Category Archives: Work

Today I Am Home

Posted on March 30, 2012 by judisunshine

So my new apartment is in a house that was a small hotel back in the early 20th Century. Wait, do you capitalize “century?” Either way. Now it’s divided up into three apartments. My place RULES, but the walls are … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, Romance, Women, Work | Tagged Amethyst Cream, Annie, apartments, Baldwin, bang, Benjamin Moore, boarding houses, clunk, Colorado Springs, drunken "Glee" singalongs, exes, Full Bloom, furniture from the garbage, Hempstead, historical buildings, hotels, How I Met Your Mother, Jamaican Aqua, landlords, Lemon Yellow, Lily apartment, Long Island, Manitou Springs, marriage, masking tape, memories, Merrick, Morning Sunshine, move outs, Moving, Oneonta, Plainview, purple walls, relationships, shenanigans, staying home from work, sweep, tenants, vacuuming, voyeurism, Warbucks mansion | 8 Comments

Used to Be

Posted on March 17, 2012 by judisunshine

I used to be a cheerleader. I’d dreamed of being one for as long as I could remember, but definitely no later than at 10 when I started reading Sweet Valley High. It was everything I loved in the world … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Childhood, Friends, Miscellaneous, TV, Women, Work | Tagged Benjamin Bratt, cartwheels, characters, cheerleader, chicken fingers, college, community theater, costumes, depression, exercise in embarrassment, existential crisis, fat lip, fundraisers, glamour, going through the motions, High school, Josh-U-AH!, junior high, junior year, laps, M&M sales, middle school, Modern Family, moving in unisonsquad, Nassau Community College, NCC, NCC theater, no sadder phrase, Rachel Greene, reahearsals, slow learner, stagnation, stationery, student, supherheroes, Sweet Valley High, Tate Donovan, tedium, theater, theatrical highs, uniforms, used to be, waitress, yelling | 3 Comments

It’s Amazing

Posted on March 10, 2012 by judisunshine

And she began to see: how we cling to fragile walls… this first home/body pounded and grown out of necessity, love. Biting love. Survival love. ~ Ishle Yi Park Spring 2004 was the worst season of my entire life. I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Books, Family, Miscellaneous, Romance, Women, Work | Tagged abandonment, Aerosmith, alcohol, Amazing, anxiety, catharsis, Christina Aguilera, cigarettes, Clonidin, Cryptoquotes, divorce, Don Quixote, Elisabeth Robinson, first spring day, Get a Grip, Gravitron, H&M, hope, kittens, leukemia, Manhattan, marriage, Miller Lite, misery, New York City, paralysis dreams, Penn Station, Stripped, The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters, Tylenol PM | 10 Comments

They Will Only Make You Feel Ugly

Posted on February 29, 2012 by judisunshine

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. ~ Baz Luhrmann I bought my first beauty magazine — an issue of Teen — in 1989, the summer before ninth grade. It was time, I understood, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Childhood, Food, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Women, Work | Tagged attempts to be demure, bad photos, Baz Luhrmann, Beauty magazines, blue eyeshadow, boots, browns, Cosmo, diet pills, embarrassing pics, floral vests, jewel tones, lack of interest in purses, long skirts, pearl-buttoned blouses, pissed off canaries, plums, puffed sleeves, straight bangs, Taffy Sinclair, Teen Beat, Teen Magazine, The Wizard of Oz, touch of sun, waitressing, weight loss, yearbook pictures | 3 Comments

Out to Lunch

Posted on February 14, 2012 by judisunshine

1. Find out credit card payment went through. 2. Drive to Target, proud of my ability to multi-task at lunch. 3. Plan in head purchase of beautiful clothing and Healthy Choice® frozen dinner. 4. Pack wisely, taking only keys and … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Miscellaneous, Women, Work | Tagged 2005 had ugly clothes, credit cards, dresses perfect for picnics, Joan Allen, Lean Pockets, paying for food with change, Pleasantville, roller coasters, shopping, Target, Victoria's secret, why do you have to go to specialty stores to buy bathing suits above a B cup | 2 Comments

The Straight-Edge Adventures Of Ford Fairmont

Posted on February 13, 2012 by judisunshine

It happens constantly. People talking about cars, and admiring cars, and pointing and being all, “I’m gonna own that car one day.” And truthfully, I could not care less on my own end. But there was one car I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Celebrities, Driving & Other Transportation, Friends, Work | Tagged 1981, back windshields, clunky cars, Conrad Bain, CVS, flower stickers, ford fairlane, getting admonished by the police, north baldwin, Phish, possums, powder blue, real-life bumper cars, south baldwin, station wagon, The Beatles Anthology, transmissions | 3 Comments

Stop Me When I’m Passing By

Posted on February 1, 2012 by judisunshine

When we moved into our first house, I was 5 and three quarters, and excited for myriad reasons. Obviously, there was more space in a house than a one-bedroom apartment. But there was also treasure at every turn. The place … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Food, Friends, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Work | Tagged dashed dreams, fairy costumes, glitter, Hot Wheels, ice cream truck, imagination, Ollie, summer days, Toss Across | 2 Comments

Red Faced At Red Lobster

Posted on January 12, 2012 by judisunshine

What I need you to do is take everything you think you know about working in a restaurant, tear it up, stomp on it, set it on fire, and throw it out the window into a pool of gasoline. Wait, … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Restaurants, Work | Tagged Cheddar Bay Biscuits, inappropriateness, lobster stuffed mushrooms, mozzarella sticks, Red Lobster, silverware | 10 Comments

Glug, Glug, Gag!

Posted on December 30, 2011 by judisunshine

So I’ve been feeling extremely off, and I don’t know if it’s the weather, the stress of moving AGAIN, or what. So I decided to hit the health food store. While in GNC, I thought of getting some detox tea, … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Friends, Lists, Restaurants, Work | Tagged Boulder Creek, breast milk, bright idea, dares, detox tea, drinking, fear and trepidation, green stuff, gross things, health food store, pickle juice | 1 Comment

Serendipity Doo Dah

Posted on September 27, 2011 by judisunshine

And how do you do it?And make it seem effortlessWhen it’s all the stupid thingsSo overwhelming to meLike paying my billsOr showing up for work earlyOr laughing at your jokes ~ Rilo Kiley Previously on: My Life 1) I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Driving & Other Transportation, Miscellaneous, Work | Tagged atm card, banks, conklin street, Jay-Z, Lack of direction, wellwood avenue | 1 Comment

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