Month: January 2003
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The problem with being out of work for so long is that I got in the habit of thinking of my days as “mine”. Now I resent working 9-5 because it sucks up all my time. How do I get back to the place where I simply accept that my job is my life (at…
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My mom’s box of Christmas presents finally arrived, containing (among other things) my long-awaited DVD box set of My So-Called Life. The Snook had never seen it, so we sat down the other night to watch the pilot. It was… uncomfortable. On so many levels. I remembered it being more funny and less angst-y. Where…
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Should Gollum get an Oscar? If he does, I’d like to officially place the first bet that he’ll use the words “my precious” in his acceptance speech.
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Happy blog birthday to me! web-goddess by the numbers… Years online: twoContinents blogged: four (Europe, North America, Asia, Australia)Site designs: just twoPosts: 2416Posts with “bad” words: 192 (but most of those were just “damn”)Comments: 5383Most commented posts: Attack of the Clones recap, lurker call-out, Goonies DVD reviewUnique commenters: 262Most frequent commenters: I think we covered…
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The Sydney Morning Herald is running an interesting story about research on lab-grown meat. The first sentence is what caught my eye: “It’s possibly the vegetarian’s dream, and the meat-eater’s worst nightmare: flesh grown in a Petri dish for human consumption.” You know, as a carnivore I don’t think I’d have any problem with this.…
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Nominations are now open for the Bloggies. Oh, that’s interesting. They have a category for best Australian weblog! And best weblog cam! Isn’t that interesting?
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Friday Five: 1. Do you wear any jewelry? What kind?Earrings (3): small silver hoops. Rings (2): chunky silver flower ring on my left hand, ND class ring on my right. Watch: silver Swatch on my left wrist. I’ve also got an assortment of random beaded necklaces and stuff that I break out on special occasions.…
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I fear change. Nevertheless, today my blog routine brought me Fredo’s new site, Matt’s new design, Meg’s color change, and yet another site redesign from Nicci. Well done, everyone!
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Sorry, fanboys. Eowyn got married yesterday.
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Ebert has posted his list of the top films of 2002. I still haven’t seen Minority Report. Is it as good as he says?