I so desperately love my little 12-inch Mac Powerbook. But I am not posting from it today. As of yesterday, whenever I try to access any internet-related applications, it provokes the spinning ball of death icon, and I am forced to do a hard shut down. I am going to the “Genius Bar” tomorrow to … Read more
I woke up this morning thinking about how soon after I was first diagnosed with cancer, I went to see a lecture by Buddhist teacher Soygal Rinpoche. He gave us a visualization to work with that was about a Buddha floating over your head, who poured a kind of golden elixir that would enter the … Read more
For the past few years, my sidebar has been populated by people I actually knew in the real world. For a while had even a ‘blog circle” of sorts, which was fun. But, time has passed, for various reasons, professional and personal, these folks have either given up blogging or “privatized” their blogs. I still … Read more
Today I took a look at my sidebar for the first time in a while, and discovered over half my links are defunct. That’s lame. Also noticed that for the year 2009, I have to date 70 posts, which is down from every year since I started this blog… Either of these things might be … Read more
This morning I was reading a blog and the author was talking about food porn– “There’s all this music and close ups of cutting and fingers wiping off knives, and it’s not for any real reason – it’s not to show a technique or anything, it’s just to get you all hyped up, if y’know … Read more
Ran into an old acquaintance today at the gym. She was the producer (I think) on a job where I was a P.A. over a decade ago. She has a kind of merry gleam to her eye that I remembered right away when I saw her, even though I didn’t recall her name. Seeing her … Read more
1) Most of the time I don’t think much about it, but then sometimes it just strikes me as crazy that I bleed on a monthly basis. The whole idea of “monthly” and cycles and ovulation etc makes a lot of sense on paper, but then, sometimes I just look down and think “fuck, I’m … Read more
Today was a good day. I was up around 8am. On to real writing work (not emails or facebook) by 8:30, and managed to forge through six or so relatively focused hours of work by 3:30. Then I went outside while the sun was still out, which I failed to do yesterday. Tonight I took … Read more
1) When people pronounce “jargon” like “jar gone” with the emphasis on the back half. Is this actually the correct pronunciation and I’ve just not known? It sounds pretentious. 2) When people in public restrooms use the paper seat covers on the toilet and then leave them there. This is basically saying, “I cannot abide … Read more
Not because I have to be. But since I am, I should be writing…things other that this blog. But I’m not. I’m fretting. I’m worrying. A few days ago–since no real companies seemed willing to come repair the air conditioner that my ambulance chasing handyman left in disrepair for less than the cost of a … Read more