vegan. teacher. opinionated. loves books, shoes, hanson, ‘the amazing race’, the 80s, ‘waiting for guffman’, mid-afternoon naps, musicals and breakfast cereal. four cats. one redhead. hi.

Ikea (2)

I don’t think I can say it enough. I love Ikea.  With the exception of about three things, our entire house is has been furnished by the good company of Sweden.  Some of my favorite new purchases include this lamp and these chairs.  In red, of course.

Learning CSS (0)

I bought this book: Beginning CSS Web Development: From Novice to Professional by Simon Collison with a gift card over the summer.  It’s fantastic!  I am a complete novice with this sort of thing, but I’m learning quickly thanks to this book.  Thanks to Collison, I’ll never forget to top center my background image again.

Colour Lovers (0)

If you like playing with color and color palettes, you’ll love this site - Colour Lovers.  I’m playing with a blog redesign right now and it’s the perfect place to create a palette.  Fun!

Gus and Stuff (0)

My friend Chel’s Gus and Stuff website and blog.  “It’s all about being creative.”

Penn Says (0)

Watch Penn Jillette share his thoughts on topics from Garth Brooks to atheism to freedom fighting princesses.  Excellent stuff, here.

Recent Entries

Recent Comments

From the entry 'Resolutions for 2010', Karen Hutson said:

Danielle and Tony:

Happy New Year!  I think of you both often.  Have made the transition to vegetarianism.  Maybe vegan one day.  It’s a process.  I love the challenge to be creative and the health benefits as well.  Come to Austin and visit me sometime.
Karen

From the entry 'Just Say No', Fran said:

Regarding “sleeps,” is “1-2-3 seepies”
still okay?  I am going to keep saying it
no matter what!

From the entry 'An Update!', andrea said:

Okay, so I am coming to this way late, but I just wanted to commiserate on the Money Pit situation. We are considering selling our house next year just to avoid putting in a new roof and furnace. I know I don’t want to stay in this house for another five or so years, so I know we’d never get our money back (we’d have to finance those repairs). Well, there are other reasons why we want to sell but those are big ones. As it stands now we have a huge To Do list just to get the house ready to show. Ugh.

Congrats on the new job too.

From the entry 'My Letter to Ralph Macchio', Fran said:

Hey, Deebers,

GREAT letter! But I was shocked to see the notebook paper with FIVE HOLES! At a Catholic school? No wonder you Mount Saint Joe’s/Joe Paradox chicks were completely out of control!

I would still love to do a little “wax on wax off” with Ralph Macchio.

Fran

From the entry 'My Letter to Ralph Macchio', Anita said:

^what he said!

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Wowsie wow wow wow!  (TM Wendy)

I’m back on the Clay Aiken bandwagon, y’all!  And look out, because I think I’m gonna be on it for, like, ever.

Yesterday my friend Jane emailed me that Clay would be on the cover of People magazine, with his coming-out story in the pages.  The first thing I did was yelp with joy, then I called Tony, and then I emailed my bestest Clay Aiken friends with the good news.  I believe the subject line of my email was YAYAYAYAYAYAY!  YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAY! was pretty much the tone of everything that followed for the next several hours.  We’d been waiting for this day to come for what seemed like an eternity, wondering if he’d ever find the courage to just say it out loud, conservative fans and media jackasses be damned.  It seems that his wee little darling baby (omg!  cute pointy head!  omg!) was the catalyst for the decision - one he’d made among family and close friends years ago.  He says he couldn’t raise a child to learn to lie or hide anything, and for that, he gets a standing ovation from me.  I don’t think I’ve ever been prouder of him as a fan, and I couldn’t let this day go unmarked on my blog.  After all, he’s the reason I started writing online in the first place. 

I’ve always said that while some of Clay’s decisions have not thrilled me in the least, I’d always have a soft spot in my heart for him.  That soft spot has hardened at times, but it’s always been there.  After today’s events, I am rather certain that there is little Clay could do to lose me again.  I’ve joked about him on a silly, superficial level.  I’ve been angry with him, too.  But to come out publicly as his most honest self, showing the world that gay parenting is a beautiful thing - I have so much respect for that.  And so today, there will be no jokes, no snark, no poking fun at Clay Aiken.  Today I can only wish Clay all the love, peace and happiness in the world.

Congratulations, Clay. 

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