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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 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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slynne
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response 135 of 160:
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Feb 3 17:49 UTC 2004 |
I got a phone call from a former boss last night. Unfortunately,
because of bad circumstances (the death of a former co-worker's
father). Still, it was *really* nice to talk to her. We talked for two
hours catching up. It made me realize that I am not always really good
about making the effort to keep people in my life. I think I need to do
more of that.
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slynne
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response 136 of 160:
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Feb 5 17:30 UTC 2004 |
I havent really been up to much this week. Sometimes I feel like my
life is soooooo boring. Yet, it isnt really bad or anything. It is just
that I have a goal to blog 4-5 days a week and sometimes I sit down
here and have nothing to write.
I could tell you that I spent my evening last night doing math problems
and then watching TV and then writing a sympathy note to a friend. I
was bad and didnt take the dogs for a walk like I usually do but now
that they are older, they dont seem to mind staying inside too much
when it is really cold out.
That sympathy note to my friend really got me thinking though. I might
be bored with my life but at least everyone I love is healthy and
alive. I feel stuck in a rut but really my life isnt all that bad. I
have a job that I dont love but I dont hate it either. I have a house
that I love. I have great people in my life who love me.
I think that there are a couple of ways to find happiness. One of them
is accepting what you have and the other is to find something you dont
have and then go about getting it. I guess my problem right now is that
I dont feel like doing either one of those things.
I am going to think about it though. That is my project for tomorrow. I
will make a list of everything in my life that I am happy with. And a
list of everything in my life that I am unhappy with and I will make a
plan to change one thing on the unhappy list and I will read the happy
list over and over.
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slynne
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response 137 of 160:
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Feb 8 15:30 UTC 2004 |
I spent the better part of yesterday morning passing out leaflets for
polygon, who is running for county clerk. It was really hard for me to
be out in public yesterday because of some disturbing news I received
on friday, but I am proud of myself that I was able to suck it up and
keep my commitments. I met some nice folks too. It is really nice
seeing people vote in a caucus or volunteer to pass out literature. I
really liked the Dean volunteers. They were really young (one of them
just 17) and it gave me a lot of hope to see them youngins
participating in the political process with such energy.
The weirdest thing was that I ran into my old therapist and got a hug
from her just when I needed it most.
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slynne
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response 138 of 160:
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Feb 9 16:44 UTC 2004 |
I have a friend named Kate who has monthly movie parties. They are
always a ton of fun. I really needed to be around people last night so
I went. I am very glad I did. I had a good time.
The movie of the evening was Sixteen Candles. What a trip down memory
lane that was! It was soooooo 1980's. I loved that movie when it first
came out. I remember hanging around in the halls at school talking
about it. It was funny because it was so unlike the school I went to
and yet we all identified with the characters. John Hughes really had a
talent for making movies that appeal to 15 year olds.
We all started talking about high schools and there was a woman at this
party named Angela who coincidently lived pretty close to me when I
lived in Detroit. She lived at 6 mile and Woodward and I lived at 7
mile and Livernois. Small world. In Detroit, there were two city wide
schools that were really good academically, Cass Tech and Renaissance.
Both schools had an admissions process similar to college. Anyhow, I
went to Cass Tech and she went to Renaissance. It was fun to talk about
high school in Detroit with someone.
I also got to see my friend Gary whom I havent seen in ages. He was
really supportive about some things I am going through right now which
I really needed. We talked a lot about it. When I whined about how I
didnt have a movie buddy anymore, Kate made a big deal about how she
*loves* to go to the movies so now we have a big movie date to see
Hildalgo when it comes out in early March. I am pleased about that.
I did get some bad news yesterday from Gary. He is planning on moving
to California in May (just after I get back, doh!). He has said this
many times before but this time I think he really means it. *sigh* I
dont really need to lose any more friends right now. Still I really
admire his courage. There is a big part of me that wants to pick up and
try something new too.
