I knew I should have gone out tonight. There was a LiveFeed show I wanted to catch (Japanese Bat Bomb), but it’s frigid. And I have a cold. And I’m tired. I could probably still get there in time, but that weird bump thing on my head is making a weird noise, so I should probably stay home. Besides, someone has to be here to wake up Brian an hour after he falls asleep while putting Clara Jane to bed, and the dogs suck at it.

I’ve spent my evening knitting cupcakes, eating M&Ms one at a time, and watching a two-hour thing on History Channel about cults. They’re not even trying anymore; I’m sure I’d seen all of the footage in other programs about cults.

I’m bored. Knowing myself, I make great strides to not get bored, because when I get bored I get into trouble.

Today, I spent some time researching the address of a local Christian men’s organization that’s requesting a boycott of Hallmark because they’re selling cards geared for gay couples. Thought it would be a good idea to concoct a plan to encourage people to buy said cards and mail them to said organization. My research was useless, as the organization included the address in their press release.

When boredom isn’t making me do stupid things, it tends to get me overexcited to the point where I miss the really obvious.

I spent two days this week sneezing. Clara Jane woke up doing the same this morning, so going out to buy said cards wasn’t an option. That’s probably just as well.

Maybe tomorrow will be more entertaining. There’s a chance I might hang out with two people from my childhood. Well, sort of. One of them lived in my hometown, was a grade ahead of me, went to a different elementary school, and moved before we would have went to the same middle school. I don’t think we’ve actually met in person. We got acquainted on Ravelry last year while she was living in Japan.  The other person was in her fourth grade class, and we played on our high school tennis team together for two years. We’ve reconnected on Facebook, which is making me actually want a high school reunion. I’ve never wanted a high school reunion, but I’m finding that a lot of people I didn’t know very well back then have turned out pretty cool. Anyway, we might have a little get-together tomorrow.

I hope so, although by then I might be so stir-crazy that I might suggest road tripping to the hometown for a Guberburger and some wine coolers at The Ruins.

I’m blogging solely because I’m bored. Not because I have anything to say other than, bored. Hating weather extremes that stifle my mobility and creativity. The highlight of my day? While listening to my umpteenth hour of Little Steven’s Underground Garage, I discovered my new theme song: “Rock n’ Roller Girl” by The Mooney Suzuki. Ah, a tale of an aging rock chick. “You may be growing older/But you’ll never be older than/dinosaur bones./And you’ll never be/older than The Ramones.” I’ll bet the girl in the song gets bored and would do stupid stuff, if she had the energy. Pure genius, that song.

  1. Rock n’ Roller Girl – The Mooney Suzuki
  2. Right Hand on My Heart- The Whigs
  3. 100,000 Fireflies – The Magnetic Fields
  4. Napoleon Dynamite saying “Whatever I feel like.”
  5. April Skies – The Jesus and Mary Chain
  6. Consoler of the Lonely – The Raconteurs
  7. Sick, Sick, Sick – Queens of the Stone Age
  8. Strange Times – The Black Keys
  9. I Summon You – Spoon
  10. I’ll Be You – The Replacements
  11. Heavy Metal Drummer – Wilco
  12. Monkey Gone to Heaven – The Pixies
  13. Conquest – The White Stripes
  14. Portions for Foxes – Rilo Kiley
  15. Get Free – The Vines
  16. Is There a Ghost? -Band of Horses
  17. Wild Wild Life- Talking Heads (Which reminds me – I got Clara Jane some new, man-styled jammies this week that are way too big for her. Brian sent her downstairs in her massively huge suit and told her to tell me, “Hey Mom! I’m David Byrne!”)
  18. So Says I – The Shins
  19. Save it For Later – English Beat
  20. Message to the Boys – The Replacements
  21. Veni Vidi Vici – The Black Lips
  22. Friends of P. – The Rentals
  23. Swimmers – Broken Social Scene
  24. Safe European Home – The Clash
  25. White Winter Hymnal (how appropriate) – Fleet Foxes

I do believe The iTunes Genius might have created damn near the perfect playlist for me. I credit The Mooney Suzukis.