Archive for May 2008
May 29, 2008
Dear Writers of the TV Series Lost:
After watching another season I’m convinced you all are crazier than the look in Benjamin Linus’s eyes.
But that’s why I adore you so.
(Ben, too — oh, how he’s grown on me!…although I’d pass up crazy-eyes any day for a swim with Sawyer. Meow.)
Thanks for another fun, bizarre season.
Best Regards,
Susan
PS. [...]
Posted May 29, 2008, 11:01 pm
Tags: lost, oh-my
6 Comments
May 25, 2008
Friday night I did something many of my friends and coworkers thought unthinkable: I met people I DIDN’T KNOW for dinner — a group of moms who blog in or around our dear city. (Or is it a group of bloggers who happen to be moms?)
Get. Out. People you don’t know?!
Well, call me crazy — [...]
Posted May 25, 2008, 7:40 pm
Tags: cool chicks, horse's ass, moms who blog
10 Comments
May 25, 2008
I decided to do a little Krispy Kreme run for breakfast this morning. Yes, I know. I know the donuts are globules of sugar and lard (but 0% trans fat!). Yes, I know they aren’t exactly the breakfast of champions. But we haven’t been there in months and the kids press their faces against the [...]
Posted May 25, 2008, 11:47 am
Tags: inner peace, krispy kreme, my key is smart even if i'm not
8 Comments
May 23, 2008
As part of my site redesign, Cindy of Big Big Design (and our blogging friend at My Brilliant Mistakes) hooked me up with all sorts of nifty analytics tools to track traffic coming to and going from One-Woman Show. I’m telling you - HOURLY stats, y’all. (Like I need to become more obsessive.) Anyway, I’m avoiding [...]
Posted May 23, 2008, 9:07 am
Tags: blog terms
6 Comments
May 20, 2008
Buddha@Hong Kong, originally uploaded by hk_traveller.
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Elizabeth at Love, Elizabeth tagged me for this — it’s a good one and easy! Here are the rules:
Pick up the nearest book.
Open to page 123.
Locate the fifth sentence.
Post the next three sentences on your blog and in so doing…
Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged me.
When I saw [...]
Posted May 20, 2008, 10:48 pm
Tags: books, buddha, dating, love, manslations, oh-my
11 Comments
May 17, 2008
Conference Synopsis:
Well, I wasn’t selected to pitch to the one agent I mentioned in my last post — she saw only a handful of people — but I DID get the opportunity to pitch to another agent this morning. Our ten minute session was done before I knew it, but I was fairly relaxed and [...]
Posted May 17, 2008, 5:48 pm
Tags: Joyce Carol Oates, my novel, networking, people who wear cat shirts, writer's conference, writing
14 Comments
May 14, 2008
This morning I had my photo taken (blech) in honor of my tenth year at my company. I can’t believe I’m still here; it just isn’t something I expected, since I had been averaging about 3 years with my previous employers. When I think about it, a lot has happened in this time:
worked in 3 [...]
Posted May 14, 2008, 10:21 am
Tags: deep thoughts, perspective, working moms
9 Comments
May 10, 2008
Forget all that sappy stuff I wrote in my earlier post about Mother’s Day.
Holy mother of madness.
That’s all I can say about this one.
Pregnant for more than 11 of her 41 years? Does she just burp and they fall out? Would it have been so bad to pick a different letter for each of the [...]
Posted May 10, 2008, 9:28 pm
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May 10, 2008
In case you haven’t seen or heard the zillions of jewelry, flower, and card commercials, tomorrow is Mother’s Day. I love being a mom… but to be honest, Mother’s Day has traditionally been a bit bittersweet for me. In fact, my first Mother’s Day after my divorce was the hardest holiday to get through in [...]
Posted May 10, 2008, 12:31 pm
Tags: community, defining motherhood, gratitude, it takes a village, Mother's Day, motion, perspective
6 Comments
May 7, 2008
Like most days, I was listening to my iPod in the car on the way into work. (Through the car speakers, people, the speakers!) I was tired and a tad cranky from being up late working on a few projects, and then getting up early to do more work. Apparently the little computer chip in [...]
Posted May 7, 2008, 10:41 pm
Tags: blues, happy songs, iPod, music, reverse psychology, sense of humor
8 Comments