2019-08-27 21:10
I’ve been thinking a lot about how I feel about the Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. My response to her work has been very middle of the road, which is difficult for me.Wh… Read More
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The weekly ramblings of Lulu which includes; inspirational quotes, fashion, nerdom, geekery, recipes, girly things and more.
2019-08-20 19:15
2019-08-20 18:47
Everyone knows the old adage that laughter is the best medicine. In most cases, I actually believe that this is true. I can't tell you how many times I've been bummed out, sick, or generally… Read More
2019-08-09 18:37
2019-08-09 18:16
I wasn't always aware of how cool it was to have proper manners and etiquette. Some of this, is my fault. I was (and perhaps still am) a bit of a hellion. Some of this, was because my parent… Read More
2019-07-31 01:48
Winter White Out by definelulu Read More
2019-07-29 21:26
I recently read the book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and I think the biggest problem with this book is that I give a fuck. I give many fucks and yet, with all these fucks I give, I s… Read More
2019-07-28 22:19
2019-07-28 21:28
Recently, the ideology of a Disney princess has been in popular media. There are all these quizzes and memes displaying some sort of favored princesses. I have been asked many times, "Who's… Read More
2019-07-28 18:52
2019-07-23 19:09
Anyone that knows anything about me, knows that I am fascinated by artificial intelligence. I think about AI a lot. Almost everyday. Not in the alarmist sense, not entirely at least. What I… Read More
2019-07-23 17:40
For the first time in a long time, social media was correct in an advertisement it attacked me with. Most of the time, I get ads for subscription boxes and skincare treatments. Both of which… Read More
2019-05-24 17:28
2019-05-20 00:10
2019-05-19 18:52
I have a lot of fascinations. I wouldn't call them obsessions because I don't think about these things every hour on the hour. There are just some things that hold my attention longer than o… Read More
2019-05-15 17:04
Years ago, I bought a dehydrator on a whim. I don't know what compelled me to do this, at the time I was rarely home. In the long run, I schlepped the dehydrator through at least three moves… Read More
2019-05-07 19:30
I come from a long line of dumpster divers. I know that my grandmother did it and I was there for the many times that my mother did it. I have clear memories of my mother driving along and s… Read More
2019-05-07 19:27
2019-05-06 00:08
2019-05-05 23:16
No, not my birthday. Andy's birthday. I decided this year to make something custom for him. For a while, I couldn't think of what custom thing that was gonna be. Then at the last minute, I c… Read More
2019-05-01 19:30
On the Facebook, I got the current black and white photo nomination that has been circulating the interwebs. I very pleased with the photos I got for this so I thought I would share.The orig… Read More
2019-05-01 19:12
Recently, the book 1984 has come up in my social media and random conversations. Although this book is a classic; I have never read it until now.The thing is, I do not like dystopi… Read More
2019-04-17 19:54
Everyday is Halloween by definelulu Read More
2019-04-15 17:34
I have been trying to figure out what Nenouwasa is. For some reason images from Nenouwasa keep coming up in different media feeds without links. Much to my frustration.Like the googling sleu… Read More
2019-04-11 20:05
This poem was written by my Aunt. This is the same woman that sent my mother poetry books for me, giving me my love poetry and many other things like; needlepoint, shameless swearing, and pr… Read More
2019-04-09 17:18
2019-04-08 17:18
I thought I would share what I've learned about spotting the good friends in your life and weeding out the bad friends. I have had a number of frenemies over the years and I have realized th… Read More
2019-04-08 17:17
In my previous post, Friends (Part 1): Good Friends vs. Frenemies I talked about what makes a good friend. A lot of those traits, I try to apply to myself so that I don't accidentally b… Read More
2019-04-08 16:53
2019-03-15 19:09
2019-03-15 19:09
One night, (after watching the movie Tank Girl) I was inspired to cut my hair. At first, I was trying to use scissors to give myself the most bizarre hair do of all time. When that didn't wo… Read More
2019-03-15 19:09
I don't want this blog to become a place where I focus on politics. Unfortunately, I am somewhat bound by the current political landscape and the radicalization of the United States party sy… Read More
2018-04-16 04:04
2018-04-15 18:51
In a previous post about Whittier, Alaska, I mentioned that I have a soft spot for unusual places. One of these places happens to be a lifelong source of fascination to me.Back in the sixtie… Read More
