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I’m sick again. Yippee! I’m completely allergic to my life right now. Things need to change…pronto… So here are a list of things that make me happy: ActingTeachingWriting These are the things that I love doing. This is why I got my MFA and MLitt in Shakespeare in Performance because I got to study acting,Continue reading “How to Make Money and Be Happy”

So one of my resolutions is to blog more. Mwa ha ha! Today is one of those days where it’s 9 degrees outside and I can feel myself on the verge of illness. As I walked into the cold air last night after the New Years Festivities, I was overwhelmed as the cold air hitContinue reading “My Red Tent”

My New Years Resolutions: 1) Be happy. I want to find more moments to just be where I’m at and enjoy the present moment. I want to discover all the reasons why RIGHT NOW is wonderful. I want to enjoy the moonlight glow on glittering snow, watch the ducks run towards me as I spreadContinue reading “My Resolutions!”

HAPPY NEW YEARS! HAPPY 1-1-11 HAPPY DAY! Yesterday was perfect. I went and saw The King’s Speech with my little brother. We had planned on seeing it for months. It was worth the wait. It was wonderful, touching, inspiring… It was swell! In the morning, I did my budget, trying to figure out if IContinue reading “New Years Eve Happiness”

I’m having a little pity me moment right now. Little insidious thoughts of what might have been are creeping in at me. Needling questions about what I should have done differently, how I might have changed, or things I could have said, or better yet–not said–creep in at my heart and weigh it down tonight.Continue reading “Christmas Gratitude”

This song pretty much says it all… I just really need to know that everything will be all right, even if I completely fail at everything. “That I Would Be Good” that I would be good even if I did nothingthat I would be good even if I got the thumbs downthat I would beContinue reading “Good”

So… I cried at work today. I work as a customer service agent. I like the phone part of my job. It is complicated and interesting and I’ve learned a lot during training. BUT… I’m in on the job training, and my lead coach is a 24 year old numbskull. Last week, I was lateContinue reading “Tears Tears Tears”

I think the American Dream is dead. And I believe this is a good thing. I believe that my generation–the generation that entered their 30s at the time of the biggest housing crash we’ve ever seen–has a new dream. Remember the Truman Show? All about the dream of living in a perfect house, having aContinue reading “Ding Dong the Dream is Dead”

Sunshine came to visit me while snow fell on the rest of the world. I can’t even tell you how much I love this girl. We have been the best of friends eversince we were 14 years old, eating green sherbet ice cream, mooning over Robert Downey, Jr. as he seduced Cybil Shepherd in “ChancesContinue reading “Sunshine!”

This is the first year I’ve been with family in ages on Thanksgiving. I’ve had a wonderful time either having huge feasts, or enjoying a beautiful laid back day with friends. I was trying to figure out what Bri and I did last year–since she and I have spent the holiday together for the pastContinue reading “Thanksgiving Week”