Sunday, January 31, 2010

MOON OVER METRO K

There's a moon over the Metro K Supermarket.
DAY 15

IT'S JANUARY IN JANUARY

No, we can't say it's June in January. We got about four inches of snow last night, about a foot in southern Maryland. Some days it feels like spring here, other days it feels like fall.
SUNDAY PAPER

Click here for the Johnson City Press.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

JANE DOE'S VIDEO PARTY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-t7crRl5Qg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV0lACQdbxM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHiZ15x6Vt4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOhzydhezEs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw6DIa2gFaY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCeqdpo4IZU&feature=related
OLD VINES NEVER DIE

Yesterday I was at Best Cellars discussing the age of grape vines and speculating at my age if I were a vine I'd be dead. Then a wise older woman said no, I'd be sending out shoots. I like that.
DAY 14

THERE'S A MOON OUT TONIGHT

And it's supposd to be the brightest of the whole year.

Friday, January 29, 2010

WEEK FIVE

They say one day in January (some say the 19th, others say the 25th,) is the most depressing day of the year. Why? Weather, generic winter holiday bills, broken new year’s resolutions, no holidays coming up. Add the economy this year.
Things are going pretty well this week – downing huge amounts of beans, cooked cereal and orange juice to stave off a relapse and anæmia.

Hint: if you add hot water to instant oatmeal then microwave it as opposed to just adding water, it becomes nice and fluffy.

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A GREAT BLOG TITLE

On Frozen Pond: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/flapanthers

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DAY 13 -- BELIEVE IT OR NOT

I am taking a blogging class.

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

DOCTOR, DOCTOR

Boss had a doctor guess who told him he needed to eat healthier. Bossman didn't let the doctor see what I was eating.
DAY TWELVE -- SALINGER DEAD

JD Salinger is dead. I thought he was already dead. Years ago the Deja Vu made a sandwich called "Holden Caulfield's Catcher in the Rye." It had corned beef on it. Yum.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

MASSAGE MEETS FOOD

1) If you can’t afford transportation, parking, etc, you can’t afford a night out at a restaurant.
2) If you can’t afford to pay the babysitter, you can’t afford a night out in a restaurant.
3) If you can’t afford to tip the waitstaff, you can’t afford a night out in a restaurant.

Now, substitute the words “night out in a restaurant” with “massage” and “waitstaff” with
“therapist.”

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DAY ELEVEN

MAC'S IN THE 'HOOD

You can now get WiFi at Mac's in Adams Morgan. The manager sez you can surf all you want. However, the Mac's in our 'hood is so nastay who would want to spend much time there?

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

MISS CONGENIALITY

Rented "Miss Congeniality" at Mom's suggestion -- Mom thought Sandra Bullock tucking into her steak lunch was all-too-familiar. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would -- for one thing, a woman in a man's world, and that being nice and sweet will get you something. Also, I want the person who did Sandra's hair and make up to do mine.
DAY TEN

Lambda Rising is officially closed. Now where am I gonna take my dates?

Monday, January 25, 2010

DAY NINE

BS

And with that I mean "broccoli soup." I had that at Potbelly's. Tried not to think of what colour it was, especially after I sneezed.

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Sunday, January 24, 2010

ST. FRANCIS DE SALES

Today is the feast of St. Frances De Sales: Today is the feast of St. Francis De Sales: http://catholicexchange.com/2010/01/24/96962/
DAY EIGHT

And on the eighth day...By now some of you may be wondering "who is this woman?" Okay maybe not. At any rate, I am white, female, middle-aged, overweight, Catholic, Master's degreed, a licensed massage therapist, owner of two beautiful guinea pigs (sows).

At this point, nothing is working out in my life -- not radio, not public relations, not massage, not teaching...And one of my high school friends noted that a lot of my Facebook posts are about food. So I am following the path of least resistance and posting about food, blogging about it, Twittering about it.......
SUNDAY PAPER

Click here for the Visalia Times Delta.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

JANE DOE'S VIDEO PARTY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INFrqvLtMNI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYMQDg4mqG8

http://www.youtube.com/donjojohannes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2vRbY-UPFc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo8qPMhkf6k
GOT PRICKS?

"You should do what you do well. Be a prick... but come with us and be a prick Fight city hall.”

Sean Penn

Not sure whether Harvey Milk ever said that, but Bossman sez I should run for office.

Friday, January 22, 2010

WEEK FOUR

Three things of this week: the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, the senatorial election in Massachusetts, and my new food blog.

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LOVELY JANEY, METER MAID?

Some kid at Mayflower Chinese restaurant asked if I were a meter maid. Is it even politically correct to say "meter maid?"

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Thursday, January 21, 2010

NOT FEELING WELL

Think I'm having a relapse, will try to post more tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

TWO OF MY TWITTER PAGES:

www.twitter.com/snipercatcher and www.twitter.com/janedoesfood

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JULIE AND JULIA III

As I wrote yesterday, this blog is a blatant rip-off of the movie. While I am not as cute as the Amy Adams character, I feel a real affinity to Julia Child. She was a woman, she was tall, she was American and she was about 50 years old when she got her first TV show.

