My friend at Wannabe Hippie had this on her blog - so i thought I would be a copy cat!
So here is an little interview with my 3 1/2 year old. Please note that we did this right after dinner and she cleaned her plates so that she could see me do a happy dance.
1. What is something mommy always says to you?
"I love you”
2. What makes mommy happy?
I eat all my dinner.
3. What makes mommy sad?
If I don’t eat my dinner.
4. How does your mommy make you laugh?
By making funny faces
5. What did your mommy like to do when she was a child?
Play tap dance
6. How old is your mommy ?
16
7. How tall is your mommy ?
(using hand to measure, then confidently says) 5.
8. What is her favorite thing to watch on TV?
Me, actually. My favorite thing to watch a little mermaid.
9. What does your mommy do when you're not around?
Picks me up
10. If your mommy becomes famous, what will it be for?
Picking up her own child from school.
11. What is your mommy really good at?
Exercising and doing yoga
12. What is your mommy not very good at?
Doing very good tap dance
13. What does your mommy do for her job?
Goes to work…
14. What is your mommy 's favorite food?
chocolate
15. What makes you proud of your mommy?
Reading books and I can sit on your lap
16. If your mommy were a cartoon character, who would she be?
Elastagirl
17. What do you and your mommy do together?
We teach, I mean play and we bend.
18. How are you and your mommy the same?
By our hair long and that makes us a girl
19. How are you and your mommy different?
Your pants are too long and shirts too long
20. How do you know your mommy loves you?
By kissing me
21. What does your mommy like most about your daddy?
Marrying him
22. Where is your mommy 's favorite place to go?
To chocolate factory….
...She knows me pretty damn well.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
thanks jack kerouac
Belief and Technique for Modern Prose, a list of thirty "essentials."
1. Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for your own joy
2. Submissive to everything, open, listening
3. Try never get drunk outside your own house
4. Be in love with your life
5. Something that you feel will find its own form
6. Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind
7. Blow as deep as you want to blow
8. Write what you want bottomless from bottom of the mind
9. The unspeakable visions of the individual
10. No time for poetry but exactly what is
11. Visionary tics shivering in the chest
12. In tranced fixation dreaming upon object before you
13. Remove literary, grammatical and syntactical inhibition
14. Like Proust be an old teahead of time
15. Telling the true story of the world in interior monolog
16. The jewel center of interest is the eye within the eye
17. Write in recollection and amazement for yrself
18. Work from pithy middle eye out, swimming in language sea
19. Accept loss forever
20. Believe in the holy contour of life
21. Struggle to sketch the flow that already exists intact in mind
22. Don't think of words when you stop but to see picture better
23. Keep track of every day the date emblazoned in yr morning
24. No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge
25. Write for the world to read and see yr exact pictures of it
26. Bookmovie is the movie in words, the visual American form
27. In praise of Character in the Bleak inhuman Loneliness
28. Composing wild, undisciplined, pure, coming in from under, crazier the better
29. You're a Genius all the time
30. Writer-Director of Earthly movies Sponsored & Angeled in Heaven
1. Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for your own joy
2. Submissive to everything, open, listening
3. Try never get drunk outside your own house
4. Be in love with your life
5. Something that you feel will find its own form
6. Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind
7. Blow as deep as you want to blow
8. Write what you want bottomless from bottom of the mind
9. The unspeakable visions of the individual
10. No time for poetry but exactly what is
11. Visionary tics shivering in the chest
12. In tranced fixation dreaming upon object before you
13. Remove literary, grammatical and syntactical inhibition
14. Like Proust be an old teahead of time
15. Telling the true story of the world in interior monolog
16. The jewel center of interest is the eye within the eye
17. Write in recollection and amazement for yrself
18. Work from pithy middle eye out, swimming in language sea
19. Accept loss forever
20. Believe in the holy contour of life
21. Struggle to sketch the flow that already exists intact in mind
22. Don't think of words when you stop but to see picture better
23. Keep track of every day the date emblazoned in yr morning
24. No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge
25. Write for the world to read and see yr exact pictures of it
26. Bookmovie is the movie in words, the visual American form
27. In praise of Character in the Bleak inhuman Loneliness
28. Composing wild, undisciplined, pure, coming in from under, crazier the better
29. You're a Genius all the time
30. Writer-Director of Earthly movies Sponsored & Angeled in Heaven
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
the fates
So, i have been wondering what to do with my life. Seriously. With the recession - directing gigs have gone the way of the dodo.. I have spent the last month and 1/2 getting my website together (a new host and it will be done) and contacting everyone I know for work.
