There was an article in today’s paper about this guy who counsels high school students about which college to go to and how to get into the college of one’s choice. I’ve often thought, off-handedly and with no intention of follow-through, that that would be a scam that I would be good at, so I [...]
Archive for November, 2004
Making out
Posted in Uncategorized on 28 November 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Lah de dah, lah de dah
Posted in Uncategorized on 25 November 2004 | Leave a Comment »
When we lived in New York, we always joined Matt’s family for holiday celebrations, which was pretty great as far as I was concerned. His mother and step-dad are both funny, intelligent, interesting people who travel a lot, collect quirky art, cook terrific and abundant meals, and stock cases of excellent red wine in the [...]
The things that I used to do
Posted in Uncategorized on 21 November 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Events conspire. This last week has been one of those times when subliminal messages lurk around every corner, in every billboard, every NPR program, even every MASH rerun. I’m continually flogged by hints that it might be for the best if I examine my daily life more closely, compare my habits with habits I used [...]
Baggage
Posted in Uncategorized on 17 November 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Now that our trip to the Netherlands looms on the very near horizon (two weeks), I’m officially beginning to panic about packing and logistics. Probably a good thing, since I tend to be very casual about traveling, packing little more than fresh underwear and a contact lens case. That works fine for domestic travel, but [...]
Recovered memory
Posted in Uncategorized on 12 November 2004 | Leave a Comment »
When I was about 7 years old, my family hosted a married couple from Tehran, Iran, in our home for a year.
Let me be clear: I had totally, entirely, black-out-style forgotten about this until last night, when I came across a picture of me, my brothers, my parents, and those two students in their early [...]
Yellow wallpaper
Posted in Uncategorized on 11 November 2004 | Leave a Comment »
First off: more passport drama.
We finally got our passports, only to discover that the Netherlands is one of those quirky countries that don’t accept passports if they have less than six months’ validity left to them, which will be true for mine on departure date… by 6 lousy days. Can you believe? So I had [...]
The jungle
Posted in Uncategorized on 6 November 2004 | Leave a Comment »
I woke up this morning drenched in sweat, and although the dream I was having was a good one, it wasn’t that great, if you know what I mean. Matt had already left for a big nasty Saturday full of meetings at work (somebody’s got to do it, I guess), so I stumbled out of [...]
After sunset
Posted in Uncategorized on 6 November 2004 | Leave a Comment »
The switch to/from Daylight Savings Time this past week has kind of thrown me for a loop this time around, probably because I’m going through a particularly virulent period of insomnia that has been keeping me up all night. As a freelancer, I can work whenever, so this hasn’t really gotten in the way of [...]
Travellin’ blues
Posted in Uncategorized on 1 November 2004 | Leave a Comment »
When I was a kid, we went on a lot of road trips as a family.
We’d pack up the Ford Camp-O-Van with our sleeping bags, crossword puzzles, and all our changes of clothes the night before departure. Then we kids would go to bed, and Mom and Dad would go do God Knows What all [...]
