Shira, Etc.

I really detest slow drivers on one lane streets (you know the kind with double lines and oncoming traffic in the other lane). GOD They’re so annoying!! Especially at night when it’s snowing, because you really just can’t pass anyone. Driving home tonight I had to actively restrain myself from laying on the horn and ramming into the back of some guy’s 1982 sky blue chevrolet. Is it REALLY necessary to go 35 in a 55?!?! Seriously. The roads are not that bad.

Minnie Mae managed to manipulate her leash around the farthest tree from the house when I put her on her run this evening. You know that means: tramping through the wind & ice storm to untangle her from said bush because she couldn’t figure out how to do it herself. GAHIGAHGISDHS. Obviously not in a great mood and super tired and just…done.

P.S. One good thing is that I got new glasses the other day and they really make me look like I do in the above “profering chocolates” photo! I love having glasses again–(I sat on the last pair after a rough night at work)–my eyes can breathe! I should re-do the logo and insert the real me sporting my new glasses! Ha!

Love making collages but hate the mess?

Montage-a-google!

The Forbidden. Reading other peoples’ secret writings holds such allure. I know it’s wrong: the ultimate invasion of privacy (after identity theft…). But aren’t you all just dying to know what other people write about you in their diaries? I’ve decided to randomly share some entries from my diary with you–to break the boundries between us if you will. Feel free to reciprocate!

Diary Entry
December 27, 1998
Santa Monica, CA

“So here I am in California having a simply marvelous time! Arrived yesterday afternoon and have been living like a princess ever since…”

Or as they say in Italy:

Felice Anno Nuovo!
(pron. feh-lee-cheh ahn-noh noo-oh-vo!

New year, new motifa. In order to truly appreciate this lovely photo of me with the chocolates, you need to check out the splash page.

I made it back in one piece. Driving cross country by yourself really isn’t that difficult. There are only four roads to take, so getting lost isn’t a problem–even for me! The most challenging thing is finding the will to go on, but when you have a deadline (like interviews and CHRISTMAS), even that’s not hard. It was definitely a lot different than the trip there, but a successful one nonetheless. I regret to inform you that I left my camera in the trunk(ish) somewhere and so have no photo documentation for you this time around. (Tragic!) I tried to paint the pictures with words instead…

2:10AM It’s snowing in Ohio. I drove like a vampire bat out of hell from Colombus to Cleveland. But now it’s snowing and there are no plows out, which means I can only go 50 mph instead of 80. I certainly feel and probably look like a real vampire. I’ve been dipped in the Wendy’s late night fryer: I’m burned out, dirty, and full of disgusting fast junk food. I’ll just stop for the night and recoup.

9:45AM (Ohio Time) FREE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Whooohooo!!! Eggs and bagels and sausage and JUICE!! Plus I get a free newspaper!!! I love the Hampton Inn. Having no idea where I put my snow brush, I decide to “borrow” one of the 2000 towels from my bathroom to clean the snow off my car.

Apparently the windshield wiper fluid in Nevada does not contain anti-freeze, because my entire container (under the hood) is frozen solid. I’m forced to fill a sport cap water bottle with wiper fluid and squirt it at the windshield when it’s too dirty to see out of anymore. The towel I stole earlier is coming in handy now, because the wind blows most of the wiper fluid back into my face. It’s really a nice system. hahaha! This is so ridiculous! At least I’m providing some entertainment for the other drivers. So not safe though. Oh well, only three more hours and I’m home!!