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Thursday, December 31st, 2015
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11:31 pm
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| Monday, February 8th, 2010
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12:31 pm - This reminds me of my freshman year of high school.
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| Sunday, February 7th, 2010
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7:07 pm - The Inn of the Black Wolf closed.
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Our wedding would've been one of the last big things they had there.
Good thing we squeezed it in when we did.
current mood:  kind of sad
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| Saturday, February 6th, 2010
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1:17 pm - I had to get glasses again,
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because I can't find most of the glasses I've ever owned, one pair that I can find is broken, and my prescription needs to be a little stronger.
So, thanks to Zenni Optical, I'll be wearing these soon, in red, and these, in blue.
I can't believe I warmed up enough to my Spaceman-Elton-Johns enough to get another pair.
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11:06 am - Speaking of coconut milk and lard,
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| Friday, January 29th, 2010
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12:51 pm - There is more.
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Thank you so much for the civics lesson today. Perhaps i am some what older than you. I served in the U.S. Army 1961 to 1964, my brother and many of my classmates also served in what was called the vietnam era, and experienced people who did not serve, who threw blood, spit at and cursed returning servicemen and servicewomen. It was obvious they did not care about us, and we were not naive,offensive or wrong!!! 57,000 Americans lost their life in the Vietnam war, a war that wasn't won, why do you ask, because our fearless leaders in Washington had rules of engagement, a ridiculous theory they use today. To me one life to lose is to many.
President Obama during his campaign promised Hope and Change, the Health Care debate would be held on CSPAN, not behind closed doors, no more earmarks. He makes George W. Bush look like a piker in the lying department.
After the Senate Tarp bill was passed with all the pork in it, i wrote to both my Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl, i asked direct questions should have been easy enough to answer a constituent, I asked what Senator added the 180 million dollars to NASCAR, what Senator added the 180 million dollars to the Puerto Rican rum producers, what Senator added the 165 million dollars for the wooden arrow project? Senator Jon Kyl replied with a 4 page missive about how this bill was needed. Senator John McCain the great American hero never replied he was to busy running for President i guess.
I emailed my congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of the 8th Arizona congressional district about the stimulus bill, don't move so fast, as a result of the rush through congress AIG people were paid outrageous bonuses. Timothy Geithner our Secretary of the Treasury who forgot to pay his taxes, was President of the New York Federal Reserve when this happened, AIG was negotiating with Goldman Sachs and the foreign banks to pay 60 cents on the dollar the New York Fed told them to pay 100 cents on the dollar costing the taxpayers 60 billion dollars, This is a hot button issue right now before a congressional committee, the New York Fed did not want any of this disclosed to the public!!!!
I have attended 2 of Congresswomans Giffords town hall meetings on Health Care, the last one she stood in front of a crowd of 600 of us and stated that she would under no circumstance vote for a bill containing the Public Option. But what did she do she voted for it. This is why politicians in general are held in such low esteem.
Having served 3 years with the U.S. Armys 4th Infantry Division I feel I am entitled to call Senator Barbara Boxer,a left wing nut, a true piece of human garbage.
have a good day, at least today servicemen and women are not spit upon and cursed after returning from the battle field, i lost many classmates and friends either maimed for life or killed at a young age.
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Rather than engage in a discussion of how the original e-mail was not about Mr. -------------'s military service (nor his tendency toward poor grammar, usage, mechanics, and taste), I simply responded, "You're welcome."
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12:04 pm - I really hate these kinds of e-mails.
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And I hate it even more that I get them from people I don't dislike, which always makes me feel like a jerk when I respond to them, but sometimes I just have to respond to them.
> Get a load of this letter!
