MissMeliss: Escribition

For me, the holidays begin when Starbucks starts using their special festive cups, which come in both red and white this year.
Well, not really.
I mean, they do use festive cups, and they do come in two colors (I think the red ones are only for Venti though), but that's not truly the harbinger of the [...]

Nova from Open Diary got me hooked on keeping track of what I read. I haven't posted a list since, well, the first time I posted a list, which was months ago, and thought, well, it's Thanksgiving (ok, technically it's not any more, but the sun hasn't come up yet, so, it's still fiscally Thanksgiving), [...]

I started reading before I really even knew what reading was. Or something like that. Some of my favorite books – ones that won't be released – are classic children's books from when I was three and four. By the time I was seven, I'd finished the entire Little House… series, and the unabridged version [...]

I've become addicted to the Trio presentations of The Moth, urban storytelling evenings filmed at various clubs, and bundled loosely by theme. I've always loved monologues, really, and this is just another version of an old exercise.
I think I actually like the one-minute stories told by random participants more than the twelve-minute featured presentations.
I also [...]

…and I guess that's true, in a sense. It isn't that I wouldn't happily divulge most things, should anyone bother to ask, it's that I never know what to say.
In any case, I find it amusing that these quiz results seem to agree with her assessment.
Which Ultimate Beautiful Woman are You? brought to you [...]

There are two business days left in November, and I've survived. This is a big deal for me, because this month is the anniversary of no fewer than eight deaths in my family, and so I tend to get melancholy and reclusive. Um, well, more reclusive than is usual even for me.
This weekend, we were [...]

I want rain and fog.
A lot of rain and fog.
Why?
Because I'm selfish.
I'm putting Christmas lights on my house tomorrow, and they look so much better in wet misty weather.
Of course, it's all grey today, but rain isn't in the plans.
Also, I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit that I succumbed to advertising pressure and bought icicle lights [...]

There's a play, the name of which I can't remember, in which the characters include Mommy, Daddy, and their son, who is a grown man clad in diapers. There is a line in that play – an entire scene really – in which Mommy describes a new hat she bought, and Daddy does typical male [...]

Could someone please explain to me this apparent fascination that men have with garbage?
No, really, I mean it.
To me, trash is, well, trash. You either toss it, or recycle it, and you keep the bins which are used for such activities in a convenient place that is easily accessible, yet relatively hidden.
Not so with most [...]

(We take you now to the Oval Office.)
George: Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening?
Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China.
George: Great. Lay it on me.
Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.
George: That's what I want to know.
Condi: That's what I'm telling you.
George: That's what I'm asking you. [...]