so - i have been putting it out there to the powers that be to show me the path...
Today I got an e-mail from the theatre that I am supposed to be directing for this fall... the rights to the play i am supposed to direct are not available - how about play __________. Well, __________ is a play I really cannot stomach. I find it dry, tedious and one of the reasons I hate theatre. Yep - one of those old staples that should remain in the community theatre circuit and NEVER go pro again... I almost burst into tears. Here is a gig that I know I have, because I am told the "slot" is mine. But a play I would rather not do...
So I drive to the theatre because my spouse is doing a show there and we're going to meet him for dinner.
On the drive I have an epiphany. Ive asked to be shown the path. And this is it -- gotta keep writing. Gotta get off my ass and write. The directing is just not going to cut it anymore...
I smile. i feel fine now.
I get there and my phone digs - got an e-mail. The AD says to forget it - the cast for __________ is too big. I e-mail him an idea for another play.
So - I needed to see the light. And because I accepted it - the fates are makign sure I don't go broke.
Thanks for that!
so - i have been putting it out there to the powers that be to show me the path...
Today I got an e-mail from the theatre that I am supposed to be directing for this fall... the rights to the play i am supposed to direct are not available - how about play __________. Well, __________ is a play I really cannot stomach. I find it dry, tedious and one of the reasons I hate theatre. Yep - one of those old staples that should remain in the community theatre circuit and NEVER go pro again... I almost burst into tears. Here is a gig that I know I have, because I am told the "slot" is mine. But a play I would rather not do...
So I drive to the theatre because my spouse is doing a show there and we're going to meet him for dinner.
On the drive I have an epiphany. Ive asked to be shown the path. And this is it -- gotta keep writing. Gotta get off my ass and write. The directing is just not going to cut it anymore...
I smile. i feel fine now.
I get there and my phone digs - got an e-mail. The AD says to forget it - the cast for __________ is too big. I e-mail him an idea for another play.
So - I needed to see the light. And because I accepted it - the fates are makign sure I don't go broke.
Thanks for that!
my visit to EDD
This is the first time in my life I have had to file unemployment.
So with my last Unemployment Check came a notice that I had to go to the EDD office for a meeting at 2pm today. Well, the husband is in tech in a different city and my baby sitters are all busy. Plus 2pm is the time all my Mom friends have to pick up their kids - so it is just oneof those impossible times...
So yesterday, I called and asked if I could be rescheduled. They said, "Oh just come in anytime tomorrow." GREAT!
I show up.
The women askes why I can't come at 2pm today. I said, childcare is an issue. She said, what if it was a job? I said, then I guess my husband would have to take her to work with him or I would have to pay someone to watch her. Well, she says, we need to know what you can make a job if it is offered to you. And I said, I was very responsible and called yesterday, spoke to someone in your office and was told I could "drop in" today. She said, well, they shouldn't have told you that. I said, well they did - do I know have to find a babysitter and come back at 2pm or what? She said, no.
She then made sure I filled everything in on Caljobs. Told me all the stuff I needed to know. Didn't really answer the questions I had, but that's okay. My big sister seems to know the the system really welll.
I chose not to mention that in my profession, you don't ever get called on the same day to go to a jobsite. I also chose not to mention that Caljobs is useless for me as employers in the arts don't use it...
ARG.
I start teaching in a couple weeks. Thank goodness.
So with my last Unemployment Check came a notice that I had to go to the EDD office for a meeting at 2pm today. Well, the husband is in tech in a different city and my baby sitters are all busy. Plus 2pm is the time all my Mom friends have to pick up their kids - so it is just oneof those impossible times...
