local peeps
Sunday, before the bluebonnet adventure but after four hours of post-party sleep and a three-hour drive, I finally took the time to meet up with some of the Austin Stories Crew. Jette, Greg, Stephanie, Pecan, Linda and Sam were very groovy people, and not just because they let […] Continue Reading…
my guts
Every time I have menstrual cramps, it makes me think of Alien. The first one, I mean, where the baby alien pops out of the guy’s stomach. Not the later Aliens, where everyone looks like Rambo and Robocop all of a sudden.
Anyway. The baby alien is restless and […] Continue Reading…
the devil inside
Okay, y’all – I swear on the Bible, I really think it was sugar withdrawal that had me so sad Friday evening. Because now I’m over it, and I feel freaking awesome.
Every time I stop eating sugar, it takes me about a week to kick the habit, […] Continue Reading…
more on the ghosts
(See entry below to know which ghosts I mean.)
Sometimes they don’t come through the front door or the windows. Sometimes they start as ugly, low-res photos of women allegedly waiting for you on the online dating services advertised on Hotmail.com.
Why do they always have pictures of […] Continue Reading…
lately I can’t type
I keep typing the wrong words.
it’s Friday night
It was the longest day of the week, even though I took a long lunch. I left my job at 4:43 PM, just like every other day. I changed my clothes, from work outfit to sweatpants and t-shirt, in […] Continue Reading…
bad thoughts I’ve occasionally had
1. If an insured drunk driver were to wreck into my car and break my left arm or something, maybe his insurance company would settle for enough money for me to put a down payment on a house.
2. I hope a homeless person asks me […] Continue Reading…
now that I’m single again
(Well – temporarily single. Meaning “not getting any” as opposed to “out looking.”)
Now that I’m single, I can finally get back to doing what women love to do best while alone in the shower. Now I can take a little time for myself and luxuriate […] Continue Reading…
beautification
(or, Salon Services for Single Moms)
Lately I’ve been taking my kids to the $4 haircut place in China World (several miles southwest of Chinatown) to get quick clipper jobs. This weekend, I was too lazy and took them to nearby Thank God It’s Haircuts, instead, for $15 each. Of […] Continue Reading…
Why is there no Friday Five this week?
There’s only one thing to do, and that is to make up my own questions and ask them to myself.
1. If you had to pick a celebrity to sleep with this very afternoon, who would you pick?
Oh, my gosh! This is such […] Continue Reading…
wine and butter cups
There’s a mini-field of winecups near the Houston Ave exit of east-bound Memorial Drive. They’re very beautiful, round maroon wildflowers. They’re supposed to be native to Texas but this is the first time I’ve seen them in Houston.
Instead, here, I see buttercups. Or – what we […] Continue Reading…
