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[23 Dec 2009|09:55pm] |
I want to give everybody a great big hug, and tell them things are going to be alright. Things are looking up, everybody. We'll get there. It's a new year, and we're very brave people, and sometimes we've got hugs. Hey, things are going to be great.
Hey. You. Things are going to be okay.
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[23 Dec 2009|08:00pm] |
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| daily report & holiday thoughts |
[22 Dec 2009|11:30pm] |
I'm exhausted. Haven't been this tired in a long, long while. That's one good thing I'll give you about being unemployed; my sleep is blissful and abundant.
What did I do today that was so exhausting? HARDLY ANYTHING. Apparently I have become so used to sleeping in, followed by lounging around, punctuated with relaxing, that just having minor chores wears me out. Pfffft LAME.
Anyway, the completely shouldn't-be-tiring day went like this: Woke up early, did my chores at home (chores = coffee, email, take care of kitties), drove over to my parents' house, worked on Stuff and Things, drove to a craft store in BC, then to another craft store in K'zoo. And home again. I am pleased to report that Certain Projects are going well - better than I expected, actually! It's down to the last minute, of course, but not the last last minute, just one of the last minute's understudies.
Holiday preparations are going well, I think. I seem to go in this cycle: think things are all taken care of - remember some minor thing I've forgotten - get inspired with some new idea - freak out about all that's left to do - work on some other thing entirely - repeat.
Being the rememberful soul I am, I just recalled that my sister's husband will need a gift. Uh. Oops. They've been married two years and I still don't know him well enough to pick something he'd like. That boy's getting a gift card.
Okay, I gotta wrap something. And then sweet, sweet sleep. It will be both blissful and abundant. Like snow, or love.
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| merry christmas! |
[22 Dec 2009|09:35pm] |
i've got this on repeat.
(kate, you need this too.)
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[22 Dec 2009|08:00pm] |
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[21 Dec 2009|08:01pm] |
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| Listen, electronical device, we need to talk. |
[21 Dec 2009|02:39pm] |
I would like to do violence upon my cellular telephone.
OKAY LISTEN. I have a computer for making with the internets. I do not need to pay extra-special charges just so a slower, smaller, uglier internet is also on my phone. Listen, cellular telephone. I don't know if you've heard, but I have a small case of The Unemployed, with a minor side infection of The Poor. So we keep your bells and whistles turned off on purpose, cellular telephone. Trust me, this is what's best for both of us.
So I think it's a little disrespectful that you put your "internet? are you sure you don't want internet?" button right next to your "make a phone call" button. I'm sure you've noticed how annoyed I get with you when I hit the wrong button. Which I do regularly, because buttons are advanced technology and I am but a simple lass.
Anyway, I coped with this annoyance. But today I noticed that when I hit the wrong button and you cried out "Internet! Yay, you want internet! This uses mobile web time, you know. Keep going?", you actually gave me three options: "BROWSE - DON'T SHOW ME WARNING AGAIN - REMOVE".
And for some reason I thought "remove" would remove internet option. Boy, did you have me fooled, cellular telephone.
Now you just open up a crippled but hideously-expensive-per-second version of the internet without double-checking if that's what I wanted to do. NOT AWESOME, cellular telephone. Not awesome at all! :(
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[21 Dec 2009|01:02pm] |
Nostalgia time.
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[20 Dec 2009|08:00pm] |
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| what the bill? |
[19 Dec 2009|08:55pm] |
From the AP - In place of a government-run insurance option, the estimated 30 million Americans purchasing coverage through new insurance exchanges would have the option of signing up for national plans overseen by the same office that manages health coverage for federal employees and members of Congress. Those plans would be privately owned, but operated on a nonprofit basis, as many Blue Cross Blue Shield plans are now.
Can someone translate this for me?
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[19 Dec 2009|08:00pm] |
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| everyday seems a little faster |
[18 Dec 2009|11:46pm] |
i feel like i should write something here now. whoops i just have nothing to say.
i can tell you that it is BALLS TO THE WALL FREEZING out and my roommate and i decided not to turn on the heat until absolutely necessary. i think neither of us wants to be the first one to cave. this means i am WEARING GLOVES IN THE HOUSE. whateverrrrrrrrrrrr.
i ordered twenty dollars of thai food and ate the whole thing BUT i don't feel completely awful over it because i packed sweatin to the oldies vhs in my suitcase for vacation. whateverrrrrrrrrrr
i'm working on a mix called "nice. and. easy" if i don't lose my mind first it will be awesome when i finish. really smooth. catch my drift? whateverrrrrrrrrr
i found out today, the day i came closest to getting in an actual car accident, that my brakes really aren't that great. really looking forward to testing them out tomorrow in the snow on the thruway. whateverrrrrrrrrr.
i'm packing only sweater dresses for my entire ten days upstate. i plan to go to the thrift store and buy every sweater dress each one has and wear only sweater dresses (and maybe wool pant suits) for the rest of the winter who cares what anyone wears, whateverrrrrrrrrr
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[18 Dec 2009|08:01pm] |
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| I'm years behind on my tv mythology! |
[18 Dec 2009|02:07pm] |
OH MAN. I only ever got through Season 3, and now I've got a bad need to start watching Lost again. Like, this is a strong, physical urge. WANT. NOW.
I wish Sam lived closer so we could squee together about this and then have a Lost DVD marathon.
I totally cried at the end of Season 3, I'm not even gonna lie.
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| I think I'm okay with being 85% dandelion |
[16 Dec 2009|07:27pm] |
Sometimes I go to bed early because I'm bored, but interesting stuff might happen in my dreams. And I'm lonely, but there are superheros and cute boys and treacherous robots and talking dogs to hang out with when I'm unconscious. It's escapist - and I'm okay with that!
It's way to early to go to bed now, however, so I'm working on cleaning the apartment. Ugh. Can I have a general anesthetic, please?
There's an article in The Atlantic Online about the "Orchid Hypothesis": that most people are "dandelions", and will do okay in just about any situation, while others are "orchids", who wilt and rot in poor conditions but become super-mega-amazing flowers in good conditions. It is very interesting stuff. Basically, there is research which shows that the genetic factors that have been identified as things that lead to crippling emotional instability in some people - major depression and ADHD, among other things - generally only go bad places if the person has a rough childhood. The same genetics can lead to people who are MORE stable, capable and innovative - provided they're raised in good conditions.
I think about all the writers and artists and musicians who produce seem to regularly outpace us mere mortals, even though they're miserable and half-crazy. It doesn't seem like much of a stretch, really.
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[15 Dec 2009|01:54pm] |
A few days ago I finally got around to watching Reservoir Dogs, which is one of those movies that Everyone Has An Opinion On. Mostly I thought, "Hmm. This is an okay prettygood movie. But it would be TRULY AMAZING as a stage show."
I am attempting to sew... something... for someone... as a Christmas present. (Vague enough that it should be safe to say, haha.) No clue how to do this, so I have enlisted the aid of my very talented mother. Anyway, I don't know if you guys have tried sewing projects before, but apparently the first step is unfolding little brown kleenex with patterns printed on them, and trying very hard not to sneeze or rip anything.
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