writer's block ...

... totally sucks. and so does my paper on children immigrants. i'd pay big bucks right now for a 15-20 page paper formatted in APA style. ok, ok ... i'll format it. i'll even write an introduction and conclusion. please? anyone?

alright, alright. let's see ... what else is there? i saw "the santa clause 3" last weekend with my little. she picked it and i thought it would be horrible. fortunately, i was wrong and i actually enjoyed it! unlike a lot of "kids'" movies this one was age-appropriate and not full of punching people in the face (or other unmentionable body parts). the humor was good for kids with enough fun stuff for the adults. if you only see one silly christmas movie this year, this should be it. (disney, you can send my endorsement check to my home address)

i met a patient this week who reminded me of my mom ... well, not really "reminded me" cuz this woman was 88 years old. but like how my mom could be in many, many years. it was hard to be objective but her son was very involved in her care and i felt like she had a good support. i still just wanted to give her a hug.

and kali's starting to think "how to succeed" is cursed. they haven't had a show go without problems since opening night and there have been some weird things going on. one night a whole light beam died in the middle of the "brotherhood of men" song. my theory is that the feminist goddess is watching and she's pissed.

my experience with unemployment got a little more degrading this week. i had to report to a "reemployment orientation" on friday (doesn't that sound like something related to the nazi occupation?). i was all nervous thinking they were gonna check my application log to be sure i'm holding up my end of the bargin by applying for at least 3 jobs per week. or i thought they might have some good advise for finding a job in a job market that's darn near hopeless. perhaps they would direct me to a position that pays more than $19,000/year. nope. they don't have any more information than i do. i answered a short questionnare about what i've been doing and listened to a woman lecture me about how to write a resume. and not a very good lecture, either. i was just another speech she had to give in order to get through her day. i hope i was better than that to my clients at fia. prolly not. maybe everyone on that side of the desk should be on this one for a while.

i think i'm done pretending to work for tonight. get a fresh start in the morning. maybe i'll dream the paper into being.

Saturday, November 18, 2006