This is really just a public service announcement to let you know that M and I have decided to rule the world. Technically our world rule started at midnight PST, but in reality it started about an hour and forty-seven minutes ago when I woke up. It’s nothing personal. The former rulers did an okay
I had a dance teacher once who would start each class with a thought for the day. On one particular day, her musing was: You can’t through life with a disclaimer. She started with dance examples: you can’t walk into auditions and start with “I’m feeling very cranky. I didn’t get enough sleep. I’m pretty
A comment reader Jen left about holding patterns (Jen’s comment) made me pause. I wonder if it had the same impact on you? When I look back on my life what I see is a series of enormous leaps followed by long phases of what I can only describe as holding patterns. It is almost
As I sit here on a balcony overlooking the ocean, on this the first day of my 44th year of existence, I find myself musing about all the things I once planned for someday when my real life started. This kind of musing can be hard on those who are truly delicate flowers, but if
I’d like to say that I’m standing on the edge of glory, but I don’t think it’s glory that’s down there.
Dating in LA and Other Urban Myths Web Series May 2014, Sarah J. Browne did an interview with me about everything from dating in LA to gender roles for The Feminist Observer: Featured Feminist: Patricia Steffy July 2013, Deanna Barnert (@TVDeeva) did a Q&A with Jen Lilley for TV Buzz on MSN, and the series got a
I have run across a significant number of life/time management books over the last few years. It seems that the entire world had suggestions for how to better organize my newly liberated life once I quit my job. I mentioned this to Pen, and she pulled out a slew of self-helpy kind of books that
The other day someone asked me what was wrong (as I appeared out of sorts), and I replied, “life.” This comes off sounding evasive, but really it is the most complete answer I can possibly give because there are days when “my life” really is the thing that is wrong. There were no catastrophes (thank