48 WEEK S
I think I am going crazy. Almost every night I dream about my father. None of my dreams have been bad, just disturbing. I am told it will get better. You are probably thinking, jeez, Janey, it's been 12 months. Get a grip.
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Thursday, September 29, 2005
CRAFTY BASTARDS
The Citypaper Crafty Bastards Fair takes place Saturday October first at 18th St and Wyoming Avenue NW. I am one of the attractions.
The Citypaper Crafty Bastards Fair takes place Saturday October first at 18th St and Wyoming Avenue NW. I am one of the attractions.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
O'MALLEY'S MARCH
WTOP reports Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley is running for governor of Maryland.
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WTOP reports Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley is running for governor of Maryland.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Monday, September 26, 2005
HOPE FOR ME
MSN reports Demi Moore married Ashton Kutcher. She's 15 years older than he is. Also, lifelong bachelor Brian Lamb got married to a woman named Victoria. So there is hope for older unmarried women who lust after younger men.
janedoe@seductive.com
MSN reports Demi Moore married Ashton Kutcher. She's 15 years older than he is. Also, lifelong bachelor Brian Lamb got married to a woman named Victoria. So there is hope for older unmarried women who lust after younger men.
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Sunday, September 25, 2005
Saturday, September 24, 2005
BABY PIGS!
The Alexandria Shelter, from whence cometh by beloved Pippin and Pandora, has baby pigs for adoption. Adult pigs, too, and ferrets!
The Alexandria Shelter, from whence cometh by beloved Pippin and Pandora, has baby pigs for adoption. Adult pigs, too, and ferrets!
Friday, September 23, 2005
47 WEEKS
Got a sympathy card from my darling Lightning's insurance company. We are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. As the Song of the Great Wall goes, "more than human hearts can stand.
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Got a sympathy card from my darling Lightning's insurance company. We are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. As the Song of the Great Wall goes, "more than human hearts can stand.
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Thursday, September 22, 2005
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
HOLD MY HAND AND WE'RE HALFWAY THERE
Or some other body part. I am about halfway through massage school.
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Or some other body part. I am about halfway through massage school.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Monday, September 19, 2005
I'M LOVIN' IT
Stopped at Mac's on Duke St. and saw a cop bust a guy. It was like watching a trainwreck -- I couldn't stop watching. The cop asked "am I scaring you?" I said no, with all the scarey shit that's been going on in my life since I was two years old, this was a patty-cake race. Actually I was glad not to be the one being busted, but I didn't tell her that.
janedoe@seductive.com
Stopped at Mac's on Duke St. and saw a cop bust a guy. It was like watching a trainwreck -- I couldn't stop watching. The cop asked "am I scaring you?" I said no, with all the scarey shit that's been going on in my life since I was two years old, this was a patty-cake race. Actually I was glad not to be the one being busted, but I didn't tell her that.
janedoe@seductive.com
Sunday, September 18, 2005
WHY IS IT
That stalkers are so physically unattractive? Then again, if one found them attractive, they wouldn't be stalkers -- they would be suitors or love interests or something like that.
That stalkers are so physically unattractive? Then again, if one found them attractive, they wouldn't be stalkers -- they would be suitors or love interests or something like that.
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Friday, September 16, 2005
46 WEEKS
At least once I've dreamt my father was still alive and I had to watch him die again. I also dreamt Pippin walked into a very deep water hole and I had to go save him.
Too bad Dad and Grandma didn't die in Hurricane Katrina and that I didn't lose my job as a result of the hurricane and that I was robbed about a block from my own home, instead of in the Superdome after the hurricane. I might have got a gift card from Shaquille O'Neal and Sean Penn would have come to visit me.
janedoe@seductive.com
At least once I've dreamt my father was still alive and I had to watch him die again. I also dreamt Pippin walked into a very deep water hole and I had to go save him.
