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when I grow up
Wackery and simple pleasures. Here I share things that won't leave the brain. A struggling, first time mother to a kooky toddler, an aspiring bad ass kitchen queen, a closet art teacher, an oft times sardonic wife and an over thinker struggling wit

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be more smarter
2008-02-03 05:01:00
just do this. 'cause making the world less dumber one grain at a time is a gud idear. http://www.freerice.com/

go double on the "huh-?"
2008-01-31 03:11:00
it has come to my attention lately that i have a bit of trouble conveying myself properly…and not in person really, but through the written word. well, i'm not sure that i can do it in person either, now that i think about it. i have decided (years ago) this is because i have found myself geographically challenged. this "huh?-" i get in response to, oh- a good 45% of what i say or do (or type)
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your blogger side bar is the new magic 8 ball....
2008-01-30 04:43:00
i'm just sayin' the jig is up. destiny revealed. and since those things change out from time to time, i'll give it to you fresh...it has pretty much been sealed that i will become a wrinkled, old, single-parent, crazy cat lady, cruise ship whore. awesome. anyone got a smoke?
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HERE LIES DICHOTOMY
2008-01-30 00:11:00
anyone here who knows me (hee! who am i kiddin'? anyone here who doesn't?) *ahem* as i was saying, anyone here who knows me knows that the above title of this blog is a very tiresome, inside joke...only, it's an inside-out joke...hence, -well, you either get it now or you don't... so, my tombstone shall read: "Here Lies Dichotomy." and yes, i plan to be cremated. i think to myself that

short luft
2008-01-26 05:14:00
it was dark and i couldn't see well...i could hear voices, so i got out of bed and went down a few stairs. there was a baby crying, my mother's agitated whisper and what looked like an army and sofa beds. it became clear that my mother's trip to help my sister through a difficult time wound up with my sister and her two children at her house. apparently, i was there too...my mother had not
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WELCOME TO CUTIEVILLE!!!!!
2008-01-04 03:45:00
because i am so bored i'm gonna get a computer virus...

when all your words have been spent...
2008-01-03 03:47:00
bummer bout this....
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boy with a thorn in his side...
2007-11-07 02:57:00
it was a beautiful night. the last night before the big freeze...we parked close to the venue and walked through the downtown park to the restaurant. the sky was clear and in our humble, tiny neck of the woods, we strolled in the center of skyscrapers. upon walking back, the frenzy was on...the sidewalk was littered with what looked like small paper snowflakes...the ladies were all business
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My loony bun is fine....
2007-10-19 00:26:00
Thanks to Ms. Mom, I cannot stop singing this song. Oh ma gawd i think it's funny! I have sent it to a billion people! (if this showed up in your email account, i did it...) I have turned into a spammer over night! Thanks Claudia!
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ok, so i didn't die...
2007-10-16 17:13:00
but somewhere between then and here i have felt like doing so a few times. couldn't post it. won't post it. not here. I cashed in all my karma coins recently. Every single one of them. I was really getting antsy about it all as I have tried to live my life as kind as possible. I have lived my life in many, many ways with others comfort and well being in mind. This has been at my expense and,

i almost died today
2007-09-15 04:43:00
seriously. it was a horrendous trek to work. the freeway just came to an abrupt stop. somebody's child was badly injured. i knew this because after the countless police cars to pass, the many ambulances too...one stuck out so horribly. it was a child's hospital ambulance. it was rushing to the scene. i couldn't stand to see it. my mind raced. did my mother go to the farmers market after
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Pirates and lost sleep...
2007-09-08 03:54:00
i can't sleep. i don't know what to write about because all the things i want to write about will take even more sleep away...i woke up with a sore throat, ear ache and a fucked up eye (all on the left side.) i dunno about you, but this is NOT common round these parts...as a matter of fact, i NEVER can remember something of this nature occurring before. so, i write this like a pirate.
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Let Me Explain Myself...
2007-09-07 07:26:00
It was my last apartment in Los Angeles. I didn’t know it then, but life was about to change forever. The chapters had all been written…and I was clueless to this fact. This new apartment was beautiful. I can say that I had a very good eye for such things. My choices were always amazing…and within my price range; which was an incredible gift considering I lived without roommates. Before all

You Will Be Missed....
2007-09-06 10:41:00
It's a sad day for me, millions of others, and music....I can't say a thing...I will let him do it.... and a song that will make me cry to my dying day...

