Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jun 28, 2009 in
A Bit on the Dark Side,
Naughty
I plan to make this the world’s most poorly planned and quickly executed blog post in history.
I drove to New Jersey Friday while listening to Wigfield by Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, and Paul Dilello, and found myself transported to a land in which, instead of passing big rigs with Jesus slogans plastered on them, I [...]
Tags: anarchy, crazy like a fox, how to overthrow the government using only mushrooms, militia, New Jersey, sedaris, sons of anarchy, sons of bitches, tattoos, technical animal fat, wigfield
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jun 24, 2009 in
Motherhood
I’m referencing a post by my bloggie friend Betty, who inspired this response.
We all feel inept and bumbling when it comes to parenting, but most people are afraid to say it. We pretend we know “the answer” or “the way,” so that we can put our minds at ease that we will turn out people [...]
Tags: "the perfect parent", bad mother, letting go, love, Motherhood, parenting, raising children
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jun 21, 2009 in
Writing
Ha! Don’t I wish!
No, folks, I don’t mean my waist line. That would be great, but I’m actually talking about the blog itself.
See, I have a problem. I spend way too much time writing and commenting around WordPress, and not nearly enough time on other things. Like say, sleeping. Writing things that might make money [...]
Tags: adoring fans, is my ego showing?, is my pathological fear of abandonment showing?, nutjob, vacation, Writing
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jun 18, 2009 in
Mental Stability,
Motherhood
I used to be one of those people who would drive around blasting Public Enemy, or D.R.I. from speakers that were never built to handle such bringing on of the kickass.
I sang Nine Inch Nails “Closer” as loud as possible with the windows down and did not care one whit about the people staring at [...]
Tags: apocalypse, Flava Flav, hell in a handbasket, Idiocracy, Kidz Bop
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jun 17, 2009 in
A Bit on the Dark Side
I had planned, for your listening pleasure, to share the delights of “Sex on Fire” by Kings of Leon, and “Savior” by Rise Against.
But ridiculous band managers who don’t recognize free publicity when they see it have hindered me.
So instead, I will post my friend Will’s weird take on Subterranean Homesick Blues. He wrote the [...]
Tags: Bob Dylan, crack whores, gall bladder surgery, I'm a pirate I guess
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jun 16, 2009 in
Uncategorized,
Wordless Wednesday
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I just like it. It does something to me.
And the next song I just can’t get anywhere. So here’s a link. It’s worth a listen.
Am I too old for slam dancing? It makes me want to ride around blasting it with my feet out the window drinking a Milwaukee’s Best. Maybe I’m just too easy [...]
Tags: Kings of Leon, Milwaukee's Best, music, punk, Rise Against, rock, too old for slam dancing, Wordless Wednesday
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jun 15, 2009 in
Embarrassing Moments,
bad housekeeping
I’m sure my wonderful husband always wonders why the house never looks any better when he gets home from work than it did when he left it. It often looks worse, but never better.
So I decided to keep track today of what goes down.
0700 Baby B climbs into my bed and cries mommy mommy mommy [...]
Tags: bad housekeeping, corn pudding, housekeeping, my husband is the kindest most tolerant person in the entire universe, time wasters
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jun 12, 2009 in
The Soap Box
You might know a boy who seems like trouble, who drives wrecklessly and punches walls.
You might know a girl who thinks she is too fat, or too awkward, or too uncool, and it bothers her more than you think is realistic.
You might know a man who drinks like a frat boy though he’s ten years [...]
Tags: cutting, depression, help, hope, love, self harm, self injury, suicide, To Write Love on Her Arms, TWLOHA
I’ve heard it said that it takes a village to raise a child. This idea was popularized by Hillary Clinton when she named her world domination plan book after the idea, ostensibly an African proverb. While there is some argument about the origin of the phrase, it is in close keeping with many cultural ideas [...]
Tags: child licensing board, frontier, I need some help up in here, it takes a village, neglect, raising other people's children
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jun 9, 2009 in
The Soap Box
As I am prone to do now and again, I’m going to break character here and post something serious.
I’m going to tell you something incredibly embarrassing in order to make a point. And I hope the point leaves you so affected, you’ll forget all about the incident that prompted this little lesson.
We have a rat. [...]
Tags: courage, fear, freedom, iraq, soldiers, war