It’s been a long January. The first major apocalyptic snowstorm of the year dumped over a foot of snow on my hometown a few days ago, and we are all still in the process of digging ourselves out. A snow emergency has even been declared; the carved-out tunnels of the sidewalks and streets are looking […]
Category: Life, the Universe, and Everything
Yee-haw
I feel unusually restless right now. It feels like I am standing at a precipice; that several things are hanging in the balance, and soon, something will tip. I get my second Moderna shot next week. I am not excited for it. More just terrified of being that weirdo who has a horrible reaction to […]
Data Dump
I didn’t sleep at all last night. I was definitely tired enough, but I fell prey to that terrible scenario where your mind can’t stop racing and your psyche decides it’s a great time to bring up every sad memory or worrisome concern of the last 10 years up for inspection. This is undoubtedly brought […]
We’re not in Kansas anymore
It has been a busy few weeks. Tornadoes and hurricanes and politics, oh my! Seriously, though—if a plague of locusts show up, I won’t be terribly surprised. And for whoever had “fire-tornadoes” on their August 2020 Bingo card, Jackpot: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-16/massive-wildfire-spawns-fire-tornadoes-northern-california# In yet another flagrant attempt to rig an election in his favor (which should surprise […]
20 Things
Back in the day, we used to complete lists of random factoids about ourselves to share on social media. Turns out the last time I completed one of these was over 10 years ago, so it’s time for Everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-Amanda-but-was-too-afraid-to-ask. In no particular order:
List of Things I’ll Never Do Again
I’m excessively bored and in dire need of things to do and write about. This is like a reverse New Year’s resolution—instead of a list of new things to try or accomplish, it’s a compendium of regrets. Mistakes in judgement you vow to never make again. I certainly have a few of those. This is […]
Quarantine: Week 2
In which I learn to not worry so much and just enjoy the staycation About halfway through the second week of isolation I did what I should have done sooner: stopped reading the news and googling. I currently have no idea what the current number of Coronavirus cases there are in NY, and I’d like […]
Quarantine
On Monday, March 16th, Governor Cuomo declared all non-essential employees work from home for the next 2 weeks, starting the following day. I packed up what I could from my desk when I left Monday night to head home, and I’ve been here since. My husband is working from home as well, so apart from […]
Back to Reality
My husband and I just returned home last week from a trip to Los Angeles. Its been one week today. One very loooong week. It was a fantastically awesome time in LA and ever since we got back I keep asking myself why we live where the air hurts our face…why can’t we live someplace […]
Ooops.
I apologize for my extended leave of absence… They say life is what happens when you are busy making other plans, and life got in the way these past few years. Without going into all the gory details (I’m saving THAT for the award-winning miniseries I’m going to write someday) let’s just say it […]
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