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May 2005
Did you give them my journal?
Tuesday, 31 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Okay, I didn't stay away from Shaking Her Assets. The entire time I was reading it I kept wondering, "Did Ronnie give these women my journal?"My friend Ronnie went to college with the two authors, Robin and Renee, and got their book at re
Category: Dating Stuff
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I am now unemployed... sort of.
Tuesday, 31 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Technically, I'm not unemployed until Sunday. I have two days off and three comp days in the next five days. But in reality, yesterday was my last day working at Sweet Occasions. Whoa. I can't believe I resigned and I can't believe I don't ha
Category: Job Stuff
and tomorrow...
Tuesday, 31 May 2005 3:48 P GMT-06
Tomorrow I'll be temping. What happened to my month off? I don't want to seem like I've got no ambition, so I said yes, I'll come and file.I enjoyed being unemployed today. I slept in until nearly noon. Then I did some email, went to the Litt
Thanks Uptown Bikes
Friday, 27 May 2005 9:16 P GMT-06
Looks like the staff of Uptown Bikes (Leland and Broadway) might have made a biker out of me. I rode away this afternoon on my Schwinn Varsity. New seat, new handlebars, new wires and brakes. Most of the surface rust is long gone and I have a s
Trust the experts.
Thursday, 26 May 2005 6:08 P GMT-06
Hey bike guy, you are the expert. I trust you! Now get that 1960-something bike in order. $200 later, my Chicago Schwinn Varsity ten speed was on its way to a second life. I might have mentioned that a customer of mine gave me a bike he found
It isn't as bad as I thought.
Thursday, 26 May 2005 5:57 P GMT-06
Today I had my first session of gestalt therapy. (When you read gestalt therapy, please say it in a funny voice. I do everytime I say it and it makes it all funnier.)Her office is on the 29th floor of a building in the Gold Coast. Holy shit, wh
Everything gonna be okay
Thursday, 26 May 2005 5:48 P GMT-06
I had an interview with a placement agency this morning. "What am I going to do with you? Why is your resume two pages? I'm only talking to you, because she is such a dear friend."I like Kathy, she's honest. Really fucking honest an
VETO!
Wednesday, 25 May 2005 9:19 P GMT-06
That's it. Ronnie is off the list of people who can pick the movie. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.Come on. Boring. Boring. Boring. Okay, it didn't help that I was thinking, "Oh Fuck, I quit my job last night." and it also did
Fashion Disaster
Wednesday, 25 May 2005 8:54 P GMT-06
Okay... so... Tomorrow morning at 9AM, first interview in three years.Can I look professional with an UNTUCKED button down shirt? Should Iwear black shirt or white with quiet pink stripes? The gray pantslook good, unless I tuck in the shirt.If I
Do you have any skills?
Wednesday, 25 May 2005 8:16 P GMT-06
Today I said goodbye to a number of customers, letting them know that I'm making my transition out of retail."What's next?""I don't know.""Can you just work one hour on Sunday mornings so we can talk?"or"You're kidd
Job Search
Tuesday, 24 May 2005 5:38 P GMT-06
To anyone who thought, "How can a person who manages an ice cream parlor afford a mortgage?" The answer turns out to be, "oops, I can't."So I had to give notice at the shop yesterday and am now on the market.It has been a hard d
You're a little overweight for someone your age.
Monday, 23 May 2005 12:02 A GMT-06
What started out today as, "Let's go wander around Evanston and maybe see a movie," concluded in receiving a magnified reading from a healer in my friend's living room.We met a few friends for lunch, ate some wonderful Thai food, and then h
Beautiful Day
Sunday, 22 May 2005 1:23 P GMT-06
I met a good friend at Metropolis this morning for coffee and a chat. It was a wonderful latte--I'm convinced they have the best baristas in the city. The only other place that does it better is Torre Fazione at Washington and Wells in the loop.
A Jedi just went by on a bicycle
Friday, 20 May 2005 5:33 P GMT-06
Today at work, I looked out the front window and saw a jedi go by on a bicyle. Apparently that is how they travel in the city. No CTA for the Jedi, two wheels all the way.I am, however, going to join the madness and go see Revenge of the Sith.
Category: Condo Stuff
Anger
Wednesday, 18 May 2005 10:59 P GMT-06
I am in a door-slamming mood. Door slamming and holding back tears. A few things that I can't write about have made me so angry and I feel so betrayed.... If I'd made this damn thing anonymous, I would be ranting and ranting right now. But I
Stress
Wednesday, 18 May 2005 9:12 A GMT-06
I'd much rather be stressed about my non-existant love life or inability to lose weight than money and work. It is more fun to be worried about bad dates than a shrinking bank account and mortgage checks and com-ed and condo owners insurance and unp
Two books done.
Monday, 16 May 2005 8:31 P GMT-06
This morning, before my flight from Phoenix to Chicago, I bought In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weimer. She also wrote Good in Bed, one of the many accidentally jewish books I've bought in the hope to take a break from jewish texts. I'd been consider
I really should be sleeping.
Monday, 16 May 2005 1:01 A GMT-06
I should be sleeping, but I'm writing instead. I head back to Chicago in the morning after a brief, but wonderful weekend in Durango, Colorado. I was able to spend time with all of my close friends and eat all of my favorite foods. And for the
Category: Jewish Stuff
On my way to church
Sunday, 15 May 2005 9:43 A GMT-06
"What are you doing tomorrow?" I have to go to church. "Again?" Church, church, this time, Not temple.My friends have been a little shocked to see me running off to temple twice yesterday and that I have plans to go to churc
Oh. I'm also in New Mexico.
Thursday, 12 May 2005 10:27 P GMT-06
Yeah, the rabbi was on the flight from Chicago to Pheonix. Then I got on a Mesa flight into Farmington. This was the worst puddle jumper flight I've ever had. I forgot how small the planes are--every seat is an aisle and every seat is a window.
So this rabbi walks onto a plane.
Thursday, 12 May 2005 10:20 P GMT-06
I decide to be a good Hebrew student today and take my Hebrew books to study with on the plane--passing up the chance to learn 15 new ways to please my lover from Cosmo or Glamour. I had an aisle seat and started working in my new Hebrew workbook--
Category: Jewish Stuff
To take or not to take
Wednesday, 11 May 2005 8:22 P GMT-06
"Hello?" my friend Liane answered the phone."Will we be doing anything requiring a sexy blue silk tank top?""Sure why not, bring it."Decision made, I am taking the blue silk number that I got at Vive La Femme. I wore i
Do, then learn
Wednesday, 11 May 2005 2:53 P GMT-06
Here is an email conversation I had with my rabbi this morning. I've been struggling a little with feeling like I'm faking it as a jew. (Yes, I know, I'm not a jew yet...)Rabbi,I'm off to Colorado tomorrow morning, so I just wanted to touch base.
Category: Jewish Stuff
Bikini Wax
Tuesday, 10 May 2005 5:16 P GMT-06
"Are you going on vacation?" asked Nicole, my asthetician. "Um, yeah."Is it that obvious that I'm not a regular at the Spa for waxing below the belt? Oh, wait, I admited the only other time I'd had a bikini wax was over a year
Did Wendy McClure write MY memoirs?
Tuesday, 10 May 2005 5:09 P GMT-06
Today I dropped by the Book Cellar in Lincoln Square to see if anything caught my eye. One book did (Okay, three, but we'll only talk about the one.) Wendy McClure's I'm Not the New Me.I'm only on page 44, but so far the story has been so famil
Category: Weight Stuff
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