I'm a Veronica.

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blanddiva11: Beauty that deserves a magazine spread.

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:00:06 -0400

blanddiva11:

Beauty that deserves a magazine spread.

Because I don’t post enough Bean photos lately. (Someone...

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:00:06 -0400

Because I don’t post enough Bean photos lately.

(Someone dropped my camera. It broke. Sadface. I’m getting a new one soon. It’ll be shock-proof. Until then, there’s Facebook.)

Never forget.

Mon, 30 May 2011 02:25:03 -0400

Never forget.

I’ve known about Grenada’s underwater sculpture park...

Sun, 29 May 2011 23:51:00 -0400

I’ve known about Grenada’s underwater sculpture park for years, but I’ve never been.

Until I saw this photograph, I had no idea what I was missing.

BRB, signing up for SCUBA lessons.

(Source: Jason deCaires)

“My mommy is not afraid of anything. Not of the dark, or...

Sun, 29 May 2011 22:14:00 -0400

“My mommy is not afraid of anything. Not of the dark, or dragons or even monsters.”

I felt tears in my nose and had to bite my cheek when I heard (from my mother) that he said this. Because Mommy is oh-so-very scared of oh-so-many things. Sometimes I worry that he senses my fear, and that it hurts him. But I guess he doesn’t, and he isn’t; that I’m getting this right, mostly, and that my boy feels safe, which is what matters above all.

"In Turkey we have saying. ‘Sometimes if you shit hard enough, you can break the rock.’"

Sun, 29 May 2011 20:59:00 -0400

“In Turkey we have saying. ‘Sometimes if you shit hard enough, you can break the rock.’”

- A co-worker. I’m not sure what this means, but it sounds like encouragement. Also, yes, co-worker. Meaning I got the job. And have started already. I’m exhausted, and I love it. I’ll post more about that when I dig up some energy.

"I feel like I’m four again!"

Wed, 25 May 2011 11:50:01 -0400

“I feel like I’m four again!”

- Bean, thrilled because I got him a new pair of silver sneakers, and also his first library card.

Once every five years or so, we remember to take a family...

Sun, 22 May 2011 15:00:44 -0400

Once every five years or so, we remember to take a family portrait.

I had a job interview this morning.

Sun, 22 May 2011 13:36:39 -0400

It went so well, you could punch me in the face right now and I’d just smile sweetly and ask if you want to talk about it.

In honor of my sleeping through the Rapture (again!),

Sat, 21 May 2011 15:42:40 -0400

I just renewed my domain name, thereby officially admitting that - despite all grumbling threats to the contrary - I plan to internet for at least another year.

You have been given a chance to date 5 famous men who are no longer alive. (They are alive for the purposes of this inquiry).
Which 5 men would you pick and why?

Wed, 18 May 2011 11:29:41 -0400

River Phoenix, because I loved him when I was ten. His was a great talent. Also, he was once on a(n airline?) magazine cover in which his unretouched zits were clearly visible. Middle School me really dug that.

John F. Kennedy, Jr., because I have a thing for troubled yet charismatic eternal boys and because if he’d been with me the day he died, we’d have flown commercial and he’d still be alive.

Ernesto “Che” Guevara, before Cuba but after The Motorcycle Diaries, because the dude was *soulful*. He’d perfect my Spanish and I’d convince him to keep writing and pursue non-violent political revolution.

Jimmy Stewart, because Vertigo is one of my all-time favorite films, and because he oozes a normalcy that I lack and crave. Or at least the appearance thereof, which is good enough for me, because he could teach me to fake it.

I’m hard pressed to pick the fifth. Christobal Colon, so I could keep him in Italy? Cary Grant, because he’d know what to do with my hair? Charles de Gaulle, so I could yell at him about Algeria? Baudelaire, because he’s the original monarch of overwrought purple prose? Thomas Jefferson, because I’d encourage him to make more explicit certain points in the U.S. Constitution?

So many men, so little time.

Last Thursday, we flew from Grenada to Miami, then onwards to...

Tue, 17 May 2011 17:37:28 -0400

Last Thursday, we flew from Grenada to Miami, then onwards to New York. My dad picked us up and drove us to my uncle’s house in Connecticut, where we met up with my mom. The next morning, more than 24 hours after we left home, we finally made it to our final destination: Amherst, Massachusetts. By Friday night, we found ourselves invited to our neighbors’ graduation party, scheduled for the following day.

Bean spent Saturday morning helping them decorate their caps. Then he covered his new bike with glitter, donned a blonde shaggy wig and grabbed his banjo, with which he tunelessly regaled his new friends.

“You’re alright,” they informed me, “but we LOVE your son. Can we keep him?”

“Make your own,” I retorted, (sorta) sagely.

We all should make friends so easily.

"TROJAN MAN KEEPS YOU SAFE!"

Tue, 17 May 2011 13:56:00 -0400

“TROJAN MAN KEEPS YOU SAFE!”

- Bean, proving that it’s not the TV that the problem. It’s the commercials.

I'm an arrival/departure junkie.

Tue, 17 May 2011 10:10:00 -0400

There’s really nothing sweeter than coming back to a place I left a year ago. Fights and grievances evaporate, everything appears shiny and new, and I find myself appreciating details I might never have noticed if I lived here all the time. People are happy to see me, and instead of uncomfortable conversations about what I’m doing to make a living, we chat about my fabulous tan.

One of these days I’ll have to settle down. Pick a country and stick with it for a few consecutive years. Like a grownup.

But not yet.

Guess who turns five tomorrow?

Tue, 17 May 2011 09:00:36 -0400

Guess who turns five tomorrow?

Full disclosure: I always get up before dawn.

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:44:32 -0400

Full disclosure: I always get up before dawn.

Because today we’re sharing wedding photos.

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:51:24 -0400

Because today we’re sharing wedding photos.

I'm a Veronica.

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blanddiva11: Beauty that deserves a magazine spread.

Because I don’t post enough Bean photos lately. (Someone...

Never forget.

I’ve known about Grenada’s underwater sculpture park...

“My mommy is not afraid of anything. Not of the dark, or...

"In Turkey we have saying. ‘Sometimes if you shit hard enough, you can break the rock.’"

"I feel like I’m four again!"

Once every five years or so, we remember to take a family...

I had a job interview this morning.

In honor of my sleeping through the Rapture (again!),

You have been given a chance to date 5 famous men who are no longer alive. (They are alive for the purposes of this inquiry). Which 5 men would you pick and why?

Last Thursday, we flew from Grenada to Miami, then onwards to...

"TROJAN MAN KEEPS YOU SAFE!"

I'm an arrival/departure junkie.

Guess who turns five tomorrow?

Full disclosure: I always get up before dawn.

Because today we’re sharing wedding photos.

You have been given a chance to date 5 famous men who are no longer alive. (They are alive for the purposes of this inquiry).
Which 5 men would you pick and why?