Category Archives: Women

A Good Memory From My Most-Hated Grade

Posted on November 8, 2013 by judisunshine

I hated sixth grade. It was the year my parents made me go to Christian school, after I’d finally and painstakingly eked out an identity for myself at Chatterton, the public elementary school in my district. I wasn’t the prettiest, … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, School, The '80s, Women | Tagged " corsages, 1986, banquets, Chatterton Elementary, Christmas, Connect Four, costumes, essays, gymnasiums, Halloween, hoedowns, Ireland, Long Island, Madonna Virgin Tour, posterboard, private school, prom, public school, Saint Lucy, sixth grade, Snickers, South Shore Christian School, Sweden, The Rock, topographical maps | Leave a comment

Along Came a Spider

Posted on September 28, 2013 by judisunshine

I’m sitting in the office of my apartment as I type, and right in front of me is a huge window. I can hear the breeze rustling the leaves, and can see the effects as the branches bend. But I … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Apartments & Other Domiciles, Family, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged 2:30 in the morning, 4:30 in the morning, apartments, autumn, bathtubs, cat perch, counting your blessings, Dexter, Long Island, screens, spiders, the woods, trains, trees, windows | 1 Comment

My Second Tattoo

Posted on September 15, 2013 by judisunshine

It’s been fifteen years since the day I spontaneously went with Shannon to DaVinci Tattoo in Wantagh. We weren’t planning on getting tattoos that day, but we did. I didn’t think I’d ever get one, but Shannon had paved the … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Books, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged Bible study, Blade, Chinese symbol for friend, coworkers, DaVinci Tattoo Wantagh, Jigsaw, Joker, kitties, marbles, Margaret Atwood Cat's Eye, Scrubbins, Shannon, tattoos, Townhouse Lounge, Virgin Mary, Wantagh New York, Wesley Snipes | 1 Comment

Trendz

Posted on September 5, 2013 by judisunshine

While I’m no slave to fashion, I’m not immune to what’s all the rage, especially when I was a kid. Here are seven examples! Golddiggers/Termites When I was five, I really didn’t watch much TV. It was mainly the ‘70s … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Family, Friends, Lists, Miscellaneous, The '80s, Women | Tagged '70s, '80s, 1984, Barbies, Cabbage Patch Kids, Catholic school, charm bracelets, charm necklaces, Christmas, Corn Silk, Electric Company, fashion, Garbage Pail Kids, Golddigger jeans, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie, Madonna, memories, Mister Rogers Neighborhood, PBS, playground, puffy stickers, rubber bracelets, school, school uniforms, Sesame Street, Six Flags Great Adventure, sticker books, stickers, style, Termite shoes, Trends, Trivial Pursuit, Tweety Bird, Xavier Roberts | 4 Comments

5 Reasons to Watch “The Mindy Project”

Posted on August 7, 2013 by judisunshine

So while I loved Mindy Kaling as Kelly on “The Office,” it’s rare for me to get into a new sitcom. I’ve got a lot of shows on my plate, you know? But I found myself chuckling at the ads … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Entertainment, Lists, Miscellaneous, Romance, TV, Women | Tagged 30 Rock, Alicia Silverstone, Amanda Setton Shauna, Anna Camp Gwen, B.J. Novak, BFF, bimbo, Bridget Jones, Brooke Theiss, casts, Cher Horowitz, Chloe Sevigny, Chris Messina, Christina Applegate, Colorado, Danny Castellano, dragon shirt, dry with, Ed Weeks Jeremy, friends, guest stars, himbos, How I Met Your Mother, Ike Barinholtz Morgan, Joey Tribiani, Juile and Juila, Kelly Bundy, Liz Lemon, lol, Mindy Kaling, New York accent, Pitch Perfect, pizza, Seinfeld, Seth Rogen, Sex and the City, sitcoms, six feet under, sleepless in seattle, The Mindy Project, The Office, Tina Fey, Valentine's Day, Wendy Lubbock, will they or won't they, Xfinity on Demand, Zoe Jarman Becky | 2 Comments

This Day By the Lake Went Too Fast

Posted on August 1, 2013 by judisunshine

So as you may have read, I went to a Christian all-girls sleepaway camp in 1989, the summer I turned 14. And while there were good times to be had in the form of eating contests and songwriting, for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Friends, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged bonfires, Breakfast, buddy burners, Camp Tappawingo, camping, Christian sleepaway camp, coffee cans, comfort zone, guitars, High school, hiking, islands, New York, s'mores, seltzer water, Shannon, singalongs, sleeping bags, sleeping under stars, staying up all night, Sterno, tarps, tents, the lake, upstate | 3 Comments

Such Great Heights

Posted on July 24, 2013 by judisunshine

Everything looks perfect from far away ~ The Postal Service Looking back on it, I’m not sure that I ever liked heights very much, per se. I’ve always loved amusement parks, and there was a time that I loved flying. … Continue reading →

Posted in Lists, Miscellaneous, Romance, Women | Tagged Adventureland, Bat-a-pult, Briarhurst Manor, bridges, Cave of the Winds, Colorado, Denver, Elitch Gardens, fear of heights, flying, hiking, Josh, Kate, LOST, Postal Service, ropes course, Royal Gorge, schadenfreude, Seven Falls, Sky Coaster, Tower of Doom, zipline | Leave a comment

4 Tales of Rebellion In a Christian High School :o

Posted on July 19, 2013 by judisunshine

Don’t drink, don’t smoke What do you do? ~ Adam Ant We were asked this many times, the students at South Shore Christian School, because despite some exceptions, for the most part, we didn’t drink, nor smoke (anything), nor even … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Friends, Lists, Miscellaneous, School, Women | Tagged coke-babies.com, detention, Levittown, Long Island, Man-E-Faces, Masters of the Universe, math class, pop quiz, pranks, South Shore Christian School, Spanish class, SSCS, suspension, Taboo | 1 Comment

3 Movies I’ve Seen Alone In the Theater

Posted on July 4, 2013 by judisunshine

I waver drastically between wanting to be alone and never wanting to be left alone. The time I most embraced this dichotomy was in my early 20s, when I was pursuing acting as a career. NYC will do that to you … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Entertainment, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Movies, Women | 4 Comments

To Nanny, On Her 91st Birthday

Posted on June 13, 2013 by judisunshine

Arrive. DING-donggggg. Shuffle shuffle inside. Tentative door open that got less tentative once she saw who it was. Echoey voices in the hallway leading up to the kitchen, where we’d say our hellos and have The Punch – filled with … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Family, Food, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged banker's lamps, basements, Body Buddies cereal, bomb shelters, Chip, Christina Applegate, coffee, Cujo, dining rooms, doorbells, growing old is not for sissies, Kelly Bundy, Married with Children, Meadowbrook Parkway, Merrick, meteorologists, Nanny, New York, offices, pink roses, Pop-Pop, punch bowls, sherbet, shunning pork, staticky televisions, stuffed mushrooms, yellowed paper | 2 Comments

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