 10 minutes of another board game, but we never finished.
7. Texted with Katherine.
   
8. Got GK to say "Katherine" - it was more like "Kahwhen" but close enough.
   
9. Watched C comfort GK when she got a little upset.
   
10. Watched #9 a second time, during which he discerned that she wanted some Spaghettio's.
11. Got JP to go to sleep! (I know, not that that's difficult.)
12. Got S to lay down! (That is difficult!)
13. Watched C entertain GK, and wondered why I was even there, because he was doing a much better job.
14. Got S to go to sleep!
15. Watched C get GK to go to sleep, then watched TV with C until right before his parents came home - it's like he could sense it.
    

My Stations on Pandora Radio

This should come as a surprise to no one:

1. David Bowie Radio
2. Nina Simone Radio
3. Spoon Radio
4. Eels Radio
5. The Kinks Radio
6. The Police Radio
   

Words I've Recently Heard Used as Verbs

1. Netflix
2. scale
3. camera
4. YouTube
   

Guestlist: F1 Drivers and Their Dopplegangers

By C&C

1. Fernando Alonzo = Jack White












2. Nico Rosberg = Larry Mullen, Jr.












3. Sebastian Vettel = Beck




















4. Mark Webber = Jeff Probst

Also in Clarksville...

1. Spoke to a large group of students - like over 40! And no one fell asleep - though one guy did look like he was resting his eyes.
2. Met a guy who has the same last name is me! And we're not related! That never happens.
3. Saw lots of signs for Austin Peay State University that said, "Go Peay!" and "Peay Pride". And I giggled.
4. Got my very own brick.

The Hotel Where I Stayed in Clarksville...

1. ...has a sign that says "door".














2. ...labels their pillows.














3. ...does not supply conditioner. I need to accept that I should just bring my own.

Things I Saw on the Way to Clarksville Last Night

1. a deer
2. a sign that said "GOATS FOR SALE"
3. a rabbit
4. a sign at a church advertising a "ham & beans lunch" (which appealed to me since I actually had ham and bean soup for lunch)
5. two deer running across the road right in front of my Jeep!
   
6. in a rural neighborhood I saw a mysterious ring of lights on the ground behind a house, like it was a helicopter pad, or for a UFO!
   

Guestlist: Go Tigers!

Things I Did Immediately Following the Tigers’ Victory, by Stephanie of The Chockleyblogs

1. Shared a champagne toast with my mother and husband
2. Cried
3. Sang (screamed) the U of M fight song to my brother
4. Talked to friends who were whooping it up at a viewing party
5. Received a call from a different friend in which I was informed that my knowledge of the lyrics to the fight song would have won me a free bar tab the night before. (If only I’d been in town!)
6. Watched Derrick Rose say “Oh shit” during the live post-game press conference
7. Removed the clothes I was wearing and put them aside so that I could wear the exact same outfit on Monday night
8. Tried not to throw up (still in progress)

What We Discussed at Bookclub Last Night

1. sex ed
2. Six Degrees of Separation
3. Judy Blume
4. violence
5. turning 33, turning 38
6. Sandman
7. Saturn returning
8. Fuku & Zafa
9. Maams & Sirs
10. payroll
11. throwing fits
12. Loooola, LoLoLoLoLoooola
13. D*** in a Box
14. crime
15. best albums of the 90's
    
16. gettin' the Led out
17. JT
18. "guilty factor cheese pleasure" -direct quote from SMBD
19. the book, of course: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which is a masterpiece
    

Lists in Which Katherine is Referenced

Happy Birthday, Katherine!

1. Things You Might Not Know About Me
2. Travel 2006
3. Cool Things That Happened This Week
4. What I Did on My Spring Break
5. Things Not to Say to a Pregnant Woman
6. Leave My Sister Alone
7. What I Did on My Day Off
8. What We Ate in Ft. Lauderdale
9. The Beach by the Numbers
10. Travel 2007
11. Guestlist: 100 Things About Katherine
12. Guestlist: Toby's Response to Katherine's 100 Things
13. 90 Things About the 90's
14. Bloggers Who Need to Step Off!