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jaklumen
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response 139 of 160:
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Feb 9 23:40 UTC 2004 |
I don't remember that movie, but my wife thinks it's pretty funny.
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slynne
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response 140 of 160:
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Feb 10 17:30 UTC 2004 |
My mom sent me this article about housing values in the city I live in.
I have to say that made me feel really good about buying my house. Not
that I needed to feel good about it but it helps sometimes when I am
paying my mortgage. I have a lot of equity in this house now and there
is a certain security in that.
www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-7/107623891371701.xml
http://url.rexroof.com/465
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slynne
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response 141 of 160:
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Feb 10 17:57 UTC 2004 |
I have to admit that I have been quite disappointed in Dean s results
in this race so far. It has been a long time since I have been so
enthused about a presidential candidate. There is some disappointment.
But luckily for Kerry if he happens to win the nomination, I like him a
lot better than I like George Bush.
I was reading an editorial in the NYT about the labor market. It is
dismal. People here where I work have been losing their jobs. I could
lose my job any minute (ok, it is unlikely but it could happen). This
is an issue where I have an emotional response: fear. I know that a lot
of people share that fear or, worse, are living through having lost
their jobs. Just this week, I heard a story about a small town in
Michigan that is going to lose the factory that employs most folks. So,
heck yeah, I am afraid of losing my job. An economic recovery without
jobs doesn t feel like much of a recovery to the average person who is
living paycheck to paycheck and just getting by.
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jaklumen
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response 142 of 160:
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Feb 11 06:38 UTC 2004 |
It's even worse for those struggling to get off the dole. There's that
writing on the wall-- funding will be cut-- but how does welfare-to-
work pan out when the unemployment rate is so stressed?
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slynne
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response 143 of 160:
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Feb 11 14:32 UTC 2004 |
I know. It is a pretty bad time to be without a job. I worry a lot
about that. Not just about my job but about the effects of having a lot
of unemployed people will have on society in general. I mean, it seems
to me that it means less tax revenue and increased need for state
funded welfare programs.
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jaklumen
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response 144 of 160:
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Feb 12 03:17 UTC 2004 |
I just hope it isn't a vicious cycle.
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slynne
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response 145 of 160:
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Feb 12 14:08 UTC 2004 |
Ugh. I feel really sick today. I have a headache and feel really
lightheaded. I hope I am not coming down with something serious.
I have to laugh at myself though. Whenever I start to feel sick, all
kinds of crazy things start rolling through my head. eg What if my
furnace is broken and my house is filled with carbon monoxide? Oh yeah,
that would mean the carbon monoxide detector must be broken too. What
if I have caught that terrible flu that has hit all those students at U
of M? What if one of those Asian chickens with the bird flu jumped on a
jet, flew all the way to Michigan and pooped in my tea? (Ok, I am not
really too worried about that last one)
Anyhow, I have decided to stay home today. I figure that now, more than
most times, I deserve to sit back and take care of myself. Besides, I
have a big weekend planned so it would really suck to be sick.
I mean, my last living grandmother is having a 90th birthday party on
Saturday and I would be really bummed if I had to miss it. Nope, better
to take care of myself now and hope for the best.
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orinoco
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response 146 of 160:
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Feb 13 06:36 UTC 2004 |
Asian chicken shit in my tea would worry me quite a bit.
Chicken shit in general, really.
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slynne
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response 147 of 160:
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Mar 14 21:23 UTC 2004 |
Grumble...grumble...
My blog site http://lynne.tblog.com is offline and has been all day.
So, I guess I'll write here and cut and paste it over there later. See?
I still find this item useful. Yay grex!
I went to a garage sale (although it was in an apartment and not a
garage) today at Gary's house. He is moving in June and is getting rid
of most of his things. I wanted the hand chair (plastic chair, shaped
like a hand) for my yard. I love that chair and it would be perfect for
outdoor seating. It is mine now. Boo Yah!
