5 Feb 2012

I Need Your Help (No, I’m not asking for money. But if you’re offering…)

My, aren’t you looking stunning today!

Really.

Have you lost weight?

And I love what you’re doing with your hair. What’s that you say? You don’t have any hair? Well, I hardly even noticed.

And, that shirt/scarf/bathrobe/plastic tarp you’re wearing really looks lovely with your eyes/skin tone/dimples/goiters.

You probably just think I’m saying all [...]

29 Jan 2012

On Fireworks, Birthday Pizza, Arriving Early and Blooming Late (Yeah, I don’t know what this is about either.)

Happy Chinese New Year, y’all.

I’d like to say I brought in the New Year this week with a big bang, but that would have required my leaving the couch.

And, well, I think we all know where I’m going with this.

I did get to listen to a whole bunch of other people [...]

9 Jan 2012

Having a Bawl in Tokyo (No, that’s not a typo. I really wish it were.)

I never used to think of myself as the big crybaby type.

But, over the past couple years, I’ve changed.

Maybe being so far away from home for so long has made me more sentimental.

Or maybe I’ve just gotten soft-hearted with my old age. (This is the point in the blog post when [...]

4 Dec 2011

My Big Fat Blog: How I’m Going to Downsize My Blog Posts & How You’re Going to Help

You know what thing they say about dogs looking like their owners?

Well, I’m starting to suspect the same thing goes for blogs and their owners.

You see, my blog and I have a lot in common.

My blog has been described as “long-winded,” “good crazy” and “deranged.”

Well, as chance may have it, [...]

27 Nov 2011

What I’ve Been Doing While I Haven’t Been Here (Because I Know You Were All Dying to Know)

Maybe you’ve noticed it’s been a few weeks since my last blog post.

Or, maybe, you haven’t. Because, you know, it’s entirely possible you have things to do that don’t involve holding a candlelight vigil by your laptop waiting for my next blog post to show up on your computer screen. Although I can’t [...]