Grania on Sep 30 2008 | Filed under: Friends, Randomness, The Journey, Venting
I could write about how completely screwed up the place where I got my eyes examined is (the doctor reversed the prescriptions, flipped right eye and left eyes, so now both pairs of my new glasses work perfectly if I wear them upside down, oh, and I still owe $92 because they made another, completely [...]
Grania on Sep 23 2008 | Filed under: Randomness
Me to my partner, as I’m walking into the office this morning: Imagine if you were a road construction company foreman, and you were resurfacing the only road that goes conveniently from my house to the office.
Partner: OK
Me: Imagine if you had a choice to make.
Partner: OK
Me: There are 200 cars per minute going east [...]
Grania on Sep 20 2008 | Filed under: The Journey, home sweet home
Three people in the last few days have asked me about my “diet”. I’m losing weight, it’s showing enough in my face that people are noticing. So today’s post is an illustration of what I eat and how my thinking about food has changed.
I woke up starving this mornign so I made this Omelette:
1/2 [...]
Grania on Sep 13 2008 | Filed under: The Journey
In the past day, yet another hurricane hit Texas and Louisiana, there was a horrendous train wreck in LA that they’re now saying happened because the engineer (who died in the crash) missed the signal that told him to stop and allow the freight train to pass, an e-mail friend and fellow cancer survivor found [...]
Grania on Sep 10 2008 | Filed under: Randomness
I met Minime’s boyfriend last Friday. He seems mostly harmless. I didn’t terrorize him much, and he answered direct questions like “what do you do for a living” quite well. Next time I’ll just kick his butt at some video game and we can see what he’s really worth.
I miss road trips. The last part [...]
Grania on Sep 07 2008 | Filed under: Quote of the day
I’ve always liked the time before dawn because there’s no one around to remind me who I’m supposed to be, so it’s easier to remember who I am – http://www.storypeople.com/
Grania on Sep 02 2008 | Filed under: The Journey
Having been 17 and pregnant, and having my family’s support (after an initial period of harshness where they tried to convince me that having and keeping a baby was the worst thing that could ever happen) I am one of few who can legitimately and with personal knowledge of being in that circumstance, speak to [...]
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