the life of an emotional dwarf

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159349822009-03-02T09:26:53.632-08:00the life of an emotional dwarfdonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-4227228074062880372008-05-01T23:44:00.001-07:002008-05-02T00:36:57.645-07:00Wine Tasting

Spring barrel tasting last weekend in Yakima Valley, WA. Weekend tasting pass = $25. Rolling tipsy with 10 winos and 1 sober driver = priceless.

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-33151830541956736732008-05-01T23:27:00.001-07:002008-05-01T23:30:45.975-07:00Deano's

A Seattle institution will soon be gone forever. Can't say I'm too torn up about it.

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-54843224393994304432008-04-16T00:39:00.001-07:002008-04-16T00:44:22.562-07:00draping

Draping I at New York Fashion Academy, ironically nowhere near New York. Yet oh so much fun.

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-88638105967182489472007-11-04T23:57:00.001-08:002007-11-05T20:56:20.818-08:00My new favorite Southern aphorism

I grew up in Texas, yet I somehow seem to have missed out on most of the aphorisms of the South... I am so delighted to have found a new favorite:"Busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest."Now that is busy.

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-64996466992845246682007-10-23T13:05:00.000-07:002007-10-23T13:11:25.330-07:00Shopaholicism

I've been inspired to post here again! It's probably just that I have more free time on my hands now and that procrastination is always a big part of my life.I recently read a book called Not Buying It, and I've been thinking a lot about our capitalist consumer culture here in the USA. I could go on about this for hours, but it turns out I actually hate writing down my thoughts. SO laborious..

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-79831882078021952502007-04-30T17:06:00.000-07:002007-04-30T17:13:21.705-07:00anxiety & paranoia

I guess social psychologists are a paranoid bunch. This book review was recently posted on a listserv I subscribe to: "We've seen this story before: The Pentagon takes an interest in a rapidly changing area of scientific knowledge, and the world is forever changed. And not for the better.... According to Jonathan Moreno's fascinating and frightening new book, Mind Wars: Brain Research and

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-80492229217751455632007-03-09T15:49:00.000-08:002007-03-09T15:52:30.649-08:00I wonder what the other 2/3 is?

So I took the Texas quiz, and it has confirmed my suspicions:Donna is 32% TexasYou're as welcome in Texas as a skunk at a lawn party.How Texas Are You?

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1170404208186125262007-02-01T23:55:00.000-08:002007-02-02T15:04:26.566-08:00Memphis, TN

I became a bit obsessed with ceilings early on in my trip, apparently. Above is the ceiling of the trolley. Below is the ceiling of the restaurant "King's Palace," where David Bowen was playing. I was like "David Bowie's playing!" um, no.This is scary Jenna at a restaurant called "Beauty Shop." It was formerly... a beauty parlor, and they kept those crazy hair dryers. Very cute.I think

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1170140548118555842007-01-29T22:48:00.000-08:002007-02-02T15:06:08.276-08:00Crochet madness

I recently got excited about crochet again after purchasing Stitch n' Bitch: The Happy Hooker. Had to make the bunny. If I were a magazine writer, I would now say something extremely cheesy here, like, "I'm hooked on crochet!!" (I'm sorry, I just have an issue with formulaic magazine articles.)

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1169345638482146012007-01-20T18:12:00.000-08:002007-01-20T18:13:58.493-08:00music!

do yourself a favor and check out the golden isles

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1155930716245096312006-08-18T12:49:00.000-07:002006-08-18T12:51:56.266-07:00Henry Darger

Yay! I'm so excited! Starting tomorrow, some of Henry Darger's work is on exhibit at the Frye!!! Go see it. And if you haven't seen the documentary film In the Realms of the Unreal, see it first. Then go to the Frye.

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1153160853560883592006-07-17T11:24:00.000-07:002006-07-17T11:27:33.570-07:00I'd rather die

Sugarland, Texas has been named the 3rd best place to live by CNNMoney. Trust me, I have been to Sugarland (an upper middle-class suburb a good 20 miles outside Houston), and I would rather die.

