So yesterday...my boss handed me $40 and let me leave work early.
While I'm not convinced it just wasn't his way of getting rid of me...he said it was his birthday present to me.
He suggested that I go down to the farmers market and buy myself some stuff.
So I did...
After filling my minivan with organic apples, tomatoes, kiwis, special kalamata olive spreads...
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While I'm not convinced it just wasn't his way of getting rid of me...he said it was his birthday present to me.
He suggested that I go down to the farmers market and buy myself some stuff.
So I did...
After filling my minivan with organic apples, tomatoes, kiwis, special kalamata olive spreads...
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Cowboy hat profile pic...back by popular demand...
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Deep thoughts by Miss Holliday...
I wonder why it seems everything in life involves a sacrifice...
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Sitting outside on my front porch last night...wallowing in my loneliness and whiskey...I found myself missing my life in NYC more than ever.
When I look back, I see myself as some kind of fucking rock star.
I strode to...
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Deep thoughts by Miss Holliday...
I wonder why it seems everything in life involves a sacrifice...
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Sitting outside on my front porch last night...wallowing in my loneliness and whiskey...I found myself missing my life in NYC more than ever.
When I look back, I see myself as some kind of fucking rock star.
I strode to...
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heterochromia:
Happy birthday. 
bonneville:
happy b-day!!!
The fog rolls in and out of this place so quickly...
One minute I'm relaxing with the stars...and the next minute I can't see my neighbors house.
I could complain...but it matches my mood so much these days I can't find grounds for complaint.
One minute I'm relaxing with my happy thoughts...the next I'm lonely and sad...crying alone in my room.
Some would say it's...
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One minute I'm relaxing with the stars...and the next minute I can't see my neighbors house.
I could complain...but it matches my mood so much these days I can't find grounds for complaint.
One minute I'm relaxing with my happy thoughts...the next I'm lonely and sad...crying alone in my room.
Some would say it's...
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asitcomestome:
Wow your post really got me to thinking.
rainbing:
I'm with violently on this one. I'd have been happy to join you, as I wasn't really doing anything either. the holidays are nothing but stress to me. I never find enjoyment or happiness...
Some days I come home from work feeling like a million bucks...zz top on my stereo and everything...
Some days I come home feeling entirely defeated...
Today I'm somewhere in the middle.
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It's hard sometimes to keep sight of where I've come from...compared to where I am.
My 'mentor' at work teaches Asian style (he's vietnamese) which basicaly means..., "No...WRONG...you've done this wrong...if you'd...
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Some days I come home feeling entirely defeated...
Today I'm somewhere in the middle.
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It's hard sometimes to keep sight of where I've come from...compared to where I am.
My 'mentor' at work teaches Asian style (he's vietnamese) which basicaly means..., "No...WRONG...you've done this wrong...if you'd...
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datsun:
well, if you need a place to crash, I'll be home after 2am - I work tonight. 
papawheelie:
yeah, I'll prolly go. If it's raining I may not come because riding in the rain sucks ass but we'll see. also bombshell has a show later on so she may or may not want to go...
i'll email you my number
i'll email you my number
Relaxing out back after work...with a drink and a cigarette...again contemplating the stars...
I find that I'm so fabulously content...
I find myself thinking, the only thing missing is You.
Funny how being so happy can make me miss You so much.
I find that I'm so fabulously content...
I find myself thinking, the only thing missing is You.
Funny how being so happy can make me miss You so much.
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girltrouble:
Sadly so true.
1_dying_wish:
are you talking about ME? 
My life is exceedingly boring these days...and that's just how I like it.
I've attached myself to one guy in the shop as my mentor...and he's got me doing structural work, which I absolutely love!
The other kids from my program keep coming over during the day to check in on me...and to continuously exclaim that THEY weren't doing structural work in their first two...
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I've attached myself to one guy in the shop as my mentor...and he's got me doing structural work, which I absolutely love!
The other kids from my program keep coming over during the day to check in on me...and to continuously exclaim that THEY weren't doing structural work in their first two...
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spadez:
I just noticed that your fantasy is a '56 Buick century as I started typing this, my '55 Buick special is now blushing.
So I am sorry to hear your not enjoying your life in Cali so much. I will tell you that California was great when I was younger and still in school. But I think that everyone can say that whom still lives there. That state needs to go through a depression which I believe will happen sooner than we all think.
With the music industry suffering because of the internet and the movie industry not doing much better, that state will be in dire straights before you know it and then joe average can come back and "make a living" and still actually live.
So I am sorry to hear your not enjoying your life in Cali so much. I will tell you that California was great when I was younger and still in school. But I think that everyone can say that whom still lives there. That state needs to go through a depression which I believe will happen sooner than we all think.
With the music industry suffering because of the internet and the movie industry not doing much better, that state will be in dire straights before you know it and then joe average can come back and "make a living" and still actually live.
There's a full moon over Monterey bay tonight...nestled in a clear sky of stars...
It makes me wonder when the last time I saw stars was...
I wonder if there were stars in Houston...
I'm sure there were...I just can't remember taking the time to look up and see them...
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Tomorrow I will be finishing off my first two weeks at my new job...and...
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It makes me wonder when the last time I saw stars was...
I wonder if there were stars in Houston...
I'm sure there were...I just can't remember taking the time to look up and see them...
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Tomorrow I will be finishing off my first two weeks at my new job...and...
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gallas13:
on one of my first construction jobs, day one, i was asked to go get the "board stretcher." being the new guy blows, but you earn your stripes. my advice: don't talk unless spoken to, and let your work speak for itself. in almost any trade you will earn respect incredibly fast that way.
gypsyphoenix:
sounds like you're finding your niche, slowly but surely. i'm incredibly happy for you.
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heterochromia:
Congratulations on your move. What a great story. In 1985 I spent five days on I-80, moving from Pennsylvania to California. It was an uneventful, boring ride but the result was worth it. I'd never go back - I love CA.
gallas13:
i once crossed the california border with a pear the size of a basketball in my passenger seat.
Dear all...
Just a quick note to let y'all know I have arrived safetly in my new home of Marina, California.
I'm just fucking BEAT...a more interesting update, including some pics to follow...
Holliday
Just a quick note to let y'all know I have arrived safetly in my new home of Marina, California.
I'm just fucking BEAT...a more interesting update, including some pics to follow...
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bonneville:
is that by San Fran???
1_dying_wish:
awesome!
I am finally relaxing with my favorite red wine and some Ella Fitzgerald.
I've been running moving errands all day...finally returning home to start the actually sorting/trashing/dumping/pre-packing thing around 7pm or so.
I can't say that this whole thing doesn't me filled with a myriad of emotions.
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When I decided to leave my career behind to come to Texas to learn how to be...
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I've been running moving errands all day...finally returning home to start the actually sorting/trashing/dumping/pre-packing thing around 7pm or so.
I can't say that this whole thing doesn't me filled with a myriad of emotions.
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When I decided to leave my career behind to come to Texas to learn how to be...
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fieldofdepth:
Welcome to the Pen Pal Group!
1_dying_wish:
good luck with everything.... starting a new life is always tough... i've done it a few times already, and probably the latest being the only successful time... and that waas when i came out to cali.... so as long as you don't mind earthquakes evry so often, I think you'll do great out here
just keep on keepin' on. you are doing great, not many people could do what you have done.
So I am coming out to San Fran in May for about a week! Can I come down to see you, or do you want to come up to SF?
--l*P