> Verified on Snopes.com http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/boxer.asp
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> Do you remember the scene? Many of us witnessed the arrogance of Barbara Boxer as she admonished a Brigadier General because he addressed her as "ma'am" and not "Senator" before a Senate hearing. Silly General! He addresses Barbara as "Ma'am", and she CORRECTS him, telling him she's "worked SO hard to earn the title, "Senator", so please to use that when speaking to her.( Read more of the letter: )
So, since this has been probably the tenth crude e-mail full of ideas that are either not based in facts, or are based in facts that don't matter ("She said a rude thing in that short video clip that someone e-mailed me! Let's hate her! But not because of anything she has done politically. We don't take the time to learn about things like that.") that I have received from this person over the course of the last few weeks, I gave a quick response, hoping to get the message across that I'd rather not be sent this kind of stuff:
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It's a shame that there are so many real issues for our nation's citizens to be tackling, but instead we choose to get each other riled up over things like this.
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To which I received a response that I almost could have written myself, because how could you not predict this:
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I don't know who you are, apparently my friend ----- ----- sent this to everyone he knows. If i were to guess you never served in the military, so this would not be important to you. Many of us who did serve are sick and tired of politicians in the cesspool called Washington. This great country defeated the Japanese and Germans in 4 years, yet because of political correctness and the scum in Washington 57,000 American lives were lost in Vietnam for no reason, and we have been in Iraq for years and can't beat a bunch of towel headed camel jockeys, because of rules of engagement. You're right i am riled up, Barbara Boxer is the scum that typifies Washington.
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It's full of all the necessary tongue-in-cheekness, insults to me for not being in the military, calling upon old military successes - at least one of of which would've happened too long ago for the author to have even participated in, racial slurs, calling Washington bad names, and a general, vague theme of "God Bless America; F-ck You."
And while my response to that will probably end up burning me a bridge or two, they are probably bridges I had no intention of ever crossing in the first place. But enough metaphors.
Dear Mr. ---------------,
You're right about my lack of military service - I did wish to join the coast guard two years ago, but found out I'm unable to do that due to diabetes and asthma, so I must serve my country in other ways, which I would hope could be considered equally patriotic (unfortunately, holding the opinion that people who either do not or cannot participate in the armed services do not care about the armed services turns out to be naive, offensive, and wrong). ( There is more. Ugh. )
I told you I really hate these kinds of e-mails.
current mood:  nowiwillgoreadsomethingreal.
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| Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
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3:04 pm - Last night I dreamed
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that a dry cleaner was trying to charge me $300 to dry clean a $10 shirt, and boy was I mad.
I came back later and released rabid mice into the place.
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| Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
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9:12 am - Remember when I said a healthcare bill is going to have to appeal more to republicans?
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| Monday, January 18th, 2010
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3:23 pm - Week 1 of 1-unit-less-insulin-and-almost-no-M&Ms.
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| Saturday, January 16th, 2010
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12:14 pm - Okay.
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| Saturday, January 9th, 2010
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11:52 am - WHY AM I GETTING FATTER.
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I have exercised more in the last two weeks than I have respective to other weeks all year, but somehow in that time I have gained at least 4 pounds, give or take.
It is making me mad.
Starting two Mondays ago, I have done the following:
Mon. - 45-minute speed workout
Tue. - 80-minute longer run
Wed. - 30-minute easy run (I was sore)
Thu. - 70-minute longer run
Fri. - 40-minute easy run
Sat. - 5k Race
Sun. - Off (flying back to CO)
Mon. - 45-minute speed workout
Tue. - 80-minute swim/aqua jog; weights also
Wed. - 70-minutes of snowshoeing
Thu. - 80-minute swim/aqua jog; weights also
Fri. - 80-minutes XC skiing
Sat. - 100-minute longer run
Those weeks have nearly twice as much exercising-per-week as I've been doing weekly for the whole three months beforehand. I'm eating the same as I always do. So, WHY AM I GETTING FATTER.
current mood: mad!
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| Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
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1:32 pm - I figured out
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how the dogs can tell when we are about to go running, because today they FLIPPED OUT when they heard me take my inhaler. I was in the other room. But that's apparently what tips them off.
