Monthly Archives: February 2014

A Couple of Things…

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1.  From my “Little Did They Know” file, I’ve lost over 150 pounds.  Of course they were the same 5-10 pounds over and over and over again, but still.

SRO Benefit
2.  You ever wake up in a cold sweat wondering what photos will surface on social media from the night before? Yeah, me neither.

3.  I have a friend who no matter what you state, will have a counter-perspective or a flat out disagreement.  Use to piss me off.   But since I started to expect it, it entertains me.  If the truth be known, I’ve learned a thing or two in the process.

4. I hate it when no spoiler alert is given.

Kevin Bacon and Sean Hayes5.  Just so you know, I have one degree of separation from Kevin Bacon.

K, so when I worked on Buzzine Magazine, one of our investors worked on Will and Grace (hence the one degree of separation since Bacon guest starred on W&G).  One day I arrived at the office to find the prop used on that particular episode in our office.  It was a life-size cardboard cut out of Kevin Bacon.  My partner Aaron, would fuck with me by moving it from time to time and I would arrive in my office, and BAM! There was Kevin Bacon.  Good times.

6.  I always try to do the surveys after I receive some sort of service, like staying at a hotel, or buying a car, or getting support from website hosting company.    I figure, I’m already on their email list and I do want them to provide better service or maintain it if its excellent.

7.  Did you see the photos of the deceased Puerto Rican boxer who was propped up in a fake boxing ring where his fans could walk up and have their photo taken with him?  I sincerely hope this does not start a whole new fad.  Freaked me out!! Don’t believe me?  Google it.

8.  One has to learn that there is always going to be someone who doesn’t like you.  Which leads to the question, HOW COME?!!!!

smoker9.  So grateful Sydney Rose quit smoking.

Yes, I use to smoke.  I gave it up the year before I wanted to get pregnant to rid a lot of the toxins out of my body.  I never went back.  That doesn’t mean the cravings went away altogether, and it doesn’t mean I don’t still have nightmares that I started smoking again, but I’m sure glad I don’t.  (I’m thinking I was around 24 in the pix)

eyes10.  So grateful I had Lasik eye surgery.

Yes, I use to wear contacts and before that funky eye glasses which I thought were fashionable for the day.  (I’m thinking I was around 21?)
I had the procedure done about ten years ago when not only couldn’t I see far away (since the 4th grade), but I could no longer see the small print either!  It was quite a miracle waking up the next morning and being able to see the clock across the room.

11.  From my favorite quotes file:  “Bless her heart” is the nice way to say “What a fucking lunatic” – Molly McNearney, writer for Jimmy Kimmel

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A Couple of Things…

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Ear Piercing1.  I mentioned last September when my Aunt pierced my first ear (I was around 10 years old) that I promptly passed out.  It’s been awhile since I’ve worn earring because my right ear had closed about a year or so ago.  I went to the mall this past weekend to get it re-pierced and reminisced about when Sydney Rose decided she wanted her ears pierced, I went to exact same kiosk. We had decided to leave it up to her on if and when she wanted to have holes run through her body.  She was brave.  She shed a tear or two, but she was a trooper.  And for the record, I didn’t pass out this time.

2.  I have a couple of friends who are on a couple of those dating sites.  I’ve wondered about what I would put to talk about myself.  What do you think?

“I like short walks on the beach, long deep conversations, all kinds of music, puppy dogs, kittens and basketball.   Oh! And a nice rib-eye steak from time to time.”

3.   Did you hear about the South Carolina woman who spent the night in jail for failing to return a VHS tape she rented nine years ago?   She was released after appearing before a judge.  She rented Monster-in-law 9 years ago!  She went to the sheriff’s to file an unrelated report and her name came up red-tagged for an outstanding arrest warrant.

Note to self:  Avoid Pickens County, South Carolina.

4.  As I get older I have come to the realization that there is such a thing as too small a font.

5.  When did eating off a food truck become the thing to do?

6.  I’ve been bowling again since Mr. Mimiaga has decided to master the sport.  We’ve been going the past couple of Friday nights before I head out for music. I use to play in a league when I was in radio.  My average was around 130.  Still is.  I guess it’s like riding a bike.

7.  I’m back to trying to wear dresses at least once a week.  On my way into work one morning recently, my boss remarked, “You have sock lines.”  I KNOW!!!   I’m in the sun everyday for a half hour shooting hoops.  What I don’t have time for is sunbathing to even up the tan lines on my ankles!  It’s my personal version of a farmer’s tan.

man-baby8.  I hate it when someone Photoshops the head of an adult and places it on the body of a baby (or vice versa).  Creeps me out!!  And no, Jeff Hereford, you’re not the only one.

