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Grex > Enigma > #379: Lynne's "I aint got no baby" Diary. | |
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jaklumen
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response 110 of 160:
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Jan 12 01:24 UTC 2004 |
resp:101 Ok, I can go with that.
resp:105 Sure, even if they aren't likely to read it, better to plan
on the possibility they might.
resp:108 I didn't get either of those, but I think I am getting other
things. LOL This is reminding me of hand-me downs from the parents,
actually. They moved into a new house some months ago and some of the
things we got were some stuff for the bed. Headboard, footboard,
skirt, some nicer sheets, and comforter... I suppose it was an upgrade
of sorts. Also a long way from my single days five years back (I
think) when I had a mattress and box spring on the floor.
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slynne
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response 111 of 160:
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Jan 12 01:39 UTC 2004 |
Oh well, I guess I am counting the mattress and box spring on the floor
as "a real bed" ;)
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jaklumen
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response 112 of 160:
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Jan 12 12:35 UTC 2004 |
oh man apparently I have never lived!
hide a beds and futons have only been very temporary arrangements--
you know, staying with folks, in-laws, stuff like that.
You have got to describe this milk crate furniture a little more to me
because I am having trouble visualizing it.
Hmmm... this is totally off the subject some, but my sister in San
Jose and her husband figured out how to take my folks' old floor TV
and set an aquarium where the cathode tube was-- sealed the glass in
and everything. I've only seen a crappy picture and I'm dying to see
it one day in person.
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slynne
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response 113 of 160:
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Jan 12 13:48 UTC 2004 |
The milk crate furniture is just two milk crates with a board over them
to make a table of sorts.
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edina
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response 114 of 160:
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Jan 12 17:40 UTC 2004 |
I'd like to say that I live my life very much out in the open, but obviously
that isn't true. I filter a great deal of what I say, depending on the
situation. The best example is that I never mentioned I was having gastric
bypass until after I had had it . . .especially on m-net. When you are making
a huge change in your life that is considered controversial, the last thing
needed is some pubescent punk giving you smack.
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slynne
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response 115 of 160:
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Jan 12 18:07 UTC 2004 |
Heh. I can totally understand that. What is funny is that people were
so upset about the M-net agora conference being something that was
going on "behind their backs" while it is the more in your face
conversation disrupting stuff that bothers me more. I mean, if I were
to discuss something online here and someone wanted to make fun of me
about it. I would much prefer it if they did it out of the way where I
could choose not to have to deal with their Beevis and Butthead like
comments ;) "She said 'butt' huh huh huh huh" ;)
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jaklumen
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response 116 of 160:
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Jan 13 02:49 UTC 2004 |
Exactly-- it's why I chose to leave agora-- comments were starting to
get mean. It's one thing if people want to parody me-- and that *is*
parody. But when someone decided to make fun in what I thought was a
mean way of a time I was trying to get a job... and by the way, they
(the employer) decided to screw me over and not tell me about it (I
hate it when people can't be straight with me). So, it was time to
leave.
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jaklumen
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response 117 of 160:
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Jan 13 02:51 UTC 2004 |
That wasn't very clear. I was being made fun of in agora, to my
face. So... I left.
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slynne
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response 118 of 160:
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Jan 13 13:51 UTC 2004 |
That is exactly what I would do if I felt that the jokes were too mean.
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edina
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response 119 of 160:
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Jan 13 17:06 UTC 2004 |
I just filter what I post. I still want to play in the game, I just don't
want to wear a target on my back.
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slynne
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response 120 of 160:
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Jan 13 20:37 UTC 2004 |
Howard Dean "House Call"
It has been so long since I have really been social. I had forgotten
how much work it can be. It is a little frustrating too. My friends,
who used to go out looking for parties now seem to need to be dragged
to them. I am really missing the days when all you had to do was say
that there was a party on a certain night and folks would just show up.
Of course, those parties usually had really drunk people who broke
things while now things are a bit more tame at Casa Fremont.
