Sorry y'all, I'm over here:  www.xanga.com/mrs_pickels

I am surrounded by cats.  This is what I woke up to the other morning...


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I have been totally in the dumps for the past few days.  Everything makes me cry -- the movie I'm watching, 1 minute of "This American Life," and old Ani Difranco songs...  And I don't really want to be around anybody, but I feel lonely when I'm by myself.

Realistically, this mood has been a part of who I am for as long as I can remember.  One of my ( Read more... )

Once upon a time, in the year 2005, Cedar bought a house.  She was so excited because she had hoped and dreamed of the day that she could move her two cats, BK and Boony, into a house all her own where she would build them all a garden.  The three of them moved in, and Cedar begain painting and planning for the future.

After only two short weeks, ( Read more... )

I'm at home sick today... I have that yucky gunk that everyone else seems to have.  Of course, I had to bail on watching my friend's lovely son this afternoon and have an impending deadline at work that has made me nervous, but alas ( Read more... )

My eyes are crossing as I stare at this computer screen...  I've just spent over an hour looking at dresses online to wear on The Wedding Day.  I had a dress in mind and was planning on having it made, but I got too daunted after talking with only one dress maker.  She quoted me $1500 -- about double what I had budgeted for.  A smart friend ( Read more... )

Just wanted to post my little pictures of last week's anti-war protest... I went with my friend, Fay, and we had a great time!  Official estimates of the turn out was 10,000, which means there was probably more like 15,000 or so.  As usual, Portland's peace crowd included people of ages, ethnicities, abilities, etc etc etc.  Makes me love my city ( Read more... )

I was driving down the road today, and I saw this guy standing at a bus stop.  He was facing the sun with his eyes closed, a look of utter contentment on his face.

Ahhh... Spring.

Holy shit, I'm actually at home by myself!  I got home around 7:30p, which is the earliest I've been at home all week.  Each night, long meetings or panels or something.  Eck.  What's exciting is that I should be getting a permanent offer from my temporary job any time now... Even though I've been working so much, with all of the energy I can ( Read more... )

Yikes, I have to spend two full days with my old boss, starting tomorrow and then the following Thursday.  We're both part of a network of domestic and sexual violence service providers, and the network is having a mini planning retreat.  It feels kind of like I'm having to spend time with the asshole who just dumped me or something ( Read more... )