Confessions of a 20-something mother
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I take shameless advantage of my unpaid R.A. (Rei). He's a really good sport about it, though.
"Only for today, I will devote 10 minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul." -- Pope John XXIII
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Confession: I had to seriously debate whether I was going to break in my brand new Justin Bieber CD tonight or wait until morning, to listen to while I eat my pineapple and have some OJ, both things I'm equally looking forward to.
Worse, I compromised with myself and listened to two songs.
Worse, I compromised with myself and listened to two songs.
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While browsing CNN during Circ time, I came across an article on the next installment of Batman that had a picture of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard and the first thought I had made me really sad for the fact that I'm not in more regular contact with my local friends. They're the only people I know, besides Ed and Fred (haha...), who would not only at least silently tolerate it but also would most likely jump into a lengthy discussion about it with me with no self-consciousness or prudishness or "Oh you little pervert..." or any variation thereof.
When combined with a reaction I got yesterday from Brat over a statement about my ovaries waging war against the rest of my body, it's even more depressing.
When combined with a reaction I got yesterday from Brat over a statement about my ovaries waging war against the rest of my body, it's even more depressing.
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Oh you little pervert...While browsing CNN during Circ time, I came across an article on the next installment of Batman that had a picture of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard and the first thought I had made me really sad for the fact that I'm not in more regular contact with my local friends. They're the only people I know, besides Ed and Fred (haha...), who would not only at least silently tolerate it but also would most likely jump into a lengthy discussion about it with me with no self-consciousness or prudishness or "Oh you little pervert..." or any variation thereof.
When combined with a reaction I got yesterday from Brat over a statement about my ovaries waging war against the rest of my body, it's even more depressing.
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Any chance I could get a link to this article!?While browsing CNN during Circ time, I came across an article on the next installment of Batman that had a picture of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard and the first thought I had made me really sad for the fact that I'm not in more regular contact with my local friends. They're the only people I know, besides Ed and Fred (haha...), who would not only at least silently tolerate it but also would most likely jump into a lengthy discussion about it with me with no self-consciousness or prudishness or "Oh you little pervert..." or any variation thereof.
When combined with a reaction I got yesterday from Brat over a statement about my ovaries waging war against the rest of my body, it's even more depressing.
Member since March 16th, 2004.
And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.
And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.
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When I cook bacon, it comes out crunchy. I love it that way. "Just this side of burnt."
"Only for today, I will devote 10 minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul." -- Pope John XXIII
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I found the royal wedding a bit confusing. I'm so used to either a Catholic mass or a brief, less formal ceremony. The vows came first?
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*shrugs*
I didn't see it, but in our wedding, the statement of intention came first, which sounded a lot like the vows, but weren't. Was that it?
I didn't see it, but in our wedding, the statement of intention came first, which sounded a lot like the vows, but weren't. Was that it?
There's another home somewhere,
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
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I didn't see the whole thing but the vows come pretty early in the BCP. There's opening prayers, reading of the word and then the vows.I found the royal wedding a bit confusing. I'm so used to either a Catholic mass or a brief, less formal ceremony. The vows came first?
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It needs to be about 20% cooler.
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It needs to be about 20% cooler.
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For the last year or so, I have fluctuated within one pound up or down of the same weight. I am now two pounds above that weight and it is bothering me way more than it should. I am really glad that I'm seeing the therapist in a week to talk about my mother issues.
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." - Albert Camus in Return to Tipasa
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I didn't pay much attention outside of looking at some pictures on CNN.
But then there was this: http://twitpic.com/4r3mes
I laughed so hard. I'm not sure if it was the picture or the comments that made me laugh harder.
But then there was this: http://twitpic.com/4r3mes
I laughed so hard. I'm not sure if it was the picture or the comments that made me laugh harder.
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I own a hard hat, and i've never had to wear one at work!
Member since March 16th, 2004.
And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.
And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.
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I impulse-bought a sewing machine on Friday. For no apparent reason, other than it's always been vaguely in the back of my mind as something I would like to have and learn to use someday, and the woman at the shop was really, really nice.
Seriously, though, I need to learn how to hem my pants. If I can do that, it will be totally worth cost.
Seriously, though, I need to learn how to hem my pants. If I can do that, it will be totally worth cost.
There's another home somewhere,
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Lately I've been keeping a running list in my head of all the things I think people are snobs about and in keeping with the spirit that is me being worried about being this negative thing I'm currently acutely aware of, I wondered what it is I'm a snob about. I have determined I am pretty obnoxiously snobby about how little I consider myself to be a snob. What a s***.
I've become largely afraid of spending money. I've recently come into a small fortune (for me, at any rate) that is just small enough to not cover travel accommodations to anywhere I want to be ("Phoenix, you say? What a fantastic travel destination! Not."). I keep wanting to use it on functional Chicago related future necessities but I have saved just about every last penny for just that sort of thing for the past two years. This is supposed to be entirely fun, no strings attached sort of spending money but I feel guilty for thinking of things. Books? I'm trying to pare that collection down. Music? I, err, borrow that...Movies? I'd love to but they have s*** sales these days and even when I was comparatively rolling in dough years ago, I hardly ever shelled out full price and I don't do used (oooh! Something I'm a real snob about! That seriously makes me kind of happy...). So, yeah. I have some real play money that isn't tied into traveling anywhere and I don't know what to do with it. I don't need anything and I am not sure that I really want anything.