I am having a Howard Dean "house call" thing on Saturday. I have
invited over 50 people so far. Only one person has confirmed that they
are coming. I have 6 strong maybes and about 3 weak ones. I'll be happy
if 6 people show up because I know that those 6 strong maybes can mean
that the folks wont show up if they are feeling tired or cranky or
whatever. Such is life, I suppose. :)
I have to say that just calling people has been good for me. I mean,
suddenly I have a reason to call folks I havent seen in a while.
Sometimes for several months. We end up talking and talking which is
good. There is a reason these folks are my friends. They are easy to
talk to. Most of them I have known since high school so we have a lot
of history. And then, small town gossip type stuff too.
In fact, I was kind of bumming because I called one friend of mine who
had some very interesting things going on. I had already called another
friend of mine just before that and while she had some news about
herself and some other folks, it wasnt nearly as filled with drama as
this other stuff which involved a psychotic ex girlfriend screaming in
my friend's front lawn. I know the first friend would have loved
hearing that story. Oh well, I guess that just means that if both of
them show up on Saturday, the friend with the crazy lady screaming in
her front lawn can tell the other friend all about it herself. First
hand accounts are better anyways. :)
http://lynne.tblog.com
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jaklumen
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response 121 of 160:
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Jan 14 09:32 UTC 2004 |
resp:119 What I had said about my job was fairly benign, so the joking
did seem mean-spirited. Not sure what there was to filter, so...
bye. It's one thing when I say something that I can see in hindsight
might look bad. I didn't see it in that instance.
resp:120 I hear so much about the Dean campaign that seems
encouraging... lots of grassroots work and such. I'm not fond of
Bush, but I don't think I could lean left enough to support him.
*shrug* Elections always give me a feeling of ambivalence... the
parties do play to their respective loyalties, left or right, and then
butter up to the middle. Clinton was supposedly moderate, but even
before his scandal, back before he got elected, he kinda scared me.
Anyway, political parties do seem to be retreating more to the left
and the right... and where I remain fiercely Independent and can seem
to dice myself anyway but moderate, it makes vote decisions hard.
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edina
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response 122 of 160:
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Jan 14 15:48 UTC 2004 |
Do you still vote, though?
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jaklumen
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response 123 of 160:
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Jan 15 08:57 UTC 2004 |
Sadly, I have not voted for a while. Apathy looms. Not a good
excuse, however-- I need to know the issues and vote on as much as I
can. Local stuff is easier, but again, anything that has a political
party stamped on it tends to give me that itchy feeling.
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edina
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response 124 of 160:
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Jan 15 16:00 UTC 2004 |
My personal philosophy is that if you don't vote, you dont' get to complain.
Dave doesn't vote - I don't recycle. I'm going to try and recycle, while I'd
like it if he votes, he doesn't complain and he doesn't give me smack about
it.
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slynne
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response 125 of 160:
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Jan 15 17:00 UTC 2004 |
Yeah. I get a little annoyed when someone gets upset about the results
of an election they didnt vote in. But, I have to admit that there have
been elections/primaries where I didnt care about the outcome so I
skipped voting.
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anderyn
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response 126 of 160:
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Jan 15 18:14 UTC 2004 |
I always vote. I do my best to educate myself about the issues, and I vote
in every election I am eligible to do it in. If we all did, maybe it would
be a better world.
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edina
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response 127 of 160:
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Jan 15 20:33 UTC 2004 |
Twila, you are so right you scare me. Let's take on the world and get rid
of the electoral college!
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slynne
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response 128 of 160:
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Jan 18 17:22 UTC 2004 |
I had to cancel my Howard Dean party. It started snowing in the morning
so a lot of people called to cancel. The roads were really bad when I
went to the store at 3 o'clock. But of course, as soon as I cancelled
the event, it stopped snowing and the plows came through and the roads
were fine. *DOH* Oh well. A couple of folks showed up anyways and we
had fun sitting around, drinking beers, and talking about why Howard
Dean is the candidate for us. It was fun.
