Last weekend, Michelle threw a big birthday party for her bro Marc that pretty much started Thursday night and ended Sunday night. I tried to attend most of it, but I was pooped by Sunday afternoon. I met Michelle’s friends from NY and NO (with a Simone shout-out from DC) and I had a TON of fun; I hadn’t been out that late for 3 nights in a row ( Read more... )

I just read an article in NY Times that resonates with me and shows that abuse does start in the home. My kitchen behavior has a name and I am An Alpha Cook. I’m a mean boss in the kitchen and I must have learned it from my Father, b/c he’s the exact same way. Only he never actually cleans up his messes, as I do. Also the article mentions how ( Read more... )

When Jean Paul Gaultier’s new woman’s fragrance, Classique, came out in 1993, my media- and packaging- loving ass just wasn’t prepared. I really feel that fragrance and my life at that time really made me who I was for the following 5 years. I was living with Zach in that apartment on Parker and Woodward and we watched MTV like fiends. And there ( Read more... )

I read an article Sunday morning in the NY Times online called, Unhappy Meals - Michael Pollan - New York Times.webarchive. This article essentially says that humans, to be Healthy and Human, should eat food, not a lot of it, and mostly plants. Pretty damn simple. And, I believe, it encapsulates how I feel about food. I don’t think food should ( Read more... )

When I was in college, barely 20 years old, I flew to NY with my room-mate Zach to visit a MAN I had met in an old Austin C&W bar called Cisco’s (as in San Fran Cisco’s? Where the gays are?? GET IT???) Now this man was named P, and he stage managed a traveling off-Broadway show that was playing at the Paramount called Nunsense II. HYSTERICAL ( Read more... )

On towelroad.com I found a video of Madonna's first live performance at NY's Danceteria,singing Everybody, as 'Madonna' from Sire records. This song was on her first self-titled album. I first heard Madonna at my aunt Susan's house in my cousin Melissa's room. Now, if you know Mel, you know she's always hip and ahead of her time, so it's no ( Read more... )

Reading austincommunity postings from this week gave me an inspiration to make cinnamon rolls; I've never made them. I don't have my standing mixer anymore so I kneaded the awfully sticky dough by hand. the dough was SO sticky, i wasn't even really kneading it; more like squishing it with my hands like I used to squish wet mud or sand when making mud pies as a ( Read more... )

I can't stop watching or singing this. hey ang ang!

I don't get much into 'new year's resolutions', simply because I'm such a perfectionist that I don't like setting myself up for failure. But, this year I feel like I have to do something about feeling like I've lost touch with my family and close friends. I spent Christmas with Allen, my BF, and the dogs and that's it. Allen was on call until ( Read more... )

very unhappy tonight. i came home and walter the poodlepuppy had eaten the Tivo remote. Crap!!!!! this is in addition to our timewarner not working correctly. so, the TV channnel is stuck. Stuck! its like being in hell. at least my ipod is working. Allen is in a very bad mood about it. the last time walter ate something, it was the ( Read more... )