| thinking about the end of many things
2004-05-25
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I've never met my
"counterpart" in Spain.� I speak to him several times a week.� He is always
really hyper, and he sounds pretty young.� I had made up a face for him; I
felt like I really knew him.� Just now I saw a picture of him and he looks
just like Eugene Levy.� That is not what I had been thinking he looked like.�
Plus he keeps emailing me and adding "You
are a mischievous girl", whatever that means.� Kinda creepy.
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I have to take my
certification test in two weeks!� I have not studied for it AT ALL.� The test
is only offered once a year, so if I fail it, it won't be until next year that
I can retake it.� And if I fail it, I'll have to pay for it ($500) out of my
own pocket.� So I really need to get serious.� My boss is out today, so I told
myself that I'd study today.� Instead I'm typing this...
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I didn't watch Colonial
House last night.� OK, I watched a little bit, but only during the commercials
of what I was "really" watching.� The 8 or so minutes I watched still was
enough to irritate me though.� Nothing specific.� Just irritating.
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I'm going to La Shish
tonight for dinner with mom.� I will NOT eat hummus and lamb, my usual, as I
know it must have 10,000 calories.� I will order a feta fattoush salad.� Or
maybe some lentil soup.� But I will NOT eat a whole plate of lamb and hummus.�
At least that's my current plan.� They have a "low carb" menu, which irritates
me in principle, but the meals on it are actually really good.�
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It occurred to me the
other day that it has been about five years since Mr. Pookums passed on (I
mean, was�given a lethal injection�at the vet's).�
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 Mr. Pookums, 1982 - 1999
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It has also been five years since Tony died.� That anniversary was last
month.� I thought that I might write something about him, but I guess I'm not
there yet.� It doesn't seem that long ago.� But Leo and I hadn't even had our
first date yet when it happened.� And it seems like I've been dating Leo
forever.�
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So that depressing thought (about Tony being dead, not having�dated Leo for
five years) led to almost an hour of looking up Tony's friends online.� I
didn't really find anything interesting though.� Oh how I wish that reunions
happened for things other than high school!� Actually, I'm sure I'd be
ridiculed out of the room if there was some sort of Detroit punk scene 1990 -
1996 reunion.� But I must not be the only person to have "gone straight" and
got a real job, right?� RIGHT?
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(BTW, is there anything more annoying than websites that want you to "click to
enter" or people who spell cool any way other than c-o-o-l?)
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Speaking of
people who have passed away (how on earth did I get on this tangent), I will
be eating some ham for lunch that Leo's grandfather made.� I found a huge
amount of Easter leftovers in the freezer, so I defrosted them over the
weekend.� It's kind of weird to think that the man who fixed this ham is now
dead but I'm having it for lunch today.
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OK, I need to stop googlestalking and go back to studying.�
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Oh, I just thought of another anniversary.� I got the tattoo on my lower back
8 years ago Monday.� It's the tattoo that is the hardest to remove, the others
are almost gone.� This one is still pretty visible and blotchy, but its the
easiest to hide place of any of them.
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OK, back to the books.
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