I have a houseguest for an indefinite period of time--which is good because she's a good friend who I haven't seen in a while, & I've been spening entirely too much time insulated like a wee hermitcrab--but it's going to take a bit of adjustment getting used to someone around the house that doesn't pad around on four paws & purr--(actually, the Partner would do...
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just got a violin I ordered on ebay last week--it's about as cheap as a violin can be (30 bucks, including case, bow, rosin & little yellow square of rosin cloth) & weighs about as much as a deck of cards (& has about the same tone)
I bought it for a Christmas present for the Partner & it should be a pretty good beginner...
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I bought it for a Christmas present for the Partner & it should be a pretty good beginner...
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catculus:
Wow, I haven't played my viola in, like, forever. Maybe I should do that. Hmm.
sometimes it seems like certain odd little scruples of mine are more idiotic than anything else.
my printer died a few months ago-- I thought that it might be just the cartridge, but after shelling out 30 bucks for a new one I just had a broken printer & a thirty dollar cartridge.
living in a small town (NOT the one listed over in the...
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my printer died a few months ago-- I thought that it might be just the cartridge, but after shelling out 30 bucks for a new one I just had a broken printer & a thirty dollar cartridge.
living in a small town (NOT the one listed over in the...
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hey kids! once again it's time for "ratsonjulia's recipe corner"!
today: swordfish steak for one!
you'll need:
an oven
a swordfish steak
some dill
a bulb of garlic
one (1) lime
foil
pam
a cookie sheet
one of those squeezy lemon-juice things
put some foil on the cookie sheet. spray with a spot of pam roughly the size of the steak. hoist steak with fork...
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today: swordfish steak for one!
you'll need:
an oven
a swordfish steak
some dill
a bulb of garlic
one (1) lime
foil
pam
a cookie sheet
one of those squeezy lemon-juice things
put some foil on the cookie sheet. spray with a spot of pam roughly the size of the steak. hoist steak with fork...
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clara:
All the diaper, clothing, food, and toy expenses really bite into any tax savings. What so many people don't know is that when you deduct you don't deduct the full allowable amount, you deduct the amount of tax that would have been applied to the allowable amount. What I'm saying is this: shovel the damn snow for me, ok?
I've been working on ideas for Thoughtful Gifts for friends (without, of course, actually buying anything--I usually do that at 4:30 pm on Christmas Eve--it's sort of a tradition of mine), keeping in mind outstanding bills & the number of presents that I'll buy for myself (thus getting the benefir of both sides of the "'tis better to give than recieve" equation.)--I had a pretty...
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heavenlystranger:
my room sharing partner just got a ticket for going 35 in a 25. and i have worked at many a coffee shop, so i'm glad you noticed that my writing was not fiction.
h.s.
h.s.
orchid1:
One of my roommates just got a seventh outstanding parking ticket AND a boot!
certain events of the past few years, even tho entirely coincidental, almost seem to have the flavor of having come from the mind of a hack writer with limited imagination & a deadline breathing on the back of his neck: a muckraking journalist named "Drudge", a mass murder taking place on 9-1-1, the rescue of Jessica Lynch on April Fool's Day, a sniper whose name...
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perdurabo:
It is with great confusion and understanding that I say,
"thank you"
"thank you"
in about two weeks my partner, the love of my life, the cream in my coffee, the shine on my shoes, the crunch in my cheerios, will be coming out west.
(note: I live "out west". hence the joy.)
however--
I can't get any time off from my job, & the weekends don't quite fit for various reasons too numerous to go into here.
however--...
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(note: I live "out west". hence the joy.)
however--
I can't get any time off from my job, & the weekends don't quite fit for various reasons too numerous to go into here.
however--...
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vaguely wondering how the foil flavor pouches get into packets of top ramen...
human hands? robot hands? some wierd unholy combination of the two?
the same time & location as the crunchy noodle patty--or in a different top ramen factory, far far away?
maybe top ramen packets are just BORN that way---
human hands? robot hands? some wierd unholy combination of the two?
the same time & location as the crunchy noodle patty--or in a different top ramen factory, far far away?
maybe top ramen packets are just BORN that way---
catculus:
It's magic!
poking around this morning looking for new songs to practice on the guitar, I came across the following lyrics:
Still, the night, & decked with starlight,
And the frost burned like fine sand.
You remember the time I did teach you
To hold a pistol in your hand?
In fur jacket & beret,
Clutching a hand granade,
A girl whose skin is velvet
Ambushes a...
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Still, the night, & decked with starlight,
And the frost burned like fine sand.
You remember the time I did teach you
To hold a pistol in your hand?
In fur jacket & beret,
Clutching a hand granade,
A girl whose skin is velvet
Ambushes a...
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a couple of days ago I recieved an envelope from what I initially thought was the RPGA, or Role Playing Gamers Associaition, which puzzled me a bit since I haven't played a role-playing game since my sophomore year in high school (& then I was puzzled a bit further as to how long that acronym has lain dormant in my troubled mind)--but on opening it...
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oninotaki:
You should remember to wish them a happy thanksgiving
tonight a friend called from San Fransisco & held her phone up for me during a Lucinda Williams show.
how cool is that?
how cool is that?
pureblu12225:
yey for rockin friends huh
INTERESTING OCCURENCE AT WORK YESTERDAY:
the post that I've been assigned to over the past few months provides gun coverage for one of the chow halls & the property hallway (since there are very few inmates in either area during my shift, my presence is mostly symbolic)
once a week we have what's called "train"--actually a bus that transfers inmates from one institution to another...
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the post that I've been assigned to over the past few months provides gun coverage for one of the chow halls & the property hallway (since there are very few inmates in either area during my shift, my presence is mostly symbolic)
once a week we have what's called "train"--actually a bus that transfers inmates from one institution to another...
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