Navel Gazing (and I Don't Mean Oranges)
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I just found this on one of the Featured Spaces, and I liked the idea. · I Am . . . a few weeks from being married. · I Want . . . children. And more closet space. And more energy. · I Have . . . a cat. A house. A fiancé. A lucky life. · I Wish . . . I was more confident and assertive. · I Hate . . . that I succumb to the green monster of jealousy. I covet my neighbor’s FILL IN THE BLANK. Especially his/her closets. · I Fear . . . disaster. · I Hear . . . the Wailin’ Jennys on…
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Crocodile Tears
Can anybody explain to me why I am so sad that Steve Irwin has died? This is not the only death on the news that has captivated me recently. I ate up the footage of the newlyweds killed in Lexington on the plane that took the wrong runway. I saw an obituary today for a nine day old baby. Two people died near the town where I work on Labor Day – both in their late twenties, flying a Cessna home from a family reunion. Now goes the Crocodile Hunter, the invincible man, lost in the sea, leaving behind 2 babies and a too young widow. I’m really sad. I even thought for days…
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Why Hello There
#1 – I went to Montana the 2nd week of June. I still haven’t recovered from the disappointment of returning. And also the disappointment of not seeing ANY grizzly bears while there (though BFF E and I saw many grizzly bear shaped things, and had some sparkling moments of hope followed by the crash of pissed off disappointment). #2 – It took me most of the week to relax myself and quit thinking about work. #3 – This sad state of affairs prompted me to draft (in my head) a NEW LIFE PLAN. #4 – NEW LIFE PLAN = a. start e-diet on e-diets dot com – (Montana friend E…
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Consider Me Tagged!
My friend Amanda (not to be confused with my sister Amanda) has tagged me with this quiz. Therefore, I MUST take it . . . Four Jobs I’ve Had in My Life: 1. Actor 2. Baker 3. Living History Re-enactor 4. Yosemite Tour Guide Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over: 1. Sliding Doors 2. American Beauty 3. Love Actually 4. Napoleon Dynamite Four Places I Have Lived: 1. Manly Beach, Australia 2. Stratford-upon-Avon, U.K. 3. Virginia Beach, VA 4. San Francisco, CA Four TV Shows I Love to Watch: 1. Firefly 2. Veronica Mars 3. Wonderfalls 4. Sex and the City Four Places…
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An American in . . . America
Sometimes, I miss being "The American." I have lived abroad twice, a year in England and a year in Australia, both in my early twenties. Living abroad is something I highly recommend – it gives you a sense of self, a sense of how deeply and unconsciously your homeland shapes your every thought. A small example – soda cans in Australia are slightly bigger. This completely drove me wild for the first 2 weeks I was there. You walk into a gas (aka petrol) station, and see these stacks of cans behind the glass fridge doors, and they just don’t look right. You keep looking at them, your eye is…