Good Morning..
Hey! So, I’m watching Oprah - Dave Chappelle’s first interview. Fascinating. If Oprah is effecting some campaign of intimidation against Dave, she’s covering up really well, by being super nice. I feel bad for Dave, because it’s clear he has so much to say and doesn’t quite know how to get it out. Oprah acting kind of like a celebrity mother/mentor, she’s got this semi-maternal look in her eye.
I just saw this commercial for Andrea Bocelli’s new album, ‘Amoré,’ singing ‘the most romantic songs ever’ or something. And I realized, if I were to have a particularly guilty pleasure, it might be to -
wait - sorry. I just heard the word “herbacutical,” as in ‘pharmacutical,’ but with herbs. That is not a real word. I hate it when they make up words just for commercials. I realize that words are often simply combinations of roots and prefixes, and that no one owns the domain of word making, but it’s still really annoying to hear totally made-up words like ‘herbacutical’ and ‘heliotherapy’ in reference to shampoo and crap like that. If you’re going to make a up a word, do it to add some meaning to the world.
- anyway. If I were to have a particularly guilty pleasure, it might be to listen to this ‘Amoré’ album. Possibly while drinking some rich aromatic tea. During a sunset, perhaps? Enjoying Bocelli’s duets with Christina Aguilera and Stevie Wonder… Maybe while wearing a silk kimono, writing in my journal. I’m not above such things.
Okay, well, on with the day. We’re going to meet with a lady today about looking after her daughter, then I’m coming home to babysit for my friend and neighboor. Good times in childcare means diaper money - go team!
But what I’m superpsyched about is that my class, my pregnancy and sexuality class is scheduled for February 28th at 7:30 pm - it’s called Hot Mama: Sex and Pregnancy. Check out the Early to Bed website for this and other exciting classes on positive sexuality. And PLEASE tell your pregnant friends, and anyone else who might be interested, so we can have a full class with a waiting list, and they’ll have to schedule it again, and again and again. My ultimate goal is to teach this, and other classes, at other locations as well, spreading the good word all about the city.
What else? I just finished reading ‘Mamaphonic: Balancing Motherhood and Other Creative Acts.’ This book kicks ASS. I love it - THANKS, THANKS, THANKS to my friend Andrea for loaning it to me. Reading this book has been so inspiring, I almost cried reading the last few essays (especially the interview with Corin Tucker of Sleater Kinney, which I read years ago, but have now read totally differently through the eyes of a) a mom and b) a mom who’s baby spent her first weeks in the hospital because of an emergency). I have firmed my resolve to reignite my creativity and pursuing artistic endeavors. I hod lost some of my confidence there, but it’s starting to come back a bit. I’m glad for it.
Anyway, Stella’s awake and spitting for some more attention. Enjoy the weekend!
Atena
