So today I turn 28. It’s an interesting age. It’s not much different than 27, but it seems much closer to 30. A friend of mine, who recently turned 28, called me this morning to wish me a happy birthday. He asked if I was happy about turning 28. Happy? That wasn’t really the word [...]
Back in third grade, there was a girl I did everything with. After school, I’d go to her house and watch Punky Brewster and Beverly Hills Teens (yes, it’s a real cartoon; look it up on YouTube). In fact, she may have been my first female best friend. She moved back to Mexico after that [...]
So I was trying to fit in a quick phone interview for an article I’m writing for Second Job yesterday. I had been trying to get in touch with this company out of Houston that has been in charge of the redevelopment of a local strip center. After having my emails and phone calls ignored [...]
I have always been a huge nerd. Maybe I’m disillusioned, but I like to think I hide it fairly well.
In first and second grade, the kid I hung out with the most at lunch and recess was the smartest kid in class who enjoyed politics and shared my fascination for long, obscure vocabulary words. [...]
Guess what. STILL can’t figure out the last four 8 counts to “Fever”…and I’m teaching it for the first time tomorrow. Yay. Fortunately, I’m only teaching it to someone who is going to help me teach it to everyone else, so if I screw up, it’s not in front of everyone. After all, I’m not [...]
So I’ve been trying to finish choreographing a dance to “Fever” by Peggy Lee for Jr. League Ball Follies.
The costume is sexy and the song is sexy, so I’ve had to make sure the dance is sexy too - without being too Britney-esque or too difficult. I’m going for more sassy and less Pussycat Doll [...]
Since I was about 12, I’ve had this dream that one of my novels or short stories would be made into a movie. My story would be loved by millions, Oprah would induct the book into her sacred book club, I’d make the talk show circuit, Conan O’Brien and I would become BFF. But, as [...]
Just got home from the launch party of the publication I write for for Second Job. I learned a long time ago that, if you stay until the end of a party, people try to send you home with leftover food and drinks because they don’t want to deal with it. I’ve got lunch and [...]
Hubby is leaving tomorrow for ten days. I guess it was a good thing that we had a long distance relationship for so long when we were dating because ten days doesn’t seem so bad. After all, he used to live seven states away. But still, I miss him when he’s gone. Even though I [...]
For some reason, I have been particularly whiny this week. For all my talk about handing things over to God, I should probably hand things over to God. I have a lot of frustrations going at once.
I took on Second Job so I could afford to keep First Job, but Second Job has yet to [...]