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June 13, 2006
you are a child of the universe
If it was later in the season I'd say it was "muggy" out, but I can't bring myself to say that just yet because it's only June 13. I am sipping a martini, which tastes good but really, really strong, even though it's mostly ice. It's late in the afternoon and in about a half-hour I'm going to go out and walk three miles with some friends of mine. I don't suppose vodka and vermouth are the best things to drink in preparation for physical exercise, are they?
Today at lunch I walked to Nooshi Sushi and got a dragon roll and on the spur of the moment a box of fortune cookies (six). Once I started eating them I couldn't bring myself to stop and finished the box. These were my fortunes, though I use the term loosely:
1. You will sleep well at night.
2. Your life will be happy and peaceful.
3. Your talents will be recognized and suitably rewarded.
4. Your family is young, gifted and attractive.
5. You and your wife will be happy in your life together.
6. Pray for what you want, but work for what you need.
Uh huh.
Number six is a cheat.
Number 5 ... well, automatically discounted.
Number 4 made me laugh out loud.
Number 3 ... hello, I'm an editor--everybody hates me, is that my reward?
Number 2 is my dearest wish, consciously. My unconscious must have other ideas.
Number 1 ... the least interesting, but true. I sleep well at night. Except for Bob meowing at me and biting my face, and Herself getting into bed with me in the middle of the night, and the sheets wrapping themselves around me and making me sweaty, and the birds starting to sing at three-thirty a.m.
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June 10, 2006
even if I'm just dancing in the dark
It's a beautiful, sunny, breezy, late spring Saturday morning and the windows are open and the door to the deck as well, and the cats are running back and forth chasing something--a fly or a bee, I guess--around the livingroom. They run to the front door and stop and their heads move in unison, watching the flight pattern of their prey. Spike leaps straight up, paws out, and brings it down. What a pro. He picks up whatever it is in his mouth and carries it off; I expect I'll find unattached wings or legs later on today.
My friend C. is moving into her new home this weekend. Actually I know a lot of people who have bought houses or who are looking to buy houses, or land, or who are redecorating or renovating the homes they live in. At the Girl Scout picnic on Tuesday I overheard a conversation about knocking down a livingroom wall. It's spring and people want something different. Knowing so many people in transit makes me restless. I think about painting and changing rooms around, I think about a new house, I think about a new job. My sister and my brother-in-law ask me when I'm moving back to Connecticut.
Lately every morning I wake up angry. Anger gets me out of bed in the morning, and then after my dose of Cymbalta it simmers down and translates into a general feeling of agitation, which translates as the day goes on into something else I can't name yet. I feel like my life has been in stasis for a long time, well before The Husband moved out, and now even the most reluctant part of me wants action. DO something, do something, do something. Just do it. But what is it?
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June 06, 2006
the lazy man's blog
Participate with me on this. It's actually quite interesting. I only sent this to folks whose answers are bound to be clever and interesting. This is what you are supposed to do, and try not to be LAME and spoil the fun! Just give in and do it. Copy, not forward, this entire e-mail and paste it into new email. Change all the answers so that they apply to you then send this to a whole bunch of people you know *including* the person who sent it to you. Put your name in the subject. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little known facts about your friends. It is fun and easy 50 questions to answer. Try it; this can be fun and interesting.
1. FIRST NAME? Judy
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? My middle name after my grandmothers
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Saturday
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yes.
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? Ham.
6. KIDS? Two, feels like twenty.
7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yes!
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Online blog.
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Just enough.
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yep.
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? NO.
12. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Granola.
13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? If they’re hi-tops!
14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Physically: Maybe … Emotionally: When necessary
15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Coffee
16. SHOE SIZE? 7.5
17. RED OR PINK? Pink
18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOU? I’m easily distracted.
19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? The me who had faith. The me who believed in love. The me who thought everything would turn out okay. The me who thought I was special, and lucky. The me who didn't know better.
20. WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU?
21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? None!
22. LAST THING YOU ATE? Hummus.
23. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? My cats chase each other around the livingroom.
24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Blue
25. FAVORITE SMELL? Cinnamon and ginger
26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? My daughter
27. WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? Their eyes
28. YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? I love the person who sent this to me
29. FAVORITE DRINK? Vodka martini
30. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SPORT? Ewww, sports?
31. HAIR COLOR? Brown. More or less.
32. EYE COLOR? Green
33. WEAR CONTACTS? No
34. FAVORITE FOOD? Tuna, raw and thinly sliced
35. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Scary
36. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Pride and Prejudice
37. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Wrong again!
38. SUMMER OR WINTER? SUMMER
39. HUGS OR KISSES? Please stay out of my personal space
40. FAVORITE DESSERT? Pie with ice cream
41. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? … good question!
42. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? C
43. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? 13 Steps Down (by Ruth Rendell)
44. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? My company's logo
45. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? Six Feet Under, on dvd
46. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Laughter, music
47. ROLLING STONE OR BEATLES? Beatles
48. THE FURTHEST YOU BEEN FROM HOME? Hawaii
49. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Consistently choosing the wrong husband.
50. WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Ft. Meade, MD; 8 a.m., October 15, 1955
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