Storm battered windows .
Sofa pulled close and tea nearby.
Sleep, nap, and reflect.
Grass for laying, dock for sitting,
sun for laying underneath.
For books and bugs,
water lapping at the sides.
This is all I ask.
So I have been at Stroger hospital recently.(3 times in the last 3 months)
Having some moles that have gotten uppity, removed. It took a referral from my clinic and an appointment with an intern to set up a surgery date, surgery , and stitches removal. a shit-ton of people for a little ol mole.
Needless to say I’ve gotten a pretty good feel of the workings of this place . The people are nice. I must be a bit of relief for them needing only a little care and not life necessary attention.
As I get older and continue to be uninsured, I wonder how I have been so lucky as to not need extensive medical care for anything? I mean minus the tooth of 2003.But even as I type this, I know that a real disaster could be lurking around my uninsured corner.
I am currently battling the attitude of my youth; the I- don’t- wear- a- helmet -brush- my- teeth- three- times- a- day- use- soap, without having to pay the price for that stupidity out my own pocket.
If only I wasn’t so stubborn. and well, stupid.
The heroine of my upcoming book with Gwynne Johnson. Get excited this is awesome.
The story and sets turned out great. I can’t wait to let you know where to find it in stores.
This year has been amazing.
I have done and seen so much. I can only hope that this is the beginning of a streak of awesome. There are no pictures to mark this occasion. As there are rarely pictures when something important happens. Just know that there was food and drink, many well wishes and of course music.
” Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out. “- Havel. I know that quote is a little ominous but i think that it is fitting for what I hope the following year will be like.
To new adventures.
After spending all day jumping around downtown as part of Earth Day with Redmoon by body hurts like no other. I crashed when I got home and woke up 20 years older.
take a look at the these pictures and it will give you an idea of what we were doing.
crazy, I know.
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!!!!
http://www.gapingvoid.com/
I was just starting to figure out this thing called my life and then all this shit happened! Will someone please answer me the following:
why now?
why obama?
is this the great depression part 2?
are we going to have to go to war again to save us again?
can we go to war without blowing each other to bits?
how am i going to get this stimulus check if everyone pays me as a contractor?
i’m not am i?
why dont I get my $400?
I deserve that dont I?
Why did you fire my father?
how are my parents going to survive this blow?
how will they pay their mortgage?
does this mean my siblings are finally going to get off their asses and get a job after years of free loading?
how will I get a real job after freelancing for the last 5 years?
arent you looking for work?
if I cant get a job, and I have no money, and I cant pay rent, what will happen to me then?
will my boyfriend kick me out of the apartment ?
how can I get free or should I say cheap dog health care?
should I really spend all that money on makeup ?
how come I owed the government money this year?
how come?
Ok. Don’t tell anyone but I don’t think I have a job next year.
I don’t think anyone has a job next year .
Since I have not been home for the holiday of Easter for going on 10 years now, and have for the most part stopped going to masses of any kind, on this the most holy of christian holidays, I have taken up Feaster.
Feaster is the holiday of eating and welcoming the thaw. Thaw is something that Chicagoans welcome unlike any other. Its that first day you don’t have to wear a scarf, hat, and gloves. Or better yet the sun is out for over an hour.
Feaster was started by my now Bostonian friend, Carrie Van Horn. It involves sitting around a table and eating food brought by others, dying eggs, and blowing up peeps.
Yes we blow up marshmallow peeps.
Deal with it.
They are best blown up by sticking toothpicks in their sides to see which one will stab the other first during the blowing up process. This year I forgot the peeps but since I live near a park added in a egg hunt.
Our hunt didn’t really look like this. Instead of little kids , there was just us, 6 hipsters (thats right i called us hipsters)and a dog. and instead of all those eggs and green grass there was mud and trash. Nevertheless we had fun. We saw some kids but decided we didn’t want to deal with them. I should say I decided I didn’t want to deal with them, everyone else in fact did. We lost one egg to a stray family who happened upon one. The other 28 were consumed by Tess when I left them on the table. The winner of the prize egg got a recipe book and everyone else got some street art.
None the less I declared Feaster a success. Feel free to copy and repeat next year.
