I’m just a small town girl who moved to the big city with big dreams… just to find out, the only way to make it in the big city… is to shake it. And that’s what I do — at the Coyote Ugly. And… scene! With today’s excess time, I found myself rediscovering a kinship [...]
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Miss Popularity, 1959
My Mom wears a particular pendant. It’s more of a medal and badge of honor, really. It reads, “Miss Popularity, 1959.” A) How ridiculous is that to begin with? B) There’s so much more to the story… I always assumed that Mom was Miss Popularity in 1959 because she was the owner of the aforementioned [...]
Let’s play a LoveGame
After being noticeably absent for about a week, Fauxdonna’s music has traversed the 92.7/Castro airwaves to reach the inside of my parent’s car in North Carolina. Grating, harsh, and yet pretty darn catchy at the same time — “LoveGame” is a welcome departure from the skeeters and other island bugs, as well as the ungodly [...]
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 [...]
The Jane Fonda unemployment workout
You hit that wall. The one where you wake up one morning and notice the empty plates of food on the floor, crumbs on the bed, not to mention the flies hoovering in the sink. It’s gross. No wait, strike that. You are gross. How’d you let yourself slip like that? One minute you have [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Everday is Sunday when you’re unemployed
Mornings are made for Franken Berry cereal and tea.
Good at life: taking the afternoon off
It’s a bright and shiny day in San Francisco. I’ve been doing some basic research for the job I’ll be interviewing for. I’m reading up on the company, looking at competitors — really I’m beginning to build a SWAT analysis. Yay SWATs! They make me happy like when I create a matrix. I’ve been talking [...]