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how about you charge $4.75 a card, $5/card, or even higher? i've seen hallmark cards for even more than that and they certainly aren't handmade and worth it.<br>
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I see what you're saying; you definitely (probably) wouldn't want it to sound like a back-handed insult. I didn't think of it that way, because in my experience grandparents don't rain down presents and shiny things because they are themselves materialistic, but because they so want their grandchildren to be *happy* and are lacking in creative ways of contributing to that happiness. (Let's face it; making piles of toys is pretty damn uncreative, and the happiness they provide is superficial and short-lived. Poor uncreative grandparents.)
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i totally agree with outer-jessie. good luck with it all!<br>
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Have you mentioned to your mil your apprehensions about the baby becoming overly materialistic because of an excess of things? If you and J are a united front on this issue, and you express this to her kindly, it would be only right for her to respect your wishes. If you let her know that if the baby needs something, you will put her at the top of the list of people to ask for it, and assure her that the baby will never want for anything essential, and let her play some OTHER role in preparing for her (like setting up a trust fund, or starting a scrapbook, or something like that), she may be satisfied with being involved in a way that doesn't necessitate spending a gob of money on useless things. As for any other junk the baby gets but doesn't need, there's nothing wrong with quietly donating them to charity, right?
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what your mil is doing with the buying of the pink is a bit passive aggressive, so i'm pretty sure you've got a right to be upset. you should send her those notecards =D (btw, they were worth it, but it so annoys me that we had to go thru that because, when i did all the clicking, i get to them and the link at the top was the exact same one you posted that wouldn't work for me by itself =/)
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i love it, if only because it looks like you buried someone in your backyard =D
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nope =( won't work on either browser. keyword?
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oh boo, the "these" link isn't working...
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How far along are you? It seems like you can only be, like, maybe eight weeks along, although I'm sure it's farther than that. Geez, time flies. Kids these days...
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"I'm not sure what it was about me, other than that I was wearing plaid." Ha ha ha!
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my sis brought home a load of apples from the music & molasses festival yesterday! all different kinds - can't wait to do something with them. enjoy yours!
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i had a dream about compost. i think it's a sign you should totally do it ;D
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Such variety! I didn't even know there WERE so many...
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Aha. Erm a-?) I agree entirely that I like Obama and am grateful he's not Bush, but we were discussing this and wondering what he'd done to win. a) Don't let it get to you. b) You can't believe TV's steady stream of drivel. You know your worth. c) Marketing's a bitch. I'm in much the same state with my books, but yes... the long-term strategy's the important thing. I'm working towards something. And so are you.
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I believe the monument's in Iran? I know of the rock more for the Hellenistic statue of Herakles but I think it's survived fine. My, aren't we cultured? Scuze me while I adjust my Hawaiian shirt and belch loudly to bring myself back down to size...
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I'm always happy to accept criticism if a) it is a valid point or b) it is a personal taste judgement. On the occasion, however, that I receive criticism that is plain wrong because the critic has not understood what they were looking at, I have almost blown a gasket over it. Heck, we're all human eh?
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you're totally right - sometimes (Often?) criticism is NOT valid, but we were trained to take and try to apply it all. and why, if she didn't care for your pieces, did she place an order for your pieces? "oh, no, that's exactly what i ordered, it will never do, i thought you'd send me something ugly instead, i can't use these pretty things that i asked you to send me." the mind boggles. anyway, your work is awesome and that biatch is just crazy. =D
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If you make it with pasteurized egg product, would that make it safer? Or is it the chocolate that makes it dangerous? In which case, how 'bout carob?
