I'm rewatching The Sopranos, ten years later, and I identify more strongly with Tony's character, being closer to his age now. He and Carmela reminded me of my parents, the first time I watched this. Dr. Melfi points out that what has triggered Tony's panic attacks, making him pass out, have been associated with meat. He remembers an event from ( Read more... )

I have at least four blogs that I update regularly, including this one. This is by far the oldest. Most of my posts are private, filtered, somehow, because I am paranoid. I've had my blog presented in family court as evidence of my unfitness to parent, a grudge I still hold, and so I shut these posts down every time. I start off writing a post that ( Read more... )

Happy Fourth. We were going to grill and have friends over, but friends' plans got altered and ended up sending late regrets. Kevin and I have spent the day together in the air conditioned bedroom, watching TV with headphones on. I tried to walk Charlie earlier but it was still too hot; now I've forgotten to walk him for the day. I am not good at ( Read more... )

So I dream of writing my memoir. I see some authors who do nothing but memoir: that's their genre, not just one title and you're done. I write little bits. But mainly I write to my friends these days, or to anyone who wants to write back. Remember Mr. Va Jay Jay? He must have sensed that he couldn't get more without giving something, so he wrote me ( Read more... )

I'm going on Facebook a little more often lately, since I am finding so many people there that I want to (re-)connect with. A few days ago, a woman came up to me at the meat counter and told me that she'd found me through Facebook, and that she worked in my old office. We got to bond a little over how meshuganah it is there, and I got a timely ( Read more... )