High School Reunion: Lunchtime
Whenever people try to reconstruct an event to find out what went wrong, they go back to the beginning. So it often is with a life. When it goes wrong or at least skews off in a very different direction, people go back to the beginning, the roots, how it all started....
My 20-Year High School Reunion
I graduated in 1984 from Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. My 20 year reunion is in two days. Yes, that explains part of the weightloss obsession. I figure if I'm going to walk in there without husband, children, house or even a divorce, then I'd...
Somebody STOP me…
I did it! I did it! Today I finally hit my goal weight: 123 pounds (I'm only 5'2"). It's three pounds from my former 120 goal, but I'm stopping now. Why? Because I've noticed that I'm getting quite slender on top, including in the chest area. Whoops! Debra Messing...
Oh, Boys! Dating Suggestions
The Chicago Reader has recently launched its online dating service, called the Chicago Reader Matches. It's free until August 25th, so women, go there now if you're interested (you'll understand why I leave men out of this invitation in a moment). I think their...
I’ve plateau-ed again!
Things were going so well: I was losing weight (as described in my "Weightlost" post) and I was getting rid of the ten pounds my doctor suggested I lose after my last annual physical exam. But now I've stalled again with five pounds to go. Dammit. It's like Zeno's...
Street Performing
Street performing, also called "busking," seems to be part of paying ones dues as a musician. My friend Lon asks about my summer plans to do some street performing and thus gauge interest in my original music. To answer his question, I have done some street performing...
When It’s Time to Change, You’ve Got To Rearrange
Reasons I’m tired of being a personal/executive assistant: • Having to do things I have no creativity for like figuring out how to ship an Oriental rug to Mexico or getting a hold of a Southern Methodist University banner by tomorrow. • Doing things for boss' kids...
For Sale: One Small Chicana
The last time I initiated a job search it was April 2002. From the dust of Arthur Andersen's collapse, I charged out into the world of online job-searching and multiple resumes. You couldn't convince ME the economy was in a slump -- oh no! To anyone who tried to...
O the wacky Vatican
O the wacky Vatican. An AP article written last Saturday says of the latest Vatican-released document about women and the Christian family, "[It] said the 'temporal and earthly expression of sexuality is transient,' and cited Scripture suggesting that a married...
Public Service
Last night on the el I saw a guy (18? younger?) who totally reminded me of my first boyfriend who was a computer geek who was very attractive when he took his glasses off. This guy last night also wore glasses and was quite tall but with slumped shoulders. He had...
Sudan: U.S. Has No Credibility Left
I just read a letter to the Chicago Tribune Editor that says the United States Congress passed a "non-binding resolution" that calls for the Bush administration and the U.N. to take action against the genocide happening in Sudan and begin immediate measures to help...
Capricious Grace
So after the talk last night (part of the “Theology on Tap” series sponsored by the Chicago Archdiocese’s Young Adult Ministry), I waited to talk to the speaker, Fr. Bob Rohrich. Since I’d missed out on most of the lecture series, I wanted to know where I could go to...