The Bell Jar I believe this is the poet Sylvia Plath’s only novel. A hopeful, semi-autobiographical story about a college girl suffering from depression.
Archives for 2011
Health Kick Day Five
The worst thing I consumed over the course of this week was something from a vending machine. I was at Sea Bowl last night. No bowling for this handicapped girl. Just hanging out, having fun, and catching up with friends….
Health Kick Day Two
I stepped on the scale this morning and I had lost 2.2 pounds. All because I refrained from eating chips and cookies for one day. Unbelievable. I thought today–day 2–I’d return to my highly caloric ways. I imagined myself staring…
Run Loser Run
I passed the 3 kilometer mark and almost puttered to a stop. I’ve got another half of this 5k race to go. God help me. How is it that I ran the Kaiser half marathon last year? Then came enlightenment…
Health Kick in the Ass
I decided post-Superbowl, I would try to be healthy. No diet. Diets are for dodos. I simply need to make better decision about what I consume. For background, I cannot go a day without eating chips and cookies. The higher…
Sick Bookstore, Get Better
As I get older, the less I remember. Two years ago when I went hiking with a friend, she pointed and asked about a tree. Hell if I knew. She scoffed, “Weren’t you a forestry major?” You know what, bee-atch,…
40-Year-Old Tiger
Speaking of art, a beautiful tiger was drawn on a Chemistry lab chalkboard sometime in the 1970s. It stayed there for three decades–untouched with signs scrawled along side the picture, “Save…do not wash.” A few years ago, it was taken…
That Can’t Be Art
I forced myself to go to First Thursday after work last night even though I’m deathly ill. I can’t let a vulgar cough and nasty congestion keep me down! I started at 14 Geary, criss-crossing to various galleries, up through…
Favorite Movies
Since it’s movie award season, I tried to think of five of my favorite movies. I also love The Wizard of Oz, Ben Hur, and Gone with the Wind, but who doesn’t? Those are classics! Kramer vs Kramer Remember the…
If you want your kids to stay away from drugs, have them watch this. This movie from the beginning until the end is RAW. Requiem for a Dream