I don’t like Hummers, but I do like the current batch of TV ads they have out for the H3. One of the two ads I’ve seen has a vegan guy at the grocery checkout counter with his organic vegetables and tofu, and he looks a bit enviously at the guy behind him in line because he’s got a huge side of ribs and other kinds of red meat. Next thing you know, the vegan goes out and buys an…
I spent my day visiting family today. One of my cousins had a baby shower, and because I promised to be in better touch with everyone I drove down to San Diego and attended with my mom and my sister. What’s embarrassing is that before I received the invitation in the mail last week, I had no idea that my cousin was even pregnant. That’s how out of touch I’d been. Two of my other cousins were there—beautiful career women…
Left a place full of love, support, and understanding, where everyone clearly cares for each other and accomodates one another. Came back so happy and eager to share my experience, only to have a dark ride home, where nothing I did was right and two thousand e-mails were waiting for me. Oh, well. I can’t think about that right now. If I do, I’ll go crazy. I’ll think about that tomorrow. Tomorrow is another day. Share this post:
There’s a war waging inside of me between the athlete and the couch potato. I was always fairly active and athletic growing up. I could run, jump, dance, and stunt non-stop for three or four hours straight and still have energry to do more. I was also really bookish and lazy at times. I could lie about in my bed reading a novel or two all day or watching TV without doing much else. Up until about 10 years ago,…
Life has a way of answering such questions without words. Nothing dire happened to me recently so I’m thankful, but the last couple of days have been a little less than stellar. I try to give myself a pep talk, but I lack the pep to do so. Bit of a quandary there. Self: Come on, cheer up! Self: Why? You’re not cheery. Why should I be? Self: So you can cheer me up, that’s why! Self: Why can’t you…