I asked some co-workers, "Do you sing more when you're happy or when you're sad?" They each said "When I'm happy." I asked my boyfriend the same question. He said, "Happy." I said, "That's what everyone has said so far. I sing more when I'm sad." He said, "Why?"...
I'll be creating my living will soon, making explicit what I'd like done in case I'm ever unable to make my own medical decisions. So let's deal with the possibility of death full-on here. What do you want for your funeral? All I know is that I don't want "Amazing...
If you live in the Chicago area:I've received an email from my former place of worship, Unity in Chicago, about a workshop next week on creating a living will. A living will is a document which lets you decide whether or not to be kept on artificial life support....
(another double shift. WHEN will I ever have time again for more than a short blurb?????)In the film Castaway, Tom Hanks' character is madly in love with Helen Hunt's, but then he spends four years on an island and when he comes back, she's married and has a child. In...
Today was my day off from work. Because the restaurant is still understaffed and we're all working about 7 or more shifts a week, I consider myself lucky to get one day off a week. Unfortunately, a co-worker had a personal emergency that required that the rest of us...
Today I had my first cigarette. I wanted to try to understand what people get out of it. I smoked the whole thing, waiting for the feeling that many addicts got the first time they smoked. I waited for the sensation that makes people want to do it again. It didn't...
Many people say life's too short. I say life's too long. (Click here for the article.)And Happy Birthday to my sister, Judy! (because gloomy pessimism doesn't preclude celebration)
Here are some other places to go for a much more informed discussion than I could ever lead:http://ampmramblings.blogspot.com/http://perpetualrefugee.blogspot.com/Other suggestions?(A temporary cease-fire has been violated by Israel "only" to defend its ground forces...
I just can't blog about my usual trivial crap when Israel is bombing the hell out of Lebanon, even more outrage at the U.S. (for not doing what it can to stop it) is growing everywhere except in the U.S. and Israel, and we are once again seeing the Bush...
In response to everyone's comments about my 40th birthday: the 30's sucked dog penis. I can't say it enough. If the 40's contain half the desperation, loneliness and suicidal fantasies, they will be better.Yes (Mr. Underhill), birthday cake! I have had lots of it over...
Thank you all for your birthday greetings. I sort of felt down about this one. It's the first birthday I've felt that way about. I guess I'm not immune to the so-this-is-40 blues. But I had a great time going out for dessert with friends tonight and Bob even made an...
Today is my birthday. I am 40. More later.
After seven months of under- and unemployment, I am FINALLY employed full-time. In fact, right now my restaurant is short-staffed, so I'm currently working seven shifts a week with one or two days of double-shifts each week and it's feeling like quite a load. My sore...
The office manager figured out what went wrong: she clocked me in for that shift incorrectly, causing the computer to mess up my cash-out tape. She handed me back $30 yesterday, plus had me re-do all my tipouts (the amounts I give to the bartenders, bussers and...
Had a great night at work last night. My second dinner shift. My personal sales were over $1,100. I made over $180 in tips, tipped out $68 total to all the bussers, bartenders and foodrunners and should have come home with a good wad of money, over $100.But at the end...