I hate using things I buy. It's not that I don't want to use them, it's just, they won't break/wear down/otherwise get ruined if I don't use it, so it'll be there if I really need/want it. The cost doesn't matter. I will not use crayons (just an example) because I might need them a month from now and if they're gone, I'd have to buy new ones then, when I probably can't afford it, and so I may as well not use them, even if they're meant to be consumables.
I've become largely afraid of spending money. I've recently come into a small fortune (for me, at any rate) that is just small enough to not cover travel accommodations to anywhere I want to be ("Phoenix, you say? What a fantastic travel destination! Not."). I keep wanting to use it on functional Chicago related future necessities but I have saved just about every last penny for just that sort of thing for the past two years. This is supposed to be entirely fun, no strings attached sort of spending money but I feel guilty for thinking of things. Books? I'm trying to pare that collection down. Music? I, err, borrow that...Movies? I'd love to but they have s*** sales these days and even when I was comparatively rolling in dough years ago, I hardly ever shelled out full price and I don't do used (oooh! Something I'm a real snob about! That seriously makes me kind of happy...). So, yeah. I have some real play money that isn't tied into traveling anywhere and I don't know what to do with it. I don't need anything and I am not sure that I really want anything.
I hate using things I buy. It's not that I don't want to use them, it's just, they won't break/wear down/otherwise get ruined if I don't use it, so it'll be there if I really need/want it. The cost doesn't matter. I will not use crayons (just an example) because I might need them a month from now and if they're gone, I'd have to buy new ones then, when I probably can't afford it, and so I may as well not use them, even if they're meant to be consumables.
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I just got one too! All I really know how to do is sew a straight line. I wish we lived close and could learn together.I impulse-bought a sewing machine on Friday. For no apparent reason, other than it's always been vaguely in the back of my mind as something I would like to have and learn to use someday, and the woman at the shop was really, really nice.
Seriously, though, I need to learn how to hem my pants. If I can do that, it will be totally worth cost.
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It needs to be about 20% cooler.
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It needs to be about 20% cooler.
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Oh, me too! That would be so freaking awesome!
Why did we not think of this when we lived two hours apart? *headdesk*
Actually, what I really, really want to be able to do is sew my own purses.
Why did we not think of this when we lived two hours apart? *headdesk*
Actually, what I really, really want to be able to do is sew my own purses.
There's another home somewhere,
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
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I confess, I am a fame whore. Before I went to Hong Kong, every few months, I would tell Steph "I need to get on the news somehow. What should I do to get on the news?" Luckily, I don't have tendencies to live out the Grand Theft Auto method of acquiring fame (such as killing pedestrians until the cops show up, then killing cops until the FBI shows up, then the Army). I usually do something weird like balancing a crazy amount of eggs or organizing a Marshmallow War convention. But, I crave attention.
Since we got back from Hong Kong and the hype of our trip died down, I've found myself uploading retro pictures to facebook or styling my hair in ridiculous ways to get comments from people. So, I can no longer argue with my wife or deny it when she calls me a fame whore.
Since we got back from Hong Kong and the hype of our trip died down, I've found myself uploading retro pictures to facebook or styling my hair in ridiculous ways to get comments from people. So, I can no longer argue with my wife or deny it when she calls me a fame whore.
"I probably wouldn't pillage someone for just their wallet."
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I just bought a few pretty new dresses for the summer. I put one on this morning because I had plans to go to brunch with David's aunt. Unfortunately, she just canceled. I don't want to take my dress off, but it is ridiculous to wear a brand new, pretty dress while schlepping laundry up and down the stairs and cleaning the bathroom.
you snooze, you lose
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant
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Sometimes there's such happy stuff or, conversely, such unhappy stuff that I'm at a loss for words, so I put off responding because I want to find the right way to say whatever it is I'm going to say...but then I wait so long, the moment passes and I feel like an a******.
I keep hoping Pwebbers who get married will invite me and only one ever has (thank you, again, m'dear). This, honestly, makes me kind of spiteful and I think, "To hell with this. If I get married, you can't come!" I'm not very mature sometimes. But you know what, meh anyway; Ed already said I'm invited to his funeral.
I keep hoping Pwebbers who get married will invite me and only one ever has (thank you, again, m'dear). This, honestly, makes me kind of spiteful and I think, "To hell with this. If I get married, you can't come!" I'm not very mature sometimes. But you know what, meh anyway; Ed already said I'm invited to his funeral.
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Twinny, I just totally informed Will that you are invited to our wedding, even though we're not engaged.
His response was "I figured" : )
His response was "I figured" : )
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And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.
And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.
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Hurr hurr.At least you'll be stiff for the honeymoon.
Confession: I have been an absolute child for the past two days.
"Only for today, I will devote 10 minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul." -- Pope John XXIII
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Gotta love the mormon and the catholic confessing that.Been there.Confession: I have been an absolute child for the past two days.
"Only for today, I will devote 10 minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul." -- Pope John XXIII
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