U SUCK!
2007-09-05 07:33:00
oh yes, you do.
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I CAN'T HELP IT!
2007-08-31 04:01:00
I LOVE LOVE!!! The changes*, the phrasing*, the memories* it brings me.... *sigh* Super-duper-high-lights: *changes: YOU SET THE SCENE(2:22 - 4:56....my big, eyed, little, girl, innocent love...believe me, i am not this nice) *phrasing: MAYBE THE PEOPLE WOULD BE THE TIMES OR BETWEEN CLARK AND HILLDALE (hey, it's 1967 here...it was clever!...and how about the vocal/trumpet duet...aw yea.....i

Don't Look Inside, DON'T DO IT!...
2007-08-30 21:12:00
It has been a minute since I have posted...I'd like to say it was because I was busy traveling or working on my book or saving chimpanzees in Tanzania, but not this week. I have instead been really deep in some serious shit. The deep meaning contemplative, shit meaning life. It ain't always so. First and foremost I've got to share something really cool. Pandora.com. Yea, yea, you know all
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BONUS POST
2007-08-23 20:29:00
My new favorite read: Claudia. Sooo funny! More to follow...something about the ginger chocolate bundt cake that is cooling at this very minute...um, yum..how do i do it? *wink*
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Stupid 8 Ball
2007-08-23 06:00:00
I asked the Magic 8 Ball on this blog a question. It was: "Will I ever be the person I want to be?" And it told me: "VERY DOUBTFUL." But as I scoffed I got all overwhelmed with some zen type feeling...and I truly understood the 8 ball to be correct. Will we ever? Think about that a moment. Anyway, ask it something...share with me. I wanna know...oh this is gonna be good...I can feel it.
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Old and Fat Ain't All That
2007-08-22 05:13:00
You don't even know how bad my stuff is hurtin' right now. It seems this is the only position in which it doesn't. But get me off this thing and away from my chair and oh boy... About two years ago I did something to myself that was odd and totally random and so crappy. I had been having this nagging pain in my neck and shoulders. I thought it was due to the fact that I was a brand new mom

EVERY LITTLE BIT
2007-08-20 19:47:00
I don't know if any of you care (all 3 of you,) but I am developing a bad ass food blog. It won't be ready for a good while now as I am going to debut it with a ton of content and a heavily established database, but while that is in the background works, I want to kinda try out some ideas here. After seeing one of my favorite people in the whole entire world yesterday, I got an idea for a serial blog post. I will do that here and see if it works, so if it is something you want to see more of, I NEED YOUR COMMENTS! Yes, please, this is for you, so you need to help me guide the info. I will post and tweak by letting your feedback be my guide, so don't be shy...you can post as a ghost...you don't need to let anyone know you read this...(all 2 of them.) So, here goes, the every little bit post.BREAD.So, bread. Yea, not the friend of carb killers, but it is a delicious and very inexpensive way to fill that broke ass belly. Not every person cares to actually make their bread, ...
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the unnamed narrator
2007-08-18 02:54:00
I like things that stick. Things like first loves and hard lessons. Things like a long forgotten smell and far away laughter?those things. I have more than most when it comes to the things that stick. Maybe I collect them recklessly so that I have a mountain of memories when I grow too old to make new ones. Maybe memories mirror my packrat instincts to be ?prepared.? Maybe the sticky goodness is really the only thing I find to be real. I never question them. They do not change?not with time, not with sorrow, not with anything. These special things will always be?special. Often I find myself floating away in a bubble of memory. I have odd ways of recalling the past. I see microscopically. I find my most vivid recollections are visual emotions?deep connections to layers that go mostly unseen by the rest of the world. Things like fingerprints on glass?or something falling away in slow motion?or the supple, soft, crescent skin that clings beneath the lips of a lover?these ...
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Crampin' In The USA
2007-08-17 04:22:00
i've been hating my uterus lately. here is something to do and i don't have to type another word.
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Let Them Eat...Soyloaf?
2007-08-14 18:54:00
This "poor" thing is really growing on me. Don't get me wrong now, if the lottery came my way and rolled all over me, hefty taxes and all...I'd not complain, but I am better at this "something outta nothing" thing than I had expected to be. I have made it my personal challenge to use up every little bit of every little thing. It has been a great go so far. For example: I make my own tofu...have for years, but this is the first time I used absolutely every single bit of it. The only thing I would do differently the next time is rinse. I thought if I used the water the beans soaked in to blend them would be a good idea...it wasn't...bitter-licious. The tot didn't seem to mind...but it was not the straight-up-lovin'-spoonful-of-goodness it has oft been. Anyway, the experiment went something like this: dried soybeans -> soymilk -> tofu -> soyloaf Soymilk to drink, tofu was enjoyed with curry and the by product of making tofu is called okara and it is very good for you.....

