As Samhain is the pagan new year (and my wedding anniversary) I'm always a little reflective on Halloween. So much to the chagrin of my husband, I decided NOT to go to bellydance class this morning and slept in, started laundry, and am writing instead. With the coffee he so kindly made for me (well,… Continue reading Happy New Year

Hmm.A certain someone asked me recently to send him a copy of THE story. The story that made the Honorable Mention list for Women on Writing. Fool that I am, I assumed he actually wanted to read it.Incorrect...it was part of the "reconnect with past love while fighting with wife" syndrome I was the subject… Continue reading Reality Strikes Again

I had a pretty damn good day today, until about 8. Then I ran out of steam. I spent a good portion of my day reminscing with a friend of mine. Found a different perspective on some crappy behavior of a 20-something boy and realized I'm the idealized "one who got away" he turns to,… Continue reading Past, Present, Future

It's been 6 weeks since I had my interview, and still nothing. Well, not nothing: the last comment from the recruiter was about a week ago, and as of then the company still hadn't made a decision, so there's still hope. That's almost worse, waiting this long for a job that's a long shot anyway.… Continue reading Stress

Where is the line between keeping your community a nice place to live and invading the privacy of those who live there? The X-Files had a great episode where people in a wealthy neighborhood with an association were killed by the association president's pet monster if they didn't comply with the rules.I'm on the board… Continue reading The Art of Being Neighborly

It's been a month already: there's been a birthday (mine), a couple of job options in the family, a trip to LA to visit the 'rents with my sisters, and Fest started again. I'm exhausted, but also pretty darn happy right now.The critique for the story I submitted to Women On Writing.com came in. It… Continue reading Catch Up

SUCKS. It just sucks. I spent a few hours looking for jobs in Florida again tonight: the bottom line is I was an IDIOT to go into the career I'm currently in, becuase there are no job opportunities anywhere near where I want to live. AND, most of the skills I've learned don't transfer appropriately… Continue reading This Economy

So. According to the Star Tribune (www.startribune.com) today, the judge in an assult case has sentenced the six men convicted of beating the shit out of a father last summer (protecting his daughter at Valleyfair from their harrassment) to LESS THAN 6 MONTHS IN JAIL and EMPATHY EDUCATION.Seriously? IF you have no empathy to begin… Continue reading Empathy Classes

What if mankind is wired for war by the same primal portion of the brain that holds our earliest, genetic memories? What if myth is memory?What if there's a correlation between our inability to be a peaceful species and our penchant for belief in the supernatural?What if all the wars since before recorded time were… Continue reading Progression

This situation is becoming intolerable. Seriously. I need a change in a major way before I go window-licking mad.