Too bad Dad and Grandma didn't die in Hurricane Katrina and that I didn't lose my job as a result of the hurricane and that I was robbed about a block from my own home, instead of in the Superdome after the hurricane. I might have got a gift card from Shaquille O'Neal and Sean Penn would have come to visit me.
janedoe@seductive.com
Thursday, September 15, 2005
GROWING UP SOUTHERN
Growing up in Virginia, from the time I was 12 I had to convince people I am not an inbred, illiterate hick. Some kid from Pennsylvania asked if we got anything on TV besides Hee Haw.
Growing up in Virginia, from the time I was 12 I had to convince people I am not an inbred, illiterate hick. Some kid from Pennsylvania asked if we got anything on TV besides Hee Haw.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
IT'S A BOY!
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline announce the birth of their first child (actually his third) at the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center today.
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Britney Spears and Kevin Federline announce the birth of their first child (actually his third) at the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center today.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2005
CHECK YOUR GRATITUDE METER
Just saw an evacuee kid named "Lavelle" on Newschannel 8 who got into a private Jesuit School in Houston and was given a gift of free supplies. His comment? "It's not the greatest neighbourhood." Hey, kid, there are probably local families who wanted to send their kids there but couldn't and you're complaining about the neighbourhood? No one took up a collection for me when I lost my job, my father, my grandmother or when I was robbed. I would call you an ungrateful little fuck, but that wouldn't be very charitable of me.
Just saw an evacuee kid named "Lavelle" on Newschannel 8 who got into a private Jesuit School in Houston and was given a gift of free supplies. His comment? "It's not the greatest neighbourhood." Hey, kid, there are probably local families who wanted to send their kids there but couldn't and you're complaining about the neighbourhood? No one took up a collection for me when I lost my job, my father, my grandmother or when I was robbed. I would call you an ungrateful little fuck, but that wouldn't be very charitable of me.
CALENDAR PIGS
The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, from whence cometh my beloved Pippin and Pandora, is taking entries for its 2006 Pets of Alexandria calendar.
The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, from whence cometh my beloved Pippin and Pandora, is taking entries for its 2006 Pets of Alexandria calendar.
Monday, September 12, 2005
JESUS KINDA LIKES YOU
Saw a great T-shirt yesterday: "Jesus Kinda Likes Me"
Kevin told me about a bumper sticker or poster or something that said "Jesus Loves You. Everyone Else Thinks You're An Asshole."
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Saw a great T-shirt yesterday: "Jesus Kinda Likes Me"
Kevin told me about a bumper sticker or poster or something that said "Jesus Loves You. Everyone Else Thinks You're An Asshole."
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LOOKING FOR LOVED ONES
If you still don't know what happened to friends/relatives/ex-boyfriends/debtors in the Gulf Coast here are some links:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/hurricanes/list/
http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/katrina/locate
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/apps/connect/search.aspx/
The one person I can think of who would be dead is accounted for. I may call him.
janedoe@seductive.com
If you still don't know what happened to friends/relatives/ex-boyfriends/debtors in the Gulf Coast here are some links:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/hurricanes/list/
http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/katrina/locate
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/apps/connect/search.aspx/
The one person I can think of who would be dead is accounted for. I may call him.
janedoe@seductive.com
Sunday, September 11, 2005
BUNNY FLOPS
For those of you bummed out by Hurricane Katrina and September 11th. Not dog flops or cow flops -- bunny flops (scroll down).
For those of you bummed out by Hurricane Katrina and September 11th. Not dog flops or cow flops -- bunny flops (scroll down).
SOME GOOD NEWS
Newschannel 8 reports the death toll in NO may not be as bad as feared and the water may be drained faster.
Newschannel 8 reports the death toll in NO may not be as bad as feared and the water may be drained faster.
FOUR YEARS LATER
This is never an easy day. Spent part of it in the urgent care center. When the radiology guy asked if I was pregnant I said "only if it was conceived by the Holy Spirit, but the last guy I went out with was Jewish and we're due for a second coming anyway." That got a laugh. At least I am clotting ok and there is no infection. What freaked me out was there was an X-files episode like this.
