Sunday, August 7, 2005AN ILLUSION OF BEAUTYI discovered the wonders of make-up at the age of 13, the year before I discovered the wonders of sex. Whether one was contingent on the other, I'm not exactly sure but in my subconscious they are closely related. Girls usually start out sneakily applying lipstick when they're out of their mother's... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 2:02 PM Comments (12) (link) Saturday, August 6, 2005GOING COLD TURKEYI can't remember exactly when my obsession with bottled water started, but like most compulsive behaviors it kind of snuck up on me when I wasn't looking. Perhaps it started back over twenty five years ago when I left my husband, moved into a hundred year old red brick warehouse on Boston's... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 7:52 AM Comments (12) (link) Monday, August 1, 2005NOSTALGIAThere is a particular kind of day, always in summer, when the sky is an overall grey, not a menacing grey that threatens an impending thunderstorm, but a light infused greyness that softly shields you from a relentless sun and muffles noise. Yesterday was that kind of day here in Cambridge... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 10:16 AM Comments (10) (link) Friday, July 29, 2005QUESTION AUTHORITYIs this a learned skill to be encouraged, a genetic trait that can't be helped, or a tendency that needs to be squelched when it pops up in your children? For me, there is no doubt in my mind, I was born to question authority. It goes back to my first childhood memories. My parents considered me to... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 9:23 AM Comments (8) (link) Tuesday, July 26, 2005WHERE WILL YOU BE?That's the tag line on THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW a movie RG and I watched a few nights ago. It's billed as a sci/fi thriller but to me it seemed pretty heavy on the sci part. It more than adequately set my teeth on edge as the basis for the plot was the sudden and dramatic climate shifts that we may... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:28 PM Comments (9) (link) |
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