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Still up in the air
Take a train from Ohio to Oregon, then fly back. leads over
Fly from Ohio to Oregon, then take a train back. (213 days ago)
Set in stone
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Leave Friday after work, come back Sunday evening. over
Take a vacation day to make it a 3-day weekend... but then scramble to get that day's work done. (Office is ridiculously busy for Jan/Feb.)
(281 days ago)
Today, we've learned an important lesson...
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Blogging about it is a great way to stay motivated and gather new ideas from people who read the blod.
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Blogging about good deeds totally cancels them out-- it's like asking for credit. (295 days ago)
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Start thinking about grad school.
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Keep on keepin' on with advertising. See where this goes. (337 days ago)
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Creating new poetry.
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Trying to publish recently-written poetry. (349 days ago)
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Update poetry book. I have some loose, recent poetry in my Google docs that should be formatted and added to my running collection. I should also try to get some published, but one step at a time here.
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Work on my advertising "book"-- the collection of ads I've worked on that I would show if I decide to change jobs. (Currently I have no such book, but also no foreseeable plans to change job.) (352 days ago)
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Arm's length.
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Head first. (358 days ago)
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...are capable of being friends with single girls.
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...can't help falling in love with just about any single girl. (1 year ago)
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Don't lead him on-- there's little prospect for anything to work out (I am not good at long distance, or even moderate distance relationships). over
See where it goes. No point nipping it in the bud before there's anything substantial to nip in the bud.
(1 year ago)
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Buy an additional card now, just in case. I've been known to take 300 pictures just visiting friends who live two hours away.
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512 should be fine, geez. Maybe the limit will keep me from taking pictures of every bird I see, or something. (1 year ago)
1GB for $18... totally worth the lack of anxiety. :D
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Go cold turkey-- no internet at all for a week. Let email pile up in unreasonable amounts, but have one less tie to a hectic life for a week.
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Stop in to the internet cafe once in a while-- maybe twice in the week? Keep a slight handle on the email situation and have some semblance of contact with family. (1 year ago)
Let's see if this works.
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Choose something in free verse (probably something with a nature theme).
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Choose something in form (probably one of my sonnets). (1 year ago)
It went over really, really well. :D
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Pay the $25 (eek!) to have the bowling ball drilled (and name put on it).
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Get rid of the bowling ball, even though I won it at my 18th birthday party. (Yeah, for six years I've been storing an un-bowlable glow ball.) (1 year ago)
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Keep them. What a freakin' cool treasure trove of stuff from your whole life... your kids will love to look at it, some day, or something. And it'll give you less of an anxiety attack to just hold on to it.
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Let go. Everyone says to "digitize them" (much of that will mean taking pictures of things... not the same as having the item!). Make more space in your life... be less tied to physical things. (1 year ago)
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Keep the armoire... you guys love it. You only have to move it once... if it even fits in the condo...
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Try to sell the armoire in your upcoming moving sale. It could easily fetch $1k, if the right person came along, and then its hugeness is their problem. (1 year ago)
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Keep the freakin' bowling ball. Even though it isn't even drilled, for the love of crap. It's a cool yellow glow ball but I only bowl once in a blue moon!
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Get rid of the BOWLING BALL that I won at my 18th birthday party (my first birthday party ever... sniff sniff...). That's like 12 pounds of memories right there. (1 year ago)
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No cable. You only have one small tv, and you watch enough stuff through Netflix to rot plenty of minds.
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Spike! Discovery! Comedy Central! Cartoon Network! Animal Planet! History Channel! SHARK WEEK! Etc! (1 year ago)
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Get a regular dining room table, where people can actually sit, for those rare times when you entertain.
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Get a weird new table that's not very practical (like a bar, almost) but very cool. (1 year ago)
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Go for it. You've lived in the same house for 15 years, for crap's sake!
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No, people feel obligated to bring something and that makes them feel awkward. Plus, you're only moving into a condo, geezus. (1 year ago)
I decided to do
Something else rather than
Paint the bathroom the same light yellow. or
Paint the bathroom a light lime-y color, to clash a little bit and make up for the pastel-ness of the yellow.
