tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104273443268427712012-01-12T20:55:16.315-05:00The Dirt Under my Fingernails. Or the gum on my shoe, the traffic on the road, the delay on the train, the days at work when the clock doesn't move . . .Sasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10905583331624692935noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810427344326842771.post-26644783581206836482012-01-12T20:55:00.001-05:002012-01-12T20:55:16.322-05:00

Chemo day is a very not-a-big-deal type of thing.  I think it's because people are just constantly going in and out, getting their chemo and then getting up and leaving.  I don't know why I thought there would be hospital beds and people in gowns, and those really terrible blue hats on bald heads.  It's totally not like that at all. Mom's chemo is basically 6 hours.  I don't know if we can get

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So this is post-first chemo and post-Christmas and pre-New Years.  Mom has had her hair cut short and bought a wig in an effort to minimize the scary reality of when her hair falls  out in clumps.  That should happen soon, the hair falling out part, but I think she's adapting well to the new hair on her head.  It's lighter and a little longer, but honestly reminds me of how her hair used to be in

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We met Dr. K on Monday and chemo will begin next Monday morning.  Dr. K is all kinds of awesomeness and made mom feel pretty good that she's got a basic form of ovarian cancer that lots of women have, and therefore, there should be no surprises.  Of course, every single person in this world is different in how they respond to chemo, so let's just leave it at that. Thursday morning was a very

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I actually thought I was doing pretty well in trying not to bottle all of this up, but I guess even then, nothing can stop that one moment where you just feel sad and you need to cry.  I don't know what I am, I don't think I'm an optimist, not a pessimist, maybe a realist, but I constantly think about this fantasy world where everything is okay.  Mum has started up a journal to keep people

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I just want to state for the record that: 1. Massachusetts has never been the center of attention when it comes to politics and voting. We felt pressured to do well and make you proud because we're supposed to know what we're doing (and we don't).2. We don't respond well to 56 phone calls a day from concerned citizens around the country who just want to make sure we know what day to vote. We

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Dear Seattle,Take the rain back to your side of the country! We've had just about enough.Very truly yours,BostonP.S. 5 inches in the next two days? Is that normal even for the pacific northwest?

Sasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10905583331624692935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810427344326842771.post-21055704741140914802009-06-23T19:23:00.003-04:002009-06-23T19:43:57.638-04:00

I'm officially putting the current weather, formally named New England Rain, on notice. Holy crap, you didn't even know there was such a thing as New England rain, did you? Allow me to educate the masses -- and if you're living in New England and don't have any rain -- I shall be more specific: Massachusetts, Boston, outside, all the time . . . rain, rain, rain. New England rain is the

Sasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10905583331624692935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810427344326842771.post-18189022168990797132009-06-06T12:02:00.002-04:002009-06-06T12:08:25.049-04:00

What is the purpose of a see-through shirt, really? And why would I pay such prices for things that have to be worn with other things? I'm on the banana republic website, trying to figure out if the shirt is made of the same material that is usually see-through. And then when I reluctantly buy the shirt, I stand in front of a mirror with all the lights on. Is it see-through? No? But sorta?

Sasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10905583331624692935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810427344326842771.post-72567736174100657862009-06-03T23:33:00.002-04:002009-06-03T23:43:03.846-04:00

Anything that could lead to the phrase 'omg vampires that glow are so hawt!' needs to be discarded. This is not the Harry Potter craze, these are females ages 10-30 who are screaming (like 'Ashlee Simpson concert'-type screaming) for a 30-second trailer of a movie that shows a kiss and a werewolf. I haven't read the books and I really don't want to read them. I also don't plan on ever watching

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It must've been sometime at the end of high school or beginning of college when I just stopped watching award shows. Not even the Golden Globes could pull me in for the full 3 (or 4?) hours and those are usually the fun ones. Doesn't help that I haven't seen any of the movies nominated, don't watch 30 Rock (which, apparently, is the gift from god) and can't really bring up the fake tears for an

Sasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10905583331624692935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810427344326842771.post-84335834237854834812009-02-06T00:11:00.003-05:002009-02-06T00:26:31.922-05:00

I'm putting this winter's snow on notice officially. I know we've complained about it forever, but I'm starting to believe that it has been particularly horrible this year.Snow, you suck, we hate you. You bring us no joy. You bring us traffic and delays and disabled trains and slippery sidewalks mixed with soggy pants and UGG knockoffs that need 29 hours to dry out. And when you do decide to

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Dear DELL,I enjoy all the promotional emails you send me. I can't say that for all the other ones I receive, but yours are colorful and informative and dammit, they make me want to buy a new computer. And sometimes I get so close that I am literally on your website, customizing a laptop that fits my needs. It's all going swell; who doesn't smile at instant price reductions and free 2-day

Sasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10905583331624692935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810427344326842771.post-1873409002953787322009-01-11T12:27:00.003-05:002009-01-11T13:27:50.646-05:00

And people wonder why I've said no to drugs and cigarettes my whole life. Like that time I was being pressured into smoking weed (yes, kids, it was just like those after-school specials) and I laughed it off that I'd probably become addicted like I am with television shows. Turns out, I don't even need the illegal stuff to get completely fucked up, I can just take Sudafed.Now, it doesn't happen

Sasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10905583331624692935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810427344326842771.post-54014958102099388392008-08-25T22:16:00.002-04:002008-08-25T22:31:17.046-04:00

Not that I really want to see more of Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer wax poetic about Ted Kennedy pushing a chair aside onstage but . . . why must there be commercial interruption during the Democratic Convention? They're only showing an hour of coverage and it's not like the tradition of our representative democracy is getting in the way of their new fall lineup (seriously, Dancing with the

Sasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10905583331624692935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810427344326842771.post-48175917201723596852008-07-10T18:34:00.002-04:002008-07-10T18:39:56.304-04:00

Why is it that every time I love something, it has to go away and never return? This time around, it's the American Eagle Stretch Skinny Flare jean line. These jeans? Amazing. Not too low in the back, not too wide at the flare, had an amazing silhouette (I thought, which is really all that matters). So I did what any normal person who just discovered something amazing at an affordable price

Sasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10905583331624692935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810427344326842771.post-20426675609629922972008-07-10T17:43:00.000-04:002008-07-10T18:26:36.291-04:00

I deleted the original blog at this site. I was going to just leave it be but I missed blogging so . . . it's back. For now, at least. I don't know how long it'll stick around.

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