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Monday was my anniversary - I've been married for *three* years now. In a lot of ways it doesn't seem that long, but in a lot of ways it does. Not because it was bad, but because I got married just before I started graduate school (the second time). Since being married, I've finished courses, taken exams,...
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Monday was my anniversary - I've been married for *three* years now. In a lot of ways it doesn't seem that long, but in a lot of ways it does. Not because it was bad, but because I got married just before I started graduate school (the second time). Since being married, I've finished courses, taken exams,...
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jtemperance:
Happy anniversary! Hey, where are you in school? I'm doing my PhD down at the University of Chicago, dissertation stage, and am also working in 19th cent. America (antebellum, mostly)...
timemastertim:
Yeah, happy anniversary! Three years, eh? Kudos to you! I can't even keep a gf for two... So, keep having a good time together!
Tonight - fancy dinner!
ojaeflo:
Pretty much all day Saturday.
One or two guys that I write with for Newarama are coming into town and crashing at my place Friday night, so I'm entertaining company for the whole dilly yo.
One or two guys that I write with for Newarama are coming into town and crashing at my place Friday night, so I'm entertaining company for the whole dilly yo.
tartpop:
my dinner- not so fancy. eating greasy pizza with a bunch of ladies who either look at me like i'm unapproachable or just pretend i'm not there at all. 
Is it just me, or does this place feel a bit like a Maxim magazine, just with piercings and a (really badly working) message board?
It's not the models, by the way. (In fact, the sets over the past few days have been dizzyingly wonderful.) This is a *tone* thing.
I'm going to edit this to add even more bitchiness. I don't get people who...
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It's not the models, by the way. (In fact, the sets over the past few days have been dizzyingly wonderful.) This is a *tone* thing.
I'm going to edit this to add even more bitchiness. I don't get people who...
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ojaeflo:
We'll always have Chicago. 
_biblia_:
hm. i've never opened a maxim magazine, so i couldn't tell you.
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nena:
Thanks for your comment on my last set! 
I love being one of your faves!!
I love being one of your faves!!
_elichrusos:
I can dig that. If you couldn't get into the writing, you might enjoy the film. I thought it was hilarious, but I'm a bad sounding board for comedy. I find everything, and I mean everything, funny. I've been known to lose the plot at a bus station for absolutely no reason.
Of course, that makes everyone think I'mk on drugs, which is unhelpful and not true.
Of course, that makes everyone think I'mk on drugs, which is unhelpful and not true.
Buying furniture is work. At least at IKEA. There was bending, lifting, sweating, silent angry stares, and *even* bickering. But, despite the marital storm clouds, fucking furniture-on-a-budget was purchased. And all ended well.
We actually went to BOTH Chicagoland IKEA's, since the first one we went to was out of stock of a *key* item. I believe I have met my IKEA quotient for a...
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We actually went to BOTH Chicagoland IKEA's, since the first one we went to was out of stock of a *key* item. I believe I have met my IKEA quotient for a...
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_elichrusos:
No, no Barstow! It's from Fear & Loathing.
evanx:
Thanks...sometimes one just needs to you know, go away. But I can never stay away long.
IKEA doesn't deliver?
IKEA doesn't deliver?
So, last night the wife and I saw Fiona Apple. She was fantabulous. I really have nothing more to say. She *belts* out her tunes and dances madly around the stage. She's also stunning. She played at the Charter One Pavilion, which is a really wonderful place literally *right* on the lake. It's open air, and there's a great view of the harbor and...
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toothpickmoe:
Fight the good fight, brother.
daversion:
i've been pretty well. on the planning front, i've been active in a proposed transit-oriented development project at a nearby BART station. i've attended and spoken at several city hearings (the various commissions and city council) as the project has progressed since december 2005. i even got to sit down to a free ( ) breakfast with one of the members of the project team. both city staff and the developer have been very receptive to my comments. it's been a real pleasure to watch this project evolve. plus it's much more exciting to work with a city and developer receptive to and actively pursuing smart growth concepts (as opposed to my current city of residence).
if you've got the time, you can read about the project here. there are a a few PDFs at the bottom you can view.
this [PDF] is similar to the DRC presentation, but was for the city council meeting.
) breakfast with one of the members of the project team. both city staff and the developer have been very receptive to my comments. it's been a real pleasure to watch this project evolve. plus it's much more exciting to work with a city and developer receptive to and actively pursuing smart growth concepts (as opposed to my current city of residence).
if you've got the time, you can read about the project here. there are a a few PDFs at the bottom you can view.
this [PDF] is similar to the DRC presentation, but was for the city council meeting.
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toothpickmoe:
Sweet. Maybe I'll give it a shot. Currently, a friend of mine has decided that my nickname is Straddle. For no good reason other than she thought it would be a good nickname and I offered myself up for it. So, every time she talks to the wife she asks, "How's Straddle?"
veganjihad:
here you go,This might be just what you need.... but 100 is to much, offer him 50 for it....
In last week's New Yorker there was an article about David Addington, who is Dick Cheney's legal counsel and pretty much a jerk-off. Addington is a strong believer in a strong executive position, and has basically been working for years to enhance the power of the presidency vis-a-vis the Congress for years. September 11th was, not surprisingly, his big chance. He's the kind of guy...
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meow:
Thanx for the set comments! And you made me a favorite? How sweet. *blushes*
Superman Returns was awesome indeed.
Superman Returns was awesome indeed.
toothpickmoe:
Thank goodness. I wasn going to have to revoke your geek card if you didn't.
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ojaeflo:
Recognize, dawg. 
You KNOW I dug it, I'm just still on the fence about the kid, y'know?
I think they sort of opened up a Pandora's Box with that, but my reservations are not motivated by a "He doesn't have a kid in the comics!" mentality. I just worry about it in terms of dragging down future stories that'll have Superman punching things.
I really wanna see Superman punching things.
You KNOW I dug it, I'm just still on the fence about the kid, y'know?
I think they sort of opened up a Pandora's Box with that, but my reservations are not motivated by a "He doesn't have a kid in the comics!" mentality. I just worry about it in terms of dragging down future stories that'll have Superman punching things.
I really wanna see Superman punching things.
toothpickmoe:
Good to know. The long running time didn't get to you?
It is stressful. I found myself just wanting it to be over. And now it is.
It is stressful. I found myself just wanting it to be over. And now it is.
Ugh. I cracked the LCD screen on my PowerBook this weekend. I don't even want to talk about it. I've never actually BROKEN a computer before. It was just dumb - but so it goes. These things happen. I can afford to fix it, thought it's money I would have rather spent on better things. And the computer is still serviceable until I can get...
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akirali:
You're bad? I started KotoR about 7 months ago and haven't continued it since. When I got my first Xbox 180 in December, I went a little crazy with the game buying. I know have a back log of 25+ XBox games, And I've had the system less than a year. 
But the used games are so cheap, i just can't help it...
But the used games are so cheap, i just can't help it...
_biblia_:
oh no! i'd go to the apple store. i'm so paranoid about my screen. i've sort of. . . sat on my ibook a couple times, but luckily caught myself before i actually sat down, if that makes sense.
*pets ibook*
thanks for the kind words.
*pets ibook*
thanks for the kind words.
