Yes!!

I just finished writing yet another cover story for our Sunday magazine - that’s reporting and writing four big articles in about three months, which is a lot for me. Add to that the increased number of hours that I’ve been working in the last 2 months because of a coworker's illness - I’ve been very very busy.

Of course, I’m about to embark ( Read more... )

I spent the last week or so watching TV shows that we had taped (or more accurately, DVR'd) - Heroes and Friday Night Lights. Sometimes, I really hate adding more shows to my watch list. because it does mean more time in front of the tube. Now at least I understand what everyone sees in Heroes. FNL is also very good -- in some ways. for me its like ( Read more... )

This past week must have been very boring, because I can’t think of a single thing that happened. I watched Project Runway and mourned Kayne’s auf’ing. I watched Survivor. I worked. I felt yucky and so didn’t go to the health club. I discovered the project rungay blog (thanks to CJ chat, which amazingly focussed almost entirely on Project Runway).

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Life snippet:

Several weeks ago, the kids in newspaper start making fun of “mom” pants - pants that are high-waisted. AKA “teacher” pants, I learned.
Then, they started making fun of mothers, or any woman in her 40s+, who wears Ug boots and tight low-rise jeans.

Not sure exactly where I fit on that spectrum, but I certainly became self-conscious.

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When it comes to entertainment, there aren’t very many advantages of living in Vermont. Some movies never make it here, the shopping is pretty poor, we get few major concerts, etc.

But I get to watch Canadian television. Which means I just saw the women’s free skate. Live! Without Dick Button!

CBC broadcast the final 18 skaters, straight, ( Read more... )

Our internet is down at home, yet again, so I haven't been able to read e-mail or live journal since Saturday morning. Grrrr. I hate Adelphia, and am very tempted to switch to Verizon DSL. Anyone have any pros or cons or reasons not to use Verizon ( Read more... )

I just worked out for the first time in three months.

I’m not going to be able to lift my arms tomorrow.

( Joan of Arcadia spoilers )