Calves Like A Norse God (aka Finding Your Ranch Toof.
2007-08-06 16:54:00
Ok, sorry for the long absence. It was my birthday week and well, I just didn't feel up to doing much more than I had too. I have been looking for inspiration as well. I have looked around for a bit and really couldn't find something that was substantial enough to hold a blog together...until...Saturday.It was a rare, and I mean RARE moment of work when I actually got some hang time with one of the greatest. We'll call him....Mickey. Mickey makes the time go by so fast you almost wish it hadn't. Anyway, on this day I learned that Mickey has "calves like a norse god!" I was very happy to hear this as I knew instantly I must share this knowledge with the world, but to my amazement it was true! These damn things are like watermelons streched with hairy canvas, like uncle Vinny's poly-blend turtleneck pulled over a VW bug, like a fuckin' human head trapped under bear skin....shi-dizzle! I was amazed. For surely these were the "calves of gods." All my dad's old Conan pa...
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Just when you think it's gonna be ok...you have ...
2007-07-30 02:04:00
Just when you think it's gonna be ok...you have a dream that freaks you out so bad you get shocked back down to a place of contained terror. Never mind what it is I think will be "ok," forget what grimace the words "contained terror" invoke...my dream was freakin' crazy.I have very vibrant dreams. I wonder what this means about a person. I have read that depending what stage of sleep you awake in, determines how much of the dream you retain. Ok, I'll buy that, but what makes a person dream so big?I remember this strange movie that would come on Cinemax when I was in junior high...I have always wished to have that contraption they made. I would put out the most fantastic and amazing mini-movies of my dreams. Some would be sad, some indescribably freeing, some so fucking scary that I am sure it means I'm gonna die or something, and some so odd it would give Alice and the rabbit a run for their money.Good stuff.This particular dream had some pretty heavy work related junk. St...
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These do NOT suit me!
2007-07-28 04:10:00
i am super tired right now. i don't have anything of substance to convey. well, i DO, but i am so sleepy that i rather just crawl into bed and watch futurama.i did however want to say a few things before i officially bid adieu to this day. I am in awe of people's capacity for kindness. I am baffled and stunned and I am so very thankful for souls out there that restore this wonder in me. I cannot even bring myself to go into detail, but a very unexpected thing happened to me today and I am really left quite speechless. Thank you.I really appreciate everyone and anyone willing to give this blog a real go. I am actually so curious to see what happens with this...I welcome comments like I welcome the pillow and I really look forward to getting them. I do want to know if there are any weird things that come to your mind and leave a wobbly question mark floating about....i have put out millions of those...let me know...we will find out weird stuff together.I haven't put out my C...
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Friends and the Art of the Play Date
2007-07-27 04:49:00
Something has happened.The last few days have been spent in the corners of my house. I have unpacked the last box. THE LAST BOX! I have never unpacked the last box. It is not to say that I have found my forever place, but since this past week was suppose to be my "vacation" I felt the need to save what little I could from the disaster that was promoted as leisure. Ah, bullocks.I have been thinking a lot about friends these past few days. How I have lost so many of them and how some of them have stayed around. I used to be a social sort of gal. I worked hard, I played harder and I have a ton of great memories due to it...I think...I might have forgotten a bit here and there. Anyway, getting hitched and popping out a little one has pretty much brought my social life to an undeniable screeching halt. I mean, smokin' tracks on the road halt. I mean, airbags broke the nose halt. I mean, well, you get the idea.I'm not a good "mommy" girlfriend. I won't meet up with random ...
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