So yesterday, I called and asked if I could be rescheduled. They said, "Oh just come in anytime tomorrow." GREAT!
I show up.
The women askes why I can't come at 2pm today. I said, childcare is an issue. She said, what if it was a job? I said, then I guess my husband would have to take her to work with him or I would have to pay someone to watch her. Well, she says, we need to know what you can make a job if it is offered to you. And I said, I was very responsible and called yesterday, spoke to someone in your office and was told I could "drop in" today. She said, well, they shouldn't have told you that. I said, well they did - do I know have to find a babysitter and come back at 2pm or what? She said, no.
She then made sure I filled everything in on Caljobs. Told me all the stuff I needed to know. Didn't really answer the questions I had, but that's okay. My big sister seems to know the the system really welll.
I chose not to mention that in my profession, you don't ever get called on the same day to go to a jobsite. I also chose not to mention that Caljobs is useless for me as employers in the arts don't use it...
ARG.
I start teaching in a couple weeks. Thank goodness.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Opening the Vault
I am teaching a class on Disney. Thus I have aquired numerous films to show in the class. The professor that orginiated the class lent me many. But I was shocked to see how many I had and then this weekend at my sisters - how many MORE they had.
Okay - so I own:
Every Pixar (save the sequls to To Story): Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, Toy Story, Wall-E, A Bugs Life, CArs, incredibles, Ratatouille
then:
Pinocchio
Little Mermaid
Jungle Book
Rescuers
Rescuers down under
Artisocats
Mary Poppins
Mulan
Tinkerbell
Meet the Robinsons
The Lion King (VHS)
Fantasia (VHS - now broken)
Alladin (VHS)
from the other prof I borrowed:
Silly Symphonies
Snow White
Alice in Wonderland
Davy Crockett
Bambi
Dumbo
treasure Island
Fasntasia
Fantastia 2000
from my big sister:
Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty (taken from the bed-room of my 17 year old niece)
from my little sister:
Littel Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Beauty and the Beast
Disney treasures: American Heros
Hercules
Peter Pan
20000 Leagues under the sea
The Black Cauldron
Teh Sword and the Stone
101 Dalmations
Pocahontas
Please note that my sisters DID have 80% of the same movies I do... plus they had many more films that I didn't borrow because I am not going to do them in my class - like Pirates,the 'Sing-Alongs" etc...
What does this mean?
And yes - the little child of mine saw the stacks of movies... Thank goodness she has school today and I have hidden them all... Although I did promise she could watch Cinderella....
Okay - so I own:
Every Pixar (save the sequls to To Story): Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, Toy Story, Wall-E, A Bugs Life, CArs, incredibles, Ratatouille
then:
Pinocchio
Little Mermaid
Jungle Book
Rescuers
Rescuers down under
Artisocats
Mary Poppins
Mulan
Tinkerbell
Meet the Robinsons
The Lion King (VHS)
Fantasia (VHS - now broken)
Alladin (VHS)
from the other prof I borrowed:
Silly Symphonies
Snow White
Alice in Wonderland
Davy Crockett
Bambi
Dumbo
treasure Island
Fasntasia
Fantastia 2000
from my big sister:
Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty (taken from the bed-room of my 17 year old niece)
from my little sister:
Littel Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Beauty and the Beast
Disney treasures: American Heros
Hercules
Peter Pan
20000 Leagues under the sea
The Black Cauldron
Teh Sword and the Stone
101 Dalmations
Pocahontas
Please note that my sisters DID have 80% of the same movies I do... plus they had many more films that I didn't borrow because I am not going to do them in my class - like Pirates,the 'Sing-Alongs" etc...
What does this mean?
And yes - the little child of mine saw the stacks of movies... Thank goodness she has school today and I have hidden them all... Although I did promise she could watch Cinderella....
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Credit Card nightmares
So, I have been getting these automated calls on my account. The account that I PAID OFF IN FULL last December. I have been checking my on-line banking every month because I don't know when the service fees are due and I detest late payments.
