My laptop crashed to the ground, while it was open and running. OUCH. Now it's in the shop. I'm writing this on my fiance's desktop that's so ancient it doesn't even have a USB port and he uses dial-up! The poor guy has never known any other way of life, in spite of...
This morning I finally accepted that it's time to start taking down the decorations: the cards on the mantel, the lights in the window, the tree that still stood splendidly decorated in a corner of our living room. This afternoon I went downstairs and got the empty...
I'm so excited: my Christmas shopping is all done. I ordered some great things from Sharper Image for my boyfriend. I've been looking forward to giving them to him because they're things he wouldn't think of himself, but he totally needs them. When we order things...
Last spring I had more than one dream that I was strolling down a street adorned with Christmas decorations, feeling so happy that my favorite time of year was here. But each time I would wake up to the disappointment of March or April or June. Maybe other grownups...
I crashed the car and am now afraid to drive. I'd only been driving regularly since last spring and now I've had a $4200 accident. The last time I owned a car was fifteen years ago and I totalled the car back then. I obviously don't belong on the road. So a month...
So I cut back to four shifts a week because my body can't take the physical pain of waitressing full-time and I'm driving more because the Chicago Transit Authority train line that I take is getting worse every week. These changes mean I'm not using my monthly CTA...
On Tuesday I cancelled a chiropractor's appointment I had for that afternoon because my digestion felt fine. Within @#$-damn 90 minutes I had a pain in my right ankle that was bad enough to have me limping. What the hell? But I hesitated to get my appointment back...
And here I am at the halfway point of August, feeling excited about the coming fall season, which includes one of my favorite holidays, Halloween. Halloween is the most widely celebrated American holiday that does not include any pressure, or even suggestion, to spend...
...and I'd love to publish that updated photo of me that I published in a post on July 19th, but it's not working. I'm using the link (from when I go into "edit posts" mode) that starts with "img" as blogger suggests, but when I try to update my profile, I get a...
The photo on my profile is over three years old and since my birthday is next week, I figure this is a good time to update it. This photo was taken on moving day, April 29th. It's hardly representative of my usual mood, but it's recent. (Can you look at the two...
It seems like I was just celebrating June being half gone and now July is. Let's see, what's happened since then? I was fired. I gained weight. I started thinking about yet another job search. Okay, I hope the next four weeks are better.
In the summer I often hear people say things like, "I can't believe it's the end of June already" or "Where did July go?" or "How did it get to be August?" They complain that summers go by too quickly.For me summers don't go by quickly enough. I'm ready for October...
I finally upgraded my Apple Powerbook G4 operating system and now use OS X TIGER. Does this make a difference in publishing on blogger? Oh, my god, it does. I can finally publish and edit posts like I used to! It's easy again! Oh, my god...
Ahhhh, chocolate. I started with a plateful of miniature pastries (everything was miniature): - a cake-like confection that had a layer of chocolate mousse, a layer of strawberry mousse and a very soft chocolate cake, - an almost-cheesecake with a vanilla-banana...
O, check this out: it's the chocolate buffet at The Peninsula Hotel Chicago. Chocolate in every form imaginable: pastries, candies, dipped fruit, liquid hot chocolate, other indescribable forms. I found out about it months ago and tonight my boyfriend is finally...