http://www.melissalion.com Actualizing narrative since 2009, or 1975 depending on how you look at it. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:06:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, here's something you all can help me with regarding my new life as an fancy business lady. WHY AM I SO THIRSTY? When I'm at work, I drink a pint glass of water an hour. I would drink more but I have to get up from my desk and walk ... http://www.melissalion.com/2010/03/office-mystery/ I have no blog posts in me so you have to look at my knitting. First up: A sock. This is a top down plain old sock. I'm using some Koigu I bought years ago in LA. In LA, I went through a sort of yarn-buying compulsion. I was having a ... http://www.melissalion.com/2010/03/look-at-my-knitting/ I know you're all dying to hear about what it's like for me back in the workplace after four years. And my new company knows I have a blog, has given me permission to blog about working there and hired me because I'm a blabber mouth on the Internetz. But ... http://www.melissalion.com/2010/03/i-have-no-stories/ Dear Internet, My first day of work was just fine. I didn't cry in the bathroom and everyone answered my questions and introduced themselves and I remembered everyone's names, except for one guy who I'll have to ask again and feel like a jerk because I hate having to ask someone's ... http://www.melissalion.com/2010/03/first-day/ I'm not much of a shopper. I really don't like it. I don't like it because clothes don't fit me right. I'm sometimes a size 6, sometimes an 8. Sometimes I'm a large or a medium. A 28, 29, or 30. I wander into the dressing room with an armful ... http://www.melissalion.com/2010/03/i-went-shopping/ Complete with cupcakes and Cherry Daniels! GET TICKETS HERE AND NOW! http://www.melissalion.com/2010/02/tonight-entertainment-for-people/ Last night I slept through the night. I figured out that giving Archie a hot toddy milk really conks him out and he'll sleep and sleep and sleep. Also he's been sleeping in a sleeping bag on the floor for the past week. He wants this and can't wait to ... http://www.melissalion.com/2010/02/dreams-and-things/ GET YOUR ENTERTAINMENT FOR PEOPLE TICKETS!!! DO IT. I shouted again. But I want you to get your tickets. A lot. I want that. We like a nice, full house at our shows. And we also have the best audience in Portland. We like seeing you. So get 'em! One of my ... http://www.melissalion.com/2010/02/trapped/ BUY YOUR ENTERTAINMENT FOR PEOPLE TICKETS. ALSO SIGN UP FOR THE NARRATIVE ACTUALIZATION RETREAT!!! Sorry for the shouting. I know all of you were sitting there wondering what I got Fancyhats for Valentine's Day. I'm sorry I kept you up last night FREAKING OUT because you had no idea. Well, my present was ... http://www.melissalion.com/2010/02/knitting-and-working/ For V-Day, we ate. This is how Fancyhats and I celebrate holidays -- we eat Fancypants foods. And then I wake up feeling incredibly guilty and 50 pounds overweight. I would like to unprogram whatever stray wire is in my brain that makes me feel like I've gained 50 pounds ... http://www.melissalion.com/2010/02/we-ate/