the joys [and woes] of life as a writer, a journalist even, is that precarious line between living the life and describing it as you see.
let me explain. …
sometimes, life comes as a whirlwind and between the stress of the day to day and the responsibilities, you live it up. forget everything else and within [...]
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living it up–living up to it
Posted in everyday, words, tagged balance, journaling, journalists, life, writing on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Las Vegas and killer heels
Posted in everyday, tagged high heels, Las Vegas, sin City on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“i fell on boobie cards!” wailed a girl with mascara running down her face and bloodied knees. she carried her spiked heels in one hand while the other tried to wipe her face.
it was 3 in the morning and we were walking along Las Vegas Boulevard and taking in the sights.
one after the other, we [...]
shitkickers and a bob
Posted in everyday, fashion, words, tagged bobs, cowboy boots, new year, resolutions, shitkickers on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
i’ve been MIA for a while. i could say i have been busy, that i’ve been on an important assignment or that life just caught up to me. i could say that i grew bored, lethargic or even felt i was done with it. but it doesn’t matter. i’m here now. again. and for a [...]
bum-rushed
Posted in everyday, words, tagged conversation, craft, guilt, sadness, stagnant, writing on October 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
it’s hard sometimes to live with yourself when your craft lays in stagnant waters. that passion inside of you, that hunger for life…
i used to read three books a week, revel in language and discovering a new word. i use to pour my heart out in words on the screen of my ibook, the [...]
sun; burn
Posted in everyday, tagged california, heat, hot, summer, sun, sweat, tolerance on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
you can always take layers off but when you’re in essentially your unmentionables, then what?
i hate summer. and now that i’ve said that, i am bracing myself because of the gasps. i know, i know. i live in California where the weather is warm and always sunny. boo hoo. poor you. but to tell you [...]
the girl with the sun in her eyes
Posted in everyday, tagged dreams, friends, missing on August 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
–i sat there, outside under the navy sky and leaned my head against his shoulder. he kissed the top of my head and sat there, quietly with me, breathing the night in…
i had a dream last night where the man next to me was actually a reporter from work. strange, i thought. but then, after [...]
apocalypto
Posted in everyday, tagged Durango, Merida, mexico, spanish, summer trips, Yucatan, Zacatecas on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
this is not the mexico i left behind. …
after 14 years, i took a trip back to the motherland. i say this tongue and cheek, since i wasn’t born in mexico and the memories that i do have of it are bittersweet.
every summer growing up until about the 8th grade, my family would take a [...]
post-op
Posted in everyday, tagged equinox, hyperparathyroidism, last meal, surgery, taco bell, tumor on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
so, i’m going to start this entry a little as-backwards. i had intended on writing part of this before my surgery on march 20, but i was exhausted and didn’t think it a good idea to ask my surgeon for a few before i went under to finish my blog. i apologize for the length.
so [...]
