Bits of News

1. I pulled a muscle in my neck. Or maybe something in my shoulder that’s affecting my neck. It happened while I was lifting a car off a panda. Damn those pandas, always playing in traffic. I feel like an owl where you have to turn your whole face and body to look at something. Except owls are much cooler and one of the few types of bird I respect because they are so bad ass. Anyway it hurts. Waaahh someone call the wahmbulance. I need cheese with my whine, etc. I would take a hot bath but my bathtub is like really small. Only my legs would be taking my bath. Which wouldn’t help my neck.

1a. It’s always weird to see movies where people are lounging in a sudsy bath and then they get up and just towel off the soap. Like, shouldn’t you rinse off first? I had this long discussion the other day about how some Europeans don’t rinse off the soap off their plates either. Just soap it and then put it in the rack. My friend’s Danish roommate did that. Oh you wily Danes!

1b. You know Giant Pandas get a lot of credit, but what about non-giant pandas? Like regular pandas. They are very excellent animals.

2. Allergies or a cold? Hard to say, but I have one of them. Or I have both. Probably both. There are many people I can blame for this cold. For example, the people of Luxembourg.

2a. Could also be people of Paraguay.

3. 21st Century Plowshare If you live in NYC, why not plant some crap all over Bed-Stuy? April 11, from 11 to 3pm. I’m doing it even though I hate gardening and plants and trees and nature in general. I hear if you sign up James Franco will make out with you. Truth.

10 Responses to “Bits of News”

  1. Ms. Bizarro:

    Ah, so you’re wearing the Batman cowl. George Clooney couldn’t move his head without turning his whole body.

    Alternate ice and heat. Take Aleve. Get a massage. Drink lots of water.

    I’ve been living with a muscle spasm in my neck/shoulder for the last 2 weeks. It sucks.

  2. Ramon:

    yeah, i bet you’ll check out those goods…

  3. jon:

    Not all your news is good news, but I do like free.

  4. Lynsey Peterson:

    I think owls are actually known for being jerks. Just what I heard. Bummer about the tub. :)

  5. hez:

    but in american movies, people are always spitting out toothpaste and not rinsing their mouths afterwards. so is that what happens over there? coz if it is, you can get off our cases about the bath bubbles.

  6. Ms. Bizarro:

    Happy Chocolate Easter Bunnies!

  7. Alanna:

    hey annie i’m sorry i dropped out of life on you! but now senior year and college crap is coming to a close, i can finally procrastinate on annietown. miss me?

  8. VK:

    Owls turn their whole faces to look around because their eyes are fixed in their sockets. Extra vertebrae in owl necks allow them to turn their heads as far as 270 degrees to compensate. I do hope your neck gets more owly, because that would be great fun. As for your eyes, keep exercising them so they don’t seize up and remember that being a wise ol’ bird isn’t such a bad thing.

  9. p:

    i have achieved the same neck pain. i am sad because i did it by ‘gardening’ and then it froze and i think my tomatoes are dead and my neck still hurts.

  10. annie:

    Ms. Biz: It still hurts, my neck. George Clooney owes me a massage.

    Ramon: Oh behave, this is a family site!

    Jon: Free is only second to paid.

    Lynsey: Owls are total jerks. I’m OK with that though.

    Hez: IN America they totally rinse their mouths out after brushing.

    Alanna: Where are you gonna go to school?

    VK: I’d like an extra vertebrae.

    p: Where ARE you guys? Why aren’t we rambeaux?

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