Mar 22, 2005 | Uncategorized
Shadow! Nubi & Noodle My sister Amy and her husband Jim have three dogs – Shadow, Noodle, and Nubi. Shadow is about 12 years old, a cute little black Pomeranian (IS he a pomeranian? I know it starts with a “P.”). he’s very friendly and loveable...
Mar 20, 2005 | Uncategorized
it’s official, so let’s hope it’s WARM AND SUNNY today. i’m going to go running outside, because i believe it will be. here’s one thing i’ve forgotten to mention – does anybody out there have an idea of where i could put more of my graceuncensored flyers? a...
Mar 19, 2005 | Uncategorized
I’ve decided to become a Buddhist monk. Is there a school for that? Somewhere in Central Illinois? I wonder what the requirements are for getting in, and how much it costs. Can you get a student loan? Could I be a graduate assistant, or the equivalent thereof? I...
Mar 18, 2005 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I had lunch at Imo’s Pizza with my friend Kurt and his son Sam, who is almost three. When Sam first sees me, he’s entirely too shy to say anything, and hides behind his dad’s legs, typical child behavior. He loosens up after a while, though, especially when...
Mar 17, 2005 | Uncategorized
yesterday, Christine told me that i need to get AOl instant messenger on my computer, and also yahoo IM. she said that i’m the only friend she has who isn’t on these vital and necessary IM programs. i said, why do i need to do this? she said, she and jerri IM each...
Mar 15, 2005 | Uncategorized
i kept thinking about that posting yesterday where i mentioned alice waters’ restaurant, chez panisse; i worried that wasn’t the right name at all, so i just looked it up. it’s a restaurant in berkeley, CA, and alice waters started the whole movement about using...
Mar 15, 2005 | Uncategorized
watch out for getting stabbed in the back, especially if you’re named Caesar. was that the first use of that phrase, or was that a general thing before that? So, i took my flyers around and indeed, nobody yelled at me and it was all good. that’s not entirely true. The...
Mar 14, 2005 | Uncategorized
Mar 14, 2005 | Uncategorized
Well, there have to be good things about Sunday. Sunday, especially Sunday night, has traditionally been a low point for me, dating back to when I was in junior high school (where everything started to go wrong in my life) and I dreaded the thought of getting up and...
Mar 13, 2005 | Uncategorized
I bought a new box of Kleenex a couple of weeks ago, and I can’t get it out of my mind. It’s NEW Kleenex brand ANTI-VIRAL tissue, which kills 99.9% of cold and flu viruses. I’m more and more obsessive about not getting a cold, because when you give massages, you don’t...
Mar 9, 2005 | Uncategorized
I had many plans for the evening. Since last Friday, I’ve been waiting for tonight, because I was going to GO TO KARAOKE with my friend John. This was going to be my reward for making it through THREE WHOLE DAYS OF THE WEEK already, the chance to watch some karaoke...
Mar 8, 2005 | Uncategorized
On Sunday I decided to give church a try. I’ve been attempting to give all kinds of things a try lately, some of which I will not share with you here, but I thought that church might be uplifting in some way, it might help my heart which continues to race too fast too...
Mar 4, 2005 | Uncategorized
the other afternoon i stopped by my friend kate’s house, and she gave me a diet root beer. i was at her house a week or so ago and she’d asked me if i wanted a drink, but all she had was non-diet soda, so i drank water, which is fine, because water is good and good...
Mar 4, 2005 | Uncategorized
i read a magazine article a couple of weeks ago, all about being more positive and it talked about how you should celebrate more things, celebrate being alive…the article suggested making up your own holidays, and one of them was March 4th, only it’s march...
Mar 2, 2005 | Uncategorized
I just gave blood again, for the second time in my life. I don’t know why I didn’t start this a way way long time ago, but I didn’t, so now I must make up for it. If I could give blood every day, I’d do it. But nope, every 56 days, that’s the rule. My blood pressure...
