One New Years Eve, years back, I ended up in the dark backyard of strangers, way down the eastern shore. Kinda wasted. There were like, old people, kids, dogs, allsorts ( Read more... )

Alexandra Clementine was born at just about 2 pm on April 24th, Easter Sunday, and weighed in at 9 pounds 1 ounce. She's the raddest baby in the whole world.

What a blur. I was already 6 cms dilated when I got to the hospital. A total barnyard animal, naked, eyes closed, nothing but the present. Breathing and bellowing, mostly on my tippytoes. And ( Read more... )

Less than 2 weeks away from my "due date,"  I am bloated, hot, itchy, scarred, uncomfortable, exhausted, and totally over the novelty of this whole pregnancy thing. I'm like this obese, louse-infested sloth trapped in a hotdog sheath with a faceless roly-poly lump of elbows and knees.

I'm sick of all the unsolicited exclamations and advice from idle ( Read more... )

Pregnancy smugness is downright hormonal I think? I waddle like Drew Carey, I can't see my vagina, I grunt like a prolapsed wrestler and nearly pass out whenever I bend down to get my winter boots on, and my boobs are suddenly these giant sentient beings that need to be strapped down like uncooperative mental patients ( Read more... )

2010 was the year I didn't read as many books as I wanted to. I set a lofty goal of 40 and read barely half that.

Some bizarro highlights were Secret Rendezvous by Kobo Abe, In Persuasion Nation by George Saunders, Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker, Honored Guest by Joy Williams, One Bloody Thing After Another by Joey Comeau (untoward ) and The Show that Smells ( Read more... )

WTF, I am growing a human being inside of me ( Read more... )

 A couple of month's ago I joined a gym just a block or so away from my house. It is the perfect gym for me... at a Senior's Assisted Living facility.

I wanted to go somewhere where I could try and get strong again without all the weirdo gym gawking and judging and lulu-lemon outfits. And I gotta admit, I feel damn fit at this gym.... walker-free, ( Read more... )

Sooo happy in my backyard with the sun my dog a pepperoni & an ice cream sandwich. And my little ipod dock blasting.

Blasting:

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Our first fish delivery went amazing and I got to give leftover fresh, gorgeous fish away to my somehow wonderful crackhead neighbours and a korean family who cooked it up for us last night in a spicy soup and like 40 ( Read more... )

I saw this poem via Bookslut at the start of my day. This dude, Jim Behrle, he had a way of knowing kinda exactly how I was feeling as I sat down at my little desk this morning to try and face another earnest day in a world of shit. i hope he won't mind if I share it here:


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Goddamn. What is sexier than a demolition crew working away on a little house on a hot sunny morning? Everyone is sweaty-dusty- topless and taking long, lazy smoke breaks and the building is falling to its knees all around them.

I've been working my ass off day and night for the past month. I'm helping to create the most exciting CSF project with ( Read more... )