Last night I dreamed that I was a robot. I had been purchased as a nanny for a family with 6 children: 1 boy and 5 girls, can you imagine? It was very detailed and went through my whole life with them until the kids grew up and my model was obsolete and I was put out on the streets and spent some time being very lonely until I met up with some other robots and we all became friends. And I haven't even seen "I Robot", nor watched "The Bicentennial Man" recently. So the only logical conc...

Well, I am feeling better. I have a job now, and in spite of the initial trauma this caused (because I am neurotic) I think it will be a good thing. And it gets me out of the house, which I really needed to do. I plan to join a gym soon, and buy some sessions with a personal trainer. We'll see how this works out. The bigger, better news is that I have decided to make a movie. In my basement. With no budget. Over the course of the next 2 or 3 years. This may not, perhaps, sound exciting...

I have a job interview tomorrow. For some reason when the phone rang I felt a terrible sense of dread: I knew it was someone calling to set up an interview. What's wrong with me? I need a job. Naturally, it was a job I had applied for that listed "Video editor" as the entire description. No company name, no information at all. When they called today I got a company name - thank goodness. Their website is down. Either they are terribly unprofessional or this is just a little more ba...

Ok, so after I wrote my little rant about how the houses that are being built today are all ugly boxes, I got locked out of my house. I took the dogs out for a walk, and didn't bring my key because my husband was home, and we were planning on going out together later, so I knew he wouldn't leave. And then his work called him with some emergency while I was out, and he assumed that I had my key and left. When I got back I was a little surprised to see that he wasn't home, I can tell you. A...

I am quite aware that I am very privileged to live in this country, and to be one of those fortunate people who are not terribly poor and living on the streets. Indeed, I have an apartment, a relatively nice if boring car, and just today I purchased a double scoop of peanut butter cup ice cream in a waffle cone just for the sheer enjoyment of it. I am aware that I am lucky, I have my health and I have a place to live and possibly in a few weeks I will own a place to live - quite a bit larger ...

Ok, so I went to our storage unit today to drop off the last load of boxes. Making a left turn in Michigan is almost more annoying than trying to make a left in Downtown LA during rush hour. "They" - whoever they are - have decided in their little pointy heads that they can't just allow anyone to make a left turn when they want to. To make a left turn you are often forced to go down to the next stoplight and make a u-turn and come back. Obviously that is so much more efficient and better f...

Ok, I've been in Michigan for a little over a week now, and I must say my allergies are worse than they have ever been. My hands tremble constantly with the desire to scratch my eyes out. My eyes are red, swollen, and leaking fluid that I can only hope is tears. I am in constant pain - yes, actual pain in my eyes. Not to mention my constantly running nose and my ears that itch on the inside where I can't reach. I am given to understand that this is a particularly bad time of year in t...

Today is June 7th, and I have lived in Michigan now for just over a week. Why haven't I found a job yet?? Ok, get a grip...I have applied for all of two jobs. At least one is probably out of my range of experience. Sometimes I wonder about that silly MFA I have. I think it has made me overqualified for some jobs, underqualified for others (I lack experience) and just plain not qualified for plenty of jobs. The problem with specialization in a field, especially one as volatile as Cinema and Te...

Paul and I packed up the truck and left California for Michigan on Wednesday, May 26. We were towing a U-Haul trailer, and had Annie and Bear (our 2 dogs) in the back of the truck. We purchaseda camper shell just especially for them and this trip. That's love I tell you. They didn't seem to particularly care for the ride, but there was not one instance of vomiting the entire trip, for which I am indescribably grateful. Of course it was hotter than hades through California, Arizona and New...