They put a baby in my lap today--because the father had to deal with the other twin who was fussy and didn't want to leave the three month old in the arms of a fourteen year old. I don't think I was the best choice for this particular duty. Babies smell. And your arms get tired after a few minutes of holding them. These were all the thoughts ( Read more... )

I have chopped my hair off and dyed it black and red. It's definitely the funkiest I've ever gone with it (right before I go to Florida too, it's going to shock the shit out of my 'rents). It sweeps down towards my face with spiky tips and in the back I have managed to fluff it up so it looks very "Carol" as my hairdresser said (humorously I was ( Read more... )

Giving a quick call back to our favorite client from Lord of the Ring’s manager’s office I am greeted with an assistant that is so perky his voice cracks (literally cracks) with enthusiasm, forcing me to ask “I’m sorry, do they stick lithium in your coffee over there?” (I always try to maintain cordial relations with other assistants by engaging in ( Read more... )

Thank you to everyone that danced around me this weekend and tried to cure me of this seemingly interminable funk. I know I’ve been boring, taciturn and mopey, but your presence and effort in cheering me up were appreciated and at times did help. I don’t know what’s wrong. Wish I did. But I love you all for being wonderful to me. No one ( Read more... )

When the Irish boy that I ditched at a party on Saturday night actually used the number that I hesitated to give him, I was surprised. But seeing as I did give him the number, I felt it would be rude not to actually meet, if just for a little while, for a quick drink at a divey New York bar. There was a margin of guilt involved in this, I had ( Read more... )

Hi! I'm looking for a new job. Does anyone have any suggestion about where to go or how to start? It's been a while since I did this sincerely.

So I was looking at my live journal and noting how I don’t really write any more. How the latest extended post centered around a mouse in my apartment, which was hardly a fascinating nor momentous event in my life. So what is important? I have difficulty determining myself these days. I guess I could speak about how I received the manuscript of ( Read more... )

Herr Phatz has become my very favorite person in the whole wide world! Having saved my ass twice this week, I feel rather indebted to him. Imagine me, laying on the floor of my bathroom, vomiting a mixture of bile and blood because there is absolutely nothing left in my stomach from the terrible food poisoning to puke up. With no medicine left ( Read more... )

There once was a maiden that lived in a fine palace about second avenue. A castle so impenetrable she went as far as to name it Shangri La. As it was a six story elevator building with all the modern conveniences and a trash shoot just outside the door, she believe, quite emphatically that no beast or creature could ever cross its threshold. So ( Read more... )

I want to publish self indulgent literature. All of my friends should write books. Here are a few suggestions ( Read more... )