When I went out to the store on Saturday, UPS delivered a package to my
house. It was an automatic kitty litter box!. The return address was
some company in Canada. There was no note or anything inside that
indicated who it was from. Weird. I think it was probably Aaron who
ordered it but he is out of town so I cant ask him. I have been talking
about getting one of these things with him. But I have been talking to
other friends too about my dislike for changing the litter. Heh. Well,
I am very happy with it and really thankful that I have a friend who is
thoughtful enough to send me something like this. I am going to get it
all set up tomorrow. Woo Hoo. No more cat box cleaning :)
Last Friday, I got to visit my friend Andee who just had a new baby.
Boy is he cute! It was really nice to visit her. She is awesome. We had
lunch and then we sat around and talked all afternoon. We played with
the baby although he doesnt really do much except lay on the floor and
look at stuff and smile sometimes. He sure needed a lot of attention
though. Whew. Maybe it is just as well that I dont have kids.
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slynne
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response 129 of 160:
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Jan 20 20:18 UTC 2004 |
Sometimes I have a little bit of writer's block. I hate that. It is
funny because sometimes I just feel like I want to run to my blog
(http://lynne.tblog.com) and write and write and then other
times...nothing. And then I ask myself, "Do I *really* have nothing to
say today? Really?"
Naturally, I usually have something I could say even when I dont have
anything I need to say. So? Here are just some thoughts in no
particular order of importance to me...
I was surprised that Kerry did so well in Iowa. I dont think Dean's
speech was as bad as the media is making it out to be. It certainly
hasnt changed my feelings about him as a candidate. I dont care a lot
for Kerry but I dont hate him or anything. I dont think he will get the
nomination. I was happy to see Edwards did so well. There is something
about him that I really like but I have not really been able to put my
finger on it. Maybe it is just that he seems nice. Naturally Dean is my
first choice for the nomination but I wont cry into my oatmeal if
Edwards gets it.
I have been watching a lot of foreign movies lately. I have been very
disappointed with the lack of movies from Russia. I have found that I
dont like most of the Soviet era ones and there just arent that many
more recent ones. I hope that changes. When it comes to foreign movies,
I like the French ones the best and the British ones the second best. I
dont know what that means.
Part of my job is to write techincal documents. Everyone on my team has
a yearly goal. Our fiscal year ends on the 31st and that is usually our
deadline for completing our goals. I am annoyed because on Friday, I
was sent an email informing me that the deadline for completing these
technical documents is Jan 21. It seems kind of smarmy to me to change
the deadline like that with only a few days notice. Oh well. I have
already turned in enough documents to meet my goal but not enough to
exceed it. I've exceeded every other goal I was given, though. I am
sure my review will be a good one and hopefully I will get a nice raise.
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jaklumen
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response 130 of 160:
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Jan 21 15:05 UTC 2004 |
I saw some news commentary on the Democratic turnouts and wondered
what the reaction would be from those that supported Dean... I mean, I
don't think the media has made much comment yet that I can see.
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slynne
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response 131 of 160:
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Jan 21 18:38 UTC 2004 |
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/21/nyregion/21hit.html?pagewanted=1
I have always been really interested in human behavior. I think that is
why I have pretty much liked most of the social sciences: anthropology,
economics, sociology, psychology, etc. As many of my friends will tell
you, I do the arm chair psychologist thing a *lot* ;) I have worked
with the mentally ill and even now, I kick around the idea of getting
an MSW (in like 20 years after I finish this undergrad degree haw!).
I dont find that I am often surprised by what people do. And yet, this
morning when I read about a woman who was apparently run over three
times by hit and run drivers, I found myself wondering how that could
happen. I have made up all kinds of situations about the motivations of
the drivers. Maybe they were drunk or had arrest warrants or had some
other reason not to want to come into contact with the police. Maybe
they were more concerned with their own welfare than that of someone
else. It is possible that they didnt notice although that seems
unlikely. I mean, I seen the damage to a car after it hits a deer about
the size of an adult human woman. If they hit this woman and didnt
notice, there is something really wrong with them.
