About Me

“Be who you are and say what you feel 
because those who mind don't matter 
and those who matter don't mind.”  

Dr. Seuss

Here I am in Times Square, channeling my inner Mary Tyler Moore

* Astrological Sign: Capricorn

* Industry: Education

* Occupation: Psicologa de Escuela

* Location: United States

To make this venture slightly less terrifying, I am using the pen name “Sunny” to share my story. The name is symbolic, which I explain here.  The person behind the name could be described as a wisecracking, soft-spoken, no-nonsense, debt-ridden, conscientious, animal loving, carb addicted, exercise aversioned, answer seeking, at times disillusioned, geeky, chronically sleepy, twitchy, disheveled, former Type-A personality - with an attention deficit. Someone making a sorted effort to look for the bright side, find the humor, open new doors, and fulfill creative impulses as I try to make sense of life after sudden loss. All attempted while simultaneously muddling through a high stress job where I save the world, pedal papers, avert lawsuits, extinguish fires, placate soul sucking drones...oh and help children succeed.  A career choice made before the world as I knew it turned upside down, creating a domino effect of life altering events. Events that were so overwhelming that they seem to have rewired some of my brain’s neural pathways, switched the lenses I once used to perceive life, and forever changed my thoughts about the world and my place in it.

Interests

* Potty humor. I love to laugh and farts are almost always funny.

* Sarcastic irreverence. Another good source for comedy gold.

* Ugly feet (its a thing with me...had an odd fascination since childhood stemming from a complex about my freakishly long toes.) Yet again, often a source for comedic delight.

* Always-in-style argyle (that's code for 'clothes.' I love clothes.)

* Staying home. I'm a certified homebody.

* I also have an admittedly unhealthy fascination with Congressman Henry Waxman and the giant cavernous orifices that are his nostrils. They captivate my imagination whenever he's on the news. When they flare, they look like parachutes.  Few things on Earth draw me in like those puppies. It is like driving by an accident..I don't want to stare, but I can't stop myself.  In my book, they are the 8th wonder of the wold.

* I think that This American Life actually is the best thing since sliced bread. Both the radio and TV versions rock my world equally.  Someday, I would love to be a contributor.  Its a little pipe dream of mine.

* Oh yeah, and one more biggie...I love writing.  I discovered the peace that comes from writing after my husband passed.  Its one of the 'plucky blooms' that emerged from my grief and is what I am symbolically referring to in the title of my blog with regard to 'singing the blues.'  Through my experience, I found a love for the written word, which in turn helped me find my voice. It's been a very good thing in my life lately.  

Dislikes

* Onions are the rudest food on Earth, if you ask me.

* I don't like to eat food that once had a face. I don't think its delicious like cake. 

* I do not like people who feel entitled to behave like a douche in order to get what they want - be it for a better parking space, more money, faster service, positions of power, or say...to get special ed services for their kids. Being nasty is unnecessary and it is uncool to say the least. Pursue what you ideals with gusto, but do so with grace. You, me, and the world at large will be better for it.

* Sports. Don't like watching them; don't like hearing about them. They bore me stiff.

* Exercise in general is way over rated too. I don't like sweating and getting B.O., or being unable to move the next day after partaking.

Movies

* Superbad

* Stepbrothers

* Gran Torino

* Away We Go

* Juno

* Knocked Up

* Harold & Maude

* Ferris Bueller's Day Off

* Napoleon Dynamite

* Hustle & Flow

* 500 Days of Summer

* Little Miss Sunshine

* Dumb & Dumber

* The Wizard Of Oz
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Music

My favorite music consists of catchy kinds that I can sink my metaphoric teeth into...My favorite band is Built to Spill.  Oh and I heart Flight of The Conchords because that shiz is pure genius. I have always been a huge fan of music, but I lost interest in it after the death of my husband. This blog is part of my effort to reclaim my enjoyment of and connection with music.

Reads

I like non-fiction mostly, but I also like anything by David Sedaris. Right now I'm reading "Half a Life" by Darin Strauss. I'm not much of a reader these days as grad school burn out seriously diminished my appetite for meaty lexical nourishment. Well that is of course, excluding magazines, blogs, and the cathartic wordy feasts brought about by my own hand...I mean, otherwise why would I bother with this bloggy business in the first place?