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• This Would Not Have Been a Big Deal If I Hadn't Already Been Feeling Sorry For Myself

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  Not been feeling 100% the past week or so, and have been on penicillin for strep so have been walking around in a haze. Fluorescent light, in particular, is tripping me out these days. I can't explain it.
  
  Anyway....pretty much all I feel like eating is grilled cheese sandwiches.' [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 5:13pm EST
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• Dating Disasters- Episode Two: Get Your Story Straight

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  As it turns out, I kind of suck at dating.
  
  I say this only because I find the whole thing so inherently awkward. Dating is fraught with moments of checking in with oneself only to find, lo and behold, a veritable well of self-loathing and insecurity. It doesn't matter' [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 9:59am EST
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• The Wall

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  Nothing great has been and nothing great can be accomplished without passion. -G.W.F. Hegel
  
  There are certain people in my life that I go to for specific things.
  
  I call Lee when I'm hysterical or when someone/something around my house needs to be fixed.
  
  I call Whack' [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:21am EST
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• Weekend Update

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  (Thanks.)
  
  Another action-packed weekend.
  
  In the headlines:
  
  I saw A Serious Man on Saturday night after a delicious dinner of pizza and some ridiculously decadent risotto at Joe Squared. It was amazing. I love the Cohen Brothers, and the movie [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 9:26pm EST
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• The Great Rejection Letter Mad-Libs Contest Winners!!

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  I could go ahead and recite the same old speech. You know; the one City Paper prints every year along with their list of fiction contest winners (which, once again, did not include the brilliance of either Lee nor myself despite our obsequious attempts to [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 2:46pm EST
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• TRIVIA LADY ACTION FIGURE!!

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  Just in time for Christmas! Thanks, Kid! And thanks, also, for including my choice of Worst Christmas Song Ever in your Mixtape Mondays Remix: Music We Aren't Thankful For. Seriously, that song sucks.
  My only complaint about this: I'm pretty sure I'm on Team Jacob.
  [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 1:50pm EST
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• The Great Rejection Letter Mad Libs Contest- Inspiration!

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  First of all, let it be known that Kid drew a picture of me as an action figure at trivia last night that is just hilarious. Particular attention was paid to Spacefoot, and a note at the bottom indicated that my wife, Whack, is sold separately. Which is a [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 10:12am EST
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• A Year Later

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  (New Jersey, January 2009)
  
  I've been going back through my blogs recently (in part trying to find that damn "Holidays=Family" post that Mochi was looking for...I have no idea where it is. I deleted some old entries for various reasons, but I have all of' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 4:16pm EST
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• CONTEST EXTENDED!!

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  The entries I've received so far have been award-winning. Apparently some of you out there saw this as an opportunity to unload some angst, which is always appreciated. I am a firm believer in the idea that if you have to be angsty, at least let it be funny.
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:48am EST
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• Dating Disasters- Episode One:The Guy With No Interests

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  Recently, several of my friends have accused me of censorship on this blog. To which I say: correct. Some things, sensational though they may be, are not mine to tell.
  
  Both Josh and James have outed themselves as pivotal players in the Strip Club Incident (and watching one [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 7:22pm EST
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• Thanksgivin'

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  Nothing says "holiday cheer" like waking up to hear Jon Stamos belting "Put On" [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:22am EST
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• ANNOUCEMENT: The Great Rejection Letter Mad Libs Contest

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  ATTENTION GLITTERATIS!!
  
  In lieu of the holiday spirit (which some of you, apparantly, began imbibing in large qualities two days ago), I have decided to embrace my complete failure in life and launch THE GREAT REJECTION LETTER MAD LIBS CONTEST!! Because who needs a silver lining when you can [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 2:08pm EST
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• Rejection

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  Is there anything more depressing then falling in love with a job, pulling out all the stops and calling in all your connections and cashing in every favor you were ever owed or thought you might be owed, only to wake up and find this in your email box:
  
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:15am EST
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• Glitterati Goes To A Strip Club

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  So.................
  
  Given the title of this post, I feel that I ought to lay down a few....parameters.
  
  1. I was, at no time, drunk, intoxicated, or otherwise in any sort of chemically-altered state when the following commenced. In fact, throughout the duration of what I am about to [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 1:31am EST
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• Bad Move, Girl. Bad Move.

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  So this weekend turned out to be quite pleasant.
  
  I had a lot of anxiety about bartending Friday night and working brunch on Sunday. But, then, I have a great deal of anxiety crossing the street these days, so it's mostly just been absorbed into my greater fears. It's' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:12am EST
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• SPLAT....Now SCRAPE!

