This week in the mail I have received:

2 postcards - a party invitation from Mahtomedi and a greeting from Argentina
2 paychecks for freelance writing
1 book to read and review
1 reimbursement
and a hello from my old office

My mailbox is a wealth of good fortune!

It almost becomes cumbersome to post as the hiatus grows larger between this post and last. But today I feel compelled to end the gap and at least reset it. That may or may not be driven by my desire to pass time until America's Next Top Model comes on, and probably while it is on, because really there's only so much attention that you can devote ( Read more... )

After a lot of time spent trolling the Minnesota Council for Non-Profits Job Search page and laying on my couch watching television on the internet and feeling useless, I had a really good week last week and have a good feeling about the weeks to come ( Read more... )

So, I sell donuts 3 days a week at a bakery in my neighborhood called Sarah Jane's. The owner is a woman in her 50s named Sarah Jane. To avoid confusion, I go by Sarah Beth at work. It's embroidered on my shirt. For some reason, after people learn my name, I get asked--often many times a day--if I am related to Sarah Jane. I don't understand this ( Read more... )

Yes, I have been incredibly negligent to my livejournal. After a while, it just seems like it's been too long to even pick up where I left off, but I am trying my best to get myself in the habit of blogging about stuff and figured this wouldn't be a terrible place to start ( Read more... )

This entry magically restored itself when I went to make a new post, so I figured I'd post it.

What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Said "I love you." Moved below the Mason-Dixon line.

Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
My resolution was to keep in touch with the people I care about. I have ( Read more... )

By 11:00 am this morning I had managed to spill coconut soup all over my winter coat, my car's passenger seat, and inside my work shoes. In the process of cleaning it out of my car I also got mud stains all over my pants, when I went upstairs to work and took my jacket off, I found more stains on my waistband from some unknown source. So I decided ( Read more... )

The only human contact I've had in the last two days is the 3 hours I just spent on the phone with my internet provider. Ugh ( Read more... )

So much since my last substantial entry...

The Office. I love it. I couldn't imagine a better place to go off into the world to. Our main office space used to be an art gallery, and all the desk are hidden in little corners, but nothing feels closed off. I worked there for a month or so, feeling the buzz of the office around me, occasionally ( Read more... )

We wouldn’t kill trees
if we could just Tell one another our stories.
Stop thinking that writing makes us remember
Because fridges full of jotted post-it remembrances
Are a neon adhesive testament
To how easy it is to forget.

I have much more to say about the present day, but I'm growing tired of being awake and alone, so it will have to wait.