“Live or die, but don’t poison everything.” –Saul Bellow. I’ve fallen in love with the HBO series Six Feet Under and just finished watching the third season. I watched the first two discs (5 episodes) of the fourth season on Friday night. The last episode I saw was pretty intense and I’m DYING* for more…but [...]
I quit smoking ten years ago this week. Ten years ago. Am I glad I quit? Of course. Do I miss it? Yes and no. How’d I do it? Zyban (which is another name for Wellbutrin, which I take now for different reasons), Nicorette gum, and spending time in the Smoking Cessation forum at About.com. [...]
I’m looking on the bright side of having to get a new credit card number. This will make it very easy to cancel certain services without any pleading and begging from a customer service telephone rep. I usually break down in those situations. Their desperation just kills me, probably because I remember what it’s like [...]
I’m hoping to get back to blogging on a regular basis again. Yes, I know I’ve said a couple of times before, but this time I think it’s imperative that I do so. I’ve got too much bad stuff swimming around my head and I need an outlet. I will post the personal stuff “friends [...]
The last few documentaries I’ve watched had to do with body image and health. Perhaps I chose to watch these subconsciously, since I’ve been monitoring my calorie intake since January. Nevertheless, I felt they were all interesting, important, and thought-provoking. These are the ones I watched: America the Beautiful examines the media’s unrealistic ideas of [...]
When I lived in Missoula, I loved taking walks. I lived three blocks from work and school and would walk or ride my bike a majority of the time–I only had to fill my gas tank every other month, I walked so much. Most of all, I loved strolling up and down the Clark Fork [...]
