July 17th, 2007, 11:41 am
A Elegância na Praia
It’s true that I haven’t updated in a long, long time.
It’s been a long, long month - dive bar Jello shots in Portland, fried bologna sandwiches at Daytona 400 in Florida, draft beers in Vegas, quesadillas in Phoenix, bagels in DC.
It’s been a rough month; too much coffee, white bread, sugar; not enough sleep; too much 2.0, a million essays lost to the fatigue of adulthood.
It’s been a wonderful month of work; launching convention blogs, leading sessions, coaching writers, editing résumés and cover letters nonstop; networking, and talking so much, so much journalism.
I’ve found myself with a million things to say and no strength to say them; stuck, indecisive, finally back in my erstwhile home, under the blankets while the window-propped A.C. roars, insistent upon 63.
I think perhaps today has come; perhaps today I am ready to be updated.
Awesome shoe find courtesty Rita in Lisboa. ‘Brigada!
July 18th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Ouch. It was the Pepsi 400 at Daytona, Laura! And you call yourself a NASCAR fan.
What’s that? You don’t?!
July 18th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Well, I KNOW it was the Pepsi 400. But my audience isn’t likely to know that. And saying the Pepsi 400 in Daytona, Florida would have ruined the structure … cuz I didn’t say city, state for the other’n.
I ain’t likely to forget the actual source of a fried bologna sandwich.
(Sides, I lived in Atlanta … us Southern girls don’t cotton to Coke)
July 18th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Sister Andrea, via email, asks: “so when were you in vegas?” … in clear defiance of the all-sisterly-communication-takes-place-via-blog edict.
For bout two hours, three weeks ago, on my way back through Portland.
July 19th, 2007 at 2:35 am
Welcome back, Miss Fries. The absence of your virtual ass has caused me to fall asleep at the wheel on the information superhighway
July 19th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
Awh, thanks Ms. Quick! I appreciate your presence here!