Okay, the first time it happened I just snickered and pretty much kept it to myself but after the third time a "twenty-something" hit on me in one week, I decided that I had to publish a report to all of you. Y'all know I been keeping my own company at home to the brink of insanity. No late night partying at the bars and clubs for months. But then I decided to venture out again and revisit that part of city life that brought me such happiness before. It was after all at a gay night/industry …
Update: The Amazing Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl
Well... uh... I haven't changed much of my lifestyle yet. However, I took a big step towards change. I really looked at myself and figured out what it is that I want to do with myself. I want a clean house. I believe that my house reflects my person: in complete disarray! So I started cleaning my house. I threw out several bags of garbage. I feel better already. I want to lose weight and get physically fit. I chose fruit over french fries at the Bagel last night. Baby steps! Baby …
Thoughts of Spring & gardening
Photo: L. Jordan Well, the Chicago temperatures are actually giving us hope for Spring arrival. Usually, I don't get bothered by our Winters but the Winter of 2009 will always be bookmarked in my brain. We went thru a lot this Winter: an epic Presidential Election, Sarah Palin, the thought that McCain might be President, the Recession, and those god awful days of arctic cold and snow. And for me, the lack of work is always a bad thing. Amd I'm not speaking strictly from an economic point of …
Nightclubbing.
I have been feeling a bit down in the dumps lately - the dump being my house. I haven't been going out lately, which as some of you know is a bit unusual for me. It was my usual pattern to finish singing on any given night and then head to one of the four or five o'clock bars for a nightcap and socializing. But since late Summer I have been going home. I was still a night owl though, just not a social one. I thought it was a good thing and for awhile it was. I mean how much partying can a …
The Amazing Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl
"Because "The Amazing Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl" would sound bloody stupid..." That was the response that the newly published author Shauna Reid gave when one of her blog readers asked her why she named her blog and subsequent book "Diet Girl." Shauna never went on a diet after the first year of Weight Watchers. She lost over 160 pounds. She did it on her own. Just like I did. Twice. …