April 28
My scattered brain has found a home here. Also RIP Post
1965
Guess *what* is discus thrower + shot putter on our track team? V? How clever can you get? He's a real mess. All the time he ignores me and prances around making a fool of himself. (He came in second to last.) What a waste, waist (pick either) he is! A real fink - do you hear me, V? A real fink!!
Comment 2006
...and yet, why was I attending a track meet? Why did I know how he placed? Why can I still picture him "prancing around" in his track shorts?
Comment 2023
I think we all know why. Teenaged Jo was trying to conjure up some of that hate—>love juju.
1983
It’s Thursday night, after a long hot (nearly 90) day. But I want to jot down some thoughts.
1) I want to read more. If I could work up to 4 books a week, I’d be ecstatic.
2) I want to know more, especially about retailing and the world I’m preparing my students for.
Kiddo’s words:
Dada
Mama
Eye
Ha’ (hat)
Sh’ (shoe)
Dis
Dat
Bye-bye
Night-night
Dati (dolly)
Budi (birdie)
Datto (bottle)
Comment 2023
4 books a week? I remember doing that as a kid, but those were much short books and all I did when I wasn’t in school was read. The sheer insanity of that goal is staggering. Four books at a time is more my style, just like my knitting (currently, 3 WIPs), and my writing (this thing and THAT THING). Might I have undiagnosed ADHD? What good would it be to know at this point in my life?
1985
I am now involved in a church committee. Thoughts about scheduling options.
9 a.m. family service (1/2 hour)
song
reading/story
music and offertory
joys and sorrows
announcements
song
9:30 Religious Education (adult and kids) and coffee
11 regular service (child care for under 5s)
We decided last night to use a different form of birth control for a while, and maybe try to have another child next spring or summer. It was a heavy conversation. Time to take a shower.
Comment 2023
I hate committees so much that I forgot I was on this one.
Also, it took us eleven years to decide to have Kiddo 1, so talking about Kiddo 2 was bound to be “heavy”.
1986
Went to the doctor for a checkup. That always makes me think of babies a lot…seeing other pregnant women. How are you doing in there, Kiddo? I’m looking forward to meeting you. Hope you find more different places to kick me than your sister did. I think that rib must have a dent in it. But no matter. Kick away, enjoy yourself.
1997
I am still looking for a time to write. It should be after my morning routine. Nice trick, though, when on the PRIME morning (Monday) I have 10 a.m. meetings. Ho Hum!
I need to talk about our relationship with Jim. I don’t understand where we are.
Comment 2023
I also hate meetings, especially morning meetings. Especially Monday morning meetings.
Relationship tip: please do talk about “where you are” from time to time.
2020
Finished Bel Canto. Lovely choice for a pandemic. I have been napping less, which I think has been improving my sleep.
Comment 2023
Even in the pandemic, I could not read four books a week. Probably two.
2008
Revisiting my “index card” minimalist wardrobe from 1970.
1-2 pair of jeans, patched and turned into cutoffs are they age.
6-8 Assorted solid color tops. (Mostly Ts, one white turtleneck, one white button-down.)
1 pr sandals, 1 pr boots,1 pr. plain pumps, 1 pr loafers/mocs.
1 winter coat
1-2 skirts
1-2 dresses (one dressy)
2-3 sweaters
1 swim suit
2 nightwear (one winter, one summer)
I was working as a waitress, wearing a uniform five days a week. We did laundry once a week, My clothing might have some trendy elements (hem length, for example), but I used plainer fabrics to make them more interchangeable.
Comment 2024
I’ve added more pants, but still have my 2 pair of jeans (1 new, 1 broken in) and one cutoff pair. One winter coat, 2 dresses. Will do a fuller inventory when I have time.
2023
Will no one rid me of these troublesome allergies? It’s hard to think when my head is a block of concrete.
I am trying to figure out my social media/blogging landscape. Thanks to Elon Musk, my nice writing community on Twitter no longer exists. They’ve all scattered to Mastodon and other platforms. Nice places to visit, but … you know. For quite a while, I knew where to put my thoughts. Personal stuff for family and friends went to Facebook. Images on Instagram. Research updates on my blog, Gender Mystique. (Don’t get excited; it’s been awhile.) Everything else on Everything Else. Twitter was my local pub where I could hang out, get the news and exchange bon mots with my buddies.
After several months on Substack, it’s starting to feel like that place. Substack + Notes is almost perfect. I will hang on to my Post account, though. It feels more like a co-working space, which might come in handy when I am feeling more serious than social.
Comment 2024
I am also on Threads, though not sure why at this point. I lost so many good connections when Twitter/X collapsed that I will never stop hating XDude.
2024
And now Post is dead. Threads is still clunky. Why call it “Threads” if following threads is so hard?????