Look at this class collage I found from UC Berkeley’s Summer Forestry Camp. It is from 16 years ago. I’m glad I’m still in touch with 4 friends in this picture through Facebook. I tried to search for some of…
Archives for January 2013
India, You Disgust Me
Every time I think of the young woman in New Delhi who was gang-raped and left for dead, I physically shake with rage. The world-wide attention and the large-scale protests do diddly squat in assuaging my horror of the situation….
Money Monday: We Retired Early
My friend and fellow Burner, Amazing Affinity, has recently retired and gosh, am I envious. Despite her “life of leisure,” she is a fervent supporter of the arts and has been a rockstar volunteer for the Black Rock Arts Foundation…
Celebrity Sighting
Unlike Dean who has story after story of, not just celebrity sightings, but celebrity hang-outs, I can think of no one. Hmmm, I did see Pope John Paul II (the best Pope ever) in the pope-mobile when I went to…
Abstinence
Soda is bad. I’ve always known it. But that fact never stopped me from consuming a can a day. I don’t drink coffee (never liked how it made me feel) so drinking soda was my own way of caffeinating. Instead…
Fashion Friday: KimYe Love Child
When I was in London, and Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy appeared on my news feed, I practically fell out of my chair. 1. The ho is still married to another man. Couldn’t she have waited for her divorce to finalize before…
British Indiosyncrasies
For one, everyone drives on the wrong side of the street and the car steering wheel is also on the wrong side. So weird! In lieu of ‘big’ or ‘fat,’ people say ‘massive.’ So when we got to London, I…
Money Monday: the $1,000 Blog
9 days sick and counting. Working very hard. No time-off allowed. Congested, sneezing, sexy voice. Every work day, I’ve escaped the office only once, to stand in line at the San Francisco Soup Co. for my beloved Tomato Bisque. Tasty,…
20(lucky)13
Happy Twenty Thirteen, My Lovely Bloggites Every NYE and New Year’s, I’ve had high hopes and great expectations for what the future held for me. I wanted top-notch grades, more friends, more money, popularity. If I couldn’t have a clear…