All of this makes me wonder if there is something that I can do as an
individual to help prevent something like this? Is there something I
can do to encourage others to have compassion for their neighbors? Is
there something I can do to encourage some feeling of community
responsibility in people?
I have a friend who thinks that the answer is to spread kindness
around. That people who are treated with kindness are more likely to
treat others with kindness. Obviously this is not some new or original
concept. I dont know if it has merit. I have never heard of any studies
that show that treating a person with kindness results in them treating
others that way. However, I think that it cant hurt. So I am going to
go out of my way to be kind to the people I come into contact with.
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slynne
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response 132 of 160:
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Jan 25 16:28 UTC 2004 |
My Ypsilanti Howard Dean Adventure:
Yesterday, I volunteered to help do a "lit drop" for the Howard Dean
campaign. I walked door to door and dropped off campaign literature. I
knocked on everyone's doors and talked to those people who answered. It
was really cool.
The neighborhood in Ypsilanti where I was doing this isnt my
neighborhood but one I used to live in. I had really wanted to buy a
house in this neighborhood but found I couldnt afford one. Figures.
But, walking around and meeting the folks who live there kind of made
me wish I *had* bought a house there although when I think about it,
the things I like about this neighborhood are the same things I like
about the neighborhood where I live.
I was really impressed by the diversity of this place. There were
people of all ages and backgrounds and ethnicity living in this place.
There were kind people who invited me into their homes to warm up and
rude people who slammed the door on my face. There were a lot of Dean
supporters and a lot of supporters of other candidates. Also a few
Republicans.
What impressed me most about this neighborhood was how active everyone
seemed to be in the process. There were lawn signs up all over the
place. Political signs in the windows. Most people I talked too either
had a very informed opinion already or asked me a lot of questions
about Howard Dean. One guy (a Bush supporter) even told me that even
though there was no way in a million years he would vote for Dean, he
was really happy to see young people like me taking an interest in
politics. (I dont know how young he thought I was, he didnt look over
40 and I am 35. Maybe that new moisterizer wrinkle reducer cream really
works...hmmmm).
It was a very positive experience for me. I am so happy that I decided
to get more involved with things.
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slynne
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response 133 of 160:
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Feb 2 15:05 UTC 2004 |
Some monday morning thoughts about channel flipping and football...
Aaron came over last night just to hang out. He has a habit of
switching channels a lot rather than watching just one thing. A lot of
people seem to do this. I have never really understood it. Whenever I
am watching something on one channel, unless it is bad, I dont sit
there wondering if there is something I want to watch more on another
channel. In fact, since I often check tv programming guides before I
start watching, I usually already know what is on the other channels.
So what is the facination with channel hopping?
I will admit, though, that if it werent for Aaron's channel switching,
I wouldnt have seen any of the Super Bowl and even though I am not the
world's biggest football fan, it actually was a really good game. It
was also nice to have Aaron there because he actually knows the
football rules so I was able to ask him a lot of questions.
Usually, I dont like pro football because the players are so good, they
make it look easy. I *know* it isnt easy but that doesnt normally make
it more exciting to watch. I tend to find college ball much more
interesting even though the players arent as good.
But, that game last night was really really interesting. Very exciting
too! Especially the ending. Holy cow! Talk about racing the clock. I
was on the edge of my seat. It was fun. I even found it interesting
even though I was rooting for either team especially. Yup, it was just
one of those games that was good just because it was a good game.
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jaklumen
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response 134 of 160:
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Feb 3 01:45 UTC 2004 |
Channel surfing. LOL Boy, I hardly think about it, now, and yet I
remember days of TV without a remote, when I just sat through bad
commercials or whatnot.
Sometimes people flip because TV is just not really great but they
don't want to turn it off. But sometimes I think people want to avoid
commercials. Then again, you mentioned the Super Bowl, and sometimes
people watch the game so they can see those commercials, too.
Speaking of that, I'm not a football fan at all. I am dreaming of the
days when there is more coverage of rugby in the States.
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