February 13, 2007 – 12:00 am
I’ve been making a Valentine’s Day splash ever since my sophomore year at UCLA, the first year I had my own apartment, a two bedroom one bath apartment behind fraternity row that I shared with three other girls, including my great friend Karen Cope. It was wonderful being out of the dorms and having a [...]
February 9, 2007 – 12:00 am
I’ve been thinking about Valentine Day gifts and it’s not because I want to be Ms. Consumer, but between email ads from the companies I like, spam that I don’t like, and the internet with its ‘gifts gifts gifts’ thing going on, gifts are on my mind. I never had a real boyfriend in high [...]
February 4, 2007 – 12:00 am
Did anyone else see the Tribute to Aretha Franklin this past week? The tribute was to help raise funds for the UNCF, United Negro College Fund, and the show was fantastic, an unbelievable three hours of music, history and education and I was upstairs writing with the tv on downstairs full blast so I could [...]
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December 20, 2006 – 12:00 am
I know where they got the name the Kranks. The Kranks are people who are COLD and TIRED and NOT HAVING FUN. Was I shouting? Oh, yes. I was shouting. I’m KRANKY. And that’s even with the power back on. Because it only just came back on and I’m THANKFUL but having been made to [...]
November 3, 2006 – 12:00 am
This is going to be a super short blog and I’m writing it because I’m chained to my desk until I finish Odd Mom Out but I can’t stand thinking about my book for another second so here I am, pretending to not write when I’m still writing. If I could, I’d lie down on [...]
September 9, 2006 – 12:00 am
First of all, you’ll want to read this most excellent scathing essay (follow link below) http://www.weeklydig.com/arts/articles/chick_lit_is_ and then report back here for my simplistic response. And in the event you don’t want to read a very negative piece on chick lit, and how it’s destroying what is left of America, well, bear with me while [...]
