Maile & Son

Maile Hernandez

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” - Thomas Edison - “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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A singer/performer in my youth, I was a voice major at Indiana University, but became a lawyer when I moved to Arizona after I graduated...[Read More]

Archive for October, 2009

broken bones

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Sometimes it’s said that the first part of an improvement process is that things get worse for a brief time.  They get worse before they get better.
You have a broken bone.  You have to get it set.  The process of setting it makes it hurt worse.  Nothing fun about that appointment, of course, but then [...]

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Professional standstills and wanting to want

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

There’s some kind of film over the skyline today.  The view from our office isn’t too bad - you can see the mountains in the distance - but today they’re half obscured by some kind of mist.  Is it smog?  I wonder if there’s a pollution advisory today.
Paranormal Activity - the last time I talk [...]

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So here’s a shocking revelation - I get kind of obsessed with things that catch my fancy.  And when they’re shows or movies, I see them again.  And again.  And again.
And so when I got out of work a little early today, I stepped on the gas and made it to the theater just in [...]

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Paranormal Activity

Monday, October 26th, 2009

This movie rocked my world.  And I’d never even seen the previews or heard of it.  I just was looking through the paper to see what movies were out, and the minute I saw the description, I knew this movie was for me!
I was a huge fan of The Blair Witch Project.  I was NOT [...]

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Fast food correspondence

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Dear Taco Bell,
I’m very annoyed with you right now.  I went through your drive-thru and asked for a chicken grilled stuft (that’s how the Bell spells it) burrito, and because I was totally starved, a taco supreme to shove down my gullet right in the car on the way back to work.
You said, “Would you [...]

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Clearing up

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Here’s my latest Examiner article, about Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at Hale Centre Theatre.
Today went so fast at work!  At one point during the afternoon I was momentarily confused, looking at the clock, because I felt like it was still morning.
I feel really good.  For so long I’ve let my house - hell, my [...]

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Focus, where are you?

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Last night we got together with a couple friends before seeing “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” at Hale.  Strangely written show.  Hale always does a good job though.
But yeah.  One of our friends had been in the hospital with a health problem but is doing better now, so we met up with them.
It was really [...]

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The Night Owl

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Ok, seriously, this is getting ridiculous.  Max was up till ONE-THIRTY last night.
Whyyyyyyy!?
I didn’t even last.  I could only make it till 12 and passed out on the couch, even after consuming a vat of mint chip ice cream (shut up, it was medicinal, I was trying to help myself stay awake).
Conrad didn’t have an [...]

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A Little Jersey-inspired prayer

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Here’s why a little vacation is so important - I am in the best mood, grinning from ear to ear - because I am back at work.  That’s right, I’m happy to be back in my own little organized world, my pens all lined up where I want them, my calendars organized, etc. etc. 
We didn’t [...]

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checking in to promise to check in

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

I’m so tired I’m not using any caps in the title.
Our trip to Vegas was great, and if too much time doesn’t go by I’ll write about it in more detail, but I’ve played catch-up all day at work and I’m BEAT!
High points:
I saw Bobby Flay.  Conrad talked to him.  I hid.
I saw Barry Manilow’s [...]

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