Sunday night before the new school term starts tomorrow. I think by now it is pretty firmly established that I LIKE going to school. I’ve been going to school every chance I could get for the last few decades. So why do I still feel that gnawing Sunday night pre-school anxiety? Up until yesterday I … Read more
Yesterday I spent the whole day cleaning and moving us out of our summer house sit, then went with to Walmart with Paul on his nightly craft-services run for his current film at school. (Craft services is the snacks table on a film set.) Per the list he was given, we bought probably twenty-five 2-liter … Read more
My little vacation is coming to an end…butI’ve had a great time. In addition to my family and girlfriends, I have seen my friend Tom M and met his wife and their new baby. I’ve visited Jenny and Dennis at their new venture–an art gallery and yoga store, and seen my friends Troy and Rosie. … Read more
Still in Indiana. Tuesday afternoon three friends, Suma, Anne and Amy, who I’ve known since elementary school, junior high, and high school, respectively, converged at my parents’ house. Had a great time over sushi dinner out (They have a sushi restaurant in Terre Haute now!). After we returned to the house and played a game … Read more
Travel Day Ah the dilemma…to discuss international events? Or food….I guess that’s not really a dilemma at all, is it? I traveled to my parents’ house in Indiana today, and as I sat on my U.S Airways flight from Tallahassee to Charlotte, the beverage cart approached–something I was unusually excited about, since today’s increased security … Read more
We just had the big “Screening” weekend of the year at the Film School. Friday night, the students who are just finishing their first year, debuted their second directing projects. Twenty-five 6-minute films were shown, Paul’s among them. It was called “Porn and Protons” and was a comedy about a married couple whose attempts to … Read more
Periodically I go through a phase where I feel completely out of control of everything. Like I can’t wrap my head around any single aspect of life: Not finances, not career, not our household, not our marriage. Normally these things pretty much just float in the atmosphere above my head, and I guess through some … Read more
My friend Amy K., from Los Angeles, was in Orlando this weekend and made the four hour drive to Tallahassee to come visit on Sunday afternoon. Yeah, Amy! As always, she was an invigorating bundle of energy, and as always, had a list of new interests she has been pursuing. Specifically, she brought a hoop … Read more
This summer Paul and I are house-sitting for a faculty couple while they are in Italy. The house comes equipped with a swimming pool, and a long haired cat with kind of a hare lip, named Pouts. I’ve never really been a cat person, though the cats of friends generally innocuous enough. I’ve always thought … Read more
Went to see The Devil Wears Prada the other night. Cute and enjoyable, and Meryl Streep is as good as everyone says she is…and that girl form the Princess Diaries is pleasant enough. Um…her boyfriend has a job that gets him hired as a sous-chef at the Oak Room? When does he even have time … Read more