It was really nice talking to Gary (and Kate) about things. I have been
feeling very angry at someone lately and wondering if I was justified
in feeling that way. Not that I ever need to justify it when I am
feeling angry, it is just nice *this* time. Anyhow, Gary and Kate both
assured me that if any friend of theirs did to them what my friend (or
ex-friend or whatever, I dont even know) did to me, they would be angry
too. I dont know why but that made me feel better about things. Well,
it made me feel a little bit less crazy and *that* is always nice.
I am really going to miss Gary when he moves. But at least he is moving
to San Francisco which is an area of the world I tend to visit a lot.
Actually, I am going there just a few weeks before he does which is
kind of funny but anyways...
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jaklumen
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response 148 of 160:
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Mar 15 08:27 UTC 2004 |
I had a question for earlier entries... politics real quick... what's
your take on John Kerry real quick? I'd heard some Dean supporters are
backing Nader but Dean himself is not. Was curious.
Back to your current entry, one of my sisters lives in San Jose which
is next door to San Fran as you know. I haven't been there but I hear
a lot about her and her husband from time to time. They have quite the
place down there... he's an architect and she's in interior design. I
still think their fish aquarium is so awesome-- they took our old
standing floor TV and molded the glass for the aquarium where the old
tube had been. So now you have fish in a TV =)
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slynne
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response 149 of 160:
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Mar 15 14:02 UTC 2004 |
I have some serious issues with Kerry, to be honest. And I think Nader
is the better candidate which is saying a lot because I have a lot of
reservations about him too. However, I *really* dont like Bush and thus
will vote for the lesser of two evils when election time rolls around.
Let's face it, Nader doesnt have a chance so I am not willing to risk
voting for him.
I am familiar with San Jose. I have spent some time there since I have
a friend who used to live there. I think it is my least favorite city
in the bay area. ;) I always liked to joke that it was the armpit of
the bay. If I never find my way to San Jose, I will be more than
happy ;) Still, if you have the opportunity, go visit your sister. It
isnt a long drive to all the fun touristy things. I mean, it is pretty
easy to go to GARLIC WORLD in Gilroy, Berkeley, San Francisco,
Monterray, Santa Cruz, etc.
I have seen those fish aquariums made from old TV's. They are cool. If
I wasnt terrible with fish, I would consider doing something similar.
Unfortunately, even after working in a pet store for several years, I
have never been able to manage to keep fish alive. heh.
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slynne
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response 150 of 160:
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Mar 15 14:14 UTC 2004 |
AHHHHH...My blog site is still down. So...here goes another blog entry
for me to cut and paste there later:
http://url.rexroof.com/565
(news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040314/ap_on_sc/undead_lobsters_2)
I have always had a problem with eating lobster. My problem isnt that
they dont taste good because...mmmmmm...they taste GOOD. My problem has
always been that they remind me of giant cockroaches. Every time I sit
down to eat one, I cant help thinking of it as a cockroach of the sea.
ICK.
When I was a child, my family went on vacation to Maine. We kept
stopping for lobster and my parents would always order me a lobster and
then when I refused to eat it, they would order me a hamburger instead.
They and my siblings would split the lobster they ordered for me and
they would laugh and say, "Ok...more for us!" (for some reason, they
never said that about lima beans and broccoli which they always made me
eat) I cant think of lobster without thinking of that trip to Maine.
Funny how we carry things with us like that.
One thing I have always heard about cockroaches is that if you freeze
them, they will come back to life when they thaw out. I always thought
there was something just a little gross about that. Now it turns out
that lobsters also can be frozen and then thawed. ICK. They are just
like giant cockroaches of the sea. ICK!
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slynne
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response 151 of 160:
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Mar 15 15:03 UTC 2004 |
Beware the Ides of March!
