by Monica Wiant | Mar 15, 2006 | Uncategorized
I’m in kind of a bummer of a mood today. To keep this blog from being a complete and total downer, I figured I would throw in some random Internet photos to lighten things up.Last year, at this time, I was spending most of my time here:This glorious feat of...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 14, 2006 | Uncategorized
In high school, I was one of those overachievers who couldn’t make a sandwich without thinking about how it would look on my college applications. I joined everything from chamber orchestra to environmental club in my attempt to look well-rounded, stopping just...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 9, 2006 | Uncategorized
It all started with an innocent lunchtime conversation among coworkers.”I have to go pay for my son’s cap and gown,” one of my colleagues said, casually recalling her to-do list.”Wait a minute,” I interrupted. “Is your son even in...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
If I don’t call my mom at any other point in the week, I call her on Tuesday nights. She lives in Fargo, I live in Reno, so the phone is our only method of communication. I’ve tried to introduce her to computers, but her friend Heinz convinced her that the...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 4, 2006 | Uncategorized
I love a good storm.I’m not just saying this because today, I get to procrastinate at home instead of in a cubicle across town.I’ve been waiting eagerly for this storm, ever since it was spotted off the coast of California a few days ago. I felt like a...
by Monica Wiant | Feb 13, 2006 | Uncategorized
If you’re a hard-working person who carefully plans and prioritizes your work, you have every reason to hate me. I would hate me too, if I didn’t have to live with myself.I am a compulsive procrastinator, and I refuse to admit that I have a problem. In...
by Monica Wiant | Feb 5, 2006 | Uncategorized
Monica’s Tip of the Day: If, while walking on your treadmill, you spot out of the corner of your eye an unfamiliar 3.5″ floppy disk with your maiden name on it (written in somebody else’s handwriting, no less) check it out. You might find a gem like...
by Monica Wiant | Jan 29, 2006 | Uncategorized
I live in Reno. If you’re not familiar with Reno, you could look at a Nevada guide book or do a Google search and see a picture like this one: Of course, there is more to Reno than this silly arch. There is also a second arch:You might be wondering how anyone...
by Monica Wiant | Jan 19, 2006 | Uncategorized
Last night, I shook Sam out of a sound sleep to ask: “What are we going to do about the spiders and the sapphires?”He said I was very persistent, repeating the question a few times before finally dropping the issue and returning to sleep.This morning, I...
by Monica Wiant | Jan 17, 2006 | Uncategorized
Steve from Wahpeton is married.The wedding happened a few weeks ago, but the announcement ran in the Fargo Forum yesterday. My eagle-eyed friend Jennie e-mailed me the article, which included the usual laundry list of bridal attendants (where did the term laundry list...
