I realize I need to write more if I ever want to make this blog anything other than my “other” journal. And having learned that another blog I follow has an ad that is worth $20,000…maybe I should be paying attention to this more. But here’s the thing…I don’t have a niche – I don’t […]
I woke up in a weird mood. In that kinda mood that has no explanation, no evidence other than my own self-loathing. I sat in bed for a good hour (I know, woe is me) contemplating whether I wanted to be a productive member of society and start my to-do list, or chalk it up […]
A Portrait of the ever changing media landscape The ever changing media landscape has reared its ugly head once again. The Chicago Sun-Times laid off its ENTIRE photography dept. Those photos that can capture a feeling…tell the story in an instant…leave us breathless and speechless without so much as a caption or byline….gone. Wiped out […]
Another day, another commute. I’ve actually missed you, train. Getting to a train early has proven a clever experiment in human behavior, namely the first true day of glorious weather only Chicagoians know how to enjoy…that first crack at humidity, that first bead of actual sweat from walking outside…as you glance around, you see quite […]
A 24-year old girl was killed today at an intersection near my work…one that I have crossed over…one that I have many a times sped through. Don’t know the circumstances of it all, all I know is a 24-year old woke up this morning, and by 9am, she was dead. With this last week being […]
(and PS – none of these have to do with my mood, I just like them!)
I may or may not have met Roger Ebert exactly once in my life…I think I was in my tweens, when my Mom was working on Siskel & Ebert, and I may or may not have sat in one of his iconic theatre chairs. I may or may not have produced a promo for the […]
thinking about getting another tattoo…because it seems that unless it is permanently on my body somewhere, I forget how to calm the f* down!! I really like the small tats that are on the wrists, and I’ve wanted ‘ksirah’ or ‘just breathe’ on my wrists forever (maybe if they are permanent, it will finally stick!!! […]
Unplugging from this matrix we call life is pretty hard, especially for this hard-wired gal. Having just spent the better part of my stay-cation catching up on season 1 of Game of Thrones (curses, #watchathon!) among other DVR classics, it came to no surprise that with all the distraction of our plugged-in society, I haven’t […]
I am not a happy person. Let’s rephrase that before people start worrying or judging… I am not an innately sunshine-y, Pollyanna, everything-will-work-itself-out-so-why-worry type of person. I am a “Let’s plan for the worst case scenario so when it inherently doesn’t happen even though I have run myself into the ground, at least I was […]