November 2009
81 posts
Sooooooo........
….I’ve been in Savannah, Georgia since Tuesday with my closest fam. It’s been beautiful and delightful and filled with the usual Southern delights. I’ve eaten enough calories to add a small child to my figure by now. I hate that I left our granny at home, despite the fact that she refused to come with us. And I don’t even wanna think about how much cash I’ve...
Fave recent "Best of" craigslist post...
From an Old Woman to a Young Woman
1. You are not a victim. No matter what happens to you, don’t take the wussy route and blame the world for your misfortune. If you were sexually assaulted, verbally abused, etc and lived to tell about it; take your pain and help those who need it. Writing emo poetry isn’t going to solve anything. 2. Invest in your education first, your looks second....
“Lazy people are always eager to be doing something”
– French Proverb
((And I’m eager to not do anything but veg out at home with Al, who’s off work for the next week. We’ll see how this lazy thing goes.))
“Each morning the day lies like a fresh shirt on
our bed; this incomparably...”
– Walter Benjamin
My magazine play review!
TRAILER PARK THE MUSICAL——REVIEW
Crack open a PBR, and prepare to enjoy a performance filled with homegrown humor and gritty Southern soul—-you’ll make like Gretchen Wilson and gladly say “Hey Ya’ll and Yee-Hah!” to this pipin’ hot piece of redneck renaissance that’s every bit as finger lickin’ good as pork n’ beans served with a...
“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of...”
– Gloria Steinem
((I’m dreaming of a fun Saturday, filled with preparations for a Thanksgiving vacation next week, a bit of shopping, getting my hair prettied up, and hitting a fab fashion event tonight…loves it.))
“All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is...”
– Albert Camus
((Sweetness on a Friday is what I’m after here!))
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
– Winston Churchill
((Needless to say, I’m keeping on going somehow.))
Artists deserve to get paid. Period.
As an artist who has been talked into actually illustrating someone’s childrens book script before for no pay whatsoever, I know all too well how this song and dance goes: You take the precious time to draw me tons of pictures, but you’ll only get paid IF the book actually gets published, yada,yada,yada…I’ve been burned once like this and refuse to ever get burned again. It...
The thing about "The Edie's"...
…is that this is such a tragic true story all around, yet all the more fascinating because it’s a true rags-to-riches-to-rags-again tale of American lineage gone horribly wrong. Or rather, Edith Bouvier Beale “Little Edie” and her mother “Big Edie” were the shameful side of Jackie O’s original family for good reason. I’d been fascinated with this...
“Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you....”
– William Arthur Ward
Pyramid Schemes, arghhh!!!
So I responded to this gentleman on craigslist “looking for bloggers” to promote a product. I’m thinking, “How cool! I’d love to try something out and give my honest opinion about it via my blog.” I even got somewhat excited about it.
Anyhoodles, after several days of him hounding me after I inquired about this “opportunity”, this is the e-mail...
“Never let yesterday’s disappointments overshadow tomorrow’s dreams.”
– Anonymous
The thing about "restroom attendants"...
…is that I really don’t understand their need or purpose. I mean comon, who actually invented the job of “restroom attendant”? More importantly, who would actually want this job?! Restroom attendants usually make me feel nervous with their constant hovering, and then I somehow feel guilty for so much as occupying their crowded counter space simply by using the sink to...
Sunday brunch with a tasty twist!
Methinks Al felt a smidgen guilty for keeping us in early on a lovely Saturday night, so he more than made up for our less-than-social evening thanks to Sunday brunch at somewhere I’d been begging him to take me to for the longest, Chappy’s on Church! Chappy’s actually relocated here after Hurricane Katrina inspired the New Orleans-based business to pack up and head elsewhere,...
“Life’s like the tango; if you get all tangled up, you just tango on.”
– Al Pacino from ”Scent of a Woman”
“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
– Abraham Lincoln
((Last night I made up my mind to be VERY happy, and what a night it was thanks in no small part to a great party amongst greater friends. Good times.))
My new "writing" gig!
Well okay, so I’m not getting paid for the pleasure—-I at least get free show tickets out of it and the opportunity to have my writings read by a larger audience at www.nashvillestages.com, so that in and of itself is an honor. And what an honor, because ironically enough, after my morning musings about rednecks, I’m actually going to be reviewing a stage show about them...
Lunchtime chat with Charity...
Sheryl: Hey, you don't mind if I take a photo of my food, do you?
Charity: (laughing) You are so silly!
Sheryl: Comon now, I blog this stuff. This is considered "art" to me!
Charity: Okay, I do take pictures of my food I've cooked sometimes, just so I remember how I prepared it.
Sheryl: So you see? We're both weird! Crazy minds think alike.
The thing about tests...
…is that like most somewhat ”normal” individuals, I really don’t enjoy taking them whatsoever. How well can you really judge a person’s thinking abilities and basic knowledge strictly based on cramming general information into a timed session’s worth of stressful test-taking? It’s exhausting for all involved. And pointlessly stressful, if you ask me. I...
“They can’t hurt you unless you let them.”
– Anonymous
((Ambiguous quote of the day. Loves it.))