2018-04-03 03:08
2018-04-03 03:02
Everybody knows this about me and the other day I found a terrible book of "poems" written from the perspective of a cat. It vaguely reminded me of Sad Cat Diary by zefrank1.The book is call… Read More
2018-04-03 01:46
Ages ago (in the time of AOL and floppy discs), I stumbled upon a webpage dedicated to a young Englishman's plight with his mother's hoarding problem. This was also before THE show dedicated… Read More
2018-02-25 21:43
2018-02-25 21:12
Candy Darling DancingPhoto Courtesy: Pictures of Beautiful Darling Documentary via youtube.comWhat if I told you that the picture above was not of Courtney Love but of Candy Darling, a… Read More
2018-01-28 02:56
2018-01-27 18:38
There are two types of books that I always find a little confusing; time travel books and multiple dimension books. It may have something to do with how these types of books are written, but… Read More
2018-01-25 04:49
I'm not a fan of selfie culture. I find it strange and narcissistic.Even before there was the camera, people felt the urge to have artists create images in their likeness. The wealthy had ar… Read More
2018-01-25 04:15
2018-01-25 04:13
In a previous post, I talked briefly about my low latent inhibition or LLI. To anyone that has never heard of this, it makes me sound like a pervert. I promise you low latent inhibition has… Read More
2018-01-11 15:20
One night (during a particularly long Netflix binge) I decided to watch H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer. This is a documentary about Herman Webster Mudgett who went on a secretive… Read More
2018-01-04 23:55
I find unusual places interesting. Not, exotic places...but, unusual places. (Although, exotic places intrigue me on a different level.) Whittier, Alaska is one of these unusual non-exotic p… Read More
2018-01-04 19:34
We all want to be happy right? That's a thing we strive for, search for, binge eat for, go to comedy shows for, take long naps for, etc. I suppose that is why self-help and inspirational quo… Read More
2017-11-25 20:53
I was a raver in the mid to late nineties. It was following the last edge of the "club kid" years that died with Angel, made famous by the movie Party Monster.Ravers, were party kids. Not cl… Read More
2017-11-25 20:05
I swear all I hear about is millennial these days. Millennials this. Millennials that. Milennials. Milennials. Milennials. Hate em or love them, they are everywhere. Most likely they do not… Read More
2017-10-29 01:13
I've been asked how to keep my sanity with all the chaos in my life. Often, my response is a shrug and the simple truth that I am in fact a VERY stubborn person. Recently, I realized a big p… Read More
2017-10-29 01:07
Every year, I create a vision board. Sometimes, I go old school and clip out magazine images. However, and in the interest of the environment, I have been making digital versions.I have a wh… Read More
2017-10-13 14:05
In Praise of DreamsBy: Wislawa Szymborska In my dreams I paint like Vermeer van Delft. I speak fluent Greek and not just with the living. I drive a car that doe… Read More
2017-06-24 09:09
In earlier post, I mentioned that I get the feeling of fremdscham. The following list was shared by Justin Gammill from iheartintellegence. It has similar words from a few languages that enc… Read More
2017-05-27 09:53
The Ethical Choice by definelulu Read More
2017-05-27 09:44
Why? That is my first question. I am having a hard time understanding this fad. To be fair, I have a hard time understanding most fads. It is a glorified ball bearing cased with plastic… Read More
2017-05-27 09:02
There has been a few times I've mentioned my love of paper folding. Recently, my husband mentioned one of his favorite fun facts...that a person cannot fold any size of paper more than seven… Read More
2017-05-27 09:01
If you want to watch a simple cliff-notes video on the Executive Order on Immigration, this one is clean-cut with citations and sources (found in the youtube info box).My personal opinion: A… Read More
2017-05-27 08:48
2017-05-27 08:48
2017-05-27 08:48
2017-05-27 08:48
2017-05-27 08:47
Awe look at little pink pants Smith! (For that is what I am calling him from this point forth.) Adorable Read More
2017-05-27 08:47
2017-05-27 08:46
2017-05-27 08:46
Economics is one of the ways that I am conservative. There was a time that economics were discussed within politics. I just don't really see that being true in the last ten to twenty years;… Read More
2017-05-27 08:45
Nu Mod Summer by definelulu I thought I would mix elements of Mod fashion and art with the current movements such as nu-goth and nu-grunge Read More
2017-02-06 17:53
2017-02-06 17:48
As it happens, I often find myself struggling to "find that new read". Luckily, Goodreads has their yearly Choice Awards -- which offers me a wide selection of new books to peruse.I found th… Read More
