suck it ibs!!!

fun girl, originally uploaded by saikiishiki.

No more bloating.

No more cramping.

No more pain.

No more embarrassing bouts of diarrhea*.

No more.

As it turns out it is not the obnoxious non-diagnosis of IBS, but a small intestinal bacterial overgrowth that has been plaguing my life for the last 2 years.

After a ten day (outrageously expensive) course of medication I will be cured. CURED!

SUCK IT!!!


*I feel that I should write a Missed Connections entry on Craigslist to the woman who used the bathroom after me at The Wedge today. Sorry, lady.

pear jammy pants

Six years ago today, while walking the Freedom Trail in Boston, I fell in love with the fist boy I ever kissed.

In honor of the day I made him some jammy pants that are actually long enough for his 6'4" frame. I'm not a particularly adept seamstress... let's just say I learned a lot.

in my crafting world

Jenny the-wig-run-room-kitty-loving-quilt-maker and I are making a baby quilt for some mutual friends. Behold the cool and warm complimentary fabrics that will become zig-zags. 

Ooo... zig-zag.

I love these ladies. 

Also, I've been embroidering the center panel of my sister's wedding shawl. I had a small introduction to embroidering back when we were making the Master Butchers quilt, but it has now become a full on obsession. I am also a little obsessed with these crewel kits that Purl sells -- embroidery with YARN?!?!? WHAT?!?!?

This is Lily. She's not a craft. She's just super cute. Look how she's resting her little cheek on the foot of my dulcimer stand. Also, that's my dulcimer. Note the cardinal shaped sound holes.

elegant indeed

this week took some heroics

Jack Stirs The Earl Grey., originally uploaded by jimbodownie.

Here are some highlights in objective bullet point form:

• Get a little ill from over eating eggs with cheese and tea with milk.

• Continue to have stomach problems.

• Decide half-way through second show of 2-show day that if I continue I may vomit onstage.

• Get home and expel the entire contents of my GI track from both ends.

• Have early morning doctor's appointment; give blood, urine and the promise of stool.

• Take 3 specimen cups, Pepto-Bismol and Imodium over to a commercial callback not having consumed food for 18 hours.

• Sleep for 12 hours.

• Fill cups and place in freezer and fridge.

• Miss performance for the first time in my professional career.

• Sleep for 12 more hours.

• Perform first show of 2-show day for roughly 300 patrons.

• Wait to see if second show gets canceled.

• Perform un-canceled second show of 2-show day for 139 patrons.

• Applaud audience at curtain call.

• Stay the night at a hotel courtesy of the theater.

• Dig car out of snow.

student matinee = good dinner

brussel_sprouts_1005, originally uploaded by Mel Hill Photography.

Roasting brussels sprouts with carrots, red potatoes and onions.

Porkchops sprinkled with herbs de province sizzling in the pan.

The last of the red wine.

Kitty asleep on my shoulders.

Season 1 finale of Dexter on Netflix instant.

All of these things make up for the horny teenagers applauding my breasts but not my song in this morning's student matinee.

Suck it.

we dance round in a ring and suppose but the secret sits in the middle and knows

the tree with the pink balls , originally uploaded by april-mo.

THE WINTER'S TALE
by William Shakespeare
directed by Jonathan Munby

January 29 - March 27, 2011

Re-Imagine Once Upon a Time…
Ball gowns meet bluegrass in this fairytale romance that blends two wildly different worlds filled with music and dance: a bone-chilling ballroom where jealousy erupts and an enchanted forest where young passion blooms. At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, one royal family's dream turns into a nightmare. Suspecting his queen cheated on him, a jealous king banishes her and their newborn from the court. Years later the child, a free-spirited young woman, falls for a handsome prince among the flowers of Bohemia. Yet as quickly as their love is forbidden, a series of twists lead them both to a magical homecoming like never imagined.

Please note: Audiences are encouraged to come early and take their seats by 10 minutes of curtain to witness The Winter's Tale company enact a pre-show ahead of the action of the play.

FOR $20 TICKETS: Call the box office at 612.377.2224 and ask for the "ACTOR" offer. Only valid for performances January 29 - February 13