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Laura Jane Writes
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Home Books ‘n things Save the Donkeys About Laura Jane About Laura Jane I live and work in LA – a city I used to hate, but now kind of love. I’m married to a guy I met at a bookstore and I have a dog named Spaghetti. Here is an incomplete list of things I like: narwhals sock monkeys birds most people Here is a list of things I do, but only sometimes: brew beer watch movies read books collect elephants with my sister bake take pictures travel Here is a nearly comprehensive list of things I absolutely hate: patchouli that song by Owl City misused apostrophes the parrots in Sierra Madre, CA
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Belated Mothers’ Day

Sunday marked a strange (and wonderful) transition time for me. There are changes afoot – a baby on the way. And even though I feel nauseated most of the time, the idea is still settling in tha...

15 may 12

A few things I’ve heard (or read, or seen) lately that I like

Chameleons never announce themselves! – a girl I met at a party Laughing at these monsters beside us makes them so much less terrifying. – The Bloggess I’m a clarinetist. I never ne...

08 may 12

non sequitur in 3 parts

I had some errands to run after work last night, so I stopped off at home and threw on my favorite (of late) t-shirt and some jeans. Aforementioned t-shirt is white with a line drawing of a french bu...

24 apr 12

Living The Dream

Today, I have to finish going through every page of 148 student files totaling up how many hours they’ve each logged in their internships this semester. It’s all just adding and counting ...

19 apr 12

This trend has been bothering me for a while

    Naming books after a character (commonly female), based off of their relationship to another character. Maybe it’s that thing within me that hates to be defined by something other...

30 mar 12

How it Flew from Her

From her mouth. It gathered its small, soft body and leapt forward, up and out. And then it was gone. She knew because of the dark hollow in her chest, like the place a woodpecker makes, keeps making...

29 mar 12

The happiest place on earth is just inside my ribcage.

Yes, I feel cheesy enough right now to write an embarrassing blog title. I can’t remember a time when we lived close to family. Visits to see my grandparents and cousins were special occasions ...

20 mar 12

Girls Night – Breaking Dawn

I am so so so excited to share this with you all. Last weekend, a few of the girls got together to watch that horror of horrors: Breaking Dawn (part 1) annd….we kinda filmed our reactions. Just...

15 mar 12

Axis of Awesome

James’ phone went missing for two days. We searched everywhere – under couch cushions, in the freezer, the bathroom cupboards, the cars, James looked through his backpack, I dug through m...

08 mar 12

A Little Help From My Friends?

It is time for a bedroom makeover in our house and I need some help. My first big problem is that I’m recovering from color-shyness. From bedding to clothing, I’ve always ogled bright sp...

08 mar 12

Songs to Which I’ve Rocked Out: The Boxer

Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Boxer” was the second song I ever tried to memorize completely. (The first was Billy Joe Royal’s 1965 hit “Down in the Boondocks.”) I w...

03 mar 12

James, the Happiest Zombie

  It appears I started a post about this series of pictures months ago. But now, I’m not sure I need to say much about it.   Other than that it makes me happy.       &...

01 mar 12

We were together. I forget the rest.

I was suffering from a wicked case of Cathedrals-in-Europe-itis yesterday. I wanted to write, I really really did. But it had been so long since I’ve written anything, I didn’t know how t...

28 feb 12

Keep Calm Juanita

My first post in…um, nearly 6 months. And this is what you get. Hope it was worth the wait. *Tips hat to The Bloggess* *and Wil Wheaton* *and CheekyPinky* Make your own!

16 feb 12

Making Cartoons

I’m so excited to finally announce that I have another project up and running! Over the next several months, I’m going to be joining forces with my friend (and incredible artist) Michael...

23 aug 11

Tak for Mad: Abelskiver

Right now I’m suffering from a not-enough-hands-and-too-many- pies kind of situation. Maybe suffering is not the right word. Because I’m loving this time of life. Reveling in it. My desk i...

16 aug 11

Poultry Garb

Not too long ago, I visited Amazon.com and was a little surprised to see that SOMEthing in my previous purchase history prompted them to recommend that I buy a rubber chicken purse. I looked at the p...

11 aug 11

Weekend Shenanigans

This weekend was full of adventure. Love and silliness and shenanigans and adventure. We headed to Portland with the two couples we hang out with the most, to attend the wedding of our friends Joel ...

09 aug 11

A walk through my back yard, brought to you by NyQuil

Something has been attacking my immune system all weekend. I’ve spent the past three days in bed with a roll of toilet paper a few inches from my face and I look like I’m being attacked ...

02 aug 11

Ukelele on the corner

On my way home from work, I got to see something awesome. Two kids were stopped at a crosswalk while I waited for my light to turn green. Suddenly, joyfully, and with no audience, the guy on the l...

30 jul 11

A short poem about a troll named Huey

I accidentally woke up my brain troll, Huey. It all started last week when I went and got a brand new set of goals. They were fresh and new and I washed them clean and I stacked them up, and arranged...

28 jul 11

Pickmeup

I need a pickmeup. Here: PRECHUSLOVE Ah. I feel better. How about you?   (stolen from thenothingblog)

26 jul 11

HahahahahahAHHwhw hahhh

Hahawhwahahhahahahahaha… ooiohhhhhhhhhhhh….. ahahahahaha… *laughter turns to tears* *now real ones* WHY WASN’T I BORN 60 YEARS EARLIER???????????

21 jul 11

con mucho gusto

Part one: Life Last weekend, diets went out the window. We gorged ourselves on life and friends and food. Eating it all up. We were reminded of how fragile life is last week with the sudden loss of...

20 jul 11

Escape Plan

Like most people, I need a routine. I need things I can depend on from day to day. I need structure and goals to stay focused. It took me a surprisingly long time to discover this about myself. It...

19 jul 11

A moment of senseless snobbery, with Laura Jane

I’m reading a book called The Lace Reader by a woman named Brunonia Barry. First off: Brunonia??? Sweet fancy Seinfeld, I hope that’s a family name. Second: The premise of the book *seem...

15 jul 11

Frosted Freud Flakes

A few nights ago, I had a dream that the neighbors snuck in to our house while we were sleeping. Clearly, my Id and Super-ego were in the midst of an epic battle: the neighbors were guilty of breakin...

15 jul 11

What I’ve been doing while I haven’t been writing

The next few weeks are going to be insane. There’s so much going on and I want to tell you all about it. But first, I want to pause and show you the fruit of some of my labors over … Co...

25 may 11

#greenwithenvy

I just found this out. EEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

23 may 11

17 apr 11

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