2017-01-29 21:26
Greetings and salutations reader!My road to Nerdfighteria did not start with the “typical” evening at home crying over The Fault in our Stars. No, I'm too much of a mule for that… Read More
2017-01-29 21:20
The first time I experienced “false memories” or “the Mandela effect” was in regards to hotdogs. I was walking through the grocery store and found myself stunned. The… Read More
2017-01-29 21:16
2016-12-31 15:09
2016-12-31 07:20
Lord Byron was the original Don Juan. Coincidentally, he also wrote a satirical poem about Don Juan. I suspect that it was because he felt a kinship with the Don Juan character and wanted to… Read More
2016-12-31 04:04
There are many people, who are talking about moving to Canada. I subtly share links like this one for Cape Breton, Canada (link cleverly named cbiftrumpwins.com). I also try to explain… Read More
2016-12-31 03:26
The North Dakota Pipeline activists must shut down one of their camps by December 5th. For some, it will be a last stand. I put this video together mixing creative commons clips, videos of t… Read More
2016-12-28 20:10
Do you ever read a book and somewhere along the way things go terribly wrong? For me, that is what happened with the book Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas.You might be asking yourself, "Why did y… Read More
2016-12-28 19:46
2016-12-28 19:28
It is no secret that I am not a Trump supporter. As can be seen by my July post, Trump is a goon. I have tried to write something many times about my feelings on the results. Instead, I will… Read More
2016-12-28 19:08
Two things happened the other day that made me think critically of my wardrobe and of yoga. The first, was hearing a man complain about woman wearing yoga pants. The second, was stumbling on… Read More
2016-11-27 07:53
i know what he sawall those years agowe came from different worldsjust childrenwishes in our livesunder that sheet i saw my whole life we never touchingthe universe was there toohe… Read More
2016-11-27 07:49
2016-11-23 22:58
When I was in grade school, we had a yearly writing competition. I wrote a few stories, but twice my stories were rejected because the school felt that "my parents had told me what to write"… Read More
2016-10-16 16:48
Someone asked me, "Why is Buddha fat?" I thought about this a lot more existentially than I needed to. Does Buddha exist? Does God exist? Why do we make God to fit our image? Why d… Read More
2016-10-16 16:47
1.) Expose yourself to creativity. That means reading, watching, tasting, experiencing. Go to art shows. Pick up magazines. Listen to radio shows. Immerse yourself. 2.) Writ… Read More
2016-10-16 16:46
2016-10-16 16:44
2016-10-14 19:56
When I first moved to Texas there were many things that baffled me about the local culture. One of those things was the tradition of the Texas mum.What is this you might ask? Well, I'll tell… Read More
2016-09-30 18:40
If you haven't heard, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat in protest during the National Anthem. He said he would not honor a song nor "show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses bla… Read More
2016-09-30 18:18
2016-09-30 16:22
Since I've become a vegetarian, I try to myself about it. As much as possible, at least, especially in real life. Unfortunately, there are times when I have to shyly admit, "No, sorry. I'm s… Read More
2016-09-29 15:40
In 2013, I wrote about relearning tarot or at least updating my skills. Ever since I improved my skills, I find that I avoid doing readings on myself. I often find information (in the c… Read More
2016-09-29 15:39
2016-09-19 21:50
I have a very vivid memory of being a young person and having my first exposure to the spectacle that is Trump. Note: When I am using the term spectacle, I am loosely referring to the p… Read More
2016-09-18 15:03
When I was a eighteen, I bullied my way into being an assistant chef/baker at a Chicago Italian Bistro. At the time, I had no idea how ridiculous I must have appeared. Walking into an interv… Read More
2016-09-18 15:00
2016-09-18 13:56
I get embarrassed on behalf of others easily. When it comes to myself, I lack shame. But outside of me, it's embarrassment city.The German people have a word for this, Fremdscham or Fre… Read More
2016-09-17 19:32
2016-09-17 15:16
2016-09-17 15:03
My first real exposure to Shakespeare was with Romeo and Juliet. I was immediately enthralled by the Shakespearean style. So enthralled in fact that I spent that year telling my "enemies" th… Read More
2016-09-03 13:44
The reasons why I believe that black lives matter.Because they do. It should be that easy. But for some inexplicable reason (racists), there are some people that can't get on board with that… Read More
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