Today’s my birthday. For whatever reason, I often struggle around my birthday. It triggers an annual depression, which boils down to feelings of: I haven’t done “enough.” Or “I’m not where I should be in life.” This year, those feelings are even more painful for me, because I’ve had some career bullshit that has been […]
unfiltered thoughts: reality tv in 2020 edition
Things I wonder: has reality tv ALWAYS been this god-awful? Or has my taste evolved*? * Evolution is relative, coming from someone who makes a sport out of watching and judging selected Housewives, as well as all Southern Charm and VPR bravolebrities and 90 Day Fiance… But either they’ve all unequivocally tanked in, er, “quality” […]
fully middle aged
Recently, as in last fall, I logged in to my son’s health care portal because my pediatrician wasn’t getting any records from a specialist. To say it’s my son’s health portal is silly, because he’s six. So I have to log in as me, and then navigate to him, as he is a child record […]
Autumn is…when, again?
Weird thing about living in PHX is that it remains so hot here well after summer that my brain gets real confused. I keep finding myself thinking things like “I’ll do that after Labor Day.” Like: I’ll start cleaning out the garage after Labor Day. Or I’ll start working on working on my yard again […]
monkey of the day: roller-skating chimp edition
I have just learned that Stanley Kubrick was a photojournalist before he was a filmmaker and oh, who gives a flying fudge. Just. look. at. this.