As a follow up to the highly acclaimed “A Single Gal’s Receipt” post, allow me to share with you my stellar Saturday night. First, let’s ease into things with a brief revisiting of my day. I didn’t get out of my jammies till 4pm which, for me, is …

Sometimes I’ll know nothing about a band, or very little — except for the way they sound, and as soon as a peek behind the curtain is granted, I’m a fan. Going just beyond the surface of something that you thought was one way can be a magical, en…

Whenever I go to my local Walgreens, the receipt urges me to take part in their monthly sweepstakes for a chance to win $3,000. It’s right there at the bottom, beckoning to me: “How are we doing? Visit http://www.tellwag.com within 72 hours to take a sho…

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve noticed my affection for drama-free programming. And by drama free, I’ll cut to the chase: I spent the last couple of hours watching Animal Planet. Initially I tuned into it because nothing else looked appealing. Nothing…

I was chatting with someone earlier today about my love of stars. “The ones in the sky? Or the shape?” she asked. “The shape,” I said, but then in my head debated whether it was really both. I decided it was both. When I was little, I remember bei…

Across lanes of traffic, I saw a homeless man using a bus stop bench as a bed as I drove to work. It was bitterly cold for a California morning, and there was no shelter around it to protect him from the wind and the noise of commuters’ cars. A bl…

I got in my car this afternoon after saying farewell to one of my best friends who’s moving across the country. His drive starts tomorrow, and it’s hard to believe the day has come. So much change has come about in the past couple of weeks for him…

Earlier today, I was talking to a friend who needed a little space. Not from me, but from someone else in her life. Without going into detail, the space was necessary because there were — figuratively speaking — some recent wounds that needed so…

We’re familiar with a season lasting for a few months, but there are so many more lengths to them — in large part because they can be related to anything. I’m in the middle of a season right now where screenwriting and playwriting are a pretty bi…

Posterous was down for a while earlier tonight, and for a few moments I started writing a Facebook note in the event Posterous doesn’t let me get my blog done by 12am. It’s not the most ideal situation, as Facebook’s formatting within their notes …