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I’m exhaling now – watch out, and I don’t mean halitosis


This post is a very bloggy post.

It’s not a political post like…David Brennan got slapped with a $5.2 million fine for being a liar routing money illegally to politicians from the profits he earns off the backs of Ohio and other states, I presume, kids who attend his dubious education institutions managed by White Hat Management.

It’s also not a post that’s political in nature because it tells you that a company called ClipBlast will be indexing political videos for newspapers.

And it’s not issue-political, like this post about National Autism Awareness Day.

Nope, this is a post reminiscent of some of my very early work and only more intermittent in the last several months.

It’s a post that emits a big f**king enormous sigh at the end of a really, really busy day – made more grueling by the constant change in direction required in order navigate an endless parade of roles.

This post isn’t about complaining – it’s just my exhale.

In fact, I’m so exhausted just at the thought of emitting this exhale, I can’t find the energy to go through it again, but it involved being a mom, a wife, a woman, a blogger, a journalist, a shlepper, a shopper, a driver, a cook, a cleaner, a laundromat, a homework tutor, a consumer, a party organizer, a listener, a talker, a learner, a leaner and right now, a transcriber (remember those books I was typing up for a second grade class? I’m on the last one – Splashin’ Smashin’ Swimming Stuff).

I kind of feel better now – but mostly, I just wanted to write.  Notice that that role is missing from the above list.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:45 pm April 3rd, 2008 in Writing 

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8 Responses to “I’m exhaling now – watch out, and I don’t mean halitosis”

  1. 1 oengus on April 4th, 2008 1:45 am

    Brennan was not fined…the PAC was, and for violating regulations. Basically regisration law, your opener actually is slander.

    Is there a PAC registery online? There should be.

    I would have said you commited libel but I do not think you qualify as media.

    sorry you are so over worked..hire a domestic :)

  2. 2 Jill Miller Zimon on April 4th, 2008 6:54 am

    It’s a veil and you know it and why you’re being so picky I’m not sure – besides, I offered my disclaimer at the beginning of this post – I said it would be a very bloggy post and indeed it is.

  3. 3 Bad American on April 4th, 2008 7:23 am

    Jill:

    Don’t let the jerks get you down.

    I’d like to see David Brennan in prison one day. This is what happens when you let the camel’s nose of predatory capitalism under the education tent.

  4. 4 Joe Amschlinger on April 4th, 2008 10:47 am

    So much for campaign finance reform. The whole system is rotten to the core with money.

  5. 5 Carole Cohen on April 4th, 2008 12:16 pm

    JZ I felt you exhaling as I read, that makes you a writer and a damn good one. Your stream of concsiousness reporting on your many hats reminded me of a wonderful Kris Kristofferson song called Pilgrim Chapter 33 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NAaiRYUBos if you need to exhale sometime in the future, listen to it, he is brilliant of course.

    As for White Hat, it makes me so sad.

  6. 6 Ben Keeler on April 4th, 2008 1:48 pm

    That is a lot of roles.

  7. 7 The Midlife Gals on April 4th, 2008 5:11 pm

    Dang, I wish I’d found byJane and your site a lot sooner. I spend so much time blogging that I miss reading great blogs like yours.

    Allow US to be one of the “blogs YOU like to read.” We are The Midlife Gals and we found you on byJane’s blogroll.

    Check us out and don’t forget to watch a few of our nutty videos which can all be accessed from the right side of our blog

    The Midlife Gals
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    enjoy, and we love your site!

    KK and SalGal

  8. 8 Len on April 4th, 2008 5:50 pm

    …it involved being a mom, a wife, a woman, a blogger, a journalist, a shlepper, a shopper, a driver, a cook, a cleaner, a laundromat, a homework tutor, a consumer, a party organizer, a listener, a talker, a learner, a leaner and right now, a transcriber…

    Doesn’t “shlepper” cover the whole list in one convenient word? Then there’s the etymology; does it deserve the extra C (schlepper) or no?

    Calgon, take her away! ;)

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