I sing the body electric

Sometimes, when the writing life gets a little too isolating and I start channeling Jack Nicholson in “The Shining”, I seek out others of my tribe. So, I’ve been having writing dates with the fabulous, funny, and very cool Rachel “Don’t...

I got over myself

Two posts in one day? What are the other signs of an impending apocalypse? Okay, folks, I’ve officially climbed down off the ledge. Um, yeah, so after my big freakout, I ate some veggie dumplings, bought some mascara at Sephora, reminded myself that I was not a...

Oh the horror, the horror

I don’t know if anyone read Naomi Wolf’s article this past weekend in the NYTBR, but here’s the quick recap. It was basically talking about Gossip Girls and The Clique, et al, and bemoaning the fact that girls were reading these series that were...

Note to Winter: Please Go

Quote of the Day: “I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.” -Joan Didion Exactly. But then, that’s why she’s Joan Didion, folks. I’m...

I’m not dead yet

Yikes. Where to begin? Yeah, I know it’s been two months since my last update. Let’s just say, it wasn’t all my fault. It all started when some moron from Verizon was doing work in my building, came upon my phone lines on the roof or wherever phone...

Viva Las 2006

It’s about 7:30 in the morning on January 2nd. I’ve gone for the I’ve-Got-Good-Intentions-in-the-New Year-Early Morning Run. (This is necessary as I spent the entire month of December eating as if the warden was coming to walk me to the chair....