Mar 1, 2005 | Uncategorized
here are a few more photos from the show. This first one is me in my full ballerina regalia. these are two men in the show, Dale and Gil. I love this photo of Dale because i think he looks like a cartoon character. he’s a very nice, cute guy. As is Gil, who i’ve...
Mar 1, 2005 | Uncategorized
Here’s a photo of the salmon that my mother in the play, Felicia, made for the cast party at her house: The photo really doesn’t do it justice; she used black olives for fins, and a green olive for the eye. a fish masterpiece. In the play, there’s lots of talk of...
Feb 27, 2005 | Uncategorized
they’re not bad dogs, they just like to chew things. the beagle, Noodle, had a fuzzy little white squeaker toy. the toy had been on top of Noodle’s cage, so i figured it must belong to him. he busily played with it as i did other things. pretty soon, i realized the...
Feb 26, 2005 | Uncategorized
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!!!!!!!!!!
Feb 26, 2005 | Uncategorized
last night, the dogs WERE NOT BEING GOOD AFTER ALL. after i got done typing, i looked around amy and jim’s living room. there was an old blanket lying on the floor, it looked like something that might have belonged to somebody as a child – and there were many...
Feb 25, 2005 | Uncategorized
how is it that i can be this tired, when i’ve done so very little today? I did pick up my new massage name plaque, which reads “grace smith, massage therapist,” and it’s going to be affixed to the great big sign with the names of the other people i work...
Feb 25, 2005 | Uncategorized
i woke up this morning and it was SUNNY, and i feel the sun hasn’t been out for about a year and a half, so it was good to see that it’s still up there in the sky. it’s supposed to be 47 today, which sounds marginally OK, but I’M READY FOR SPRING RIGHT NOW. it’s...
Feb 24, 2005 | Uncategorized
I was starting to listen to dave brubeck’s “time out,” but decided it was just a little…busy. Too much energy for right now. So instead I put on a cd that may or may not have been a gift. Either that, or I’ve accidentally stolen it. It’s some truly lovely piano music....
Feb 23, 2005 | Uncategorized
This is from Gil’s book, “How to Be Happy, dammit” (which I still have, although I’m not STEALING it, I’m going to give it back, because otherwise that would be STEALING HAPPINESS): Life Lesson #21 says you have to live in the NOW. As opposed to dwelling on the past...
Feb 23, 2005 | Uncategorized
the day has been going ok. marginally ok. not that great. no particular reason, just a general feeling of blueness. i realized i needed something to boost my spirits. some bit of hope and happiness, something to make me quit walking around with an inward scowl...
Feb 22, 2005 | Uncategorized
after giving many, many massages yesterday, last night i attended my niece’s final volleyball game of the season. she’s in 7th grade, but she gets to play on the 8th grade team, i guess because she’s so good. one problem with volleyball is the noise level. there’s a...
Feb 21, 2005 | Uncategorized
yesterday afternoon, after the show, we had to tear the set down. mostly men were running around with tools, prying things up and ripping them apart and stuff. the guy in charge gave me a screwdriver and instructed me to pry staples out of the many set pieces lying on...
Feb 21, 2005 | Uncategorized
President’s Day? Presidents’ Day? Presidents Day? I pick “B,” because isn’t it some sort of celebration of more than one president’s birthday? And where’s the presidents’ birthday cake? Ice cream cake sounds good right about now, although i always find it...
Feb 19, 2005 | Uncategorized
whew. i thought i was tired last week before the show. but now, i’m really REALLY tired. i’m sitting at my sister’s salon, waiting for my pin curls. i rushed to get here, but somehow every street i turned down had a red light, and it seemed to take forever. but she’s...
Feb 18, 2005 | Uncategorized
awoke at 3, after going to sleep at midnight. WHY, i ask you, WHY??? torturous. i must nap today in order to have energy to pirouette badly tonight, but i feel i’m going to run out of time. my top priority is to make chocolate chip cookies for the cast party tonight....
