I shut down this weekend. I was like a household appliance that had been working so much so long that it overheated and shut itself off. So, I stayed home sick Monday and Tuesday. At first, I felt guilty for it, as if I had to be on my deathbed to warrant such a thing. […]

Sometimes, it’s the littlest things that lifts my spirits. Last night, it was a belly warmed with tomato basil soup, my iPod slipped into my left pocket, my hand slipped into my right and Sam Beam’s soothing crooning in my ears as I crossed the Ralphs parking lot to my car in the cold, dark […]

I feel just as deflated and depressed as many of you do. But, I keep telling myself, now is not the time to lose hope. It breaks my heart to think that those who voted for the first time this year, those who spent countless days and nights canvassing neighborhoods and raising money, those who […]

Can you feel the hope and energy? I can. Last night, my roommate Rima and I beep-beep-beeped our way down Sunset Blvd. past a mob of people carrying “Fire President Bush” signs. We both felt weighed down by the stress and fear of another letdown, but had to constantly remind ourselves that our emotions could […]

Me as Chas Tenenbaum, from The Royal Tenenbaums. Rima was a demented prom queen, Henry was a Hasidic Jew and Rama was a kid dressed up as Superman. It took me 1 1/2 hours and half a can of hairspray to curl my hair last night, and I still looked more Shirley Temple than Ben […]

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more I wish you enough hapiness to keep your spirit alive I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting I […]

The oh-my-gosh-what-now panic of yesterday has become more of a wow-I-can’t-believe-this-is-all-happening feeling swirling in my tummy. How did I get to be so darned lucky — and busy? Some of the many things I am looking forward to: – Dressing up for Halloween, lighting my first-ever jack-o-lantern and stuffing the bags of all the adorable […]

I’m having a “What the hell am I doing?!” moment, complete with sweaty palms, racing brain, pounding heart and all. Luckily, I’ve had enough of these to know that it’ll pass.

There’s nothing like someone else’s bad news to change your point of view. I spent most of the morning mumbling and grumbling because of the teeniest, tiniest things. I was in a bad mood, a funk, a stink. But at lunch, I got word of something worse than I could imagine for myself, and my […]

There are a lot of things I’m not good at. I can’t throw a ball to save my life. I have a heck of a time balancing a checkbook. I get stage fright in front of big crowds. If I were a superhero, Rama and I joke, one of my weaknesses would be that I […]