Name: Tori Brenneison-Baughman
Date registered: March 3, 2012
URL: http://www.toribeth.com
Jan 18
One of my New Year’s resolutions: get better about blogging. Especially relevant, considering my last post here was in… oh, May of last year. Oops. Anyway, sometimes I write things. Here’s a dippy thought from the train this morning: I am lucky enough to take public transportation on a nine-to-five schedule. In the warmer …
May 02
There isn’t, you know. Finals week is a weird sort of phenomenon. You know it’s coming, but it always seems to surprise you. I could have sworn that the semester only started a few weeks ago, but now it’s almost over and I’m running around, playing catch-up like my life depends on it. In a …
Apr 20
This morning, I saw the first broken-down British sports car of spring. -James May, via Twitter, 03/01/2010 I’ve been seeing broken-down British sportcars every day since last August, but that’s not the point here. The point is that I’m tired of seeing them. The cars in question are a pair of hollowed-out husks that were …
Apr 10
“24 astronauts were born in Ohio. What is it about your state that makes people want to flee the Earth?” The above is a meme that has been going around the internet for awhile. It’s funny, but it also says something about Ohio. There is something about Ohio that makes people inherently want to get …
Mar 21
I indulged myself yesterday by browsing both Craigslist and eBay Motors in search of an awful convertible. I know it’s just the sun madness talking, but I really want an awful convertible right now. Just as I’d found a fantastically old Volkswagen Cabrio that only cost $400 provided I could get to New Jersey and …
Mar 11
A while back, the battery in my key fob died. This didn’t bother me a whole lot, I just plucked the spare fob from my desk drawer and carried on. I’m back to being bothered, though, because the battery in my spare fob died three days ago. My ancient, battered pickup truck didn’t have key …
Mar 07
Today is March 7, and it is 66 degrees (Fahrenheit) and sunny in downtown Cleveland. This is glorious. So glorious, in fact, that I began to have delusions while riding the bus back to campus from lunch out with Bieler. “Hey,” I said, “when it gets really warm, we should go down the mall and …
Mar 06
I keep a list of my favorite celebrities. There seem to be two qualifications: the celebrities must be old enough to be my father, and they must be British. There are some that are not quite old enough to have sired me, but they’re still 15+ years my senior, so that’s okay. I really have …
Mar 06
Shortly after exiting the bus this afternoon, I witnessed an interesting event. A young man in a suit and a girl wearing a hoodie and yoga pants were walking down the street, and instead of crossing to the other side, the guy elbowed the girl to keep walking. This prompted her to scream, “No! I …
Mar 06
I am absolutely hopeless at pop culture. It’s one of my more endearing traits. My friend Bieler, on the other hand, is very into what’s going on. I have no idea how that girl keeps up with her e-mail inbox, because every time I see her log in it’s full of celebrity gossip and fashion …
