Apr 20, 2005 | Uncategorized
my plan was to just stay in bed today, but i decided to get up. i’m not sure why. maybe because it’s so beautiful outside. but i was really, really enjoying sleeping. i hurt my hand swimming today. this is the same hand with the weird, painful bruise on it. as i swam,...
Apr 19, 2005 | Uncategorized
here’s the first photo taken today at the GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION for the abraham lincoln museum. i took many, many photos, and will eventually show you some more. me and four lincolns ok, wait, here’s a couple more of them, while i’m at it: our president snipers...
Apr 18, 2005 | Uncategorized
…who said she loves the photos of the show that i’ve been posting, and she WISHES she would have come to see it.
Apr 18, 2005 | Uncategorized
this was the first night of “paint your wagon” rehearsals. let me just say that the play is a little weird. the leading man, ben, buys a wife from a mormon guy who has two wives who don’t get along so well. and after a while, ben, who has appeared to be...
Apr 15, 2005 | Uncategorized
and a beautiful day it is, sunny, warm, perfect. life is good. if you live here in spfld, have you listened to the NEW 93.9 fm, ABE RADIO? i think the call letters are wabz. right now they’re playing TEN THOUSAND SONGS IN A ROW, commercial free. every time i turn on...
Apr 14, 2005 | Uncategorized
ok, i’m pretty sure this is where this blog started LAST YEAR. how is it possible that i’ve been writing this a whole year now? how? anyway, i just want you to know that tomorrow afternoon there will be new GRACEUNCENSORED FLYERS out and about in spfld, so please go...
Apr 13, 2005 | Uncategorized
(remember, there are 263 of them!!!)
Apr 13, 2005 | Uncategorized
i was going to go to sleep at 9:18, but not yet, i just want to write a little first. today was historic for me. i ran for an hour and a half, the longest i’ve ever run in my life. it wasn’t bad, actually, except that after about an hour, my knees started to hurt. but...
Apr 11, 2005 | Uncategorized
i’m sorry if you missed the play…
Apr 11, 2005 | Uncategorized
i finally, finally got to sleep at about 4:30. and woke up at 7:30, and was the 62nd person in line for the museum opening gala celebration. and, because of my perserverance, i got two fancy blue tickets. they were giving away 200 blue tickets, which means that you...
Apr 11, 2005 | Uncategorized
i can’t think of a more surly time than the middle of the night on sunday. i woke up at 2. kept thinking that surely, SURELY, i’d fall back asleep, because i was lying here feeling very tired. i had a busy day. well, i went running for a long time, anyway. by three, i...
Apr 9, 2005 | Uncategorized
i was on the highway driving home this afternoon, and i roared past a semi. the driver honked at me, and as i looked in the rearview mirror, he waved, and then blew me a kiss. i attribute this to my newly-blonde hair, which i’m getting more used to every day. and it’s...
Apr 7, 2005 | Uncategorized
…but wait, what happened to wednesday? i meant to write yesterday, but somehow the time slipped away. here’s one more glamour photo from the play: leaping about That’s one of my especially graceful moments, in full professional high-quality ballet regalia. WHEW,...
Apr 5, 2005 | Uncategorized
if i don’t have a plan, i get nothing done. i got nothing done tonight. i got the cd of the cast photos from “you can’t take it with you” in the mail today. 263 photos. that’s a lot of photos. if i knew how to do it, i could put some of them in some kind...
Apr 5, 2005 | Uncategorized
first, i’d just like to note that on sunday, when i posted that photo of my legs, my plan was to walk around and find a bunch of different images of spring, and put them all up here. instead, i was too lazy, and only managed to take the photo of my legs because they...
Apr 4, 2005 | Uncategorized
Here I’ll sit… I’m sitting here on the dock, it’s sunny and gorgeous and I’m going to stay here till the end of October. I’m writing this by hand, and when I have to go type it into the computer I’ll be annoyed because I won’t be able to read my own writing. But...
