I managed to do Master Cleanse for the entire five day period I set for myself and I’m feeling a bit more in control of myself after my recent indulgences.

I spent my first six nights back in New York at my parent’s house, but on Friday afternoon moved in with my grandmother. So far things are going well though it’s a period of adjustment ( Read more... )

Thursday was my last day of work.

Friday was my going away party. General debauchery. I wore what is called a “Wicked Fairy” wig that I got at Walgreen’s last year for $7.99.


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I finished work at Whole Foods today ( Read more... )

In lieu of a carefully constructed and well thought out review (I have to write one at some point) a few random thoughts on my favorite basterds….

I’ve really never found Brad Pitt attractive. Maybe it’s because I associate him with dark, goofball roles in films like Seven Monkeys and Kalifornia. Even in Fight Club he stuck me as more ( Read more... )

Last night my former employer Biff took me out to Lula Cafe, a Logan Square restaurant, for a farewell dinner. I had a really good meal and a really good time.

Biff brought along Julian, his 14 month old son. Even though I’m a confirmed spinster there really is something about little ones that makes you see everything as if for the first ( Read more... )

Packing up my books.

So many books too pack.  I’m sort of awed at the amount I’m accumulated in the past six years.  I’ve been able to weed out some but there’s a lot I can’t part with-my copies of the Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia and His Dark Materials series, Angela Carter, Lovecraft, Maurice Sendak, stuff on women ( Read more... )

Tarantino’s latest film Inglourious Basterds opens tomorrow.  It looks pretty ugly and violent, yet I find that I’m still excited to see it.  Kill Bill was released right after I moved to Chicago and was the first film I saw on my own in the city.   Inglourious Basterds will probably be the last film I watch as a resident of Chicago and I guess I ( Read more... )

The Mad Men version of me.


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On Saturday a woman I work with was offering a free yoga class in my neighborhood so I went to it.

I have reached the conclusion that I’m weak.  It’s actually pretty pathetic.  I walk for at least 45 minutes every day so you’d think I’d be in okay shape but I seem to have no upper body strength.  Since the class I’ve been trying to do a few ( Read more... )

I finally finished George R.R. Martin’s A Storm of Swords yesterday.  I have quite literally been reading it for the last two months-I started it when I was visiting my parents in New York back in May.  An excellent book in an excellent series but my God I am glad to finally be done with it.

I probably would have finished A Storm of Swords ( Read more... )