...and which I love.

"If you lived with me, you wouldn't live with me."
My angry dad, to my sister's really obnoxious dog after it just ate my hamburger off my plate when my back was turned.

"It's the funny things that make you laugh."
My mom...just cuz.

My friend Kennedy just wrote on his friend's Facebook wall:Seriously, dood, the facebook quizzes are fun and all, but what the hell is "throwing obama at you"? OMG! WTF? NAACP! USSR! AFL-CIO!
And a day or two earlier, my mom sent me an email from her usual post in High School Lady In The Office Hell:By the way, another first. Have you ever seen an ( Read more... )

Since I don't actually want my mom to get an LJ -- because then she'll be able to read all the personal stuff I vent about here, and, um, AAAAH! -- I'll just keep reporting her thoughts. Today she offers some more insight on working in a high school discipline office -- she goes through the wringer. She often does it with a wry sense of humor, but ( Read more... )

1. Observation of the day: You can't eat buffalo mozzarella once it's fallen on the floor. You have to let it go.

2. Please enjoy another classic Mom email, received today. (ps: she works in a high school discipline office. They do silly things to relieve the tension): PS I am the princess of the week this week. I have a pink beaded necklace that ( Read more... )

I thought I'd post a shorter version of my last post. I asked a question of my flist at the end of a novel. Not sure everyone has time or inclination to read it all ( Read more... )

One of the less-desirable aspects of working “in the business” is a certain kind of request for help.

Let me preface this by saying I absolutely don’t mind helping people who 1) have a specific goal they’d like to accomplish that’s 2) within the realm of things I can help them with. ( examples! )

Mom continues to email. :)
Hey Girlfriend ( Read more... )

Hey, did anybody catch Roger Daltry and Pete Townshend on Letterman last night? They did a song called "A Man in a Purple Dress" and it was awesome. (Apparently it's a song on "Endless Wire," their first album in 24 years, but is it a new song or a re-issue of an oldie ( Read more... )

My mother continues to amuse.

Here is the message from her that was on my cell phone this morning:

"Hi there. Would you email me in the morning and just let me know: is Jimmy Kimmel gay? Just let me know. Thanks! Bye."

::can't stop giggling:::

To my friends:

Though I am still in Simi at my folks' house as I write this, I am hereby informing you that I am coming home after breakfast tomorrow (Monday), with my cats. If I have not achieved this by Monday night at midnight, PST, please send a SWAT team. Save me from my mother's constant inferences that my cats are happier and healthier out ( Read more... )