It's cold.

I really like it.

A new record low was set today for this date in Seattle:  19 degrees.

The sensory shock of stepping outside on a cold night is a quick and crisp reminder of the reality of life.

I've been living in my head too much--too much thinking.  Life is not as convoluted as I sometimes lead myself to believe.  Clarity. Que sera ( Read more... )

Okay.  I have finished one internship application.  Resume, cover letter, and references.  I even figured out how to print an envelope with Word and this printer.  I wish I hadn't dumped a carrot plant into my own printer.  Damn.  anyway.  All I have to do is mail that puppy, and I will be an official internship applicant to Lexington Children's ( Read more... )

Aiee!  Internship applications due.  Major problem:  letters of recommendation.  I am having trouble reaching someone, and I left some in Ypsi.  I am in Indy, eating candy.  I watched Sweeny Todd, the older version... an older version?  with Ben Kingsley... on demand... might I say it is a movie which encourages vegetarianism.    Did I say I was ( Read more... )

I noticed, while reading scripts, that the phrase "How come?"  meaning "why" is used quite a bit.  I don't use this phrase.  Much, anyway--it's not a part of my lexicon.  It is, however, something Sara Sidle said once.  She asked Grissom

Sidle: You've never paid for sex? Grissom: I have not. I find the whole idea very... bleak. Sidle: Really. How ( Read more... )

Gah.  I am performing a story in one hour.  I'm okay with that.  Sort of.  It's a personal story, one I wrote for class, one I wouldn't have been able to get through without crying while I was still at Notre Dame.  Hell, I would never have told it at Notre Dame, because everyone knows all the people I talk about in my story.  Running naked through ( Read more... )

I am i mmensely stressed.  I have to cast a show by pulling actors out of my ass, begin rehearsals tomorrow, and have everything show-ready by the 16th.  AUUGH ( Read more... )

 There are some moments that just make me happy.   Like just right now.  I'm sitting by Starbucks in the student center, and one of my kids comes up with his mom.  She orders, and the kid turns around and sees me, much in the "out-of-context-what?!-my-teacher-is-a-real-person" way.  I wave, and he just stares.  His mom finally sees me, and then ( Read more... )

[Skip down to starred paragraph if you don't care about CSI or are sick of listening to me shout from the rooftops how much I love it ( Read more... )

 If life gives you lemons, stick them down your shirt and make your boobs look bigger ( Read more... )

 I went to the student center to do homework, but instead read a story (a really good, well-written story!) about Grissom and Sara.  FOR AN HOUR!  and a half...  I'm avoiding my work again ( Read more... )