New stuff
Hi Everybody! I’m back from my break! While I was gone I got another job, but still no kidney. I am writing at www.reviewstl.com. I have two weekly columns- new music tuesday and throwback thursdays as well as special events and film reviews. Its a lot of fun and I’m pretty excited about it. In my first week at reviewstl I was the most read writer. I’m pretty stoked about that. I am still doing event planning, reviewstl is a second job. Yes, you read that correctly, I have 2 jobs while in kidney failure. Its a little crazy and I know I should be resting, but I figure if anyone knows how short life can be, its me, so I might as well do everything I want now, just in case. The kidney stuff is going, albeit with some delay. I am hoping for the transplant to happen the 2nd week in April if there are no more problems. Its a scary thing and I try not to think about it too much, but as it gets closer I find myself getting more and more nervous. I just hope everything works out. In the end, that is really all that you can do.
On the religion front, I tried to give up beef for Lent. I just wanted to see how hard it was to give up something for 40 days. I lasted until today…I couldn’t resist. It was taco night. Best part is that I’ve got a belly full of tacos and none of the guilt since I’m not actually Catholic. Its a win/win situation:)
Yeah, I’m not sure if doing “Catholic” stuff works if you don’t have the guilt factor in there. It seems like a lot of western religions are majorly obsessed with making you feel guilty in order to do something/not do something.
As far as giving up meat, well….I think you know where I stand on this subject. Perhaps if you look at it a different way, you’ll feel good about yourself for doing it? At least temporarily….. I guess you already did it temporarily, but you know what they say about not succeeding.
Congrats on the new job, I’ve been reading some of your stuff and enjoyed it.
Stay strong, I hope to see you and Lars when I’m there in a few weeks (first week of April).
You amaze me. Congratulations on your new job. It sounds awesome. I wish I had half of your gumption and motivation. You rock.
Miss you.