I Want My Dickensian Cottage

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In a few Dickens novels, and also a couple of other 19th Century English novels, the end involves a marriage and also, often, the distribution of a large amount of property. Many times, the heroine is gifted with her very own cottage (or even full-blown manor).

I deserve such a cottage! I am the heroine of [...]

Oh, vomit.

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It’s the Economy, Girlfriend – NYTimes.com

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Happy Holidays

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Hi everyone!
I know, another sporadic post from Ferretland. To all of my Monroe friends, I hope I can see some of you this holiday: email, text, or call me. I will be here till Sun morning. AMY – this means YOU, too. The Phillips are also waiting to hear something of you or from you. [...]

Top Lessons I’ve Learned in the Past Few Weeks

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1. My friendship is valuable.

I’m a very loyal, fun, and intelligent person, and one can benefit greatly from my company. If you are my friend I will happily drop everything to come to your aid, burn up a quarter tank of gas just to hang out with you for an hour or two, and I [...]

A Thank You To Brien

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Brien gave me a gift card to Amazon for my graduation. Well, what with moving and all, and then my perverse enjoyment of anticipation over gratification, he basically almost got me a birthday present (2 weeks!).

I just wanted to say thank you again, Brien, and let you know that you got me really cool stuff. [...]

Today is the Day

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Graduation is imminent. I just keep thinking about dinner. If I can get to dinner time, I will be okay. Too bad that’s 8 hours away.

I am going to have to see if my cell phone makes noise when I IM . . . no, really. I’m serious. How am I going to get through [...]

“Didn’t You Get the Memo?”

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So I got some Easter candy, despite advice from medical professionals and nutritionists across the nation. Easter candy for me consists of these staples: Elmer’s Gold Brick and Heavenly Hash eggs, Reese’s peanut butter eggs, and jelly beans. Unfortunately, it almost looks like it will be a jelly beanless Easter.

I got 1 package each of [...]

Focus? What’s Focus? Do I Have It?

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I do seem to be feeling much better. I stopped posting in October only to begin again yesterday, and here I am posting again! I was browsing yesterday and today looking for configuration instructions for a plugin I installed in October and promptly forgot about. (More on this later when I actually use it to [...]

I’m Taking Advantage of This Opportunity

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Because the site is “under construction” I have the chance to write a few things that few people will read until a couple of months from now, if they read them at all. Whee.

I just want to make a few comments about depression and maybe even bipolar disorder. For a couple of months, I guess [...]

I almost died laughing at this:

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LOL Dracula

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Moving Countdown

"Run! The plow is here! Run for your lives! Run! Its moving day!" -- Auntie Shrew, The Secret of NIMH