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Trifecta of Neuroses….
Sunday afternoon, I watched a DVD and did some ironing. I hate ironing. But I hate that pile of unironed clothes even more, so…anyway, I watched part 2 in the trifecta of woman’s neuroses, “Babyfever”. These movies can be kind of scary, when you realize just HOW neurotic some women are about food, babies, and I’m assuming, shopping. Maybe we all are to some extent. On a small sidetrack, I read a book a couple of years ago called “Wasted“, about an anoretic and her experiences, and the two things that struck me the most were her comment that she STILL doesn’t know any women who are completely normal about…
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I got tagged…
I got tagged for a brand new MEME by L. Here goes: 1) What was the last thing you prayed for? I prayed for Autumn’s Mom’s Mom to get a job. I am an athiest, so I don’t know how much it will help. But I prayed for my mom to get a job, and she did, so I figure, it can’t hurt. 2) What was the nicest thing you ever did for someone else? I gave birth to my daughter. How can you top that, giving someone life? I try to be a nice person, generally, but I don’t know how much I succeed. 3) What do you think…
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Blogarreah
I had a dream last night, that Maya was at a Girl Scout sleepover, and the parents were all there chatting, snacking, drinking and having a party. There were also people there from an old job I had, and other kids/parents from the school, that aren’t in the Scouts. Well, at one point, Ted said, I wonder how Maya’s doing, and I went outside to check. I saw two kids from the school, Robert and Chanel, and I said, “Have you seen Maya?” Robert said, “She’s in the corner of the yard with the rest of the girl scouts, lighting up.” So I went over to see what was going…
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Welcome to Good Burger
Thursday nights are yoga nights for me…which means that sometimes Ted cooks, but usually he takes Maya out to dinner, and then comes home and brings me something to eat from wherever he went, and I eat it when I get back from yoga. Mmmm. Dinner, yoga, and Lost on TV (recorded from Wednesday night)…my favorite night of the week. Well, this week he brought me back a burger from Mel’s on Main Street (sounds like we live in Happy Day’s land or something). I have to tell you, it was the BEST BURGER I’ve had in FOREVER. Sooooo good. Still hot, which means they must have gotten home right…
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Maya’s Mom
Since I live in California, I am contractually obligated to take a yoga class, so I do. I don’t want to fall behind on my committments, and then have to pay some fine or something. Well, I’ve been taking yoga for almost 2 years now, just once a week, and I love it. Thursday night is my favorite night of the week. My teacher not only gets us all bendy and twisty, she teaches us some pretty cool stuff about the philosophies of yoga. I’ve taken yoga before, at the gym, and none of the other classes I’ve taken actually take 10 minutes at the beginning of class to talk…
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What will $1,030,000 buy around here?
After I ate lunch at my desk, I thought I would get outside and enjoy this beautiful springlike weather we’ve been having, so I went to the store and got some M&Ms (peanut, if you care), and walked around the block. I remember when this house was renovating their yard last summer…looks like they did the inside too. It’s a very pretty house…but come on, it’s just a house. In the suburbs. If you have a cool million + some change, it can be yours. And what about this fancy ‘staging’ and website? Wow…real estate can be pretty intimidating, yeah?
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Blame Canada?
Recently, Maya was working on a report about the California Missions for school, and we were reading about how the early explorers of ‘Alta California’ were looking for a passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic, which would be VERY valuable to them in getting wealth from the area back to Spain. They never found a route, though, and instead colonized California. Cut to the modern day: We have found a passage, through the Artic Ocean, called the Northwest Passage. It is seldom used because it is frozen over for much of the year, and the route is exteremly hazardous. One consequence of global warming appears to be that in…
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Looking for an Interesting Read? Or Listen?
I was walking the dog this morning, in the dark, waiting for her to poop, (carrying my bag, and yes, I cleaned it up after), and listening to my beautiful little iPod Nano. I love listening to music, but even more, I like listening to podcasts. So I was listening to an NPR show that I downloaded from Audible.com, To the Best Of Our Knowledge. This show was called Fact or Fiction, and the first guest was a woman named Christine Wicker, who has gone out and interviewed people about their beliefs in magic. People who actually think they are vampires, werewolves, whatever. It was pretty interesting. So, if you’re…
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It’s fun having a 9 year old…
Maya: I like looking at pictures. Mama: Pictures of family? Maya: All pictures. Mama: Pictures of flowers? Maya: ALL PICTURES. Mama: Pictures of buttholes? Maya: That’s it! You’re Going Down! (commence the tickle fight…) Then again…she has always been fun. When she was about 5, and I was tickling her, she came out with this: “Get your hands off of me, you Damn Dirty Ape!” (that stopped the tickling…I was laughing too hard.)
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Surfing in the Bay Area?
I don’t surf, and I don’t really watch people surf, but if you’re not from around here, you may not have heard about an annual surfing contest called Maverick’s. The contest first started in 1999, and is held once a year. When conditions are right to create the huge (up to 50 feet) swells, the word goes out, and participants have about 24 hours to get here and get their game on. If you’re a surfing geek and kind of interested in what is so unique about this area that creates such huge waves, read all about it on SFGate. By the way, if you’re NOT from here, the waves…
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Another Useless Bit of Trivia….
Ted’s friend/sometimes coworker, Ramzi, called Ted last night to ask him who wrote the lyrics to “New York, New York”. Somehow, I thought that song was OLD. Like from the 1940s or 1950’s or something. Nope. I never knew it was written for the 1977 (ok, still almost 30 years old, but really, not what I meant) film, New York, New York, and starring Robert De Niro and Liza Minelli, directed by Martin Scorcese. Actually, I never knew that such a movie existed. Live and learn. Thanks Ramzi, for the question, and thanks to NPR for the info. 🙂
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Proof of the Apocolypse?
Or maybe I just found everyone’s Christmas gifts this year? Hmmm. I’ll have to think about it. Maybe both. In the meantime, ponder this: Old Silly Putty Face (As I used to call him when I was 10) has a new album of old songs from the 50s, and it is #1 on Billboard’s Pop Album chart. Wow.
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I Love California
Sunny High: 70° Low: 43° Ignore the Earthquakes, Traffic, Mudslides, Droughts, $600,000 Condos, Poverty in the Valley, etc. On a day like this, it’s just a great place to be. I mean, come on….It’s FEBRUARY.
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I Miss Bill Clinton
I was in the car listening to Talk of the Nation on NPR, and there was a segment on the funeral services for Coretta Scott King. They played the speaches of President Bush and President Clinton one after the other, and the difference was amazing. Bush sounded so forced and uncomfortable…Clinton sounded so relaxed, like he was at home. I don’t think it’s because Bush doesn’t respect King or her legacy. I just don’t think he’s a good speaker. And Clinton is a gifted speaker, able to sound like a regular person without ‘dumbing himself down’ or anything like that. I don’t know if Bush dumbs himself down, or if…
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Bragging…
We recently found out that Maya did well on her GATE assessment exam…that’s Gifted and Talented Education program, for those of you who aren’t parents around here. For kids her age, that means she gets to miss three days of school in March and go to a Nature Center close by. For kids in middle school, there are several options, including a Literary Magazine, Model United Nations, Mock Legislature, Newscope, and Sixth Grade Science Seminars. In High School they learn about Writing the College Essay. I don’t know if that means writing essays for college applications, or the much more useful skill of writing papers for college. Ted is a…