I have a friend who has a dog named 'Brutus' and I was just thinking
that if I had a dog named 'Brutus', I would probably spend the whole
day looking over at him and saying 'Et Tu, Brutus?" and then laughing a
lot. So...I guess it is a good thing my dogs are named Brooke and
Crissy ;)
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jaklumen
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response 152 of 160:
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Mar 16 02:26 UTC 2004 |
resp:149 I hope that enough think as you do, honestly. Although I
initially voted for Bush, I am not keen on him anymore. (I had not
voted for Gore, you see.)
resp:150 I know this does not help at all, but I thought I had heard
they were all arthopods or something. *sigh* Well, I'm not sure what
sort of mental conditioning you would need to get past your aversion,
because yes, lobster good... especially rock lobster...
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slynne
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response 153 of 160:
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May 1 13:18 UTC 2004 |
Grumble. My blog site is down. Blah, how annoying. Oh well. At least I
have grex as a back up ;)
I am sitting here awake hours before the rest of the household. Not
surprising considering that I went to bed at 9:30p. I am sitting here
looking out of the window at the dawn. It is just getting light and it
is foggy. Shannon's guinea hens are making those cute noises that they
make. It is oddly comforting. It is peaceful here at dawn. Sonoma
county is probably my favorite part of California.
It isnt very peaceful at dawn at my house. On the rare occasion when I
wake up before 6a at home, the dogs get all excited because they see
that as a sign of an early breakfast and then I have to go through the
whole morning routine with them with is nice but isnt exactly
peaceful.
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cmcgee
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response 154 of 160:
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May 5 15:00 UTC 2004 |
Grex as a back up? What a concept!
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slynne
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response 155 of 160:
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May 25 15:53 UTC 2004 |
Well, my blog site is down again http:\\lynne.tblog.com
It is very frustrating but I am not quite ready to jump ship yet.
Others are though. It sucks because every time they have downtime it
takes a long time for my readers to come back. And I am an attention
slut so having a lot of readers is important to me.
But the writing is good for me too which is why I am happy to have grex
as my back up even though not too many people stumble through this
particular conference. :) There are some things I want to talk about
not on my regular blog anyways. Not that they are private or
anything...it is more that they are less public than other things. The
private things go into my hand written offline journal. :)
So, I met a guy when I was in California which was both really
wonderful and something that is currently driving me crazy. I want to
spend time hanging out with him but I cant because he is there and I am
here. Oh well. I have to wonder if I even would have allowed myself to
like him if he didnt live so far away. I have a real pattern of only
liking unavailable guys. And being 2000+ miles away is pretty
unavailable. I guess I will try not to worry about it too much.
Whatever will be will be, right?
All I know is that he took me sailing on a boat called "Sugar
Magnolia" which is a boat name I used to fantasize about years ago. Now
I have that song stuck in my head and I find myself humming it all the
time. At least it is a good song.
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slynne
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response 156 of 160:
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Jun 29 02:50 UTC 2004 |
http://lynne.tblog.com
There are people in this world who are procrastinators. I was thinking
about this today because I had to go to the bank to deposit my pay
check. When I first got hired, they gave me all the forms for direct
deposit. I love direct deposit. I think it is a pain to go to the bank
every two weeks.
But I set those forms aside and thought to myself, "I'll get around to
that later" and I kept putting it off. And I kept putting it off. I
thought about it today because as I was sitting at my desk writing out
the deposit slip for the bank, I got an email about a special breakfast
I have been invited to at work on Thursday. It is to celebrate my
*fifth* anniversary with the company. I had to laugh. Geez, could I
have put off the direct deposit thing any more?
I caught myself thinking, "I really should fill out those forms...I'll
do it later" as I walked out the door to go to the bank. *slaps
forehead*
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slynne
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response 157 of 160:
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Jun 29 02:57 UTC 2004 |
And a special haiku not appearing on my blog (at least not yet)
An Audi Haiku by Lynne:
That Lynne would hate me
except volkswagen makes me
lets drive by the sea
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lumen
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response 158 of 160:
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Aug 6 22:19 UTC 2005 |
Sorry to see that this item ended.
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