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I brought in some leftover couscous I made last night. Mmmmm. It’s nice to work in a building where I am actually allowed to take the stairs to my floor instead of the elevator. It’s a lovely hazy cool morning today. I watched the sun hovering above Mt Rainier on my way across the sound, […]

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I kind of want my $40 back

Matt Gonzalez, I am very disappointed in you.

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Protected: after my ultrasound

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still sick

You guys I want to be all excited about the house and everything but really all I can think about is how I am still sick, how I have barely eaten anything since Monday, how I am going to the doctor in 20 minutes. I am just worried about what could be wrong with me. […]

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the landed gentry

Well, we did it. We spent about a half hour signing our names to various forms, handed over two very large cashier’s checks, and I suppose, are now property owners. We do not get the keys until Friday, but that is alright. I suspect it will take us a few weeks to make the belongings […]

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here comes sickness

I felt so sick this afternoon, so after finishing a couple big tasks, I left at three and headed home on the 3:45 ferry. Brian picked me up. He brought me green tea in a travel mug. I lay in bed as soon as I got home. Slept for a while, then woke up just […]

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oscar night

On the stove: my coveted brand-new 5 1/2 quart Le Creuset cast iron French oven (color: dune), which contains about five quarts of mmmmmm homemade chili. Dinner tonight, and lunch a couple times this week. I am slowly teaching Brian to cook. It’s gonna have to happen now that I can’t just wander into the […]

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saturday

+ Mountain Goats show tonight!!! *becited* + It’s very sunny today and we even have a window open. That hasn’t happened for months. + We close on our house this Tuesday. Good-bye, all my money! Hello, equity! Or something. + I haven’t updated much lately because work has been so busy. I’m still enjoying my […]

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what’s up doc

The “baby” carrot lie. I can’t stand “baby” carrots. They don’t even taste like real carrots, and they are not immature at all, rather they are chunks of unattractive full-grown carrots that have been cut to uniform size, peeled, rinsed, packaged, and sold at an incredibly high markup. Real carrots on the other hand, are […]

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national holiday

Happy President’s Day! Lincoln at Pike Place Market yesterday. There is a new miniseries based on the recent biography of John Adams, which will air in seven parts, starting in March. On HBO. And we have no plans of getting HBO in our new house. hmph. So hey, if anyone awesome wants to tape/burn it […]

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