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Notorious Trailer

My first boyfriend was a gangsta.It was the stereotypical good girl-bad boy relationship. Although it was probably the unhealthiest relationship I've ever been in, I picked up quite a few things from him. For example, I've only tried weed a couple of times, but I can discern between the different strains and can distinguish the "good shit" from the "bad shit" just from smelling the batch. I learned the finer points of high-stakes sports betting and discovered just much hangs with one basket, one catch, or even one inch.I also learned about gangsta rap. Triple Six Mafia. N.W.A. Geto Boys. He would lecture me on the history of these rappers, politics, grudges, and their ways of life as he blasted...

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Acme Made Camera Bag

There are bag hags and shoe whores. I am definitely the former. J doesn't understand why I have an entire section of the closet devoted to my numerous bags. He still doesn't get the concept of dust bags - "Why do you need a bag for a bag?" "To keep my lovelies dust-free, silly." "Can you at least sacrifice one shelf for my comic books and toys?" "No." Ain't marriage grand? With my love for handbags and gadgets, it's a no-brainer that I love bags for my gadgets too. When I got a new MacBook Pro earlier this year, I searched high and low for a laptop bag that would stylishly house my baby. My top choice was The Minimalist by Zegari: As much as I wanted to...

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Transport to Squarespace…Complete!

I know I had been talking about making the transition to Squarespace, but have been putting it off until inspiration hit - I get bored too easily and want a site redesign! I had figured that I would hit two birds with one stone by redesigning the site and making the switch at the same time. However, while high on Midol last Friday, I asked myself why I couldn't make the switch and worry about the redesign later. So I did it. I moved all my old posts to Squarespace this past weekend. You're now looking at Geek in Heels, powered by Squarespace. A few things I noticed in the transition: It took a bit getting used to, but WOW! Squarespace is so much more...

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