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you're funny =)
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My great-great(-great?)-grandmother's name was ada louisa minerva angeline duncan. When we were kids we would sing-song it because it is so very fun to say - but who'd ever wanna be called that? I also had a great uncle that almost everyone called Pink, though in his case it actually makes sense. He had an older brother they called Red, he was the youngest of...15? and he was blond and always had a sunburn, so, "Pink". Alice, Dorothy and those others I cannot explain, except maybe with the "Boy Named Sue" logic of making them tough...Or, they hated their boy children.<br>
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Venting is very easy to do in a blog, truly. In the old days when I wrote Moosehunter, before moving over to Wordpress, I was often horrifically unpleasant to people who narked me. I'm making a conscious effort to play nice these days, since my real name is bouncing around in the open. Still occasionally let rip though. Better to do it on here than to people you really care about at home.
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so you're gonna paint the room pink in december, then? ;D
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I enjoyed school, not because of my peers, but because the teachers I had were very passionate about what they knew. Sometimes I wondered if our inability to grasp something made some of them go home and wonder why they failed... Would they ever think something like that? Anyway, what do you make out of all of that wire? I've been wanting to wrap stones for the longest time, but finding real gemstones is not only expensive-- but a real pain in the ass. Thanks for writing. Namaste.
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I don't miss being a student at all - I don't know what my problem was but I really absolutely hated reading and I hated class too. I kind of hated it all. I don't know why I was in school so long. So far teaching is good, but I've only got one class and it's only a couple days into the semester - but it might be pretty okay. There's definitely good energy on a college campus in the fall. Fun and exciting. And tiring.
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I don't blame you - thanks for trying, though!
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Yay, a girl! And baby flies, too! And when you're a compost-er, there's nothing like a writhing pile of maggots to brighten your day, right? =)
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Mobile compost piles could be the answer. It would certainly solve our problem of a front yar, back yard, garden and lawn separated from the house by a road and allotment a 5 min walk away! I could do with a mobile heap. Other than my dogs of course...
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oh i didnt realize the turtles were yours as well! very cute!!
and as far as fangbanging, its the latest trend. ;)
funny story though, three years ago i had a sexbuddy who my friends referred to as "vampiro" because of the bite marks he would leave on my neck...guess i foreshadowed that craze! ahaha
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i only read a couple entries back, but for some reason i am genuinely interested in your deck. maybe its because my ex got a fence this summer, and i saw how excited the family was to have the new addition.
for whatever reason, im sure ill keep checking back.
ps, is that your cat? i like him/her.
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when you mentioned the peach butter i immediately thought of the year i made pear butter. so delicious, but such a pain in the keister. definitely worth the trouble, though. i bet the peach is yummy!<br>
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having never been (and never expecting to be) pregnant, i have absolutely no idea what you're going thru (except the hormonal meltdown aspect) and therefore no idea what to say, really, to make you feel any better. so i'm kind of useless. but i wanted to let you know that i was thinking of you, anyway, in case support from a total stranger was in some way beneficial.
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amen! there really are people who don't wanna hang with the cool kids! <br>
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glad it all went so well!
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enjoy your time in my state, btw =)<br>
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thanks. she was not a very old cat - just around 3-4. there have been other cats disappearing around the neighborhood is the main reason we suspect she had help. we're way off the beaten path, there aren't any dogs around here and they haven't ended up in the road, so it leads us to believe they are getting into something and heading into the woods out back to die. anyway, she's the 4th cat of ours who has died in the last year, so we're pretty bummed, regardless.
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i think you should do a version of the post for your art blog, at least the bit explaining your views on legibility vs aesthetic. maybe leave off the bits about the customers and make it more of an "About Me/My Art" thing?
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some people just do not get it. lots of people fail to understand that they are not your only customer, and that you can't alter your business just to please one person - especially when that person is not even your *best* customer.
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There is an and! And she's my friend! But she abandoned ship for livejournal long ago. Maybe it wasn't a dream?
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I never sign into facebook chat - I don't want to chat with anyone. I never sign into gmail chat anymore either. Chatting, bah. Also, I never turn on the ringer on my phone. I'm hard to know.
