Last Friday I held a cocktail party. It went pretty well.
It seems I neglected to replace the soap in the soap dish.
It was so small you could hardly use it!! Dammit. I’m sorry, guests.
p.s. Incidentally, this is not the first post I’ve mentioned my soap dish in. Whaddya think? More posts about benign shit like soap dishes? ???
Scene: BART from SF 16th St to Oakland. I’m tired and a little worn out. My dinner date had said, “I just want to give you a big hug! You look like the world beat you down.” This is after I went as far as to curl my hair to appear bright and chipper.
The man sitting next to me is really, really into his iPhone. I can tell that from the first second I sit down. He asks me a question about iPhones I don’t really know the answer to but I answer anyway.
Then he shares with me this cool looking astrology app and we both marvel at photos from the Hubble telescope like this:
Source: hubblesite.org
He tells me about this Nova you can see right now…brighter than all the stars in the Universe. The light we can see left that star before our galaxy was even born.
“It makes you feel pretty insignificant,” I say.
“Yes. I think that’s right,” he replies.
is that maybe your dreams change almost daily.
Each dream might take just about everything out of you.
And then you start wondering…
was it that missed opportunity that was my golden ticket?
Is it this one? or that one?
Plan A, Plan B, or Plan C?
And why are there so many damn plans anyway??
This is my life.
Awhile ago my deodorant ran out. I reluctantly purchased a new deodorant (when did they get so expensive??). That’s how I wound up with one deodorant again.
About a week later I went down to Bakersfield with my friend Mike to go to one of our college friend Laura’s amazing parties. It rocked, but I forgot my new deodorant.
Luckily, we stopped a TJs along the way and I picked up another one. That’s how I came to have two deodorants.
A few weeks later we left for Europe, and again I forgot my deodorant!! What is it with me and forgetting my deodorant?? I finally broke down and bought some in a Schlecker in Berlin after borrowing my hosts’ deodorant for a few days*. Now I owned a total of three different deodorants! But how did I get to 4??
I had a wonderful 17 days wandering around and having adventures with Will.
I came home, had a whirlwind-back-at-work 4th of July weekend and week after before heading out to Colorado for my grandmother’s postponed memorial and ashes scattering.
I’d never scattered any ashes before.
My grandmother had a computer. It was large and boxy and took up half of the room I used to sleep in with the water bed. She used it to write, as I often use mine to. She never had to use her computer to work.
Whether I’m writing or working or having fun with art, most of the time it’s at the computer. And it’s hard to work at the computer all day, every day. It was hard to come back to a life like that after walking for 6+ hours a day and exploring and swimming when I felt like it. Read on…
I jumped at the chance to rent one of the garages in my building after my downstairs neighbors moved out last month.
It came coated in dirt and cobwebs.
Lucky for me I had one of those long-handled duster/cobweb-getters. They really are effective!
We inherited this awesome vintage poster. It marks the Will-only section of the garage. Read on…
We’re headed to Europe this June, and I can hardly contain my excitement.
He’s a really fun second half. He likes my cat, though he’d never admit it and most frequently refers to him as “the rodent.”
I’ve been reaching out to the local community a lot over the past few months, and am so inspired and grateful for the connections I’ve made. I’m sure that running my own business will continue down the same bumpy road, but I’m glad for the company. What are you grateful for?
Who is Charlie Sheen?? Some ass that locked a prostitute in a closet or some shit??? Let’s move on already.
I have to allocate a portion of profits to support a war I don’t agree with and a political system that makes me sick.
I love the two people I live with. But three people with one bathroom?? I always have to pee when someone’s in the shower. Yeah that’s not the worst thing in the world… what do you think?
I want to live life by the seat of my pants. I want to do whatever it is I want to do every day.
And at the same time I want to be fairly fit and run an awesome blog (or two) and two businesses and one day have a baby. Those things take a routine.
My opposing desires are glaring at each other from across a cavernous divde. The sky is red, their eyes yellow. Who will win? Comment?
My January first came with an awesome sense of renewal. I was surprised because I have spent hours convincing myself that the year end is purely arbitrary and that I should treat every day as a fresh start (if one is needed). But I can’t deny the freshness I felt on January 1st and the hope that this year would hold even more awesomeness than those previous.
I am someone who has a lot of projects. I asked a new friend at a party over the holidays, “What are you constantly obsessed with?” Julia pointed out that that is a weird question. Other people may not have constant obsessions, projects dominating their brain. I have to wonder how that feels. Maybe a little calmer. Read on…
Money Saving Tip for 2012: Keep Wearing those Torn Jeans
@almostevrything thanks Karen :)!
Thurs. 1-6-93
@dammitdana right?! Cause it's that easy... einie meenie minie mo. Let's get married!
Thurs. 1-6-93
@jennifer_heller I am loving the cavalier "choosing" to Like someone. :)
12/20/93
@ladybarberbrown yeah @mlhinca what gives??!! #retribution
12/20/93
@jennifer_heller I'm going to have to speak to Marion about this. #childneglect
