My apocryphal chalkboard had been sitting there empty since Fall of 2024, ever since my father died and Trump got re-elected, at which point I stopped setting cute little messages for myself…because, who the Hell was I kidding? What was the point? I had written “BELIEVE” on it in big, emphatic letters the night of […]
Category: Life, the Universe, and Everything
The Daily Gazette – January 27th
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 […]
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 […]
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