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you could always say you've got to answer the phone...<br>
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my sister had similar ratio problems with her compost pile, but in her case at the beginning she had a bit too much paper and not enough organic for a while. now it seems to be coming along nicely, too. sorry we were never able to exchange herbs, but i could never get mine to grow again after the cats destroyed them twice. after the first cat fiasco, i put the next batch outside and some neighborhood cat came along -sigh-<br>
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Phonetics & Phonology - it'll be fine, I hope.
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Helo,
I visited your blog, I like your simple layout and the cat is gorgeous! :)
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"Oh, also I am pregnant again." You're funny. I'm still going to use exclamation points: Congratulations! Good luck! I'm excited for you and am hoping for a better outcome this time. And also, congratulations on the jewelry successes - that must be gratifying.
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I am sure you will make a great parent! You spend most of your time growing things, right? =) I know last time was rough, but one time does not a pattern make, so I hope you won't spend a lot of time on anxiety. I'll keep you guys in my prayers (if you don't believe in that sort of thing, just pretend I'm thinking very positive thoughts ;) - which i am).
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Thank you for stopping by. I have often contemplated leaving teaching and entering a new field, however, I'm sure sucking up and bitching about evaluations would be common there as well.
Have a nice day! In a week, I will be formally finished with my semester, therefore, hopefully the academic bitching on my behalf will end. At least until September...
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I didn't know you could get an email notification for notes! Oh my god!
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the day before my trip here, the weather was predicted to be thunderstorms, all day, all the way from there to here. on the actual day, forecast was chance of showers in a few places. what actually happened was some light drizzle in one or two places and many, many miles away, a downpour of about 7 min. aside from that, partly cloudy. and the forecast kept changing for the downpour place *as my mom kept checking it for me*. my point is that there is no sense getting yourself worked into a frazzle over the forecast (*coughthewayididcough*), especially this far in advance. breathe. =)<br>
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thanks for the support on the BIL thing. he *is* an ass. he's never used an appropriate tone with me, yet and i could happily live the rest of my life without ever setting eyes on him again.<br>
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hey, sorry about the whole, you know, not writing you back. i actually thought i had and then as i was browsing the seed aisle *cough*again*cough*, it hit me that i couldn't remember if i'd ever told you what 3 purple basils i had. so i checked email and here and no. you were right on 2 of the 3, but the ruffle one is not it, the 3rd is queen of siam...or something similar.
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btw the way, i found 3 more varieties of basil yesterday =) and that means i have THREE purple kinds now, for sharing (or will, when they are big and strong)
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not sure if you got the email i sent? but about half my little plantlings have now died =/ so i need to replant and it will def be 3 weeks at least
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trade cuttings, huh? well, I don't know, I've only got 12-15 of each plant...lol
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as someone who recently planted 72 new herbs, including TEN varieties of basil? I can totally relate =)
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glad you've been able to put something right from such a bad time. glad you're out of that hell. i've always had more male friends, too, what up with that?
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70, oh wow - enjoy that (if it happens)! We're supposed to be getting two more arctic blasts this weekend. Some bastard around here (not me) obviously jinxed the spring.
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I hope you're okay, I hope it's over, shit.
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you've just described the type of period I've had at least once a year for the last 20. i really feel for you, as i can't even imagine having to endure it with that kind of emotional trauma on top. hopefully the worst has past now.
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((((hug))))
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Hope you're doing ok with everything. I actually would like the marketing info from your blog. If you don't wanna leave it in my notes, you can get the email from my profile and send it there. Thanks!
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Oh crap. So sorry to hear this. I hope you're doing okay!
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Hello from another baby hater. She's turning six tomorrow and is a real gasser! Travelling isn't as drunken therefore fun in a different way (read yawn).
Congratulations and all that crap.
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You did hint! Twice! Or, you alluded. There was definitely foreshadowing. Enough to make me go hmm... Anyway though, congratulations! I spent the afternoon with a one-year-old and a two-year-old and they are cute little things.
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Hooray!
