Dear Ralph, Your birthday is coming up soon and since I won’t be able to see you that day, I thought I’d share some private thoughts…publicly! Yes, I know. I’m living up to your favorite nickname for me; “What’s Wrong With You?” Well, do you remember a week or two after we started dating when […]
White Ninja Vs. Half Asian Ninja: The Domination
Nobody ever believes me when I say I’m going to sit down and watch a very cerebral, very artsy, very finely crafted film. Okay, it was Ninja III: The Domination, but it was released on Blu-Ray and it has an audio commentary on it! Somebody enjoyed it enough to finally put it out and add […]
A Very Personal Message For Someone Special
I imagine my ad while in the pre-conception spiritual waiting room went something like this: “Wanted: Semi-serious, passive-aggressive, adorably cute, well-hung, science fiction movie watching, sarcastic, cute-bunned, hardworking, family-devoted world traveler with a good sense of humor for future boyfriend/husband/eternal playful tormentor ” Then, somewhere off to the side and quietly reading a book while […]
The First Entry in My Jedi Journal at Age 13
It’s not fair. My husband’s birthday is coming up and he’ll be back at work and away from home again on that day. He’s typically either in Hong Kong for it or he’s away. However, his father has been moved to a rehabilitation facility, so the latest crisis should be over. Should. Am going to […]
Confessions Of A Recently Semi-Finely Aged 42 Year Old
Birthdays have always been a big thing in my family. It would be easy to chalk it up to me being an only child and my parents overcompensating a bit, only my mother’s side of the family has always done them up with style, class and fun. I believe, perhaps, it had to do with […]
Confessions Of A Not-So-Teenage-Writer
I had the distinction of turning 40 last year around this time and I’ve been doing some reflecting back on it. Picture it, Sicily, 1970… Sorry, wrong series. That and I’m half German, so, you know, huuuuuuuuuuge schnitzel! Anyway, I was–a year ago–waiting for Gaylias: Operation Thunderspell to be released, busy planning the book launch […]
White Hair, The Sushi Nazi And A Heavy Metal Birthday
I remember thinking it was the end of the world when I turned 24. After all, 24 was OLD. What did I have to look forward to? High school was thankfully over, college was finished and I’d been at my post-college job for a year with a lifetime to look forward to. It was the […]
And Now…A Few Words About The Most Spectacular Man You May Never Have The Opportunity To Meet
Let me get this little bit out of the way real fast: congratulations to the airline crew who escorted the family with the child throwing a tantrum off the plane! Well done. Passengers have to be on a plane 30 minutes prior to departure. If that little girl couldn’t be made to behave in that […]
Ultra-Man Was A Bully & Other Tales From The Glass Tiger/Cutting Crew Era
Is 36 too old to be considered “middle aged” yet? I do have to wonder. Why, you ask? How nice of you to indulge me! I don’t get enough of that…and I don’t have enough indulgences either. Wait. Where the hell was I? That’s right; a tangent. Um…shit. Where do I want to pick this […]
