a wise friend of mine once told me that certain people were brought into your life to teach you about suffering. i think he might be right. but i also think there are people who come into your life to teach you about joy. and those are the people who call you up and leave [...]

just when i was feeling my down in the dumpiest. there was an impromptu gathering of the ladies and i just laughed so hard i think stuff came out of my nose. AND better than that, darlingjason has returned. wahoo!

there comes a time when no matter how snug you feel, no matter how soft the flannel is against your butt, no matter how content the cats seem to be over there on your side of the bed, when you just have to give up the ghost, get up, put on some pajamas, and make [...]

it’s been one of those days. i don’t know if it was the return to work or some weird cosmic alliance, but today, depsite my best efforts, i just could not fit in. it’s like my return to the human world of work and clothes that weren’t pajamas left me slightly askew. i was talking, [...]

with the webteam vacating my premises, i’m kind of suffering empty next syndrome. now, suddenly i’m surrounded by three grey, dull, empty cubes. it makes me a little sad.
so i keep asking everyone who walks by if they want to move over here. so far, nobody has taken me up on the offer. i [...]

pat just stopped by:
“so they’re all gone?” he asked, surveying the empty cubes where the webteam used to sit.
“yeah, i’m sad,” i said.
“but it will be quiet,” he said.
“i hate quiet!”
then he went on to talk about something else i can’t remember.
“oh, guess what?” i shouted.
“what?”
“robert’s teaching intermediate fiction this summer.”
then he made a weird [...]

it’s a sad day in jodiland, not only did i have to come back to work, they’ve moved webboy to another part of the building. woe is me.

Where Not to be When the Lights Go Out is about what heppens when the power goes out while you’re showering.

Having gorged myself on so much alone-time I was starting to go a little crazy, I decided to call my very favorite TTHM, and he wasn’t home. This of course, made me incredibly bratty and cranky, because I was really starting to bore myself to no end. So instead of having a temper tantrum and [...]

jodi: you know it’s awfully hard to type with you on my lap.
jaycie: haha, that’s funny.
jodi: so what are we gonna do today?
jaycie: i don’t know.
jodi: what do you want to do today?
jaycie: make crafts
max: eat lunch all day, that’d be funny.
jodi: what else should we talk about?
jaycie: i’m thinking.
max (who is using the typewriter): [...]

sometimes i get a little overwhelmed with the wonder of it all. there’s just so much potential that i’m completely in awe. it’s nights like this when the passion burns in my guts that i think ‘yes, i can do this. i can be a writer.’
i blame it on this evening. jodie and i went [...]

A Turn Off is about my missing a food-storage revolution and going for nearly a year without tv.

Next week is TV Turn Off Week. I’ve been semi-doing this for nearly a year. I say semi, because while I don’t watch TV (broadcast/cable TV) per se, I am a movie junkie and still watch anywhere from two to three DVDs a week.
I didn’t turn off the TV out of any moral or noble [...]

Winged Sandals is the coolest time wasting link i’ve seen on mefi in awhile. this is the cutest, most adorable, most educational way to waste time and learn greek mythology at the same time. i highly recommend the Orpheus and the Underworld story, then listen to the director’s cute with Hade’s voiceover. this is simply [...]

when i went to bed last night with bob dylan’s “tambourine man” ringing in my ears, i was feeling pretty low. i was sad and lonely, having spent entirely too much time by myself this week.
then i woke up this morning, with my brain singing “you come along it doesn’t really matter, i go [...]