where the heck have i been?

1. busy!
i am training to run a half-marathon in s.f. in august. plus a healthy dose of school and trying to rehabilitate an 8-year-old beagle i rescued from an unsavory situation on whidbey island. (scout was living outside and just being fed by her owner, who didn't want to be at the house because her husband killed himself there. you can bet i am mining their situation rather heartlessly for writing material.)
2. disorganized!
for one thing, my blogger.com page is IN FRENCH. i know a bare minimum of the language, so sign-in has been a little game which i have lost on several occasions. just like scrabble! (the secret to winning in both situations has been to leave my ego out of it. spelling the most impressive word isn't strategic and not looking french words up isn't going to get you into your blog.) and i never remember my password to anything. i am looking forward to getting old and having my keys and my passwords tucked into my bra or tied around my neck with a piece of yarn.
3. not vegan!
ok, i tried. but by the time easter came, i was being viciously mocked by my family for making pork chops for dinner. ("are those vegan pork chops?!") there are things i can live without (cheese, chicken, bacon, etc.) and then there are things that i! must! have! (cream in my coffee and a burger now and then). and as much as i love being a tourist in the extremist world, i never stay for long. (witness my brief love affairs with my bicycle, yoga, hair extensions, pot smoking, etc.) any activity that involves a membership vibe, including specialty stores and lingo, can only interest me for a short time. i think that's why i love running: other people do it, sure, but you can do it everyday for years and not have to talk to anyone about it. it's solitary. (that and it gives me a reason to punch the air and sing "eye of the tiger")
more to come!
xo
p.s. check out my brother's awesome blog! he's the best! if sasha frere-jones and orson welles had a baby, it would be him!