Today was a beautiful day like September 11th, 2001. Hearing the guys on my car radio continually announce "it was exactly at this time that the first plane hit the World Trade Center," etc made it worse. I will never forget that morning. The woman who told me about the World Trade Center was a space cadet, so I didn't take her too seriously. What I understood was that a plane had hit one of the twin towers. I thought it was a little crop duster that had gone off course or something. I knew at least the pilot of that plane was dead so I said the traditional prayer for the dead, "eternal rest grant unto him, o Lord, and may the perpetual light shine upon him." We could see the smoke coming from the Pentagon for days and that was as far away as Silver Spring.
This is never an easy day. Spent part of it in the urgent care center. When the radiology guy asked if I was pregnant I said "only if it was conceived by the Holy Spirit, but the last guy I went out with was Jewish and we're due for a second coming anyway." That got a laugh. At least I am clotting ok and there is no infection. What freaked me out was there was an X-files episode like this.
Today was a beautiful day like September 11th, 2001. Hearing the guys on my car radio continually announce "it was exactly at this time that the first plane hit the World Trade Center," etc made it worse. I will never forget that morning. The woman who told me about the World Trade Center was a space cadet, so I didn't take her too seriously. What I understood was that a plane had hit one of the twin towers. I thought it was a little crop duster that had gone off course or something. I knew at least the pilot of that plane was dead so I said the traditional prayer for the dead, "eternal rest grant unto him, o Lord, and may the perpetual light shine upon him." We could see the smoke coming from the Pentagon for days and that was as far away as Silver Spring.
Saturday, September 10, 2005
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?
Guys who designate themselves as "never married" in personals ads and post pictures with babies or small children. Does it mean they've fathered children out of wedlock? Sorry, guys, that's not a chick magnet.
Guys who designate themselves as "never married" in personals ads and post pictures with babies or small children. Does it mean they've fathered children out of wedlock? Sorry, guys, that's not a chick magnet.
Friday, September 09, 2005
45 WEEKS
I hate to sound like a broken record, but I am not handling my father's death well. Maybe I am depressed, maybe I am fighting a low-grade infection. Found out someone who used to be close to me lost his stepfather shortly after I lost my father. Saw Bill Clinton on TV Monday. He looks almost as old as George Bush Sr., who was as old as my father. Clinton looks like my father did shortly before he died.
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I hate to sound like a broken record, but I am not handling my father's death well. Maybe I am depressed, maybe I am fighting a low-grade infection. Found out someone who used to be close to me lost his stepfather shortly after I lost my father. Saw Bill Clinton on TV Monday. He looks almost as old as George Bush Sr., who was as old as my father. Clinton looks like my father did shortly before he died.
janedoe@seductive.com
Thursday, September 08, 2005
ADAMS-MORGAN DAY
Adams-Morgan Day takes place on Sunday the 11th at 18th and Columbia from noon to six PM.
Adams-Morgan Day takes place on Sunday the 11th at 18th and Columbia from noon to six PM.
MY SO-CALLED SOCIAL LIFE
Neil is going to a wedding. The last wedding I went was Cassandra's. There were two brides and one of them used to be a man.
Neil is going to a wedding. The last wedding I went was Cassandra's. There were two brides and one of them used to be a man.
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
TEN YEARS LATER
Ten years ago today Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig's record. I remember that day. Even my father, who was not a sports fan, was excited. Now since then Cal Ripken Sr. has died and so has my father. On September 6, 1995 I was working my first tour of duty at my day job. Little did I know within a little more than two months I would land the best job I ever had. Lately it's been a roller coaster emotionally and career-wise. While nothing bad like Hurricane Katrina has happened to me, not much GOOD has happened either.
Ten years ago today Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig's record. I remember that day. Even my father, who was not a sports fan, was excited. Now since then Cal Ripken Sr. has died and so has my father. On September 6, 1995 I was working my first tour of duty at my day job. Little did I know within a little more than two months I would land the best job I ever had. Lately it's been a roller coaster emotionally and career-wise. While nothing bad like Hurricane Katrina has happened to me, not much GOOD has happened either.
Monday, September 05, 2005
LAISSEZ LES BON TEMPS ROULEZ!