And the book portrays her as such as a remarkably positive person, even towards peeps who were assholes to her.


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BUMMER

Best Cellars is leaving DuPont Circle.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

A SCOTSMAN ON A TRAIN

Ok, so he wasn't actually on it. I saw a guy playing bagpipes right over the Dupont Circle Metro.
JULIE AND JULIA II

Ok, I admit my new food blog is a ripofff of "Julia and Julia." Except I am not as cute and perky as Amy Adams and not as talented as Meryl Streep. And I do NOT intend to cook every recipe in "Mastering the Art of French Cooking."

I will be lucky if I can master the art of Hope's chicken ball. Right now the extent of my cooking is microwaving a 7-11 Burrito and adding taco sauce and sour cream. Still, Susie refers to that as cooking and says she doesn't even cook that much.

Monday, January 18, 2010

IT HAPPENED AT STARBUCKS

So I'm on my way to Starbucks in Adams Morgan and I see two emergency vehicles outside. Uh-oh. I go in and see a homeless-looking guy carted away by paramedics. I feel guilty about taking my favourite spot on the couch immediately after he was removed, so I move to one of the bigger tables.

Next to us at the smaller, wheelchair-accessible table are three handicapped-looking guys with a caretaker who appears to be my age. After a while I hear an incredible flatulent sound. All of us pretend not to hear it. It becomes progressively louder and more frequent as the afternoon wears on.

By the time I am ready to leave so are the four guys so I try to ask the caretaker as politely as I can what that sound is. The caretaker explains that it is something neurological and that the one guy does this when he is feeling happy. I told the caretaker I was glad his charge was happy and praised G-d that my job does not require me to chaperone flatulent-sounding guys at Starbucks.

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WHAT THIS BLOG IS:

Food and my relationship to it, healthy or unhealthy.

What it is not:

1) A food diary (how boring!), although I may post things about the foods I eat/ate.

2) A recipe blog, although I may post any recipes I think readers might find appealing.

3) A book/restaurant review, although if I particularly like or dislike a book/restaurant/store/event I may post about it.

4) A diet blog, although if you or I lose or gain the weight we desire, Mazel Tov!
I look forward to sharing this journey with any and all of you -- let's make it a good year!


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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Friday, January 15, 2010

WEEK THREE

Getting settled back into things, trying to keep my new year’s resolution to beef up my computer skills and trying NOT to feel guilty about the recession.

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JULIE AND JULIA

I am blogging while watching a movie about a woman blogging about another woman.

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Thursday, January 14, 2010

FEELING GOOD MENTALLY

But physically tired. Mom sez the cat is tired, too.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

28 YEARS AGO TODAY...

Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th St. Bridge. I was in the subway at the time. Two people were killed there, too.

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

REUNITED...

"...and it feels so good."

Peaches and Herb.

Monday, January 11, 2010

GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS

A conversation between Mom and me:

ME: It's hot. She was having sex with a different girl every night.

MOM: Aren't you afraid what people will say if they find this porn in your computer?

ME: What, we're talking about "House."

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I HAD A DREAM...

...in which I beat the shit out of some girls with whom I went to undergraduate school, possibly to death. Fortuntely it was only a dream and when I woke up someone Mom and I thought was dead was alive so that was a good thing.

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Sunday, January 10, 2010

SUNDAY PAPER

Click here for the Wisconsin State Journal.

Thursday, January 07, 2010

THIRTEENTH NIGHT

Mom and I exchanged gifts yesterday.

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

I AM A GOOD PERSON

At least that's what the cab driver told me on the way to the airport.

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Tuesday, January 05, 2010

SWEET HOME SARASOTA

Arrived at Mom's by way of Cincinnati.

Monday, January 04, 2010

Sunday, January 03, 2010

"EVEN YOUR DARKEST NIGHT"

Carole King

Not only does it get dark earlier, although it gets dark one minute later each day, but when it gets dark it gets REALLY dark. But it also makes the moon look really cool.
SUNDAY PAPER

Click here for the Wichita Eagle.

Friday, January 01, 2010

WEEK ONE

Only one day in this week. Not much to say other than I am feeling coldish but trying to be a team player.

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CALENDAR PIGS

Here's a picture of Pandora and Perpetua as it appears in the Pets of Alexandria Calendar: http://i48.tinypic.com/2cf8m6r.jpg

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MY NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION

To improve my computer skills. That's one of the main things holding me back. Even while I'm paying back my student loan on massage school.

While it doesn't look like an easy task, I think of Abraham Lincoln splitting rails and working in a store by day and studying by firelight at night. And Marie Curie studying in the library to save coal and oil at home and starving meanwhile. And...
NEW YEAR

Happy New Year!

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