Lots o' stuff here is friends-locked. Feel free to comment or email me if you just need more plantastic than you see here. Plus, I seem to tweet more than I blog these days, so contact me if you'd to connect with me over there too. 

2012, sports fans ( Read more... )

Five Practical Things I Want Right Now:
5. A chance to sleep in
4. Pants that fit
3. A small metal button that looks like a teapot 
2. An audition to go my way 
1. An unsolicited professional compliment

The Fantastical Things I Want Right Now:
5. A house designed by Sixx Design
4. My own vintage shop where I basically just upcycle all the cool stuff I ( Read more... )

So I've started sewing.

Like I said, I took a class at the local school for retirees and bored women like myself. It was awesome in that it provided me with a sort of zen-like meditative and creative activity. Without theatre, I no longer have that release that comes from getting out of your head and focusing on a singular creative goal. Who knew ( Read more... )

Remember blogging? Like what the word used to mean? Before I you start painting me with the "curmudgeon who can't handle change" brush, bear with me.

When I first started this blog close to TEN YEARS AGO, it had one simple purpose and an imagined audience of one. Martino was in London for a few months. I was in Sarasota, Florida. Of course we could ( Read more... )

Three Things I'm into Right Now. . .

1. This beer:


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A few things that have been removed from my life in the past week or so:

1. My GPS (stolen)
2. Two pairs of pants (irreparable rips)
3. My allergy to "caine" drugs (novocaine, lidocaine, etc.)
4. The blues
5. Two boxes of Thin Mints
6. A shockingly large bag of pistachios 
7. My fear of baking

That is all. 

Recently, rev_e contacted me because he has a friend moving to Baltimore. Replying to him made me realize how much I love and miss that city. Like I say below, it's the kind of place you have to hate before you love. This is what I wrote:

"Sorry this has taken me a few days to get back to you. I got swamped Thursday, then I had an unexpected 15 hours in ( Read more... )

Things Every Town Needs
or
Things Miss Ruin needs to be able to walk to to make her life worth living. . .

(number one in a series)

I've been thinking a lot about settling, about community, about why I feel so unsettled and out of place here in Madison, NJ. I've been thinking about how I used to hate Baltimore and then, like a romcom, it won me over ( Read more... )

Dear LJ:

I care. I really, really do. I've just been in a funk, and I know that I'm regrouping. This takes time. Here's a photo to ponder while you miss me. 
Sincerely, 
Miss Ruin

My favorite photo from Christmas this year:

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