April 2005 Archives
Mmmmmm.... Power Tools
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Why, oh why, did I not buy a drill YEARS ago? I just installed the curtain rods in my new bedroom in like, less than 10 minutes. It took longer to put the curtains on the damn rods than to install the hardware. Pardon me while I have a Tim Allen moment. HuuHuuHahahuuhahahahaha.Because It's Fun to Take a Quiz
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Your Birthdate: March 4 Being born on the 4th day of the month should help make you a better manager and organizer. You may be more responsible and self-disciplined than you realize. Sincere and honest, you are a serious and hard working individual. Your feelings are likely to seem somewhat repressed at times. The number 4 has something of an inhibiting effect on your ability to show and express affections, as feeling are very closely regulated and controlled. You are apt to be much more practical, rational, and conscious of details. There is a good deal of rigidity andEnd of the Cold in Sight
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I'm still sick. But I think I'm getting better. I don't want to go on the cart. I'm still stuffy and coughing, but the intensity seems to be lessing. I think I slept most of the night last night (wait, did I just type that??) - no waking up with coughing fits or feverish sweats. I'm really feeling the need to get moving on the unpacking. There are things that I need to find (like my new health insurance numbers) because I have to use them. E and I are going to Vegas this weekend. And while I'm looking forwardLife Among the Boxes
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I'm still sick. My house is filled with boxes. I found my plates last night but still don't have glasses or silverware. I have no idea where my laundry detergent is. The cats have just started speaking to me again. The fish are still pouting. I left my house at 8:40 this morning and arrived at the office at 9:30. Life is good.Stupid Canadian Germs
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I feel like I have lived a lifetime in the past week. I'll start with the recent first. I'm sick. As in the lining of my throat is rubbed with sandpaper every time I swallow and the front of my face feels like it's been hit with a 2x4. Common head colds have no business making one so miserable. The sore throat started yesterday morning when I woke up in... New Brunswick! That's right - my job only sends me to the hippest, most happening places. Actually, it was a really good client visit. We did some really good workCranky Pants
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Man, I don't know what my problem is today. I should have warning signs tattooed on my forehead, telling people to just stay away. I'm in a foul, foul mood, and I don't know why. I'm walking around spitting nails. Can't blame it on the monthly cycle. Can't blame it on lack of sleep (been takin' my Ambien, so I've been sleeping from 9-7 pretty much for the past 6 nights). *sigh*Back with the Tunes
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It's official. My iPod is dead. The technical description the guy at the Genius Bar used was "the hard drive go a-chunka-chunka-chunk." Luckily it was still under warrenty, so they replaced it for free. Yay. So I have portable music again. This weekend has been pretty quiet. I feel that all I've done is sleep. Which is good, since after Wednesday night I especially needed it. But it also means that I've spent a majority of the weekend in that half-asleep, nap-drunk type of feeling. The kind of feeling where your brain feels wrapped in gauze, and you know peopleHit "Reset" Please
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Ugh. Can I get a do-over on today? I didn't sleep last night. I know, I know, that's not news. Can't I write about anything else? It was another really, really bad night. Luckily I don't have really bad nights too often (anymore). But it just means that when I do have them, I feel that much worse for the wear. (God, how did I survive when attacks like this were nightly?) I was up every hour or so from about 10 until 2 and then was pretty much wide awake until 5:30 or so. But it wasn't just lyingThis and That
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I don't feel that I do that much, or have that interesting of a life. But somehow I always seem to fill the days and have things left over that still need to get done. Anyway... here's some stuff that I've been up to and dealing with lately. My iPod is sick. It freezes on me and skips songs that I know have been ripped correctly. The skipping and freezing now happens so often that it is unusable. Grumble. I went to the Apple iPod support site (which isn't as helpful as one would hope) and got some information. ICan't Decide
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It's a nice day today. I'm having trouble deciding what I should do next though. I had a photography class at the community college this morning. I just finished lunch. I'm torn between doing chores, playing, and taking a nap. Decisions, decisions.Curls!
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Wow. I always knew I had a natural wave in my hair. But tonight I got my hairs cut, and I told Mary, my stylist, to put in some layers to, you know, bring out some of the the curl. Boy did it ever. She put in some curl holding product and used a difuser on the hair dryer and WOW. While I can't say that it looks like I have a perm, it sure does look like I spent some time in rollers. That's pretty cool. Not that I'll ever be able to get it to look like thisHappiness is...
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- waking up at 5 am and realizing that you don't have to get up for another 2.5 hours. - spending the snooze time between the alarm going off snuggling with your kitten. Especially when he puts his soft paws on your cheeks. - having time to eat breakfast AND wash your hair in the shower. - hitting no traffic backup at the toll plaza. - no metering lights at the Bay Bridge. - finding a parking space on the street, with no time limits, right around the corner from work. - finally unloading the giant sticky-note pads that you'veMonthly Archives