Apr 1, 2005 | Uncategorized
how about that? you wait long enough, and friday gets here, every single week, it seems like. my day is done, not really a “work” day, but a few work activities, then some work-like activities were accomplished. i printed out my new column and took it...
Mar 31, 2005 | Uncategorized
last night christine said it was snowing in denver; the grass was completely covered, and it was supposed to keep snowing till midnight. i shudder to think of it. this morning i got up and went running, even though it seemed a little bit cold and windy, but once i got...
Mar 30, 2005 | Uncategorized
i already got my last year’s belated birthday ice cream cone! man, that was fast. i’m going to ask for things on this website ALL THE TIME NOW, and maybe it’ll be like the genie in the bottle. ask and ye shall receive. i’m still waiting for the trip on my birthday,...
Mar 29, 2005 | Uncategorized
Zzzzzz…i woke up bright and early, 4:30 a.m. yesterday i ran around and exercised and gave massages and was certain i’d sleep through the night. wrong. at least, though, i figured if i did happen to wake up at 4:30, i’d quickly fall back to sleep, because of the...
Mar 27, 2005 | Uncategorized
that’s how much chocolate candy i got today. Mom put a chocolate egg at everyone’s place at the dinner table, and i ate mine during the meal. plus i got a gigantic basket stuffed with chocolate from randy. more than i ever dreamed i’d get. as i said to my friend ann...
Mar 27, 2005 | Uncategorized
i really would dress up in a fancy easter dress/hose/shoes/hat, if i had any excuse to. because it’s fun to get dressed up. but i’m perfectly content to stay in my sweats today. we’re having a family dinner tonight, and my contribution is a traditional easter flan....
Mar 27, 2005 | Uncategorized
what did the pilgrims do? is my question. when they went out dancing in a very very smoky bar, they didn’t have a shower to come home to, did they? i’m just wondering. the pilgrims. sleeping with their hair smelling like smoke. not pleasant. i did, indeed, go dancing,...
Mar 26, 2005 | Uncategorized
what a strange day its been. i haven’t gotten much done, but i don’t care. i did, indeed, exercise like crazy at the fit club, and i went home and took a nap! so I’m very, very well-rested now (but why do i still feel a little tired? maybe it’s TWO nap day). and yes,...
Mar 26, 2005 | Uncategorized
first, let me note that my last missive, written on march 24th, was exactly TWO MONTHS before my birthday, so you still have lots of time to buy me lovely gifts. ok, anyway, i’m still actually in bed this morning, and i want to talk briefly about my split personality....
Mar 24, 2005 | Uncategorized
Damn, i wish i was in bed already, but i still have things to do. stuff to attend to. firstly, so far everybody i’ve talked to has NOT been invited to the big gala premiere soiree at the lincoln library, so don’t feel bad if you weren’t, either. besides, as i said,...
Mar 24, 2005 | Uncategorized
I just got a missive from Phil, King of Lincolnworld. It said “no snacks.” so there you are, if you’re one of the chosen ones who got an invitation to the soiree (like getting a golden ticket from Willy Wonka, except no chocolate involved), you must eat...
Mar 24, 2005 | Uncategorized
i understand that there was a preview at the library for veteran’s last week. i wonder if there was such a hullabaloo for them? angry veterans all over the place?
Mar 24, 2005 | Uncategorized
My goodness, i’m starting to think that everybody in springfield is MAD. it’s all because of a little invitation that you may or may not have received in the mail. first, Margaret got one. she called Mom to tell her about it. it’s an invitation to a special preview of...
Mar 23, 2005 | Uncategorized
where is it? yesterday i downgraded from my big green winter coat to my old leather jacket, figuring that it’s spring, it must be a little warmer. i was cold ALL DAY LONG. and annoyed by the cold. not to mention the pounding rain; i had to drive on the highway a...
