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more evidence i am (pretending to be) growedup
I had to get out of town. I do not lie when I say dealing with a will is brain-crackingly hard and the opposite of fun. Ugh. UGH. So YAY my friend and former roommate L and I went to the Bay Area — she to visit a buddy in Alameda, me to lie motionless…
Read Moremine. be mine!
I was trying to sleuth out some info about my stepdad which entailed digging into some poorly labeled (by me) boxes in my closet. I came across a box marked “letters”, and instead of them being John’s and providing information about a key relative’s whereabouts, the letters were mine. And of course that killed my…
Read Morebig gone heart
My stepdad John B died this past Tuesday at dawn, February 4. Sudden but not unexpected. I got to spend time with him, After the Fact. I was overwhelmed by gratitude, mostly. I’m go grateful he was so goodhearted, that he adored and took care of my mother, that he was in my life and…
Read Morecan’t promise you riches right away
My cousin Nora and I used to make collages together. We shared the same fascination with paper ephemera and would clip the tiniest, weirdest things out of newspapers and magazines to create epic, dada art. We would die laughing while reading the dumbest Ann Landers and Ask Heloise columns, and marvel at the bizarre bazaar…
Read Moregee whiz it went right over my pretty head
It’s the cast of Hackers! 1995. I am lucky in my current living situation. I not only do not pay any utilities, but there is free wifi for the building, which so far has been reliable. After the past few weeks something eventually went clik in my head. I became very aware that I was…
Read Moreshape of show
We talk about “shape of show” a lot in our improv group .. basically if you got kind of a U-shape going, that’s a good shape of show — start high-energy, engage the audience, get maybe a little lower energy and a bit more cerebral through the middle half (this is an okay place to…
Read Moretaking advantage of the freshness factor
The “freshness factor” phrase gets tossed around in workplaces .. new employees with enthusiasm and fresh eyes can lead to new ideas and approaches. I’m using it here in this context: I just moved into an apartment I am very jazzed about. I have energy, inspiration, and momentum. It’s new and fresh and this is…
Read Morenasal talk plus bonus octopus
Sorry, sorry, sorry for what I’m about to type! My sinuses are all messed up. My entire system is all messed up. Too much enclosed spaces and dander and wind and dust and bad mojo and crappy genes. I was in a car with a friend last night and I casually mentioned that there’s something…
Read Morein a good place
I’m sitting in my longtime friend Lisa’s beautiful new home in San Francisco, trying to rest up and dry out (sinus wise) before we head out to see the Melvins and Redd Kross tonight at the Great American Music Hall. What year is this, now? Like me, Lisa has a lot of positive changes happening…
Read Moreend of year wrapup wrapped up bubble wrap snap
Hello, hello! Moved, moving, on the move! This is the best stringing together of sentences I can do since passing the mic and catching a cold whilst karaokeing in Koreatown the other night. So much fun, OUCH. My last couple days in NYC have been accompanied by suppressing the living daylights out of my symptoms…
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