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blessings upon you and your forthcoming...uh, parasitic expulsion. =)
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You've hinted at it a couple times, and I very astutely put these clues together, maybe. I hope you're having a nice visit home! Florida sounds nice - I'm in two feet of snow, with more always coming (which is very lovely, but my feet are cold).
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I'm excited to hear the news that you aren't yet sharing and I already know what it is (maybe). Happy holidays!
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it's always frustrating when money doens't arrive when it should. whether it's a few dollars or a few thousand - it's a bitch. ;)
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My word, it's been six years? Wow.
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congrats on all your recent success! by chance, do you have a way that all of us here on d-land could see your fab designs?
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Yay! Hurray for juries! (?) Congratulations.
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Ooh! Lemon basil makes the BEST pesto! /Fifi
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Thanks for the feedback; I was just working out prices for a few weeks in Tanzania and I think it looks good. Any contacts you might have for activist work would be much appreciated - but just to clarify, I usually study activists rather than join them, so to speak. That said, we do get our hands dirty and pitch in when I'm studying organizations. I'm at theresa448 (at) yahoo.com , and I'd love to hear any thoughts you have! thx
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I like your life too, and I'm glad you're happy. There's probably no need to mention this, and I'm sure I already have at some point, but man, you've come a long way and I'm glad you're sharing.
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I believe every region of the country calls itself "God's country". Probably even New Jersey.
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Ha, so true about Pavarotti. I heard that on NPR this morning too.
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Option 5: find a friend with a camera, buy them a roll of slide film, have them take the pictures, etc. Or Option 6: find an awesome old used camera and take the pictures yourself. Option 7: I have a Minolta with a very nice lens (telephoto with macro) that I want to get rid of. But I don't live near you so that won't work. You have many options and I'm sure you'll figure something out. And congratulations on all the shows, btw.
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Don't know what you're leaning towards doing, but I'd say, if you do end up leaving the department, do it in person. Sucks, but it's friendlier (unless they really don't care). You want to leave on good terms because you never know, you might want to go back someday. When I quit grad school the first time, I was nervous to tell the department chair, but she was very nice about it, very understanding and supportive, and then she sent me a letter thanking me for all the crap I'd done and saying I was leaving in good standing and could go back whenever I wanted. Telling my adviser wasn't so good, though, because she kept trying to persuade me to stay. But when you've made up your mind to leave, you should leave. It's hard to accomplish anything if you're only in it half-hearted.
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Scotland is beautiful. Lucky!
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So yesterday I was wearing the "Approaching the shore" necklace and got multiple compliments. Conversations were along the lines of: "Oooh pretty." "It's paper." "It's paper?" "Neat, huh?" "How can it be paper?" Etc.
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1. I think the grad student zine is a good idea. 2. Congratulations on the productive paper writing! 3. Henry Rollins is radical, very hero-worthy.
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p.s. I want Wonder Woman stamps.
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(I'm using 'lovely' too much.)
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And I forgot to add that the presentation of everything was lovely, the packaging and thank you note and such. And thank you for the extra thank you card!
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Woo hoo! Came home yesterday to a full mailbox. It was very exciting. They are lovely and I'm wearing one today.
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I read somewhere that someone's book was rejected like 300 times before it was finally published, and then it became the best-selling book ever. This anecdote would be so much more effective if I could remember details accurately. Moral: chin up.
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Fingers crossed! Good luck! Or... break a leg? I don't know about luck etiquette in the marketing world...
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So are you really doing this? I think it's great. And it's funny, all of a sudden three people I know have decided to abandon their professional or academic aspirations and get into arts and crafts... spinning and knitting, setting up a booth at the Pike Place Market in Seattle, etc. Good luck with it. However, a warning: once a linguist, always a linguist. You can't get away from it. But you will be a recreational linguist, which is so much more enjoyable than a serious scholarly one.
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You are so interesting. (I'm not being sarcastic, btw.)
