im too exhausted to think of a clever title. but moving sucks.

so ya. moving sucks.
a lot.
and if you’re thinking ‘but crystal, YOU move so often that you’ve got to be used to it by now.’ you’re a stupidhead. HELLO! who the h*ll gets USED to things that suck? (think: fillings, laundry, long commutes.) nobody. instead, you just get a blog and complain about them.
i spent ALL DAY yesterday moving all my [...]

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so the weather in wisconsin is kinda crazy

i would just like to take this moment to remind everyone that when i interviewed for my current job in wisconsin it was like 80 degrees.
in october.
PEOPLE! it’s the d*mn reason i moved here. that, and the pay raise. but the weather and the pay raise were seriously equal partners in my decision.
and then [...]

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looking for doves in all the wrong places

so basically my life sucked last night.
although i was in good company (hi mandy!) my poor little city became a lake.
there was this rain storm from heck and the world kinda, sorta almost ended (ish). 
i’ll have more stories on everything later (including but not limited to: “the time i almost ate cheese because i really, [...]

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holy freaking crap! babies are real

GO ALICE. IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY. GO ALICE. ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY!
CONGRATS ERIN AND DAVE! YOU GUYS ROCK!
note: this post is based on a twitter update that read ‘alice is here. more to come.’ 

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wait. am i shopko’s target market?

today i had to go to shopko’s optical center (they take my vision insurance) to get some paper work straighted out.
and then i started walking around the store.
and it was SO randomly nice.
it wasn’t crowded (even though it’s saturday). the prices were reasonable (i got a portable radio on clearance for $7.50!) and they had a wide [...]

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because i don’t think i was writing enough before

so i got another blog.
for work.
it’s about politics (i KNOW. bor.ing).
but you should read it anyway — because i can make bor.ing fun. swear.
it’s (soon to be) linked on my blogroll or you can just click here (hopefully) to see it. you should also be able to find it via www.thenorthwestern.com if you’re feeling like exploring my paper’s web site (newly [...]

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like vegan food — today doesn’t suck

in case you were wondering, i found my cell-phone charger (it was missing) and the space bar on my work laptop got fixed (it was broken.)
oh. and the sun is out (it was in.)

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