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Mary-Anndroid

Mary-Anndroid
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthday
December 31
Title
Babe! It is Babe, isn't it?
Company
Good.
Bio
Always MaryAnn, never Ginger. Sigh. Haiku keep me sane. My preferred method of haiku delivery is a crumpled ball of paper tossed over the cubicle wall on a stressful yet curiously boring Tuesday. This'll have to do instead.

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JANUARY 12, 2012 9:11AM

Makin' It Legal!

By The Power Vested in Laurence 

12/24/2011

 

 Sharing home and child,

we're already wed. Today

makes it official.  Read full post »

JUNE 20, 2011 8:48AM

Bathing, Revised

You know when you wake up REALLY early so you can get a shower before the baby wakes up, and then the baby goes and wakes up at the same time you do? And he's up for the damn day at 4:45am? Sigh.

Time Management For Moms
Why waste time inRead full post »
MAY 26, 2011 1:53PM

Sleep Debt, With Interest

I'm Still Tired
Slept eight hours last night
yet somehow there ain't enough
coffee in the world. Read full post »
MAY 20, 2011 12:00PM

Peppermint Patty


Good Morning!
 
Dr. Bronner's soap
in the shower -- rinse well, girls!
The mint flavor stings. Read full post »
MAY 5, 2011 1:49PM

Trodding the Vogs

Fleuvog, from fleuvog.com

 

I have been Fluevogged.
Oh, John! Why must I love the
most expensive shoes?
photo credit: fluevog.com Read full post »

    Let me start by saying that as a white girl, I am not privy to the cultural load borne by the term "nappy hair." I'm probably not even allowed to use the term.

    But I recently watched Chris Rock's awesome documentary "Good Hair," and found mysRead full post »

APRIL 19, 2011 11:59PM

Shorn

Drastic Measures
 
Child eats toilet brush
while I straighten my hair, so
pixie cut! Wash, wear. Read full post »
FEBRUARY 2, 2011 11:59PM

Small Favors

wet nap


Thank god for wet-naps!
They're so handy when you don't
have time for wet dreams.

 

  Read full post »

JANUARY 21, 2011 11:35AM

Looks the Same Coming Out

As It Did Going In
 
Diaper full of corn --
t'was the inevitable
tamale's revenge. Read full post »
JANUARY 18, 2011 10:39AM

Please Flush Twice

To Remove All The Evidence
 
Somebody barfed in 
the Jenny Craig bathroom just
before she weighed in. Read full post »
JANUARY 9, 2011 3:05PM

Incitement to Violence


Is it such a shock?
Sarah Palin called for shooting
and someone obliged. Read full post »
JANUARY 6, 2011 10:26AM

Haiku Thursday - Rockin' the Cotton


I wear granny pants.
I'm not ashamed! They're comfy
and they fit my butt.
DECEMBER 30, 2010 12:39AM

Haiku Thursday - Committed

sparklies
 
There's a ring now, but
felt engaged when we got
family cell phone plan. Read full post »
DECEMBER 16, 2010 2:13PM

Post C-Section Christmas

This is in haiku form, of course, since that’s mostly what I write.

Last year’s holiday was especially hard for me. Not from hell but rather from heaven.

Sometimes the good things are hard to live through too. 

 

The Year My Son Was Born

Two weeks from Christmas –Read full post »


Sometimes you bust ass
and all you get in return
is a busted ass.
DECEMBER 9, 2010 11:49PM

Happy Birthday!

  
Baby's one year old!
We celebrated with a
flu shot, no cupcakes. Read full post »
DECEMBER 1, 2010 6:37PM

Separation Anxiety


He sobs with heartbreak
when I leave for work. I feel
like Worst. Mom. Ever.
NOVEMBER 25, 2010 2:08PM

Haiku Thursday - Just Another Thursday


Happy Thanksgiving!
It's the same as all other
days, but with turkey.
NOVEMBER 12, 2010 12:12PM

King of the Road on the Studio Back Lot

Whistling While They Work
 
The grips are blasting
Roger Miller on the set.
I walk by and smile. Read full post »
NOVEMBER 9, 2010 10:40PM

Solid Food


Baby has two teeth
and likes to eat dust bunnies
he picks off the floor.
OCTOBER 21, 2010 2:35PM

Overheard, One Cubicle Over

What to Tell Your Boss
When He's Stranded in Paris During The Transit Strike
"Wear your best cravat,"
she advised, "go to dinner.
You'll find a boyfriend!" Read full post »
OCTOBER 15, 2010 9:57AM

Girl Talk - A Hot Sticky Creaky Mess

pink bra
 
TMI Part 1
I Forgot How Inconvenient She Is
Aunt Flo has returned.
She was gone for twenty months;
I'm out of practice.
 
TMI Part 2
Underwire Surprise 
My pretty pink bra
creaks like a leather jacket.
I've got biker boobs.  Read full post »
OCTOBER 7, 2010 10:43AM

The Sad Orphan Bakery

sad muffin

 The thirteenth muffin,

forgotten in the oven,

I burned it. Poor thing.  Read full post »

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 11:42AM

Haiku Thursday - Zucchini Murder

 

The Zucchini That Ate Glendale, CA

 

 Please, No More Zucchini, My Freezer is Full

I slaughtered the squash.
It's late September and I
can't take any more. Read full post »

Tell yourself stories
about who you want to be
and they will come true.  Read full post »