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  Mochi and I had one of our amazing phone conversations yesterday (which felt all the more amazing because we just saw one another a few weeks ago in New York, and every time I see Mochi I feel thought waves and warmth radiating for a long time to come, which [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:07am EST
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• Re-Prioritizing

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  It took a health scare
  To re-prioritize
  -Alanis Morrissette
  
  I was feeling pretty good this morning. Strong. Determined. Good company last night, good sleep, bruises already fading to yellow, swelling gone way, way down. Pain at a minimum.
  
  I made myself a power-house breakfast. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:00pm EST
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• You Gotta Have Friends

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  I came home from work yesterday to a dark house, and immediately realized that my tiredness was no match for the basic "coming home from work" chores that needed to be done.
  
  The mail was all over the floor by the front door. The cats were mewing as though [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:15am EST
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• Spacefoot

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  Day one of Spacefoot back in action.
  
  It pretty much sucked.
  
  The pain isn't so bad in my foot, but searing in the opposite leg which has had to compensate for the past few days. And it's not even that- I'm just so completely and totally tired. Dragging [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:22pm EST
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• Learning Experiences

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  So, I haven't written too much in here the past couple of days, mostly because I didn't really know what to write. I didn't have all of the answers until just now. And just now, what I have is limited to the opinions of professionals and everything else is currently' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:45pm EST
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• Epic Weekend.

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  I had a rather epic weekend, of the kind that will be brought up at cocktail parties in the distant future and will most likely still be laughable, if I make it that far. Given my actions over the past few days, my longevity is becoming debatable.
  
  I will [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 2:18pm EST
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• Current Events

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  So it's been noted recently that I've been lacking in posting anything pithy or particularly juicy. SO much has happened in the past month or so and, to be honest, I've been a little more selfish about my life recently than in the past. Call it what you want but,' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:35pm EST
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• Why Is This Necessary?

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  Continuing on with this idea of "spectacle" and superfluous unnecessary details, below are excerpts from the Baltimore Sun's coverage of the Muhammad execution.
  
  "Asked for last words, Muhammad, wearing a blue shirt and denim jeans, declined to speak [...] The execution took place without incident, [...] with Muhammad displaying'" [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:50am EST
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• So That Happened.....

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  So Game Night was pretty kick-ass, as anticipated. A couple of new people, which is always fun, some of Jaunt's famous soup, and delicious hot apple cider with rum. We played a few unsuccessful rounds of Pictionary (Jaunt's drawing of a Blair-witch like human symbol with what appeared to [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:38am EST
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• Game Night

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  Game Night tonight. This is like Book Club on crack. This is like Book Club Gone Wild. Same group of people, but mix in more booze (if you can imagine) and competitive board games.
  
  Things have gone awry in the past, and it's always been ridiculously fun.
  
  So' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:45am EST
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• Milk It

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  I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be USEFUL, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to MATTER, to COUNT, to STAND for something, to have made some difference that [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 2:06pm EST
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• Fantastic Saturday

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  Much, much better today. I'm not sure if it was my day of rest yesterday, or the late-night phone conversation I had with Stupid, but I woke up feeling loads better.
  
  And today turned out to be one of those fantastic fall days that' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 3:48pm EST
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• The Other Reason I'm Crochety

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  I have finally identified the other reason I have been so pissy the last couple of days.
  Apparently I am sick.
  Thought it was allergies but, throughout the day today, it's just gotten worse and worse. I took a break from the things I was working on to sit' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:05pm EST
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• Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes....

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  (Collage from my high school journal- 1999)
  
  So I think I've maybe put one tiny little millimeter of a fingertip on what's been bothering me (or, in layman's terms, what "crawled up my posterior") and, as usual, it's something completely stupid and self-centered and utterly [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:29am EST
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• Annnnggggssssssssttttttt

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  So I don't know if it's just the natural let-down that occurs after a vacation, or maybe it's because it's November, or maybe it's that the holidays are coming and my past two years' worth of holidays have been....well....not so great, or maybe it's because the planets are aligned in' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:48am EST
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• I Love My Friends

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  Jackal and Nickle came over for movie night. I happened to be at Center Stage seeing "The Importance of Being Earnest," (more on that later) but apparently they were up in my room petting Sushi and, when I came home, eagerly told me that they'd been all up in' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 12:52am EST
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• The Long-Awaited Mix-Tape Sessions

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  So, I have awesome friends. And, much to the chagrin of my bank account, I travel a lot.
  
  What do these have in common?
  
  Music!
  
  My friends make me some pretty kick-ass mixes. Mrs. Spaz introduced me to Holly Brook on the mix she made for [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:13pm EST
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• Bad Mood.