Hurricane Katrina did not stop New Orleans' LGBT community from holding its annual Southern Decadence Parade.
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Hurricane Katrina did not stop New Orleans' LGBT community from holding its annual Southern Decadence Parade.
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LABOUR DAY
Spent most of Labour Day by not labouring. Greenbelt had its own Labour Day Fest. Hoo hah.
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Spent most of Labour Day by not labouring. Greenbelt had its own Labour Day Fest. Hoo hah.
janedoe@seductive.com
Sunday, September 04, 2005
PICTURES OF LILY
Ok, I lied. They're pictures of Janey. Now perverts who Google me will have something new to look at.
Ok, I lied. They're pictures of Janey. Now perverts who Google me will have something new to look at.
LIFE DURING WARTIME
As I said on April 3, we are involved in an unjust war. We are at war in Iraq and we might as well be at war here, too. Much of the Gulf Coast looks like a war zone. Blacks are making the whole thing into a racial issue, saying if they had been white President Bush would have got help to them faster. Whites are saying Bush is not to blame and if the victims had evacuated when they were supposed to they would not be in the situation they're in now. Gas prices seem to go up every hour. The formerly cheapo place on Connecticut Avenue is now up to $3.49 a gallon. Some of the formerly cheap "cash-only" places have jacked up their rates the most. I heard a place in Centreville was charging close to six dollars per gallon Friday.
As I said on April 3, we are involved in an unjust war. We are at war in Iraq and we might as well be at war here, too. Much of the Gulf Coast looks like a war zone. Blacks are making the whole thing into a racial issue, saying if they had been white President Bush would have got help to them faster. Whites are saying Bush is not to blame and if the victims had evacuated when they were supposed to they would not be in the situation they're in now. Gas prices seem to go up every hour. The formerly cheapo place on Connecticut Avenue is now up to $3.49 a gallon. Some of the formerly cheap "cash-only" places have jacked up their rates the most. I heard a place in Centreville was charging close to six dollars per gallon Friday.
Saturday, September 03, 2005
HELPING PIGS IN NEED
One of the Pigloo people is headed south to help with small animals orphaned by Hurricane Katrina.
One of the Pigloo people is headed south to help with small animals orphaned by Hurricane Katrina.
HELP HURRICANE VICTIMS
Catholic Exchange has a link for people who want to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Catholic Exchange has a link for people who want to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Friday, September 02, 2005
44 WEEKS
This time of year seems to bring stress. About a year ago we were worried about my father and Hurricane Frances. Two years ago it was my grandmother's birthday, my father and Hurricane Isabel. Three years ago it was the sniper shootings. Four years ago it was September 11th. Now my father and grandmother are dead. Usually the weather is gorgeous at this time of year. It's as though God were saying "sorry about all the death, illness and destruction." At least my father, grandmother, Mark and Aunt Mary died of natural causes. I've heard when people die sudden, violent, unexpected deaths it's worse for the families.
janedoe@seductive.com
This time of year seems to bring stress. About a year ago we were worried about my father and Hurricane Frances. Two years ago it was my grandmother's birthday, my father and Hurricane Isabel. Three years ago it was the sniper shootings. Four years ago it was September 11th. Now my father and grandmother are dead. Usually the weather is gorgeous at this time of year. It's as though God were saying "sorry about all the death, illness and destruction." At least my father, grandmother, Mark and Aunt Mary died of natural causes. I've heard when people die sudden, violent, unexpected deaths it's worse for the families.
janedoe@seductive.com
Thursday, September 01, 2005
SEPTEMBER SONG
Wow, it's September first. Most of the summer is over. I have not had a summer romance -- I have not even had a date. Also, the summer fill-in work has not rolled in this year, it more like waddled in. At least I got a little time off and massage school is going reasonably well, so things should improve soon.
Wow, it's September first. Most of the summer is over. I have not had a summer romance -- I have not even had a date. Also, the summer fill-in work has not rolled in this year, it more like waddled in. At least I got a little time off and massage school is going reasonably well, so things should improve soon.