Cooler than You: Stupid Things I Say and Do

And here it is nearly three weeks later and I'm carving some time . . . well, damn, time is getting away from me.  I last left with leaving for the AHA in Washington DC.  Yup.  I even brought the cold with me. Home, the day I took flight from NYC to DC. DC thought I needed snow to feel at home.  Um, DC . . . no.  No snow needed, but thanks for the thought.   And then there is the basis of the AHA . . . The big meeting of historians, not just ones that study the States.  Yawn, stretch, drink some more coffee.  For three days, every year I go, I run non-freaking stop.  As in, at one point, I told my editor that we needed to find chairs or conversing with me would be from the floor.  I was more serious than not.  Damn, just thinking about the three meetings  about random things, one panel presentation, two (or was it three) meetings with editors, coffee with a colleague, coffee with two more, submission of my vita ...

Well, yes, 2014 has arrived . . . last night there was cranberry vodka (that I made: pound of fresh cranberries, tablespoon of vanilla, cup of sugar (I used good, high end raw sugar) and let cook until the berries pop.  Pour into jar.  Add 750 ml of vodka (I used Grey Goose.  Why use cheap shit?)).  So, me and the neighbors are laying low right now. Though, I'm finishing my packing for the AHA convention this weekend . . . off to DC I go.  Delta Rewards flights are always awesome.  Five bucks . . . doesn't happen as often as it should.  At least my paper is long done, though trimming it to 20 minutes sucks. On other notes, aside from working on a military, food, and consumption article (that is the presentation for The Netherlands in April), finishing Vietnam edits for a book, and finishing the Cold War piece for the May presentation, and the talk on Turkey in February I certainly have a few things working.  Enviro antho should be calling for...

Well, I guess it has been nearly a year since I decided to see about not buying clothes and how much I could make.  I can say, with all honesty, that I have bought three cardigans, two pair of jeans, two plain tee shirts, some socks, knickers, and some running bras, pants, and two therma hoodies.  Beyond that. . . Mr Fairytale picked me up a vintage, handmade Wonder Woman tee at Artist and Flee months ago and a Feminist Mystique tee from The Strand last month.  Beyond that . . . well, my machine has been busy. Most of these you have seen, as I've blogged them here or on Instagram, but none-the-less it is still fun (and a little embarrassing) to go through the past year.  Little notes, through the snap shots, kind of pave the way for ya. Sleep Pants, Amy Butler with Alexander Henry Fabric A bag, I now keep ribbon in. The lining is remnants of some cotton I used for decorations at my wedding. A vintage, metal zipper keeps her closed.  Bro...