I am in love with Bette Davis, and I don't care who knows it. Those eyebrows! Those seductive glances! Those DRESSES ( Read more... )

Sometimes it takes ten hours to get to the fifteen minutes that make the past three days worth it.

1. Dog walking, despite 17 degree weather. This was actually really nice until my THIGHS got cold ( Read more... )

I did not smoke any cigarettes today, even though I really, really wanted to. Really. A lot. I quit in June and I have been doing super. Most days I wasn't even thinking about it unless I saw someone who was smoking and obviously just enjoying the shit out their cigarette, and even then I could concentrate on the money I was saving and my increased ( Read more... )

It is so fallish, and it feels like it happened so fast this year! The maples have completely burst into flame. There aren't as many here in WA as there were in Vermont, land of the maple covered hillside, but they are still very beautiful. The apple cider is back, and my favorite bar has local cider hot toddies. I think I will be drinking a number ( Read more... )

Work has been hard lately. I have felt whiny, like my suggestions (which would markedly improve various things) are either not valued, or are used without acknowledgment. I have felt like many of the things I do on a daily basis are fundamentally unsatisfying ( Read more... )

Conquered ( Read more... )

I have just discovered the solution to a coffee shop problem I have for ages--ever since I started going to coffee shops: the annoying coffee shop patron. This problem comes in many, many forms, but the most offensive is the Loud Boring Coffee Drinker. It is ok to be loud if you are moderately interesting. It is ok to be boring if you are ( Read more... )

I am here to officially announce to you that trying to quit smoking is making me a complete and total bitch. Be forewarned, if you have to interact with me for any reason. I am keeping it tamped down most of the time, but then it sneaks out around the edges at strange moments. I told someone today that I was very Concerned about how we had been ( Read more... )

I am not much of a cook. But recently I had a friend come to stay, and she did beautiful and bewildering things involving black mission figs and sherry and braised beef, and these things were very good. After rejecting my suggestion that she stay forever & cater my life, she made a great deal of noise about how easy it is to cook delicious things. ( Read more... )