Time to Look at Stimulants With a Measured, Clinical Eye
May 9th, 2008We are home this morning. I feel like granite, as does, thanks to a fading memory of Flunky The Clown, my pancreas (he mentions his prostate in this clip, but you get the idea):
New York greeted us with open arms, after lying beside us in the dark. The weather was spectacular and beautiful and we saw some good good people. Sadly, not all the good good people of NYC, but quite a few. Spring has sprung and the green leaves and 70°F weather was amazing. And I wanted to spin in circles and sing theme songs to 70s sitcoms.
Just in case you didn’t know: My lady was on the Today show (topic blog post on the Today show site here)! I’ll let the rest of the world hash out the aftermath. I’m just stoked that Heather had the opportunity and was able to do a great job, regardless of the circumstances. Before you get huffy, realize that Heather was bumped from the originally intended interview and that it was meant to go a different direction. Just take a deep breath. No one died.
Several of you have asked where you can see the video. I’ve embedded it below. I have no idea if there is a kill date or not, so hopefully, everyone who wants to see the video will be able to see it.
Thanks to Sarah Brown and her agent Anne for the hookup at Soda in Brooklyn. They were good sports, even when we went way past the 7:30 end time. Also, great to see Alice and Doug! Greg, you were missed! Soda didn’t complain when we moved the line outside and kept it in front of the establishment. Also, thanks to every one of you who came out and waited on line (apparently New Yorkers need the space between “on” and “line” to indicate the difference between waiting in a line and being a part of the cloud/tubes). It was lovely to meet everybody and I’m always floored by what Heather’s writing has done and the people we’ve met. Some photos here (thanks for sharing them, Marta. Great to meet you!). Heather gave me permission to “turn it on”. Which I did. Which may have scared the straights. See just about any photo with me in it. Daddy likes his bourbon. Personal note to Todd and Lisa: I am not normally that cranked up. Wednesday night was the Annual Spring Fling wherein the months of snow and bitterness melt away and the resulting endorphin rush simulates any number of illegal substances, none of which I’ve ever done (speed/meth/cocaine/etc.).
If you were there and didn’t know it, Heather had been up since 5 am NY time (3 am, Mountain) working. Then she did the Today Show, then Brooklyn for the meetup and Cringe. We got back into Manhattan at around 1am and finally to sleep a little later. Crazy. And she still updated her site yesterday. She’s working hard for it, honey. So hard. And I couldn’t be more proud.
New York, I love you again. Thank you everybody. You rule! o
Tags: cracked out, my pancreas feels like granite, New York, NY, quick travel, Today Show
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May 10th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
I’m glad you guys had such a great time in NYC. When will you be coming to SF for a signing? You know you want to…
I thought Heather was great on the Today show, especially while being interviewed by a nitwit.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Heather was charming! Pfft. All that wasted on Kathie Lee.
May 12th, 2008 at 6:46 am
She was brilliant and deserved a longer segment, like 30 minutes? People do not, perhaps cannot understand how huge it is to have nearly 8,000 SUBSCRIBERS.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:28 am
That whooshing sound you all heard was NBC missing the story by a country effing mile. Too bad they couldn’t have found a couple of armadillos to do the interview…
I’m seeing a half hour or hour special on Bravo or Discovery. Heather AND Jon would have rocked the house. With all the back story that could have been told our heroes deserve a great deal more than a six minute brain fart like this. Not to take anything from Heather, she did the best that could be done in the situation but somebody needs to just smack the snot out of NBC’s producers and talking heads for doing a half-ass job. Where is Barbara Walters when we need her?
May 12th, 2008 at 8:11 am
I wish I could have been in NY to meet you guys! Let us know if you ever come to Canada - I think you guys would love Toronto!
May 12th, 2008 at 8:15 am
I’m really mad that they cut Heather off at the end before she could defend putting pics of Leta on her site. People don’t understand the Internet–Putting pics out isn’t a danger unless you give details about where she goes to school or where you live. Way to go, Heather! I’m sorry people keep taking potshots at you for being proud of your kid!
May 12th, 2008 at 9:24 am
I had an amazing time meeting drunk, fun you and fabulous heather. She did, in fact, get tears/snot all over my book when she signed it, and you got bourbon on it.
I will treasure it always.
May 12th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Dang! I always get to dooce.com too late to comment. I only wanted to say that Kathie Lee reminds me of one of those people who says, “I’m not that good at computers” in her remarks about not understanding blogs. Get with it! Great interview but annoying interviewer.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:17 am
I get so annoyed with people who criticize those who post pictures of their children online. I’ve found that the critics are almost always people who know NOTHING about the Internet.
I find it really difficult to believe that my kids are so irresistible that some Scary Internet Person is going to spend the rest of their lives trying to find out exactly where we live and then attempt to get past my killer dog, who protects the only entrance in our home. Someone with that many issues is going to be stopped LONG before they reach my house.
If I lived my life in a constant state of paranoia, the way these people think I should, then shouldn’t I be MORE worried about having my child’s picture in the local paper, which advertises her grade level, teacher’s name/classroom, and the location of the school she attends every day from 9-3?
Kathie Lee has her head up her asteroid.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Man, you took the wind from my sails with your “no one died” reality check. Very true. Why waste the energy. For the record, I was THIS CLOSE to writing a rude letter to Today. And I still might.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:54 am
forget the 1/2 hour Bravo special…why not a Bravo reality series? it would most certainly be more entertaining than say, “Real Housewives of NYC”.
Right?
May 12th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Ed. Note: Commented deleted for cowardice, needless anonymity, tiresome argumentation and a fake email address. You’ll have to do better than cower behind your firewall and lob spitballs, people.
May 12th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
OK on the reality series. If Heather would just complain a little more on line I even have a title for it… “Deadliest Kvetch”
“Meanwhile, 120 miles to the northeast, Captain Chuck Armstrong and his deck boss Coco on the 4 foot long Leta Marie decide to let their prospect string have a good long soak while they make a run to Dutch Harbor to re-supply on Fruit Loops and Snausages.”
May 12th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
In my view the back story here is not the “mommy blogger” angle, it’s the person who lost a job because of blogging and then returned to the blogging world and built a blog that gets thousands of hits every day, pays the bills and is doing all this with reality as the core.
May 14th, 2008 at 5:22 am
Ed. note: Comment deleted. The summary:
“I am a coward.”
“I am projecting my issues onto you.”
“I need to take my meds.”
“I need to talk more in depth with my shrink.”
Pick one.
May 15th, 2008 at 8:22 am
What fun.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Ed. Note: commented deleted. AGAIN.
Some med suggestions for you, anonymous coward:
fluvoxamine (Luvox)
fluoxetine (Prozac)
sertraline (Zoloft)
paroxetine (Paxil)
citalopram (Celexa)
clomipramine (Anafranil)
Wait, you are supposedly a licensed therapist. Totally believable that a licensed therapist would project their issues onto someone else. Maybe it’s time for some maintenance sessions? Or time to get off the internet? Or stop getting off on the internet?