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Merry Xmas Eve! I'm going to work shortly! (Just a half-day, and it should be nearly dead. )

I posted this on my other blog. Not sure why I feel like reposting it here.

Christmas is coming. For a secular humanist like myself, any religious meaning to the holiday is secondary to the one time of year that we set aside to specifically be nice to each other. Today, I reflect on those whose last holiday season was their last, and on...
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Tonight, I gotta drive to Oakland to pick up my dad at the airport. Bleah. Um, the "bleah" is directed at the drive, not my dad. Him, I like.

Still, I've taken tomorrow off as a result. Maybe I'll go shop for cars.

I woke up with some chest pain for the second day in a row, so you'd better believe I made a doctor's appointment. It's probably some muscle thing from this lingering cough, so I'll be okay and I got some kickass cough syrup out of the deal. But just for good measure, I had an EKG, which I had not done before. The results were...
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"I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'" - Kurt Vonnegut

Tonight, right now, for no particular reason, I'm feeling pretty good.

Pointless True Stories

Just a few minutes ago, I'm walking home from work, and I see a pair of teenagers on bicycles approaching. One seems to be pouring a beverage on the ground. As he gets closer, he announces: "Glitter!" Indeed, he has a tube of glitter that he's sprinkling on the sidewalk as he rides.

Him: "Hey dude, want some glitter?"
Me: "Thanks, I'm...
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Weekend plans confirmed! Yay! I'ma go to Chinatown with my cousins/friends and buy some cheap crap! Actually, I want a chinese chess set. As it happens, they aren't hard to find there. Otherwise, I just like looking around, maybe pick up some xmas gifts for relatives back east.

Also, the new amp is cool. I've been told not to buy an amp with effects built...
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I'm bored, and don't really want to sleep. Last week's natural high seems to have predicatbly died down. I'm not actually depressed again, but we'll see where it goes.

I bought a new amp. It's a 20-watt Roland dealio with lots of knobs. Clearly, I'm an audiophile.

I think I should go somewhere this weekend. Maybe SF, and see if I can get my cousin...
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Thank you all for your comments. I'm feeling much better, am still generally confused, and still hate leaving a whiny post on the top of my blog. Time to replace it.

Today I'm blowing off an office picnic. I don't want to disrespect my coworkers, but I spend all week with them. If there's a specific activity involved (say, the rafting trip, or the charity...
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