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March 7, 2012

No, Woman, No Cry

No period. No pregnancy. I haven’t had my period in over two months. Took two home pregnancy tests that came out negative. Went to Kaiser to make triply-sure. Definitely no kiddo on the way. I stopped taking the pill in October…

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March 6, 2012

Climb Every Mountain

It took me a while to recover from the blues, but now I’m all better. Peachy. Reeling from work, I fired my resume off to a handful of opportunities and happy to report that I secured two interviews. Yee-hah, with…

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February 29, 2012

Shitty Leap Year

It’s good Leap Year only comes around every four years because on the 29th I got some news that twisted me into a depressed state that I could not mentally unwind from no matter how hard I tried. My comp…

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February 28, 2012

Book Review: Never Let Me Go

I finished Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go last week. Not a long book. Ishiguro also wrote The Remains of the Day which won the Booker Prize. I’ll have to add that to my Amazon cart. The book goes quickly…

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February 27, 2012

Money Monday: Raffle Ticket Scam

When I was in elementary school, we were forced to sell a certain amount of raffle tickets to raise money for the school. Now that I’m older, I’m still getting hijacked by parents peddling raffle tickets on behalf of their…

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February 26, 2012

75th Birthday

75 years old, now that is a major accomplishment. What’s even better? Looking good! You tell me if my uncle looks like he’s 3/4 of a century old. Front and center is the birthday boy holding his granddaughter. He’s my…

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February 25, 2012

Work Day Recap

The alarm of crashing waves goes off at 7:00am. I feel like I can sleep forever. I whack the snooze button. 9 more minutes. 9 minutes later, the waves return. Whack. Another 9 minutes please. No morning meetings. I can…

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February 24, 2012

Fashion Friday: Academy Awards 2012

Angelina Jolie was gorgeous as always. The way she kept pushing her leg out of the slit, though, was completely obnoxious. The award winner who mimicked her was hilarious. Sandra Bullock needs a stylist. She always looks frumpy. GOOP consistently…

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February 23, 2012

Chink in the Armor: That’s Funny

In the flurry of Linsanity and Jeremy Lin’s epic rise to fame, an ESPN editor was fired for his “Chink in the Armor” headline after the Knicks’ game-winning streak came to an end. Am I the only person in the…

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February 22, 2012

Book Review: Wizard of the Upper Amazon

I really don’t read non-fiction. I just can’t get into it. An article, a magazine, a paper, short discussions on topical issues, but a whole book? Usually not for me. I read literature; I’m an English major! I was surprised…

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