the last time i felt this emotionally drained i found out my mother had cancer. prior to that, it was probably 2+ years ago when i got dumped for the first time ever. i have a headache from crying too much and a sense of helplessness resting like thick cotton in my stomach.

i just watched real women have curves and the main character reminded me ( Read more... )

i am uncomfortable in my clothing today. there is nothing to test the limits of a wardrobe like wearing it around all hunched up everyday. skirts that fit me fine while standing upright put my stomach in a choke-hold while sitting down and inevitably end up cradling the underside of my boobs by day's end. if i haven't mentioned it before, i am ( Read more... )

addendum: someone else has beat you to the punch! miss heartxthief is the lady of the day. i'll repost the number if her efforts are somehow thwarted. otherwise, i owe her $80 worth of craft projects, which means she practically owns me. (missy, i thank you for it, too ( Read more... )

today i am getting my hair cut by someone other than myself for the first time in like, two years! very exciting. i fully anticipate my new 'career lady' persona will catapult me to the far reaches of successful living. now all i need is a job ( Read more... )

okay ya'll, listen up!

my mother, currently accepting the title of "colon cancer avenger" (duties include: engaging perfect strangers in conversation re: colonoscopy, including grocery checkers, art supply store owners and portrait photographers), will spend thursday, friday, and saturday of this week volunteering at THE COLOSSAL COLONplease look ( Read more... )

1. i am irritated with myself for filling this out.
2. i am surprised by the results.
3. oh well.

cometgain

106%

dukowski

106%

notquiteayes

106%

ringoiloveyou

102%

thingsyoukeep

102%

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i just took my nastysick self to the grocery to buy pasta and the guy behind me struck up a conversation (late fifties, heavy set, light-skinned and greying). he graduated from my college in the mid 70s and has a brother who writes screenplays. he could maybe put me in touch with someone, he says. he seems genuine ( Read more... )

i'm way sick, guys, and it's totally cramping my style. (literally! haah ( Read more... )

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welcome to my career lady lifestyle: i'm having vitamin water and a clif bar from the liquor store for breakfast. in the evenings, b and i have been eating store bought cake out of the container with plastic forks and making our way through the fourth season of sex and the city with frightening rapidity. i'm wearing a skirt but no pumps. maybe