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  SOME DAYS YOU JUST WAKE UP IN A FUNK, OK???????????????????????????????? [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:41am EST
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• The Sloane Crosley Debate

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  So, I just finished reading Sloane Crosley's collection of essays, "I Was Told There'd Be Cake," kindly lent to me by my old roommate who now lives with Josh and knows my penchant for humorous such literature.
  
  And I loved it. I devoured the thing, cover-to-cover, very much [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 6:58pm EST
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• This Week In Pictures: Halloween Weekend in NYC

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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 12:35am EST
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• NYC Part II- Halloween

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  Halloween in NYC?
  
  Badass.
  
  Handed out candy to kids on the Upper East, put makeup and fake nails men for their costumes, headed downtown on a subway crowded with zombies and pirates, watched the parade in the West Village, dodged the rain, went to a house party in [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 10:47am EST
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• NYC Day One

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  It's a gorgeous fall day here in New York, and I am in my happy place. Which means I'm curled up on New Kid's bed playing on the computer and drinking green tea, getting ready to go and meet Mochi for a day of sushi, vintage stores in the Village,' [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 10:44am EDT
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• The New Bitterati

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  Thought of the day:
  Did people stare at me oddly all morning because:
  
  a.) They have noticed the change but are second-guessing themselves as to when it occurred, primarily because this just happened yesterday and they are trying to remember if this maybe happened awhile ago and they were [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 1:20pm EDT
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• Blonde Have More Fun, But Brunettes Write Books

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  (Then- January, 2009.)
  I'll admit it- I was tired of being a blonde.
  
  In 2007, on my 25th birthday, I brought a picture of Victoria Beckham in to a stylist at a salon near my house in Fed Hill. I wasn't sure if I was [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 10:15pm EDT
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• The Best of Intentions Gets Waylaid by Lifetime

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  It's no secret that I have spent some of my more formative years watching "Lifetime" specials.
  
  Let me make something clear: I despise reality shows. I really do. I think they take the worst of civilization, camp 'em out, start a fight, and stick a camera in the mix [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 11:57am EDT
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• Halloween, New York City, Craziness

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  So I'm headed to New York on Thursday to stay with New Kid, and I'm pretty psyched about this. Not only is it Halloween, not only is it her birthday weekend, but this is the first time in our entire friendship (which began, technically, in 2005 in Florida, although I [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 7:48pm EDT
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• A (Well) Working Relationship

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  It's no secret that Lee and I work well together.
  
  In fact, we have worked nearly every Sunday brunch together for the past year and find ourselves at a loss when one or the other of us is out of town, thus necessitating a replacement.
  
  So now that' [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 3:52pm EDT
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• Karma

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  I reconnected a man with his lost wallet today by calling AAA. I'd looked through everything but was unable to find any phone numbers, and apparently it's a lot more difficult to track someone down via Google than one might think. So I finally got smart and called AAA because [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 11:28pm EDT
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• Compliment Someone

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  New Splice piece on random compliments.
  
  Do it. Random compliments look good on everyone!!
  
  Thanks to Stupid and Whack for "contributing." [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 9:39pm EDT
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• We Are Not The Axis

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  As a going-away present, Snap gifted me with two very old notebooks. Her diaries spanning 1997-2000. A-may-zing.
  
  Strangely enough, although this was during a period of time wherein Snap and I hated one another for being pretty and for liking all of the same [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 3:15pm EDT
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• New Friends

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  Last night was our first date, and I was nervous about it because it involved Book Club, and I wanted everybody to get along.
  
  Jaunt wasn't in the mood to impress people, but I was OK with this because I feel that if you are going to join Book' [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 11:28am EDT
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• Self Portrait- Fall 2009

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  How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to be someone!
  -Coco Chanel
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 5:41pm EDT
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• Facial Grimacing

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  So I am up to my follicles in creative projects; short stories, essays, and a mixed-media photo project with Snap. I'm in a desperate rush to finish all of these before I head to New York next week for an epic birthday/Halloween fete with New Kid. Which means, apparently, that' [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 12:22pm EDT
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• Looking Forward to Look Back

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  So, because Whack and I are currently obsessed with How I Met Your Mother, we made Josh watch four episodes after trivia last night.
  
  And here is one reason, aside from the slapstick-yet-clever writing and Hot Ted (whose hair in Season 3 is...not so hot...) why I love the [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 10:25am EDT
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• Things That Are Currently Floating My Creative Boat

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  1. The giant box of photos/prints Snap gave me. They're all copies of projects she did during her MFA at SCAD, and they're incredible. I'm in the process of using some of them for a new art project and some, like these, I stuck on' [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 2:29pm EDT
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