As you may know, I have spent most of my working life working with attorneys as a legal secretary and paralegal. Currently, I work (from home) as a legal word processor. I pretty much love my work, especially my current work. I get to type up stuff and make it pretty. Then it goes away…
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my “life” in the theater. When I was doing the Fischer Troupe back in Frankenmuth, Michigan, our director, Ron Kieft, once told me: “You have more talent than anyone I’ve ever met but you’ll never do anything because you have no ambition.” What could I say? He was…
Anyone remember my post about the big black spider with the white spot that took up residence in our kitchen sink – the one that turned out to be some kind of fucking jumping spider? Well, her BIG brother has taken up residency in our mailbox; and he is showing no signs of moving elsewhere.…
In my many (many) years on this earth, I have learned, as an almost always fat person, that blaming your fatness for your problems is not only not useful in any meaningful way, but is also often incorrect. Sometimes it’s just the same shit everyone deals with. Some problems are simply what everyone goes through,…
I couldn’t think of anything much to write about today, so I am going to share one of my favorite memories from living in Los Angeles. Before the advent of our current days of pornographic abundancy, Los Angeles was sprinkled with Pussycat (movie) Theaters. The most well known one was on Hollywood Boulevard, which only…
I woke up feeling lousy – and crabby. Very crabby. Crabby, even for me. I had cold-like symptoms the whole day before and while they seemed to have gone away, I did not feel rested and my stomach was upset and I just generally felt like shit. As a fat old lady will, from time…
When you don’t’ get a part – or I should say, when I don’t get a part – I tell myself that it’s okay because that means there’s something better coming. And it usually works out that way. As those who know me personally, I am not Little Merry Sunshine. I am not, at heart,…
Yeah. You can’t scare me, I work with lawyers. And in general, I have an abiding loathing for lawyers. Not the ones I work with (of course) – mostly; but just the general concept. Part of this, I believe, can be attributed to living in California. (California, I believe, is an old Spanish word meaning…
So far, in this long and varied life of mine, I have not suffered too much trouble with my knees. (Please, everyone reading this, knock on wood.) Kind of surprising, because bad knees run in my family – on my Dad’s side. Lucky for this fat old lady, I take after my Mom’s side of…
Yup. I had mononucleosis when I was a kid – 6th grade, I believe. No I did not get the kissing disease from smooching. That much I am sure of. How I caught this particular creeping crud remains a mystery. I wasn’t feeling well on a Friday – I had a sore throat. But since…
I have been intrigued by the recipes coming through my inbox for meals where you just throw everything on a cookie sheet, drizzle some olive oil over it and add spices, and toss it in the oven. Voila! Fabulous dinner. Easy-peazy! My kind of cooking! So I finally decided to take the plunge. I’ve been…
I was in the middle of a performance of Cabaret (playing Fraulein Schneider), when I suddenly realized something … The man playing Herr Schultz had on (old) age makeup. I did not have on age makeup. No one asked me to wear age makeup. Clearly, I no longer need age makeup. OMFG. When did…