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1152132404045901152006-07-05T13:41:00.000-07:002006-07-05T13:46:44.090-07:00How can the human race survive the next hundred years?

Stephen Hawking asks, "In a world that is in chaos politically, socially and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years?"My brief response:Others in the past have thought the world was ending and it didn't - the human race always pulls through. There are a lot of intelligent, creative, and caring people out there who are important in solving this world's problems. They have

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1151987886102460072006-07-03T21:33:00.000-07:002006-07-05T13:50:21.276-07:003 decades

Me as a baby:Me, after my 30th birthday party, drunk, with the same strange look on my face:

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1151296890110991092006-06-25T21:40:00.000-07:002006-06-25T21:41:30.123-07:00Dusted Magazine

Looking for an alternative to Pitchfork? Try Dusted.

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1148529192541497812006-05-24T20:50:00.000-07:002006-05-24T20:53:12.553-07:00mind-boggling

Go here and click on the picture of the old guy.It's a photo created from smaller photos, created from smaller photos, created from smaller photos... and it never stops. It almost made me nauseated after about 10 rounds. Paradoxical fun!

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1145141226076858522006-04-15T15:40:00.000-07:002006-04-15T15:47:06.090-07:00San Francisco

I went to SF for part of my spring break a few weeks back. I took a billion picures of the Golden Gate bridge, and here are some of them.

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1142286844856365462006-03-13T13:49:00.000-08:002006-03-13T13:58:08.256-08:00Jesus

This totally reminded me of being in high school and sneaking out at night to wreak havoc on Pasadena, TX. My favorite activity was re-arranging the signs to say things like "Penile implants for only $85." Was I a bored teenager? Perhaps so. But I still think this is funny as hell. Make your own sign here.

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1142286426849442962006-03-13T13:42:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:33:30.953-08:00Things observed

Clouds moving swiftly by, as viewed through my dusty window. Click on the picture to view footage, especially if it is nightime where you are, or if you have no windows.Green orchidSleepy kitty

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1139338712867711652006-02-07T10:49:00.000-08:002006-02-07T10:58:32.896-08:00Where is your bus?

Take a look at this awesome program that shows exactly where your bus is. Way better than anything on the Metro website or even mybus. The awesomest thing is that it draws a little bus icon (for every bus currently driving along the route) directly onto a satellite image of Seattle from SPACE. [By the way, it doesn't work with Firefox.]

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1137883689369496272006-01-21T14:35:00.000-08:002006-01-25T00:02:20.983-08:00Sasquatch siting!

I went hiking (snowshoeing without snowshoes) at Snowqualmie pass a couple of weeks ago. I totally spotted the Yeti, and I am selling these pics to the National Enquirer for like 5 billion dollars.

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1136011323449911682005-12-30T22:41:00.000-08:002005-12-30T22:46:25.643-08:00Food!

I always find myself taking pictures of food, so I thought I would create a food blog!

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1135885705101515072005-12-29T11:33:00.000-08:002005-12-29T11:48:25.123-08:00Winter Vacation: pre-Houston

Thursday 12/15 - beer at the stumbling Monk with Sally and Lee DicksFriday 12/16 - ice skating with Will (yes, we both received the memo re: monochromatic clothing) notice the little humans in the background with walker-like contraptions, sort of like training wheels for skating Saturday 12/17 - this is what happens when you fly out of Seattle at sunrise on a clear day

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1133421502307023302005-11-30T23:15:00.000-08:002005-11-30T23:18:22.316-08:00FACE transplant

Oh My GAWD!Can you say silence of the lambs anyone?"The transplant would have to come from a beating heart donor. So, say your sister was in intensive care, you would have to agree to allow their face to be removed before the ventilator was switched off."Read about the horrors.

donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598659419996763269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15934982.post-1132205658595070132005-11-16T21:27:00.000-08:002005-11-16T21:35:17.256-08:00A song about emotional dwarfism!

Some band wrote a song called Emotional Dwarf! Listen to the bad, yet funny, lyrics here.

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