So it's not putting on shoes or gloves or running pants. It's BREATHING FUNNY.
Weirdos.
current mood:  amused
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| Monday, December 21st, 2009
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8:22 pm - Now I feel ungrateful.
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7:06 pm - There's always something.
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So my MacBook Pro came early today.*
And for the most part, it's great.
But a thing that I am disappointed about not having and really really used a lot is: dual audio jacks. Apparently the 13" model does not have that. Instead, it has one port that can be either an input or output, which on one hand is cute and a small triumph for technology, but on the other hand is COMPLETELY USELESS FOR RECORDING THINGS. At least for me. Because you can either have a good microphone input and no monitor and no way of recording along with a playing track without the track being picked up by the microphone because it has to play from your external speakers, or you can use the computer microphone which is not as good (and a waste of the money I spent on a good vocal mic) and plug headphones in and hear your monitor. If I would have known this, I probably would've paid for the upgrade to the 15", but now I have the 13" and I'm sick of mailing computers away so I'm keeping it.
I ordered a little USB thing to plug headphones into, so it should take care of the problem, but it still unsightly and still makes me mad that I can't just plug two things into my computer and I have to have a stupid, bulky, non-Mac add-on that is not streamlined and simple like I wanted. I know it seems like a silly inconvenience, but come on. If you're going to be recording something, how could you NOT also need your headphone jack. It irks me. But there is nothing I can do about it now. Plus, if I really want to seriously record things on this machine, I should get a real preamp, which would free up the audio jack, anyway. But I'm too poor for that right now.
On a more positive note, Snow Leopard is nice. Not crashing things is nice. On the whole I am happy. I will have to try harder to focus on that, but it is a challenge for me, being a glass-half-empty kind of gal.
* For those of you who did not know, Apple finally replaced my MacBook that never worked right, and this was the only thing they had available that wouldn't have been a downgrade.
current mood:  okay; pretty good; okay
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| Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
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8:18 am - Well.
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I can probably never have a baby.
Because look at this.
I think that's what I have.
Because over the past year I've needed to take more and more insulin, and am up to almost four times the amount initially prescribed to me. I asked the stupidLeadvilledoctor if it was possible to have a hybrid of both types, and he looked at me like I was nuts. (He hates patients who know anything at all about biology or medical science, and likes to write off everything I say, until later I am proven right.)
So anyway, four times the insulin. So one day, I did an experiment by accident. I took my blood sugar at work and it was high. I was nowhere near any insulin, so I took some of the leftover oral medication I had from when he wrongly diagnosed me as Type 2 (these medications help you properly process the insulin; the difference between Type 1 and 2 is that with 1 you don't make it, but with 2 you don't use it right). Within the hour, my blood sugar plummeted and I had to eat a bunch of candy to not pass out. This, to me, means that I am BOTH not making it and not absorbing it, which is something I was suspicious about right from the start. I have since repeated the experiment, and the same thing has happened.
So I guess I have to try and convince him to give me a prescription for both insulin and one of the Type 2 medications, which I know is going to be a tooth and nail battle. And now I come to find out that if I have the monogenic kind, I will probably pass it on to a baby, which would be irresponsible and mean of me, so I won't. Thanks, God. Thanks for letting me believe that I was going to get to have a normal, happy life for the first 25 years of it, and then taking that away. Thanks for tempting me with the thought of maybe getting to have my own family, someday, by even letting me get married and everything. Thank you for creating this sad, empty existence for me. Why the fuck was I even born.
current mood: inconsolable.
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| Monday, December 14th, 2009
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10:22 pm - Oh man.
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| Friday, December 11th, 2009
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12:52 pm - I don't think I've ever
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| Friday, December 4th, 2009
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9:50 am - I can't really be sure
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| Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
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7:32 pm - It's a shame that she morphed into such a poor public speaker.
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curious
THESALTONHISMOUSTACHE.
guilty.
cold
busy