(1 year ago)
Due to price of paint, I'll probably end up doing neither. I think we're going with a high-gloss white, which is fine with me-- we painted the room yellow last night and it was gorgeous!
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Paint it "wagon red" for a fantastic splash of color in an otherwise drama-less, practical house.
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Keep with the neutrals, but buy some flashy red appliances for some half-assed flair. (1 year ago)
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Keep the room as empty as possible... create some personal space and a less cramped feeling.
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Get some new stuff (a futon? a crazy lamp? fun miscellany?) that I never had space for before. (1 year ago)
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Keep the stuff from past relationships, just to look back on. It isn't a ton of stuff.
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Pitch all the relationship stuff. Those days are gone, and it's not like you're going to forget those chunks of your life. (1 year ago)
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Start a new blog (topic/focus suggestions welcome)? I love blogging, and am very good about maintaining them.
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Slave over some new poetry? I majored in poetry, but have hardly written anything since (2 yrs ago). (1 year ago)
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Begin by finding others' letterboxes.
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Begin by creating your own letterbox(es). (1 year ago)
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Balance sneaking out early for the 4:55 and staying late for the 5:30.
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Suck it up, and let the guy totally irritate/cockblock me. (P.S. Is there a girl version of being cockblocked?!) (1 year ago)
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Punch Brother in face.
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Chalk it up as a largely wasted day and get over it. (1 year ago)
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Go gung-ho! There are a million ways your office could be more environmentally friendly.
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Acknowledge that 'going green' is a new trend, and you're just going to tick off people in the office. (1 year ago)
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Suck it up and feel stupid/left out once in a while.
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Quit using Doxory... you don't belong here! (1 year ago)
Absolutely zero people told me to leave, hahaha... I feel so warm and fuzzy! :D
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Take 'er.
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Leave 'er. (2 years ago)
I decided to do
Something else rather than
Sneak junk food into the theater.
or
Spend money on exorbitantly priced candy, since tickets were free. (2 years ago)
I ended up doing both, haha...
I decided to do
Something else rather than
Wait it out, he'll move on. or
Count my blessings (I've been single for a year+).
(2 years ago)
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Arm's length, at least.
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People can change. (2 years ago)
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Wait until she brings it up, or she starts seriously showing.
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Go right up to her and congratulate the hell out of her. (2 years ago)
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Uh, creepy. No one else will show up and it'll be you and some dude you've never met with a Hillary Clinton effigy. over
Go! You totally need to get into politics at least a little. Have a little faith in humanity.
(2 years ago)
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Go somewhere close-- I'll have a chance to take some real excursions later in the summer. Maybe.
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Use some of my precious few vacation days, drive through a state or two and do it right. (2 years ago)
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Bank it!
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Tank it! (2 years ago)
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Aim for physical change. (Find a new location, join a gym, explore something, take a trip, etc...)
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Aim for emotional change. (Alter my outlook, take more time for myself, find a new hobby, make a new friend, etc...)
(2 years ago)
I decided to do
Something else rather than
Take the lead.
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Let him drive. (2 years ago)
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Stick with the tape adaptor & headphones I have, save the money, since I mostly listen to music on my commute to/from work.
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Spend the money I might have spent on a new iPod on stuff like speakers, an FM transmitter, accessories, etc. (2 years ago)
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Tell the salon to go wild with fire engine red-- workplace be damned, I need attention.
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Tell the salon to keep it a tame but pretty red-- too crazy might seem unprofessional (I work in advertising). (2 years ago)
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or focus on my self esteem/ being happy with who I am?
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Should I focus on my dieting discipline (2 years ago)
I got a lot of good feedback, and plenty of people telling me to love myself (and exercise, haha). Thanks for the support. :) Wish me luck!
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Try to find someplace new, which I might not even like? over
Should I go to the same place I always go, which I'm cravin'...
(2 years ago)
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Try to find someplace new, which I might not even like? over
Should I go to the same place I always go, which I'm cravin'...
(2 years ago)
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