shadeshaman's blog

busy busy busy

Took part "une" of a t wo-part post-partum doula class on Saturday. Now ranging from "Duh, I already know all this shit" to "what the fuck was I thinking? I can't do this!"

Got an upset phone call from T-Dizzle today. She said that she saw something that she found very disturbing. There were anti-choice protesters put in front of her high school, dismembered fetus posters and all. She said that she screamed "PRO CHOICE!!!!!" at them as the car she was in drove past, but the sight was scarring enough that she felt she needed to call me for some soothing.

ten for 17

1. Blue nail polish.
2. Borscht.
3. Vodka.
4. Garlic stuffed olives.
5. Repeat customers.
6. Cheesy romantic comedies.
7. Being alone in my house (especially when I have bad gas. Not related to the borscht or vodka, FYI.)
8. My cute boyfriend, who did my laundry for me. How awesome is that?
9. Foggy days–even the ambient noise of Oakland is muffled.
10. Kid had a great MLK Day show. She’s totes psyched, and I am as well, for her.
11. Blessed sleep. Possibly related to the borscht and vodka.

ten b4 the sh*t hits the fan

1. Tasha the drummer. Always up for a little mischief.
2. Day off tomorrow…..oops! Jammin’ with folks for the orchestra gig. Oh, well, stuck in the garage…
3. The Glorious Kingdom Primitive Baptist Church had an awesome Church Dinner fundraiser today. Chicken, ham, yams, cornbread, greens, red velvet cake…..
4. The Page Up button is kinda stuck on my laptop. Thanks, ‘puter, for letting me review my work over, and over, and over….
5. Did yoga today!

anti-ten

1. Fog so thick you can’t see to drive, so you park and walk, cuz it’s safer.
2. Diarrhea just before you have to sight-sing 6 songs in front of a judgmental group of musicians. Failing miserably, publicly at the sight-singing.
3. A high water bill because your landlord doesn’t want to pay a plumber to fix a leaky faucet.
4. Working for 29 out of 30 days (one of which you don’t get paid to do as it’s part of a fundraiser).
5. No time to fix bad home hair-bleaching job (see #4.)
6. Plantar wart.
7. Still upset stomach.
8. Fucking cold.

tennnnnn

1. Gluten-free (but not glutton-free, alas!) fried chicken. I used Bob’s Red Mill‘s Gluten-free All Purpose Baking Flour (which has a lot of fava bean flour in it, so I don’t like to use it for much of anything as it tastes too beany for me), some chicken breast tenders (dipped in egg before the flour) and some cooking oil. I actually don’t usually much like chicken, but I have some in the freezer and I really want to put it to use.

missed a couple, sorry

1. Won a court case, again. Same one. blah blah blah. Celebrated by going to Eli's, witnessed and kinda got trapped in the middle of a bar fight. It was gnarly. What a way to celebrate! The hot toddy was tasty.
2. Ran into Matt Pike at Eli's (he broke up the fight). It was nice to see him, he found out just two months ago that he has a 17-year-old daughter. He is SOOOO excited about her. That makes me very happy--I think it's a positive thing in his life.
3. Goat Fluffer is on hiatus for a few months. I need a breather as I have so much on my plate right now.

rin ten ten

1. My old friend, Eric J., for asking me a few months ago if I felt better while I was doing my ten grats a day. At that time, I didn’t get a sense of feeling better, but looking back, I can say that NOT writing ten grats a day makes me feel a lot shittier. So, I will try, again. Thanks for the food for thought, Eric.
2. Black nail polish and bleach blonde hair. Nothing like looking slightly freakish to make me feel like myself.
3. TCM, the old movie channel. Elvis movies today…
4. Not living in AZ.

ten for the new year.

1. New reading glasses. I can even use them when I read music!
2. My big kid coming for a visit. I love when my kids hang out together. They are funny and sweet.
3. Freedom! Not being weighed down.
4. This dinner I just made with sausages, beans, green beans and vodka pasta sauce. Yummers!
5. Being encouraged by my stand partner to write a piece for full orchestra and metal band.
6. Soft pillows.
7. Getting my inverted cross black-on-black scarf back. It’s so soft and warm….and METAL. Thanks Linda!
8. Knowing there is no wrong answer.