Economical Truths

Cupcakes: A Review

This Is one of them test0rz
Hello. Through a beautiful miracle, I was able to upgrade my downtrodden Blackberry with the busted-ass trackball for an iPhone. Now I can finally join the Mob. Isn’t that the criteria? No? Oh wait, but I can join the mob of Feist-loving, scarf-wearing hipsters at Starbucks?! Bonus! In other news, Thanksgiving is this week & I’m so excited to be finding shit for Henry to make. My mommy is having dinner at her house, after refusing to acknowledge that special November Thursday as a holiday last year. I love Thanksgiving. Mostly for the food. Ok, only for the food. If you’re American and you’re reading this, what are your Turkey Ho

When hockey-watching begets heroism
The proposition of “Let’s go downstairs” seemed innocent enough. No, that’s a lie. I was actually quite taken aback and had visions of being knifed/blackmailed/tickled/forced to lick a shoe until I caught Alisha shaking her pack of cigarettes at me. We were at her friend Mark’s apartment, watching the Penguins game, eating pizza and quickly drankin’ our way through three bottles of wine. “I’ll come too,” Mark decided, since he first period had just ended. He and Alisha grabbed their wine glasses. Not wanting to seem like some wino who canR

What Bill & Jessi Look Like On a Computer Screen, with Elvis.
My awesome friends Bill & Jessi got married yesterday by Elvis in Las Vegas. I wasn’t able to turn enough tricks to finance a trip out there, but luckily there was a webcast. So Alisha came over and we ate cupcakes while waiting for the big show to start. I mean, you know it’s a Really Big Deal when Alisha willingly puts down the Chia Pet she’s grooming to come over to my house to watch something on the computer.

Tweets: a really bad week
Earth-shattering updates throughout the day, brought to you by Tart-Tits. Please try to continue breathing while taking it all in.   15:22 twitpic.com/pdvdn – Chooch wrote this on my arm, said it means “Mommy’s awesome.” Then he called me a bitch b4 I could coo. # 21:23 Me: “Here, watch The Wizard of Oz.” Chooch: “Is there gonna be blood in it?” No blood, no swearing – he’s going to hate this movie. # 23:16

Freaky Feature! Mary’s Treacle
Have you ever laid awake in bed at night thinking about how you want to be friends with a  girl who bakes delicious cookies, serves their friends coffee proper-like in vintage cups, and OH YEAH makes gorgeous art? Well, I found her. That girl you want to be friends with? Her name is Mary Louise and she is the proprietor of a shop on Etsy called Mary’s Trea