countdown to VA VA VOOM…

i’m at amy’s salon, and my hair is now long and blonde and pretty damn sexy. my new friend linda, who is in the play with me, called to wish me well. this was really nice of her. because i started feeling a little anxious. but i’m better now. i went to the arts center...

the mercurial moods of me

i’m a gemini, fyi. i was born may 24, in case you’re wanting to get an early start on the gifts. but gemini, that means twins, or a split personality. but for me, it’s not so much a split personality as it is a mood that changes in a split second. happiness to anger,...

SUNNY

i woke up this morning AND THERE WAS THE SUN AGAIN. this bodes really well for the rest of the day. not to mention tonight. not to mention the new year, which is coming right up. 2006, going to be good. really good. i promise. so, last night…well, MCL was every...

big big day

so, THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM. WHY HAVEN’T YOU BEEN THERE YET? IT IS FABULOUS. we got there, and first of all i got a discount because i’m a student. and then when we got into the main hall, there was my friend phil f., KING OF THE MUSEUM. if i knew his...

oh boy.

that is the only feeling i feel i can feel at this time on friday morning. perhaps there will be more later in the day. let’s see, surely i have a photo to show you… ok already, grace not quite ready for the day.

1:02 a.m.!

SUCH a nice night. rehearsal went well, thad and christine showed up for the last half hour, then we went and had a drink and it was highly enjoyable. a few drinks. i, personally, had three. 2006, i’m telling you, is going to be a GOOD year. 2005, not so great. not so...

nothing matters…

this morning i told somebody that nothing matters. NOTHING. MATTERS. i don’t think i entirely convinced him. but it doesn’t. really. matter. nothing. hmm, how does that tone sound to you, the reader? kind of surly, maybe? or just completely apathetic about life as it...

wednesday NIGHT

whew. the 10 o’clock “sex & the city,” both channels, were repeats. so i didn’t watch. instead, i started some laundry and got some stuff done. and then, the lone 10:30 s&tc was also a repeat i’d recently seen. so maybe i’ll have to re-think...

WEDNESDAY!

ok, so i’m resigned to the fact that the sun will never ever come out again. no more. ok, fine. i’ll just stay inside giving massages. i was out in the weather too much today, and it wasn’t pretty. drizzly and cold and windy, plus there are many many people out and...

silly me at 4:49 a.m.

and there i was, all worried about not having enough time to get things done this week. i found that i actually have plenty of time, at least here at the four a.m. hour of the day. i woke up about 45 minutes ago and quickly got bored with just lying here worrying...

TUESDAY night

well. predominant, at the forefront of my brain right now, is a feeling of profound annoyance. mixed with some melancholy and general unhappiness with the world and all that is in it. ok, maybe things aren’t QUITE that bad. but close. the thing is, i can’t think of...

11:47 on monday night…

gee WHIZ i need to get to sleep. i’ve been talking on the phone to scott for a while now. scott and i were together for about eight years, on and off, and we’ve been broken up for 10 1/2 years now. a very, very long time. i haven’t talked to him on the phone for a...

THE PRODUCERS

I was going to see the new film version of “the producers” today, but my friend Thad told me that “everybody” was panning it. i almost didn’t go, because i just wanted some cheer and entertainment. but i did go, and i LOVED it. i went home and...

the day after…

i’m still in bed, trying to decide if i’m going to wait for the sun to come out before i get up. but if i do that i might stay in bed all day. would that be such a bad thing? the xmas pizza turned out extra-good. sometimes it’s just better than others, for no apparent...

presents…UNWRAPPED

so, i got my dad a new printer. his is at least a few years old and it’s horrible. and now he has a fancy new one, and it’ll print beautiful photos. and then i was at best buy at the beginning of the week and on impulse i also bought amy and jim a new printer. new...

merry merry merry…

the amount of ads in the paper today is much much thicker than the actual newspaper. STORES OPEN AT SIX A.M. TOMORROW! if you just read ads, you would think that’s all people ever think about or do, just shop. shopping RIGHT UP TILL MIDNIGHT ON XMAS EVE, and then,...

this just in!

ok, yeah, now i’m getting bored. i used to spend entire work days, i mean all day long, i’d sit at work and look stuff up online. and now, i can’t think of anything that would interest me. but i came across this story, and i thought it was kind of fascinating on one...

XMAS EVE…

not so bad. i mean really, not so very bad. i ran so long today that i believe the endorphin rush continues. well, that and the huge diet coke i had at lunch, which perked me up even more. i went to the gateway of india and it was delightful and DELICIOUS. if you like...

closer and closer to XMAS EVE DAY…

and i thought of something good, so i thought i should jot it down b4 forgetting. i’m excited about xmas because i got TWO really great gifts for people, and i’m excited to give them to them. ok already, xmas grace.

blah de blah de blah about xmas

presents, wrapped. stuff, accomplished. tired and surly now, the perfect way to start this little tiny bit of free time which i get because it’s xmas the day after tomorrow. perhaps after a good night’s sleep i’ll be less surly. perhaps. i’d like a hot alcoholic...

bow-less

hobby lobby is a crafts store, and it’s stuffed with all kinds of xmas stuff. EXCEPT THEY HAVE NO MORE BOWS AND RIBBON. how is this possible? yeah, i know, xmas is the day after tomorrow, most people have apparently already bought the ribbons and bows and probably...

and oh yeah…

my friend christine called me today as i was about to enter the mall. “i’m going to come visit and see your show,” she said. “i’ll call you back when i get a plane ticket.” WOW! so a little while later she called again, and she’s really coming...

p.s. heroin addict update

at least when i go to the office tomorrow to give just one massage, there will be NO PEASE’S CANDY there, sitting and beckoning me. because today there were just four pieces left. AND I ATE ALL OF THEM. judith was very happy about this. she thanked me. “I did it...

precariously teetering…

i have a power problem. power cord, that is. a while ago i thought my computer power cord was bad, so i bought a new cord. it’s not the cord. it’s something in the computer, the connection to the power cord. i know how it got messed up; i always hold the computer in...

xmas hurrying around

i was at the mall for a while today, and it really wasn’t so bad. people continue to drive like they’re both drunk and blind, but once inside the mall, not bad. so, i’m DONE with the shopping. i was looking forward to a quiet peaceful evening, not doing much of...

tomorrow…

tomorrow afternoon i’m going to finish up my xmas shopping. i have a couple of hours free in the middle of the day. and then, tomorrow night, i’m going to wrap like crazy. gonna get everything wrapped. i’m not thinking about the fact that i’m not getting home till...

one more p.s.

i’m going to have at least one rehearsal next week b4 the show. so if you aren’t going to be able to be there new year’s eve, and you’d be interested in watching the rehearsal, let me know, and i’ll tell you when/where. ok then, that is all for tonight. really, this...

p.s.

i was talking to thad tonight and he suggested i move to CHAMPAIGN. why would i want to do that? if i was going to move, it would be someplace warmer. not colder; i have too many memories of walking across the campus as the wind whipped through me. no thanks. not...

FURRY lifestyler?

I got an e-mail today from a friend who looked up “lifestyler” online. ok, this seems A LITTLE WEIRD. i mean, the guy said he was a lifestyler, but not a FURRY lifestyler. he had no tail. none that i could see, anyway. weird. surely this isn’t what he...