9.  Love this advice:  He’ll never change.  Let him go.

10.  There are certain people when you share exciting news, will always point out a fault in it or a downside.  I try not to spend a lot of time with them.

11.  I’m thinking of taking swing dance lessons.

12.  This pun is for Sydney Rose:  “Becoming a vegetarian is a huge missed steak.”
HAHAHA!!!

13.  From my favorite quotes file:  “Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music – the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.”  – Henry Miller

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Smile Because it Happened

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I’ve always loved the quote from Dr. Seuss, “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”  It reminds me that we have the ability to see things in different perspectives.  Those who forget they have that ability are typically unhappy people, or their comfort zone is at “victim”.

I think back on all my relationships and there isn’t one that I would like to forget.  Okay, I lied.  There is that one, but seriously, he is bat ass crazy and that was a really bad choice on my behalf.

See what I did there?  I took responsibility for a bad choice.  And now, I smile at it.

Anyways…relationships are a funny thing.  In the past I would get insecure because a guy didn’t like me.  I would dwell on that fact, and pay no attention to the guys who had expressed interest in me. AND THEN of course, I have to take a look at the guys I had to tell that I didn’t feel that way about them.  It’s NEVER easy.  Egos can be fragile.

The truth is, I love men.  I love friendships.  I love hugs.

And if I were being brutally honest, I miss being married and believing that person will always be there for me.  I miss the shared laughter, the shared trials and tribulations of life, I miss sharing a life together.

One of my favorite stories about my ex-husband revolves around another famous quote you hear all the time:
We were seriously stressed out about time.  I was working in radio (you can not be late to be on-the-air), he was working his full time job and Sydney Rose was about six months old. Even though we both worked here in Ventura, we would commute over 20 miles each way to take her to stay with her Grandma because we knew she had a vested interest in seeing Sydney was well taken care of and happy.  I was also nursing Sydney at the time so I had to express my milk (yeah, kind of graphic, but get over it).  So we’re running around in the morning trying to get out of the house when I went to hand my husband the bottle of expressed mother’s milk and it dropped spilling all over the kitchen floor.

Time seemed to stand still until he said completely deadpanned, “There’s no use crying over spilled milk.”

There was no doubt about it, he had a great sense of humor.  We remained married for another eight years and had some great times raising Sydney, but it wasn’t working for him and he left.

With distance comes clarity and while I miss those things I mentioned about being married, I don’t miss him.

But I do smile because it happened.

A Couple of Things…

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CCHR Dinner1a.  We had the best time at the black-tie event on Saturday at the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. My date was beautiful, the food delicious, and the topic inspired us to do more to help clean up the mental health field as it was the annual Citizens Commission on Human Rights awards banquet.

CCHR of Ventura

CCHR of Ventura, Me, Mrs. Vest, Amy and Carol

1b.  I’ve been working with Carol, Amy and Mrs. Vest (who recently replaced Sydney when she moved) on our local chapter of CCHR for many years.  CCHR (Citizens Commission on Human Rights) is an international mental health watchdog and human rights organization. It is a non-religious, non-political, non-profit organization and works alongside hundreds of CCHR Commissioners (advisors) including doctors, psychologists, educators, health care experts, human and civil rights activists, artists and others dedicating to reforming the field of mental health and is responsible for helping enact more than 150 laws internationally that protect individuals from abusive or coercive practices committed under the guise of mental health.


1c.  I sent Sydney Rose a “selfie” I took in the In-N-Out drive-thru line after I had my hair and make up done.  Her response, “Aw ma!  You’re all grown up!”

1d.  Did you see the back of my dress.  Sexy Momma.

Different2.  That awkward moment in high school when you’re out partying with your best buds and you all pile into your friend’s car and she can’t start the car because she is laughing so hard but finally stammers out, “This isn’t my car!”

3.   There is a blog out there called “Confessions of a Funeral Director”.  It caught my attention because my mother use to work at Rose Hills Mortuary, and well she had odd stories about the joint.  This particular posting was called Ten Things About Embalming  (replacing blood with embalming fluid).  A couple of interesting points:

  • It guarantees you won’t be buried alive.
  • It helps make the symbol of death look pretty.
  • Embalming fluid is not environmentally friendly.
  • It is rarely required.
  • Embalming fluid shouldn’t be smoked.

Really?  Who would try to smoke embalming fluid?  Baffles the mind.
Me? Cremation all the way.   I don’t want my dead body on display.

french fries4.  Sydney Rose insists eating cold french fries is the same as eating cold popcorn.  I ask, could she be more wrong???

5.  I like to share my motto from time to time:   “Work Hard – Play Harder”

6. From my favorite quotes file:  “Life is tough, but it’s tougher if you’re stupid.” – John Wayne
The Sands of Iwo Jima

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