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Life on the road

I told myself I didn’t need to write this week, but after a first day of driving through California, Nevada and a stop outside Salt Lake City, I changed my mind. It was some where during the miles of Nevada nothingness and the casino/food/hotel — don’t judge. It was the last stop in Nevada and [...]

The footprints in the sand

All of the sudden, I have found myself with a sun kissed body full of Dairy Queen and (let’s just say) three glasses of red wine. I am watching Bob Ross’ kind of creepy, yet kind of soothing voice on PBS… A lot. You know, the dude with the ‘fro who paints the same painting [...]

Lessons in survival: putting off the future to save for today

I did it. I pulled out my IRA. Before anyone goes judging me — for the song choice or pulling out my IRA — let me explain. Ok, judge me openly for DMB. That was just cruel of me to do. But it fit and I stand by that. As for the IRA, let explain. [...]

Living by the Scout moto: always be prepared

I’ve always liked to perform psychological experiments on myself. No, not like the Stanford prison experiment more Pavlovian than anything.  Needless to say, I now say soda instead of pop. Sorry Ohio. This time around I’m conditioning myself to be ok with using the system for help. I’ve signed up for Healthy San Francisco — [...]

On a clear day you can run forever

After an unfortunate night with a friend’s Wii  game, and by unfortunate I mean it told me I was out of shape — a sad fact I knew but did not want to admit, nor did I want a computerized video game to remind me of — I woke up this morning to run. It [...]

Cloudy days are here again

Sorry Milton, didn’t mean to rain on your parade or anything, but it’s been cloudy and overcast in the land of soon-to-be-unemployed again.  I’ve been quiet lately — well since Thursday — because  for one, I had a mini vacation planned. I went to visit some friends in the Emerald City. It was a nice [...]

Lessons from Buffy: accepting the unexpected

I realized this weekend that during my foray back into the land of unemployment that I had overlooked, neglected mind you, a very important hero. She was a staple for my slumber parties, provided me a new wave of female empowerment and offered me endless one-liners — some of which I still use to this [...]

The ultimate test

I was afraid to write this blog post. I’ve been afraid all night and not looking forward to it. I’ve been big on looking at my fears straight on and overcoming them. I went to be last night not wanting to overcome anything. I could blame it on the milkshake I had with dinner that [...]

Potted plant: my own set of roots

These past two weeks I felt like I was hit with the John Steinbeck truck of symbolism. It felt like every conversation pointed in one direction, unlike Steinbeck it wasn’t the recession or migrant workers this time, but had to do with putting down roots. From my new friends to friends I’ve known for years, [...]

Lessons from Artie: Remain true to yourself

Accepting your faults is it not making excuses for them.