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i didn't go. instead i went to the grocery store and bought some soup, then i walked around the neighborhood taking pictures of mailboxes and dog shit. jobs just don't seem to suit me any more. |
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nelly? what are you talking about? |
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nelly? what the fuck are you talking about? |
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nelly? what the fuck are you talking about? |
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no. sorry! what's with your "nelly" comment? |
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i answered your question, dumbass. the answer is "no." do not try to evade my question. what's with your "nelly" comment? |
Jobs don't suit me much either, but I've got to work for another five years minimum, eight years tops, then I'm done and I can spend my afternoons taking pictures, playing in the garden and such. Tick tock. I hope I live that long. |
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It's really exciting. 50% more than I'm making now, and a much better job. I have to move. Still in Montana, though. |
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awesome. you know, the thing is, if you have to go to work, you might at well make as much money as possible while you're working. yeah, where in montana? i applied for a new job today. same shit, more pay. |
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Karla, how's your new job going so far? |
It was pretty unexpected. Both of these companies contacted me rather than the other way around. The job I didn't want is here in Missoula, and it would pay a little bit more, but it's doing the same old crap but for a bigger, more soulless corporation. I'd like to stay in Missoula, but the Helena job is the kind of work I want to be doing. |
Whoo, Helena! So pretty there! I've been imagining myself working as an archivist in Helena....my internship and archives class is making the job seem like it has a lot of potential for controversy and contention, which I don't want, so I imagine myself in lovely, laid-back Montana, working in some museum or something where I won't have to deal with people angrily demanding access to restricted files. |
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Also, we already found a great big old duplex really close to where I'll work. So things are looking up on all fronts. It's like I rolled a natural 20 on life. |
damnit. |
That's great, TBone, congratulations! Oh, and while I'm making an appearance, I'm enployed again. Graveyard. |
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look who's talking |
i am [shhhh 35!] i have no children and have not been married! i have a midwest accent and my own value system resting on a base of a blenderized and re-conditioned middle-class american upbringing i have an excessive amount of education! gah. how boring. i want all the people i like to move near to me so i can see them for real. |
i am 47! i have four children all boys! i've never been outside MN! i sell reconditioned heating and cooling units! i drive a white dodge ram! |
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I was married, now divorced I have two children,yes, I loved them so much. All of my life; I have traveled most of area in Central Time zone, and little in Eastern Time zone. Nate; I drive Dodge Neon. Heather; If you have excessive amount of education, how come you didn't use capital letter on " I "? When you say word about yourself as "I", always use the capital letter. And this goes for you Nate. I think ,I am doing the best. |
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i could go on a rant about nationalism and hegemony and the myth of the individual regarding the capital nature of the letter i and capitalizing in general, but no one wants to read crap like that. i'm just lazy and can't really type. |
I started my new job Monday and got today off for Veterans Day for the first time in 22 years. I have no clue what I'm doing in this new position, but I'm totally loving being on a college campus. The state university system benefits are awesome. I could get a master's for free! It's freaky for me to think about the changes I've made in my life over the past 23 months, but so far, it's all good. |
and the myth of the individual regarding the capital nature of the letter i and capitalizing in general, but no one wants to read crap like that. " i do. |
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Listen to this arrogant nonsense from Herb Lubalin, the man who brought us the abomination that are the ITC typefaces like Cheltenham: My clients objected violently to [his new typeface and layout], which they claimed were illegible. My response was that what they had been reading since Gutenberg invented it, was illegible, unreadable type.Whatever, dude. Way to stretch that "if you don't understand, you just don't GET it" argument beyond all hope of reason. Bitch. And people have been predicting the abolition of Roman lettering as we know it for at least 150 years, but fat chance (and thank goodness) of that ever happening. |
i..i..ii....i i don't capitalize droopy because this isn't my name, it's an adjective that describes the poster. |
This is such a perfect statement. You really need to write a book, droop. Maybe you and nate should collaborate under the pen name "Oliver Closoff." |
though i don't have any idea what it would mean. |
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i wasn't using it anyway |
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what are the other changes, karla? |
can break my bones but scrabble can fuckin' kill me |
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i bought an olivetti lettera 22. i want to write a big messy manuscript with it. for some reason i am fascinated by its "1" key, which exists next to the "2" key but does not do anything when depressed. (it is also unmarked.) of course, the lowercase L is the one as well, so you don't need a typebar behind the "1" key (the one next to the "2"). economically, though, strangely, there is no "!" anywhere. and the "," key has two "," on it, and shift-, is the same as , similar, anyway. different commas on the same typebar. but both the same kind of comma. lovely. |
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+libraries |
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Until that time, I had spent the previous five years sinking deeply into dysfunctional family relationships, friendships and habits. And though I was operating with what I thought was noble intent, the bottom line was that I had relinquished control over my life. I was letting other people set my priorities and sap my energies. I don't blame them for it - it takes two to be co-dependent - but once the veil was ripped from my eyes, I was shocked at how far off-track my life had become. So I've spent the last 23 months fixing that damage. I had some nasty personal habits to kick, I had some family relationships and friendships to exise and I had some amends to make to the people who I'd neglected while I was doing my St. Jude act. It was ugly and there are people who hate me for it, but now, nearly two years later, things are looking up. And the people who matter - my husband and son - still have my back. I have a new job, a new outlook and no monkey on my back. Life is good. Thanks for asking. |
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rock n roll, Karla. the hardest thing in life - in my experience - if facing the truth. you're a warrior! |