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Sunday, November 19th, 2006

It is a fact that college students’ apartments are never cleaner than they are the night before a big exam. It’s pretty sad when scrubbing the toilet sounds like more fun than cracking a book, but it’s so true, and so not exclusive to college students. I shouldn’t even be here writing this right now, but I’ve got a nearly 1,000 page software manual sitting next to me that I’m meant to be studying for a certification I have to do for work that I can’t even bear to look at. My apartment actually could’ve used a good scrub, but instead of vacuuming and mopping I opted for more fun procrastination activities and did a bit of shopping, made a huge batch of sweet potato soup and topped up my tan at the beach this afternoon. As I wrote that last sentence I actually started feeling a bit guilty. Should I study? Nah, I’ll just put a pillow over the book so I can’t see it. Problem solved.

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Halloween—legitimizing stupid-looking people for one night

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

I used to think that Halloween was just a holiday for kids. Dress up, walk around the neighborhood with your parents, get a pillowcase full of candy and you’re happy. I didn’t really think there was much to it for adults. Boy was I wrong! Halloween just might even be more fun now than it was when I was five years old and was too afraid to go back for the shoe I’d lost as I ran in terror from a man who’d maliciously dressed himself up to look like a dummy and then made a grab for me as I reached innocently for a piece of candy from the bowl in his lap. In fact, yeah…it’s definitely more fun. Besides, adults can eat whatever candy we want without being told we’ll get a stomachache, stay up as late as we want AND we can drink alcohol. Suck on that little children.

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Bienvenidos a Miami

Friday, October 27th, 2006
Yesterday was a great day, not least because I got to leave work four and a half hours early. Kelly arrived!!! What originally started off as a week-long stay in London eventually was extended into a three week stint that ... [Continue reading this entry]

You’re Nobody ’til somebody [important] loves you

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
I don't even know why you're reading this. If you were like anyone else I'd met this weekend you'd have already laughed derisively and moved on to the New York Post Page Six site as soon as you'd realized I'm not a trust ... [Continue reading this entry]

The Ex-Factor

Sunday, October 8th, 2006
I thought spring was supposed to be the season when animals and people get all twitterpated. The flowers are blooming, the sun is shining and romance/the instinctual need to procreate is in the air. But it seems like this year ... [Continue reading this entry]

It’s ALIVE!!!

Monday, September 25th, 2006
Joy of all joys, happiness beyond all belief--no, the kitties haven't taught themselves to use the toilet--my lost blog entries have been recovered!!! I've been searching the past couple days, looking for cached versions of the missing pages, but to ... [Continue reading this entry]

Death of a blog

Friday, September 22nd, 2006
Okay, so my blog isn't exactly dead, but my two most recent posts are! After hours of toiling over the correct imagery to use to describe the homeless Santa Claus in Miami and after sharing my personal feelings about Talk ... [Continue reading this entry]

Arr, schwab the decks!

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
I was informed by Yahoo! this morning that today, September 19, is officially Talk Like a Pirate Day. Has such a cool non-holiday day ever existed? I think not. I have always been fascinated by all things pirate even though ... [Continue reading this entry]

Highfalutin Times

Monday, September 18th, 2006
I sometimes like to consider myself a culturally-inclined person. Of course I go to museums! Doesn’t everybody? Okay, so I only seem to go to museums when I’m traveling and I feel like it’s my moral obligation to do so. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cha cha…ch..a-d-d

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
You know, this is the third time I’ve rewritten this entry. I sat down to write some mopey crap to make myself feel better, but I’m just not going to do it. Nuh-uh, not gonna. Because…[Continue reading this entry]