SICKO the movie
Pulling my head up out of the pastry box, I see that Michael Moore's new movie opens tomorrow. Take a look. Let's all go! Except for me since I get motion sickness in movie theaters. But since that's so bizarrely appropriate, maybe I'll go anyway and just throw up. I...
Bubble Popped
Well, just when I had achieved the closest thing to happiness I guess I'm capable of, I had to come back down to earth. I've been having a great time as a baby music teacher, but I've also been a bit stressed out about it. Each week I've been drilling the songs on my...
Yay, June is halfway over!
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...
The Key to Losing Weight (for me)
This would be my advice to anyone who is overweight and wants to lose pounds: fix everything in your life that makes you unhappy. I've dragged extra pounds around, worked hard to lose them, failed, tried a new approach, failed, tried a new approach, failed, etc. I...
This is a test
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...
I Love Babies
So, about a month and a half ago, feeling determined to start working my way out of the restaurant business, I began scouring every help wanted ad I could find, in print and online. All I knew was I that I didn't want a job with regular business hours, Monday through...
Chocolate
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...
CHOCOLATE!
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...
Potshots
(I'm back online!)Busy:- Have landed my first music job in years: I'm currently training as a baby music teacher.- Still getting my boyfriend moved into our new place, which isn't easy since his stuff is still an hour's drive from Chicago- Still working six shifts a...
Without Internet Access
I feel so bad for not posting, but I moved into my (our) new apartment on Sunday, April 29th and I haven't had Internet access since then. AT&T told me no one would need to be home when they came by to connect it, but they gave me the wrong information. Early last...
Movement
Over the past month, I've worked through my fear of living with another person, my sadness at leaving my home of ten years, a little nausea and a lot of cupcakes (people wonder where I put all the weight I gain from my stress-response-cake-binge-ing. The secret: each...
The End of True Spinsterhood
(Although I'll still technically be a spinster, which is to say, unmarried.)Okay, here's the news: after years of independent spinsterhood, desperate man-hunting and depression, I am -- for the first time in my life -- going to live with a man. I'm moving in with my...