July 2005 Archives
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
Let's here it for my super-dooper BF and his hugely talented friends who are slowly repairing the damage that was done after one of the boxes that powers Slackers.net went boom. I've been without personal email since Saturday, and also unable to post here since then. Mail is still not back, but hopefully will be soon. If you need an answer from me, please use my work account. There's lots for me to catch up on. I'm not quite sure where to begin. First, I'll be spending tomorrow at the BlogHer Conference in Santa Clara. This started out as a
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
And soon, I'll be able to sound like Darth Vader when I say that, thanks to my new CPAP machine. Well, at least the heavy breathing part of it. I'll have to work on dropping my vioce a few octives. Thanks right folks - I have sleep apnea! I get to sleep with a big mask strapped to my face with hoses connected to an air compressor. Apparently normal people who don't have sleep apnea wake up maybe 5 or so times a hour due to breathing issues. I wake up an average of 37.7 times. Egads. Just thinking about
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Ten years ago: It was the summer between my junior and senior years of college. I was working at the CH Booth Library (still as a page) and working for Allen at Florist on the Green too. I don't remember if i was working for Loree's Kitchen still or not. Freesia was just born in April and had come home to me not too long ago. I was living at home and playing lots of Magic: The Gathering with my friend Jen. Five years ago: I had just moved to Ann Arbor, MI a few months before to work at
Posted by Chiara | Category netflix
Six Feet Under, Season 1, Disk 4
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For July 16th It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present - love, heath, family, friends, work, the joys of nature, and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure - the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience heaven on earth. - Sarah Ban Breathnach You know... sometimes it's just plain scary how much the quotes in this calendar match the issues I'm struggling with.
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
Why is that I wake up, easily, softly, comfortably at 7:30 in the morning on a Saturday? And during the week, when I need to be up and out of the house, waking up is painful, and hurts, and is hard, and I can barely drag myself out of bed at 8:30? I finally have a chance to sleep in and I can't do it. GAH!
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
I don't really have anything to post about. Mostly I'm just trying to move the big picture of Danger Mouse down the page. Because as much as I love DM (though in all honesty, Penfold is my secret love, not DM), everytime I see the frickin' picture the theme song starts playing in my head and it stays there for HOURS. *sigh* He's the greatest... He's terrific... Wherever there is danger he'll be there...
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See? I told you it was the bestest present ever.
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
I can't believe my luck! I found my sweetie the bestest most wonderfulest birthday present EVER! I know he will just LOVE it. I can't wait to watch him open it. He's going to be SO HAPPY! Thank god his birthday is tomorrow, because I don't think I can keep this a surprise any longer than that. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
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Somewhere along the way, I developed a social life. I'm not quite sure how it happened. I spent so very many years alone, at home, watching TV or reading a book (or eating), that alone became the norm. Even after I was married we spent a lot of time home alone - him playing video games and me watching TV, or reading, or eating. But those days are past. I think they have been past for a while now, but I just didn't realized it. The idea of me having a busy social life just doesn't fit with the pre-conceived
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
This weekend I attacked the jungle that was growing outside my backdoor. I wish I had taken a photo of it all overgrown. It was mostly grasses, but also 4-foot tall weeds that had prickers. I discovered that there is actually a little patio out there. And at some point there was a sprinkler system (I found the sprinkler heads). And I even found a spade behind the torch ginger. I kept the calla lilies, and another reddish flower, and some silvery ground-cover. Everything else got pulled out. My neighbor gave me a compost bin (she already has one), so
Posted by Chiara | Category books
The Blind Assassin
Posted by Chiara | Category netflix
The Fisher King
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Manhunter
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Pollock
