The Kat's MeowBlogging, blogging, blogging...Decadence of Vegas- (Found June 18, 2008 ) Vegas is lights, slot machines jingling 247, hot women dressed in their sexiest clothes, guys trying to impress, drinking, smoking, dancing like strippers, and money blown like there'll be no tomorrow. This is good for three days tops. In fact, a three day visit is the ideal length of time -- you have at least two full nights of partying, plus a possible 3rd if you're hardcore (which I'm not). This gives you enough time to enjoy the pool, gamble a bit, try out various restaurants, and still..http://www.kathyahn.com/blog/2007/09/04#vegas The Kindness of Strangers- (Found June 18, 2008 ) I've had the nicest (and funniest) experience with strangers the last two days. Last night when I got to the 24th and Mission Bart station from SFO, I stopped at my favorite burrito place to eat and went outside to stand near the bus stop to have a cigarette before I hailed a cab home. As soon as I had my cigarette lit, someone came up to me and offered me a ride home. I saw him before I went in to eat, and he looked and seemed friendly and I didn't get any creepy vibes at all, so I said...http://www.kathyahn.com/blog/2007/09/05#kindness_of_strangers Your Friendly Serial Killer- (Found June 18, 2008 ) I've been absorbed in Dexter, the Showtime series about the blood forensics expertserial killer. I love this criticism of the media buzz around Dexter on the Media Research Center's site (a conservative group). I found it humorous.I'll admit to having a long time fascination with serial killers. I used to read true crime novels (those hideously unliterary little mass market books) when I was a kid and was always especially interested in the serial killers -- the ones that were compelled to...http://www.kathyahn.com/blog/2007/09/18#dexter One of the boys- (Found June 18, 2008 ) My boyfriend works on a ship so he comes and lives with me for a month at a time. We've been together eight months but have only been in the same country for just over 11 weeks in total.One of the things I realized on his last trip was that one of the reasons I fight relationships is because I want to keep being one of the guys. I don't want my boyfriend to take my place in my circle of guy friends! I don't want to miss hanging out with them because he's hanging out with them. I don't like..http://www.kathyahn.com/blog/2008/05/20#intimacy Bay to Breakers 2008- (Found June 18, 2008 ) Photos on flickr.comsfkat:http://www.kathyahn.com/blog/2008/05/23#b2b2008_pics How We know We're Getting Old...- (Found June 18, 2008 ) The father of my son called me the other day and told me this hilarious story. So he was at the gas stationdinerliquor store early in the morning one day -- he travels a lot for work so probably gas station -- and this young chick in her early 20s wearing a tiny little mini skirt and looking like she'd been up all night drinking and partying starts chatting him up asking about his tattoos and stuff. And he's thinking, hey, yeah, I've still got it...rock on when she asks him if he has any...http://www.kathyahn.com/blog/2008/05/23#14_yr_old_son My favorite drug- (Found June 18, 2008 ) My favorite hormone is back in the news! And this time it might cure some mental illnesses. Oxytocin stimulates pair bonding, affection, and breast milk. It helps you associate good feelings with social interactions and to be able to empathize with others. Mothers who have their oxytocin production interfered with stop nursing and caring for their young; children who are neglected in their youth grow up with stunted oxytocin receptors. Researchers now think that oxytocin could help those...http://www.kathyahn.com/blog/2008/06/03#oxytocin The first year- (Found June 18, 2008 ) I was at the gravesite thinking, a whole year has passed without our mom and I made it just fine. Jess is a little behind, but she'll make it just fine, too. Not that I don't miss her, not that I'd rather she wasn't with us, and certainly not that I don't have moments where I feel like I only just lost her. But we're all still living.The weather was nice -- sunny, clear, not too cold or windy at all. The cemetary was deserted and devoid of color. Last time I visited, it was around Christmas.http://www.kathyahn.com/blog/2007/01/20#1st_year_visit |