Saturday, May 31, 2014

Update

Life takes interesting turns. It's been almost five years since I last wrote on this blog, and of course so much has happened. I am married now to a wonderful man named Michael, and when people say that another human being can't make you happy, sad, angry, etc., I think they are all wrong. I know that I am happier because of my marriage to Michael. When we are together, I am happier, calmer, and stronger. I am also my best self. For the first time in my life, I feel so good and I know this is the one for the rest of my life.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Job Part Two

I did get asked back for the next season of my network producing gig! Yay! I'm so happy and excited. I want to really take a hold of my life and career next year. I want to stop second-guessing myself and be able to be who I want to be. I know I can do it. I just need a little help from my friends...

Friday, August 28, 2009

Music for My Soul

I love music. I love all kinds of music, and when it's good...I get carried away. I get inspired. I get lost in the melodies and the lyrics. Last night, Ant and I attended a concert at the Music Box in Hollywood. Pete Yorn headlined and Zee Avi opened for him. In case you've never heard of Zee, here's her first single (and video)...



It's called Bitter Heart, and she has such an old-fashioned voice. I love it.



Pete Yorn and his band rocks (for lack of a better word). Pete is hot, of course, and so the audience, last night, comprised hugely of women. The small percentage of men in the audience seemed to be on dates with the women. His guitarist kicks ass, and I had never seen a tambourine man with sooo much energy.

Good music also helps me forget what I want to forget.

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

New Job

Why do we get nervous when we start new ventures? I am starting a new job in about a week and a half. I'm really excited about this gig. I'm going to be working on a major network reality show! It's what I've wanted for a long time, and I hope I do a good job so I will be asked back for next season. I'm just nervous. I'm also trying to get all of my ducks in a row before I start. OK this isn't a very good post. I think I'm just thinking about it too much. And I haven't really posted very much here since I started up www.recessionmama.wordpress.com.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

When I was little, Easter was my favorite holiday/day. Today, we'd decorate eggs and get our easter baskets filled with grass. Tomorrow, we hunt.

"Be vewy, vewy quiet...we're hunting for a wabbit."

I loved when my parents, I mean the Easter Bunny, would hide them in unusual places in the yard.

Friday, April 10, 2009

Is it raining where you live? I started this blog with the theory that it always seems to rain on Good Friday, and it always seems to be sunny on Easter. Today, it's 63 and sprinkling in downtown L.A. Hopefully, it's sunny on Sunday. I'm excited about going to church. I am about to join a new church in Pasadena called All Saints. It's really nice there. Lots of great ideas. The rector, Ed Bacon, has been on Oprah. But that wasn't the reason we joined this church. Ant and I have been "window shopping" for a church for awhile. We wanted some place that felt like home to us.

We both grew up, believing in the same thing...higher power and all that...but with very different organized religions. I stopped believing in organized religion around the time I was 16. My grandfather had passed away, and even though the church preacher mentioned it in the sermon that day...no one said anything to me afterwards! I felt like everyone went to church to parade their outfits and their children's accomplishments and not to listen to the message from God.

Recently, two of my best friends in L.A. were talking about just wanting to feel more spiritual, and I completely got it. We all have a mind. We all have a body. We also all have a spirit, and just like we take care of our mind (reading, doing crossword puzzles, stress relief) and our body (eating well, exercising, relieving stress as much as possible)...we seldom think about how to take care of our spirit. And I think we need that. Well, at least I do. Also...someday in the future...far, far away (in my mind)...we may want to have children. I'd like them to have a moral foundation. Of course, I think it's my responsibility, as a parent, to teach and give them that moral foundation. But we live in a very secular world that doesn't teach about the spirit. And so for one day out of the week...it would be nice for them to hear something that feeds that spirit. It truly does take a village, after all, to rear a child.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Jon Stewart Gives Jim Cramer a Journalism 101 Lesson Pt.3

Jon Stewart creams Jim Cramer Pt. 2

Jon Stewart vs. Jim Cramer Pt. 1