YES HE CAN

I voted for this guy. I practically gave up 2 months of my life. I knocked on over 500 doors. One weekend I knocked on so many doors, I won a contest--tickets to an Obama event at North Famington High School. Willie ended up in the newspaper the next day in a photo of Barack. (He was seated in the bleachers behind him.) About a week later I got to MEET Joe Biden and shake his hand. Pretty exciting stuff.

Now with the campaign behind me, I am trying to catch up with MY life. On Friday, Dylan and I graduate from our TV production class. Tomorrow I'll take a stab at editing a TV show called Oakland Inspired that will air in December.

I am also doing another kind of editing. I'm going through essays for my Gilda's Club project--"Stories from Behind the Red Door." I'm in LOVE with this book! I couldn't be prouder of my students.

Over the weekend, I read a memoir by this guy I know. Holy cow! It was great. He needs to find a publisher. I couldn't put it down. It chronicles all his dates and relationships. It's funny, tragic, heartwarming, weird, remarkable. At times, it makes you laugh. Other times it makes you squirm. Way to go Joe!

FIRST MYDOLS SHOW WITH APRIL

Last night the Mydols (less Wensdy who is still out on maternity leave) played our first show with new lead singer April Boyle at Gilda’s Club. We celebrated Noogie Fest in Halloween drag (a captain, a cowgirl and a witch) with a simple acoustic sing-a-long. It was SO GOOD! I loved it and I think the crowd did too. We even got asked to play a couple of encores AND people requested songs—and they were Mydols’ songs too. Max Ortiz (Detroit News) was there to video tape the historic moment.

DIANNE ROSE

Today I got a call from the husband of one of my Gilda's Club students telling me his beautiful wife died on Friday. Dianne Rose was one of the coolest people I have ever met. She was sassy, smart and full of life and energy. It was hard for me to ever believe that she was really sick. The stories she told our group were funny, inspiring and sometimes left me with goose bumps. Dianne is the type of friend you had in 7th grade. She never lost her youthfulness. I will miss her terribly.

STORIES FROM BEHIND THE RED DOOR

I have been working with a great group of women at Gilda's Club for about a year. I have been teaching a memoir writing class and we are ready to publish a collection of personal essays. I couldn't be prouder of the book. We are going through final edits and hope to do a reading at Gilda's around Thanksgiving.

Here's a sneak peek at the cover.

THAT"S ME ON "MOMz ROCK THE HOUSE"

That's me with my Daisy Rock guitar featured on the radio show "Momz Rock the House" hosted by Janeane Bernstein in Irvine, CA.

TV STAR MOMMY

My son Dylan and Ihave been taking television production classes all fall. There are probably 15 people in our class. We've learned how to use cameras, direct, run sound--you name it. Tonight our class films our final project--a variety show that will air throughout the month of December. My segment is a holiday cooking demonstration with my friend Jill Martens who is the co-founder of ChefMama.com.

I have been writing and rehearsing my lines all week. Yesterday I worked on set design. I love TV--and I LOVE my class--especially producing/directing. I am super psyched about tonight.

Look for Mydols.TV coming to a public access television station near you in 2009!

COOL FRIENDS

From time to time I get asked by friends to come up with logos for various things. I recently did a t-shirt design for "Purdy Good" that was well--pretty good!

Today I designed a logo for a law firm. I was completely stumped. I looked at various web sites for attorneys and they were all yawners. I figured it should be simple and use corporate colors but with a little splash. I hope they like it. Fingers crossed.