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Entries from November 2006

vacation

November 30th, 2006 · 4 Comments

so i just put in my vacation request for the end of the year.  as always, i’m taking off the week between christmas and new years.  my new company (my old one readily granted exceptions to the rollover limit) limits the number of hours you can roll over so i had to “burn” 6 vacation […]

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what a blog junkie

November 29th, 2006 · 3 Comments

[10:18] spreesatwork: i think i might be posting a lot today
[13:13] spreesatwork: i’m goign to be a posting fiend today
[13:32] spreesatwork: wanna have a posting competition?
[13:32] spreesatwork: i’m kidna bored today
[13:32] spreesatwork: haha
[13:32] monkeyingatwork: hahah
[13:32] monkeyingatwork: i think u wil win
[13:32] monkeyingatwork: i am not creative enough to post that often
[14:17] spreesatwork: i’m working on […]

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styles of blogging

November 29th, 2006 · 10 Comments

i was talking to julie online about blogging the other day. i never really thought about it, but i guess there’s different types of bloggers.
the teeny bopper ghetto blogger - they’re the bloggers who type and spell “lyKe Dis” i apologize for the bad imitation… i’m not that familiar with teeny bopper ghetto speak. […]

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susan kidd is leaving too…

November 28th, 2006 · 3 Comments

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/20/AR2006112001376.html
Susan Kidd is leaving too!!!
NBC4 is upsetting me! you develop a bond with your news anchor… a relationship!! you see them every day, they report to you the news of the day cheerfully. they joke around with one another and you feel like you’ve gotten to know them a bit. you […]

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Tags: News · Music/Movies/TV

why i like george (and monkeys) so much

November 27th, 2006 · 3 Comments

my first friend
no comments on how clean george looks!!! this was freaking 24 years ago, of course he’s gotten dirtier. plus the fact that this is a picture of my old george (lost 4/7/95 :() and the george i have now was given to me used by olivia.

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it was a good thanksgiving

November 25th, 2006 · 2 Comments

the good:
went to my aunt’s house again… lots of yummies.  this year, she even had this mango dish!  quite delicious!  my uncle greg’s turkey was awesome again, and i love the gravy my aunt judie makes… mm mmm!
played blackjack with the aunts and uncles again… they really are amusing.  my dad is the worst of […]

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HA! this proves it

November 25th, 2006 · 1 Comment

quiz stolen from that’s shum blog! i think it’s pretty accurate! i have no accent!

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The West

Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you’re a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from […]

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george michael leaving jim, doreen, and bob!

November 16th, 2006 · 1 Comment

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/16/AR2006111600669.html
“Michael’s departure from the anchor desk will mark the end of the market’s longest-serving and top-rated news team of himself, news anchors Jim Vance and Doreen Gentzler and weatherman Bob Ryan.”
NBC4 was by far my favorite news channel. I used to start watching the news at 4pm with Jim Handly. Then 5pm […]

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Tags: News · Music/Movies/TV

HUGE news

November 9th, 2006 · 5 Comments

for 99.999% of the work year, i am in front of a computer.  i read a lot of websites while at work.  so i end up reading a lot of news.  it’d say, of the 99.999% of the time i’m in front of a computer, there are less than 10 days where i’m so busy […]

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Tags: News

if i ruled the world…

November 2nd, 2006 · 3 Comments

daylight savings time would never end. therefore the sun would not set at 5pm, or some insanely early hour. mornings would be ok because…
the standard hours of business will be 10am to 6pm. there will be no need to wake up at 6am in the morning
as a means of reducing commuter traffic, […]

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