So, I call them and talk to this guy. He says, Oh yes, I'll stop the calls, but you have $15 in late fees. WHHAA? Replies I.
45 minutes later it is resolved.
Sometime in December, an establishment that I used my card was hacked - thus compromising all the cards. The Credit Card company cancelled my account and issued me a new card. And they didn't tell me.
Last week I received a new card in the mail. I called, and they told me what had happened. Okay. I'll destroy the old card.
Then the calls started.
So what is this late fee? Well, it appears that on Dec 19th (two days after I paid off my card) Amazon (yes, Amazon) charged my card for the Amazon Prime ( the 2 day shipping thing) and never sent me a notice saying they were going to do so -- nor did they charge it to my default (aka ATM) card. Nice.
So once they told me what the fee was, of course I said I would pay it. But as for the late fees, and all the other BS - the Credit Card company needed to take care of that. The credit card company did not tell me on line, or thru an e-mail or thru anything other than mailing me a new card, that anything was wrong with my account AND my statements have all shown a zero balance since Dec. 17.
I talked to 6 different people - and apologized ahead of time that I was quite testy. Supervisors have their jobs for a reado - always talk to them.
The moral of the story. Cut up credit cards. And never sign up for a "yearly" thing.
So, I call them and talk to this guy. He says, Oh yes, I'll stop the calls, but you have $15 in late fees. WHHAA? Replies I.
45 minutes later it is resolved.
Sometime in December, an establishment that I used my card was hacked - thus compromising all the cards. The Credit Card company cancelled my account and issued me a new card. And they didn't tell me.
Last week I received a new card in the mail. I called, and they told me what had happened. Okay. I'll destroy the old card.
Then the calls started.
So what is this late fee? Well, it appears that on Dec 19th (two days after I paid off my card) Amazon (yes, Amazon) charged my card for the Amazon Prime ( the 2 day shipping thing) and never sent me a notice saying they were going to do so -- nor did they charge it to my default (aka ATM) card. Nice.
So once they told me what the fee was, of course I said I would pay it. But as for the late fees, and all the other BS - the Credit Card company needed to take care of that. The credit card company did not tell me on line, or thru an e-mail or thru anything other than mailing me a new card, that anything was wrong with my account AND my statements have all shown a zero balance since Dec. 17.
I talked to 6 different people - and apologized ahead of time that I was quite testy. Supervisors have their jobs for a reado - always talk to them.
The moral of the story. Cut up credit cards. And never sign up for a "yearly" thing.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
the office clean up
So I have been unemployed for a month now. WOW. And I think I am finally getting my groove on. Today I finished re-arranging and re-organizing my home office. Tomorrow I am going to the Apple store to get my laptop up to snuff and perhaps get some additional storage for all the crazy photos, etc that seems to be eating all the memory my computer has to give.
I have hung new pictures (well, new to the house but old to my ex-office) and put a bunch of stuff into storage.
One last thing remains and maybe the kid will help me with it today -- CD organization. Yep its a bitch but it has to be done.
I have hung new pictures (well, new to the house but old to my ex-office) and put a bunch of stuff into storage.
One last thing remains and maybe the kid will help me with it today -- CD organization. Yep its a bitch but it has to be done.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
the crock pot
My new favorite thing is the crock pot. I have two. Yes, crazy I know. Last week I made Pork Shoulder - it was fantastic. Today, Pork loin. Strange that I keep putting pig in the pot.
My husband bought the new one. Its different from the one I had, which is older than me. It's oval, the old one is round. The old one has one setting now - on. IT's pretty old but I still love it. The new one has more buttons and is very pretty, sleek and modern on the counter.
I will never part with my old pot. But I will share the love with both of them.
My husband bought the new one. Its different from the one I had, which is older than me. It's oval, the old one is round. The old one has one setting now - on. IT's pretty old but I still love it. The new one has more buttons and is very pretty, sleek and modern on the counter.
I will never part with my old pot. But I will share the love with both of them.
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