"I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain." - Shania Twain, on "distraction"

“Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.” 

— Robert Benchley, American humorist and pencil moustache/bow tie enthusiast                                            

I can (and will) do any amount of work, provided it is sufficiently irrelevant/unrelated to my Master's recital and slash or THE FUTURE.  

—Allison Lingren, American woman and reverse mullet/headband enthusiast  

 

Even though I've only recently come across this tender nugget of wisdom, I'm pretty sure that I was at least the twinkle in Robert Benchley's eye as he penned this witticism (or maybe even the pensive stroke of his pencil moustache). a superfluity of nuns is merely the latest in a long line of projects and whims that have served as my trusty - yet proverbial - Trojan horse in the face of countless anxiety-inducing deadlines and life events. Facebook? Knitting? Silly Grünschnäbel! Here are some photos of me the night before my first performance as a principal in an opera scene: 

As you can see, I don't mess around when it comes to distractions. Unfortunately, mosquito-zapping, bird-catching photo-documentary adventures can't come around every day. But when they do (and I'm of the firm opinion that they should), I'd like to have a place to document them, as well as a home for the day-to-day minutiae - the obscure trivia, the latest punditry scandal, the deliciously inappropriate YouTube clip o'the hour - that can sometimes be fodder for bigger adventures and always (hopefully/maybe/superficially) amuse. 

 

Here's a list of things that you can expect from a superfluity of nuns: split infinitives. randomness. lists. NPR articles. obscure words and their definitions. audience participation. erratic capitalization. clips from TV shows and the interwebs. irony (unintentional, intentional and 'misdefined'). guest posts from funny people. 

 

Here's a list of things that won't be addressed on a superfluity of nuns: miley cyrus. negative references to specific people and events in my life. gluten-based products. twilight. 

                                                                                                                                                         

Hopefully you're cool with that.                                                                                                                    

"Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with, and then the different branches of Arithmetic-- Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision."

—the Mock Turtle