here I am!
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Vancouverite; music-lover; small-time foodie; some kind of news/politics junkie; new wife!! You will often find me at a computer or peering into my iPhone.
The name of the blog comes from the song "Reckoner" by Radiohead. I've seen them in concert eight times in five countries, which is really negligible by the standards of some of my friends.
Tag Archives: Main Distractor
Courtesy of my Main Distractor:
Save the Words, from Oxford Dictionaries, dedicated to preserving the arcana of the English language, a subject dear to my heart! I’ve adopted obarmate. Look it up.
So this morning,
the Main Distractor and I were on our way to work (drove today, and dropped him off too), and I was saying how my message boards all announce today’s birthday as being me, 43, and god that’s old, and he … Continue reading
Lollapalooza!
So this year, the Main Distractor and I went to Chicago to see Lollapalooza. We should have gone last year, when Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails were playing, but it didn’t pan out. So this year, we went to see … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Crystal Castles, Depeche Mode, Hotel Felix, Lollapalooza, Lou Reed, Main Distractor, Minxilla, Tool, tristero, vacation
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Tee-hee!
The Main Distractor linked me to these, and I had to share. Too kewt!
For teh Geekwitch. A Meme.
Ten things you always have in your pocketses/purse/car/nearby, OK! 1. iPhone, these days. 2. iPod. 3. iWall…, oh no, Jobs takes money OUT of my wallet, not the other way around. My wallet. Sometimes even with cash in it. 4. … Continue reading
Shocking.
I think I haven’t had a proper, you know, blog post, for more than a month. And what a momentous month it’s been, too! The MD and I had our actual one-year anniversary, versus all the monthaversaries we’d celebrated heretofore. … Continue reading
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Tagged anniversary, Choobie, IKEA, Kam's, l'Altro Buca, Main Distractor, MBV, Minxilla, Parental Summit 2009, Parkside, Planetarium, Science World, Seattle, shoes
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So last night…
We had Chinese food for dinner. I open my fortune cookie, and it says, “All your fantasies will come true.” I show it to the MD. He looks at it, and says, “That’s not a coupon, you know.”
OK.
Anyone who looks at my last.fm knows that I am a huge lover of Depeche Mode. More so their early albums than the last two or three, but still, they’re right up there on my most-played, and Violator is one … Continue reading
MBV?
Finally? Hitting Seattle April 27. Onsale next week. The MD and I are considering Lollapalooza, so not sure where the concert budget is on all this, especially since dates are kind of thin on the ground (perhaps they’ll play Lolla … Continue reading
Some we buy, some we make.
Working backwards…Parkside last Friday. 6-course chef’s tasting menu. Celeriac and cauliflower soup, porcini foam? truffle oil? lush, served with an Italian Bidoli Sauvignon Blanc The scallop dish with grapefruit, guanciale, fennel, watercress and whatnot, a beautiful Parkside vinaigrette, served with … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, crab, Main Distractor, Minxilla, Parkside, shrimp, Valentine's Day
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