Weird day today. A friend, a good friend who I've known for decades expressed "worry" that I might drop dead from being fat. Actually she said: "I worry about you" and then proceeded to tell me that another friend wanted to do an "intervention" which I later found out was not true. It was handled so cavalierly. It wasn't a "sit down" or an intimate conversation. She said it in passing, almost as an aside in the middle of a phone conversation. We weren't even talking about weight. It caught …
Been Meaning to Write but Inexplicably Unable to Do So…
It's been so damn long since I blogged on here that I almost forgot how to use the dang software! Good news: I was asked again to join the cast of Tony Fitzpatrick's final installment of the trilogy of his one man shows at Steppenwolfe Garage. The 2011 show "Stations Lost" got rave reviews and garnered a heap of praise for me as well. This year's show "Nickel History: Nation of Heat" is opening July 19th - August 5, 2012. The show was written (and will be performed by Tony) Ann Filmer …
The Amazing Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl: Back at it.
Missing In Action. That's what they'll say about me at the gym. I have fallen off the wagon. Oops! I wish I could blame it on "The Knee Chronicles" but I hopped off the ole' girl awhile before that. However, I am not discouraged. I figure as long as I am still living, I can improve my life. Taking care of myself, eating healthy and being fit is a goal that I am not about to abandon. I have adapted a new attitude. I woke up today and decided that I would pick up where I left off and start …
The Knee Chronicles: A Shot In The Knee
It's two hours past my scheduled appointment time and I am finally sitting in the examination room. I've actually been in here for about 20 minutes. Not much to look at but at least it doesn't smell funny. You know what I mean! That doctor's office smell. As a child, I was always traumatized by a visit to the doctor's office. But today at age 49, I am just as unsure as I was at age five, only I don't have my mommy to accompany me. I don't know what to do with myself. …
The Knee Chronicles: The Day the Earth Stood Still On One Leg, Part 3.
I am stuck a half block from my house. I am unable to stand, or walk. I can't even bend my knee to get into a taxi because of the intense pain in my left knee. And a voice is screaming in my head: "If you weren't such a fat cow this wouldn't be happening!" I am about ten feet from the entrance to the corner store and so I bite the bullet and limp-hop my way to the store and go inside for some kind of respite. …