• 00:36 So tired, but I must do homework. #

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• 09:01 David arrives today!! #

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• 17:01 LOL Rex really wants to help me sew. #

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• 17:22 Bleh, headache. #
• 18:52 I just learned I've been wrong about Scorpio for hella years. His heart isn't Betelgeuse, it's Antares. Shameful. #
• 20:32 Tomorrow is going to be Busy with a capital B. #

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• 11:32 At my grandparents' house, working on stuff. I love their keyboard so much omg. #

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• 12:10 I am surrounded by cats. #

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• 17:52 The product key I got for my Windows 7 upgrade doesn't work so I won't be online again until Digital River responds to my help request. #
• 18:14 Just kidding, apparently the product key isn't necessary. Who know. Windows 7 is weird. I got it cheap, @yoshicube64. #
• 18:41 The defrag still sucks D= #
• 20:24 TELEKINESIS MACHINE GUYS mindflexgames.com/ #

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• 15:43 Making pizza dough. #

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• 17:46 All I need is a pair of leather pants and my Halloween costume will be COMPLETE. #
• 18:40 I'm trying to write a cover letter for a place I REALLY want to intern. It's hard!! #
• 21:10 It would be so sweet to work at City Lights. #
• 22:49 I go for an interview at UPS in about 15 minutes. Getting v. nervous. #
• 01:05 Okay, interview over. I think it went well. Now we'll just have to see if I get the job. #
• 01:21 I have to get up early tomorrow but I'm too wound up to sleep. Fooey. #

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• 11:53 Jeff got into medical school today! Yay! #

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My friend Jeff, whose medical school application essays I have been editing, called me today to tell me he'd been accepted to Touro University. It's one that he had an interview for earlier in the week, and he was really excited about it. He was so happy when he called that he was crying, which coming from Jeff is a BIG deal. He's wanted to be a pediatrician since he was in middle school, so I can only imagine how excited he must be.

It made me feel all fuzzy inside.

• 11:36 Nathan got a job, woohoo! #
• 22:59 Project Runway is totally playing favorites DDD= #
• 00:14 Microsoft and I both fail. #

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Okay, so eHell is my favorite online forum these days. It's an etiquette forum; you can ask the other posters for etiquette advice or you can tell horror stories about the etiquettely-challenged.

I was reading a thread today on naughty things children have done, and this story cracked me up so I have to share it:



"My younger sister had 3 kids in rapid succession, so they were all about the same age when she was trying to teach them to be gentle with animals (esp. kitties, they can sniff out a kitty a mile away). Sister's in-laws have several cats, and sister would take a little hand and gently brush the kitty with it, telling the kid "Be gentle. Loooooooove the kitty, looooooove the kitty."

I didn't see what had happened, but one day while visiting, we heard sister scolding one of the kids "No! You can't love the kitty with a hammer in your hand!"

run kitty run!!"

From poster Paige, September 17, 2007, 03:26:56 PM

• 10:36 Got a tour appointment with UPS. Keep your fingers crossed, comrades. #
• 14:23 Space enthusiasts: make sure to go out and watch the Orionids in the early AM Wednesday. #
• 14:25 Scratch that guys, apparently it's already Wednesday. ;_; #
• 16:30 @yoshincube64 The Orionids are an annual meteor shower. #
• 20:05 I am cooking fishes for dinner. #
• 20:52 Mansplain is my new favorite verb. #

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• 10:41 Hehe, I got my mom to start playing Brute. #
• 15:20 Sounds like I don't have to play for Bethel this Sunday. Free timez! #

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• 17:15 It probably makes me mean or conceited, but I don't believe that everyone can sing. #
• 18:06 It annoys me when job listings say "Entry level but previous experience in __ field required." Sry guys but that means it's not entry level. #

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I just listened to an interview on NPR with General Scott Gration; he's apparently working as a federal envoy to Sudan, dealing with all the problems in Darfur. I hadn't actually heard of him until now.

He didn't answer a single question posed to him, just rambled on with what sounded like pre-memorized, highly generalized statements (even when pressed by the reporter for a straight answer). It was sort of infuriating!

• 12:45 Got some truly adorable little kerosene lamps today. #
• 16:29 The corn maze blew down in the storm last week D= #
• 19:42 TWO flies just flew into my drink!! Gross! #

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• 14:17 I just love a good rainstorm. #
• 16:51 Rex has come to halp me use teh computerz. #
• 16:58 LOL I just got beaten by a coffee mug in Brute XD #

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The clouds opened this morning and for the rest of the day proceeded to pour down buckets all the way from Sacramento to the bay area. I met with the organist of the Arden Congregational Church, where I'll be subbing this weekend; she was late on account of the bad visibility on the freeway, and I couldn't stay to practice on account of the power going out in the church.

Being unemployed is starting to get depressing. I'm bored, and I remain isolated in the house because I don't feel like I can afford to spend the money on gas to get me out to see people. I've gotten paid for a few odd jobs lately, but I'm tired on having to cross my fingers and wait.

Applying for jobs is like applying for college all over again. So much effort goes into each application and after a while it starts to feel a little futile. The first few times you get a rejection -- and sometimes with the job market it's even worse because they often don't respond, even to tell you no -- it's easy enough to shrug it off and not take it personally. Around the 6th time you start to wonder what's wrong with you. I know that it's just the economy; everyone I complain to reminds me that there are six people vying for every one open position. Unfortunately that doesn't make it less discouraging.

I do love a good rainstorm, though, especially as it gives me an excuse to wear my new rainboots (awesome!). So not all is bad.