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123 WHATHEHELLAREWEDOING Lane
The suburban Chicago house where I lived for 8 years, so I should just shut up. *********************************************************************************** Dudes. Oh, dudes. It’s pretty official. We’re moving to the ‘burbs. I know I say this like I’m some elitist hipster who can’t deign herself to live in two-story houses next to…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #60: Lie to Me
We got a meme this week, folks. And I’m going with it because the topic intrigues me and I love to lie for sport. So by way of Green Girl, this meme/PROMPT is as follows: “Sometimes you can learn more about a person by what they don’t tell you, or from the things they…Continue Reading
I’m So Metaphorically Cheap
Hey! Check out the cheap, used clothes I bought at the Goodwill! My friend San Diego Bargain Mama put me up on her site, even though I’m a thrift hussy. Isn’t that great? I also think she Photoshopped me to make me look thinner, which is super fantastic and in all ways appreciated.
Go For It, You’re Not a F*ck-Up
I saw two movies this week I want to tell you about because they’re the type of movies that will strike a chord if you’ve ever: 1) Waited to take a risk, then took it and were so so glad you did. 2) Felt like life has passed you by. 3) Worried that when…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #59: Decisions, Decisions
The Rock and I are in the process of making some major decisions on our future. Really BIG decisions. Ones that can change lives. Alter the trajectory of our existence even. We might move to the suburbs. I know. But this is good, right? Costco proximity? Cul de sacs? Girl scouts? Crazy…Continue Reading
Hard Ass is Us
I went to an event recently, and the party was altruistic because it raised money for women in Kenya through $14 martinis, but the venue blew. Not because it wasn’t gorgeous, it was: all rooftop deck and blue pool and cabanas and crimson lounge cushions. But because the staff apparently took too seriously their employee…Continue Reading
This Month’s Book Club
It’s Drood. And it’s long. And God can only help me now. (I host June 11, and have not started reading this behemoth.)
Extra! Extra! Get Your Movie Tickets Here!
I think I just mixed media metaphors. (And abused alliteration.) BUT, if you live in San Diego and like artsy, indie movies with such as John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph and Maggie Gylenhall, and such as free and such like, then leave a comment here and I will send you no-charge movie tickets for “Away…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #58: We All Need One
We’ve got all kinds of friends, haven’t we? The serious ones, the anal ones, the silly ones, the lost ones, the distant ones, the ironclad ones. Today, let’s write about the fun ones. Do you have a friend who makes you laugh and is a guaranteed good time? Write about this friend. Tell…Continue Reading
Sunrise, Sunset
We sat near the back fence framed by hammered mirrors and garden spiders; she was on her 24th cigarette. She spoke with a thick tongue and sometimes indecipherable accent, but I knew she’d given something away years, most probably decades, ago. She’d come to America in 1999, from Russia, told fast money could be found…Continue Reading
More On Writing, Pt. 1
(Photo taken in New York’s West Village, October 2008) A few months ago, I joined a writer’s coaching meeting that consisted of myself and two other people (who are near and dear to me). The ringleader for this meeting was Paul, who made it very clear that we ARE NOT TO READ OUR…Continue Reading