Its because of moments like these:
-sitting in an airport terminal trapped with no food choices and $3 bottles of water.
-for mini breakdowns that happen when flights get fucked up because of weather. those breakdowns being mine and usually involving cussing.
-for early wake ups when there could have been leisurely mornings.
- not being able to smoke and drink in the same place.
- wanting to punch whoever thought this was a good idea. what do you ask was the idea? exactly.
Now you tell me…..
Who really goes to the gas station to make sure they have enough hair?
I mean even IF you have a weave, you really think that the local Citgo is the place you should be buying it?
Not this girl.
NOT this weave.
and i swear this explains so much.
I am a horrible speller.
I have a problem replacing words in sentences or leaving them out all together.
I often sound like an idiot when trying to express myself verbally.
I stutter.
I have fine reading skills though. I dont have any problems with comprehension.
Is it possible to get this later in life? or have it get worse as you age?
all i know is, from now on this is going to be my answer when everyone tells me my grammar is horrible and my spelling atrocious. “I’m dyslexic, leave me alone. “
how do you put twitter on this page?
I want you all to be able to see the witty and exciting things that I say but can not load the widget.
HELP!
There have been whole lot of these surveys going around for as long as the Internet has existed.
I’ve been sent this enough times to do it every once and a while. So excuse me while I divulge information your probably didn’t need to know anyway.
1. Every summer my brother and sisters would play school in our backyard. When I was home a couple of weeks ago I noticed that there was still a chalked up sign that read : The “C” kids club house.
2. I used to catwalk around the neighborhood, walking on the brick walls that connected all the houses, to take a look at other peoples homes.
3. I broke my tail bone when I was 12 or 13 and had two weekly doctor visits where they set it.
4. I went to Europe to travel and find myself and instead was miserable, lonely, and lost most of the time.
5. Nicknames: Dr. Spock, Stella, and Kanga.
6. The only thing the really frightens me is the first second of doing something I shouldn’t be doing.
7. I have almost no nail on my baby toenails.
8. I used to stay up late and watch Remington Steele re-runs.
9. When I was in 5th grade and they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I said, ” a mom”.
10. I have never owned a car.
11. I have only ever been in one accident, in someone elses car. That time I didn’t see a school bus full of children and made a left turn into them. Did I mention I was in front of a police station? I was in front of a police station. I took it to court and was later cleared of all charges. Cop never showed up.
12. I was for a brief second considering being a vet or marine biologist, until I realized how much math I would have to take.
13. see above.
14. seriously I dont have any more secrets.
15. I had a crush on my cousin’s cousin for a summer.
16. what do you mean that’s not good enough ?
17. I had my first kiss after watching a movie with a boy that tried to lick my face.
18. THAT was not too much information.
19. I like frozen m and m’s.
20. I once put olive oil in my hair to try and control it. I just ruined my shirt.
21. I don’t have anything else.
22. I told you it all last night while I was drinking.I wont repeat myself.
23. I cant answer that here because I am sure he reads this.
24. No I’m serious! I CAN’T ! It’s gross anyways.
25. Promise not to tell anyone? 3. It happened 3 times.
Congratulations on some impressive work in your first week in office!
The closing of the detention camps in Guantanamo are welcomed and past due. The year to execute is long for those that have been there years too many already though and not to mention has everyone talking about Bagram. You’ve had no problem getting everyone you wanted through on their cabinet postings . You still live the charmed life as the media darling, even if you aren’t ready quite yet to get a grilling every time you step out in front of the press. Your job as statesmen so far has been impressive, forgoing protocol on more then one occasion, and proving that you mean what you said in your campaign promises. So far.
I have just one question. Just what is your bailout going to do down the road?
How is your bailout of the education system on a national level really going to help the schools that need it most? The schools need a lot more than a pretty paint coat. They need a overhaul.
There is so much new spending its almost as if government is playing the role of the town millionaire, giving away her fortune so that the town can survive. Where will we be when the money dries up? What will happen when the Treasury needs a bailout?
Oh no you say, this will stimulate new growth !
This will led us out of the wilderness of economic peril!
I hope, for your sake, your right.
signed;
A. Citizen
PS. This is how Bush is remembered. Read it everytime you need a reminder.
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