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A week's worth of puzzle printouts
Today is April 28. A week's worth of puzzle printouts are your friend when you wake
up and there is nothing to do. So far there has been an item of interest to me in
each one I've completed. In Monday's, 32 Across was "Des Moines Native" = IOWAN and
on Tuesday, 63 Across was "How the confident solve" = INPEN. Now I will freely
admit I am not a Des Moines native but I am a current Des Moiner so I say that
counts. As for In Pen, well, I took a bit of guff for that last week when I met
*another* NYTimes puzzle fan. At my first temp assignment for MEHC there was a gal
in my area who spied my spiralbound dayplanner of Sunday puzzles from 05 and we had
a good discussion. I even photocopied one for her to do. She was a pencil person,
herself, and couldn't believe I used pen. For me, it doesn't have as much to do
with confidence as I just like the way the pen feels on the paper. I prefer to use
red when I can because I think it stands out nicely.
What else is up? Last weekend I went to Omaha to visit Brent. We made it to the
ATHF movie, which was a blast. Also did some used-media shopping, and I found a
really cool Van Book! Yay! We went to a kick-awesome record store on Maple, and I
felt like I barely scratched the surface of what they had in their bins. I did
manage to find quite a few good selections, though, both fer listening and fer
crafts.
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I had a cubicle and
It Was Okay
Today is April 16. Thursday I started a temp job
downtown. I work for MidAmerican Energy Holding Company, in the Ruan building.
It's all very hush-hush. I work with some really nice people and the project seems
to be going well. It's data entry but it requires some independent thought and
using your head. Oh and I even got to do a Simpsons quote, yay me. We were
creating new employee numbers for some workers, and since they were from a
different division we got to start over at x00001, and it reminded me
of Mr.
Burns's Social Security number. Actually, my Simpsons
quote-of-the-moment is "But
stupid babies need the most attention!" Although I usually say "...need
the most *love*" since that's how my brain remembered it from the episode.
Hrm, what else. Oh. buy
me this? That would be all sorts of thoughtful. Or maybe find me a shiny new
career where my awesomeness could be exchanged for a decent salary.
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Dracula: Unemployed and Loving It
Today is April 9. I have actually applied for a couple jobs so "nyeah." To follow
up from 4/6, I will tell you a story. In first grade art class, our teacher gave us
an assignment to find and press some nice leaves. Like where you get a leaf and put
some waxed paper over it and then fold it up in a big dictionary and then it's a
pressed leaf. On the day we were supposed to bring them in, our art teacher, Mrs.
Kuykendall, asked "Does everybody have their pressed leaves?" This kid Kevin
shouted
back, "Yeah, we got our Lee Press-on Nails." This absolutely slayed the
entire class, and continues to amuse me to this day. I can remember seeing ads for
Lee Press-on Nails, and wondering why a jeans
company had branched out to makeup. I don't know what you'd call it though,
it's not quite a spoonerism,
and it really isn't a pun. Just words that sound like
other words, I guess.
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I think of things and then I type them
Today is April 7. I looked up Squeak's exact quote from BASEketball, and he
actually said "12 or 13 more times" but I'm going to leave yesterday's title the way
it is, because it's more pathetic that way. (like me)
So........I don't think I should have any problems passing that test. It
goes down 4/13/07 and then afterwards I'm hoping to find some people to check out ATHF:MFFT
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I swear, you guys rip on me 20 or 30 more times, I'm outta here!
Today is April 6. Yesterday is trying to start some shit and make me feel sad but
guess what yesterday, I ain't having it. Never mind the fact that I can't remember
how her voice sounded.....gee how awesome is that? I guess I'll have to go home and
::rummage, rummage:: through stuff in search of home vid-yas. I haven't cried about
her in a long time, and I have that sense of needing "a good cry." (Goes off to
listen to "For
Martha")
Time off is going pretty well. I moved my coffee table and busted out the
yogatapes, been having some fun with that. And just like the Fancy Feast commersh
where the white longhairded key comes to nuzzle the lady while she's yoga-ing, C-po
generally tries to "say hello" while I am in one posture or another. Luckily it's
not like aerobics where I have to worry about stepping on/kicking him. My brother's
6th grade teacher told his class a story about the time his daughter Greta was
jumping rope and she stepped on her kitten, and it squeaked. Jonno had Mr. B for
homeroom; I just had him for science. He was pretty much the coolest. When we
learned about radios, he told us this story of the football team's headsets
accidentally picking up CB signals from the truckers on I-35. "Sure, we'll call
some plays, good buddy!" I guess it's just my crazy memory in action, but in
addition to the ever-popular movie and tv qutoes, I also have many "real people"
quotes that I carry with me to this day. note to self, tell the "Lee Press-On
Nails" story in the next blog entry
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Back with a brand-new invention
Today is April 1. I decided to make my website extra-awesome for you guys.
Also, in case you missed it, I did eventually make a March page with a
handful of entries.
What else is up. Today I took a walk around the neighborhood, with the added
cardio-vascular benefit of fighting the wind much of the way. Had a relaxing soak
in
the complex's spa, did some grocery shopping. I'm trying to make a fancy Jell-O
dessert using some ROY G. BIV action. Because, you know,
rainBOWS,
I like those, those are cool.
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Welcome to my lair
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Achewood
Andy
Cat & Girl
Cat
Macros
David /
LJ
Diesel Sweeties
Dinosaur Comics
Faded Youth
Faith
Go Fug Yourself
Julie
Married to the
Sea
Mollyspace
Natalie Dee
Overcompensating
Overheard in
NY
Patches
Patton
Roger
Stuff on my Cat
Tavie
Tom
Toothpaste for
BDinner
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I like music
I like birds
I like reading to
you
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