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Prescriptively, isn't it 'my playing'? Because it's a gerund noun, a noun, so you need the possessive? I believe. But both forms are used, and the possessive actually sounds a little stilted. So, there's my non-answer for you.
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We always made a paste of baking soda and water and put that on bee stings, but that might need to be done right away for it to work, I don''t know. So you'll be teaching ESL? I will be too. Starting tomorrow.
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I tried to leave this in your guestbook but the bastard doesn't seem to be working at the moment so I will try to reconstruct without it seeming contrived. The message went thusly: I totally love you, you know. Ha ha, you interview yourself, I'm laughing. (I do it too.) (I reread it, it seems contrived, sorry.) (Also, sorry if it really did post in your guestbook multiple times.)
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FSU. Close enough, though.
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Wow. Long time no viddy, droog. Yea, don't worry. I don't expect you to remember me. This is probably my fifth attempt at reactivating my long lost diary. I think this attempt is bound to success!
I see you're talking more about linguistics stuff now! Or maybe it's just that I know a little more about it and can actually understand some of what you're saying. I like the requirement of object-marking for animate objects. There's a theory in evolutionary psychology that speaks of an innate trend to appreciate the agency others.
Boo to dissertation woes, but you'll take care of it eventually. I'm having exactly the same experience except with a master's thesis. The end of my second year is just around the corner. Eek!
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Good grief, banal or not you can't go wrong by talking about weather vagaries! Speaking of vagaries, what did you think about Tony getting shot?
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where you from? just curious, is all... cos i'm from SA; saw the "swahili" 'n it caught my eye
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swahili... seriously?
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GAAH! I am filled with unseemly jealousy at your ability to grow fresh herbs! Oh well, grudging kudos to you on your bumper crop. Mail me some of your magic soil?
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meow
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Just found your journal.. I will be reading you quite a bit...
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I think that's the first time I've seen the word "awl" outside of a crossword puzzle.
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The Cramps, right on......
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Congratulations on your engagement! I am so happy for you that you have found J and got away from M.
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I have another debate you can resolve. Did sideburns get their name from the confederate colonel/general/something/other Burside or did the name originate elsewhere?
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Sucks about the tea. I hate when I spill hot coffee on myself. It burns my soul more thoroughly than my skin.
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Yeye ataleta mkate na juice, indeed. Preach it, sister.
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I know what you mean about science guys getting on your back about labelling stuff. So many things are totally redundant, but they make you do it anyways. This happened to me in chem lab when we were just converting from grams to moles to volume; it's all the same stuff so why bother !?
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I begin EVERY morning by checking email and getting on Dland. This is a problem?
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that's neat. Now, I can impress all my friends. Or call them "mugs" behind thier backs and feel like I'm speaking a secret language.
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Can you explain the origination of the use of the term "mug?" (As in: getting "mugged")
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I don't know the explanation, but I get a bigger kick out of simplifying myself than I do out of criticizing others... and yes, that was partially inspired by your last few entries.
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OK, so maybe all that "let's be pushovers and let our roommates walk all over us" suggestion was a little flawed. At least we survived.
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Is this your first roommate? After 5 months with a homebound roommate in a 8' by 11' room, I can offer you some words. You have to let the little things go; it's just like a normal relationship. Roommates are going to eat your food, use your shit when you want to use it and put things in places where you don't want them to be. Accepting these three annoying habits as a part of any roommate relationship eliminated 95% of my roommate-induced stressors. The other 5% of things should be discussed with them if it's truly bothersome. Be assertive and diplomatic, NOT aggressive or passive. Oscillating b/w the latter pair just leads to misunderstandings and makes you look like you're bipolar. Good luck.
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If you need any quantity of deceptively intelligent-sounding fallacies, you need look no further than Larry's diary.
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Just use the diaryland notes thing (the one on which this note appears). I don't know how to make another message book nor would I feel compelled to make one if I knew where to find one. Thanks for reading; I thought you'd given up on me.
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