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November 04, 2004
random things, thoughts, etc.
* Upgraded, finally, to Movable Type 3.1+
* And Blacklist for 3.1x (because I hate the crapspam I get on my blog)
* THIS speaks for itself.
* Joe is making me popcorn with Old Bay seasoning. Yum!
* I'm not reading the news, watching it, or anything else. I'm happy living in my own bubble where nothing evil invades.
* Making plans for Boise for part of Xmas. I want to see my family but its not exactly a vacation spot...
* Don't go to Aura in the Seaport Hotel in Boston for a romantic date...atmosphere was all wonky but the food was quite good. Best duck I ever had.
* Trying hard to find a way to ground myself. There is a terrible energy in the air and I'm working a way to avoid it. Key tools include:
--Trust Your Vibes Oracle Cards by Sonia Choquette (one of my absolute favorite motivators)
--Smart Girls Do Dumbells by Judith Shermin-Wolin
--How to Sell, Then Write Your Nonfiction Book by Blythe Camenson
*Just finished Sara Douglass' God's Concubine and am anxious for the third book!
*Am haphazardly doing NANOWRIMO but it's a difficult thing...since I'm writing TWO books at the same time.
*I've lost 42 lbs since the same time last year. Pretty cool, huh?
*The weird thing about that is that I lost a shoe size! I mean really...my feet were never fat, but dang, what a surprise that was!
*I really really love the new Pink Martini album, Hang On Little Tomato.
*I'm not sure what Bible that the other 50% of America grew up with, but I don't remember Jesus ever preaching about war, guns, etc. He used to hang out with Lepers, whores and the poor. He taught us to love our enemies, turn the other cheek, and ultimately forgiveness. Judge lest not ye be judged. I dreamed on the morning of the third and I awoke in a terrible terrible sorrow, just pure sorrow. I have not yet recovered from my deep sadness.
*I have two philosophy papers due this week. One on abortion and the other on euthanasia.
*I should be writing on my book right now. One of them at least. Instead, I'm rambling here.
*I took the Halloween stuff down today.
*The dealer (Peter Fuller in Watertown...CRAPTASTIC!) wanted to charge us $700 for a tuneup and $450 for a sparkplug change! I assumed they were goldplated sparkplugs! They said it would take 3 hours to change them! At $85! Little do they know I was married to a gearhead in my past. So I took it elsewhere and the corner garage is giving us a diagnostic for free (the dealer charged us $85) and is doing the work for 1/3 the price. Going to trade the car in soon, wethinks.
*I can't understand how my husband can watch "wrastling" as he calls it....
Posted by crystallyn at November 4, 2004 08:21 PM
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