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My Interests

Books, being a bookworm, singing, music, theatre, rainy days, hot tea, cuddling, eating french fries, wine, swinging (as in the playgroung you sickos), sweaters and cardigans, moisturizing, teaching.

I'd like to meet:

The one and only Julie Andrews, Audra McDonald, Kate Winslet, Nikki Giovanni, and Margaret Atwood.

Music:

Tori Amos, Joni Mitchell, Ben Folds(Five), Sufijan Stevens, Elliot Smith, Ella Fitzgerald, Badly Drawn Boy, Fiona Apple, Beck, Swan Dive, Patti Griffin, Bette Midler

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sense and Sensibility, Crash, American Beauty, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Me You and Everyone We Know

Television:

American Idol, Project Runway, Lost, The Daily Show, The Cosby Show, A Different World, Living Single, My So Called Life

Books:

The House on Mango Street, The Handmaid's Tale, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day, A Prayer for Owen Meany, White Teeth, The Pull of the Moon, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Heroes:

My parents, Audra McDonald, Rosa Parks, Rosemarie K. Bank

My Blog

Sometimes God throws you a bone

I was feeling so out of it last week. I was stressed and sad. However, I had a really great weekend, and I feel reenergized about life! I had slighty fallen off the healthy eating plan, which I thi...
Posted by cotton candy on a rainy day on Mon, 22 May 2006 11:16:00 PST

:sigh:

I'm tired right now. Just really tired. This has been one of the most difficult periods of my life and now I'm just tired. I've tried to do the best I can but I feel like I just want to run away fo...
Posted by cotton candy on a rainy day on Tue, 16 May 2006 10:17:00 PST

Scrub a Dub

I did about a million dishes today. This might seem like no big deal to others, but I am quite the lazy housekeeper, so it's cause for celebration. I feel such accomplishment! I also picked up my r...
Posted by cotton candy on a rainy day on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:02:00 PST

If you give a mouse a cookie...

That's a children's book. I don't really know where I was going with that...my brain is full of fuzz. I got a scant amount of sleep, drove an hour to the airport, flew back to Chicago, took an hour ...
Posted by cotton candy on a rainy day on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:45:00 PST

Ch Ch Ch Ch Changes

The last approx. 2 years of my life have been so full of changes that I feel like my brain is just starting to catch up. I sometimes feel like I'm just standing still while everything in my life move...
Posted by cotton candy on a rainy day on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:20:00 PST

Squirrel, please!

So I guess there is this comercial for PSP (that's play station for those of you not in the know) that is running an online commercial featuring dust balls (that are sort of Mexican stereotypes) and s...
Posted by cotton candy on a rainy day on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:17:00 PST

Must...Move

I feel like I'm abandoning all my feminist principles everytime I blog about my weight loss "journey", but it is usually at the forefront of my mind. I do not want to exercise. DO NOT. I am literall...
Posted by cotton candy on a rainy day on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 12:25:00 PST

"...God as My Witness, I'll Never Go Hungry Again!"

Thank you Scarlett O'Hara. Now that I'm dieting I kind of want to jump off a cliff, so I like to pick one part of my body that I am completely satisfied with as is. Today it is my wrists. They are ...
Posted by cotton candy on a rainy day on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:59:00 PST

My Hips Don't Lie

That is a quote from Shakira. I'm not really sure if my hips lie or not. I feel like composing a haiku poem for the day. Twenty-eight days gone Oh, sweet double cheeseburger ...
Posted by cotton candy on a rainy day on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:47:00 PST

Spring has Sprung!

Spring is officially here, as of 1:26 pm. Of course, snow is forecast for tomorrow, so...I drove back to Chicago at the crack of dawn this morning. What crazy things we do for amore. It was a lover...
Posted by cotton candy on a rainy day on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:29:00 PST