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October 2004

October 29, 2004: A litany of complaints. Also, a Birthday Ode.
Comments: 0 | Categories: Cranky , Family
All righty kids, I am exceptionally tired today. So tired that I wore my glasses to work and have endured the inevitable and annoying "I didn't know you wore glasses!" conversations with each and every coworker. So tired that I...

October 27, 2004: I get to see the ocean every day
Comments: 0 | Categories: Ponder
About a week before we left Xi'an, I tagged along to Blondie's Friday afternoon sophomore English class. As I was once (and sometimes still am) pretty interested in teaching English overseas, I was curious to see it in action. Blondie...

October 25, 2004: Call me call me anytime
Comments: 0 | Categories: Rants
As a friend of mine so gracefully put it, I have "rejoined the rest of the world". Namely, I am now, once again, in possession of a cell phone. Having devoted more time and treasure to AT&T Wireless than should...

October 20, 2004: The Great Pumpkin Massacre
Comments: 1 | Categories: Awesome
It started out innocent enough. But then... [The internet needs to know that not only am I Oh So Photogenic, I am also wearing the oldest piece of clothing I own, my Model Senate t-shirt from my senior year of...

October 19, 2004: Monday Night Football
Comments: 0 | Categories: Rants
I was hoping to have pictures posted from the Great Pumpkin Massacre that ocurred at my home Sunday night, but we'll have to wait on that. Bigger things took precedence. Like going out for garlic mashed potatoes and an empty...

October 18, 2004: New acquisitions
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I know you are just DYING to know what envy-inducing items I brought home with me from my much anticipated Downtown Shopping Spree and I don't disappoint! I have a love affair going with what Cost Plus calls "stemware" and...

October 15, 2004: Me? Technically inept?
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The best thing about my new job is that is comes with its very own IT Consultant. At my last job, in addition to my important duties as Chief Mind Reader and Vice President of Hand Holding, I fulfilled the...

October 13, 2004: Really running out of things to write about
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Sometimes, when I've run out of other things to be paranoid about, I think about how much time I spend with a computer each day and freak out just a tiny bit. My computer at work, my computer at home,...

October 11, 2004: No more I love yous
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The concert? It was fab. And I have flogged myself in the presence of the Gods of Rock for ever daring to turn up my nose at Annie Lennox, O Powerful Belter of Crazy Fun Songs, who made Sting look...

October 7, 2004: Blades of singing grass
Comments: 0 | Categories: Music & TV , Phillip
Had Phillip been born a few years earlier, had he been born English, if the laws were a little different, and if he had more of a tolerance for ridiculous nicknames, this is the person he surely would have married:...

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