I've been fortunate to have gone 36 years without knowing someone who committed suicide. Now that a friend has gone that route, I find myself struggling to comprehend the whole thing. What the hell was going on in his life that he felt death was the only way out? Was he sick? Maybe he was lonely. What was he so deep into that he needed to ( Read more... )

When you hear news that someone dear to you has killed himself, it hits you like a ton of bricks. I spent three tours on a kickin' tour bus driven by the single best driver in the industry. It's hard to put it into words how it feels to know he's gone--by his decision--"shock" comes to mind ( Read more... )

NJ is under a state of Emergency and there is a voluntary evacuation in effect for all barrier islands, including Atlantic City. At 6am tomorrow the mandatory evacuation takes effect and includes the mainland areas east of Route 9. My house is 3/4 mile west of 9, about .2 miles from a large tidal creek. I'm betting we're gonna have to go ( Read more... )

So Curves.

I joined back on Long Island about a zillion years ago, when I was skinny as a way to keep in shape. I then moved away to the big bad city. I eventually joined a Manhattan Curves, which ceased to exist soon after. I then joined Planet Fitness- the 24-hour, $10/month "no frills" gym. Worked for a bit, but I got so sick of the muscle bound ( Read more... )

Where the hell have I been?  In New Jersey, that's where.   I think I miss LJ.  Here's a (really) quick update:

Eddie is good.  I love him muy mucho.  He buys me roses for no reason.

My baby brother got married last month.

My sister had another baby last year.  A boy named Lucas.

We had an earthquake today.

There's a hurricane coming this weekend.

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My Holidays 2010 Newsletter

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I pieced this together from some filming of the robins who built a nest in one of our trees.  They're fascinating!

I am officially a licensed NJ Real Estate Salesperson.  Passed the test on Tuesday, got fingerprinted on Wednesday, started working today.  Just went in to fill out paperwork, hand over massive dollars for fees, insurance, blah, blah, blah, and then follow 20 other agents and brokers around for the Broker Open House.  I got to see 7 properties ( Read more... )

What a humdinger, dilly dally, freaky, stressful week and a half it's been.  Long story short, in the past 12 days I have gone to two weddings (one in NJ, one in NYC), driven to Long Island for Mother's Day & Jessica's wedding, taken (and passed) my real estate salesperson licensing class, and done two separate interviews with potential sponsoring ( Read more... )