If seeing people from my past over the weekend weren’t enough, yesterday I was walking down the hallway in the office and I saw this woman and heard her voice and had to walk back and take another look. I knew I knew her. I looked her in the eye and she looked right at [...]
The Craziness Continues
June 12th, 2007 · 9 Comments · Uncategorized
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I Guess They Don’t Think I’m THAT Old
September 8th, 2005 · 23 Comments · Uncategorized
My parents might have gotten me the “elegant,” “grown up” flowers, but they still know I’m just a kid. Today a big box of candy came in from Old Time Candy .. supposed to be from the 80s. Some things seem old time, and some seem to be things that are still popular today. I [...]
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Birthday Flowers
September 8th, 2005 · 13 Comments · Uncategorized
I’d almost forgotten the yearly tradition when the receptionist called yesterday to tell me I had a.. uh.. delivery at the front desk. Every year my parents send me flowers on my birthday. It’s always a nice surprise. This year they’re a lot different than past years.. my mom said she tried to get an [...]
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There is Nothing in This World as Rank as Chinatown on a Sultry Hot Day
September 6th, 2005 · 9 Comments · Uncategorized
On Wednesday night my flight was delayed by like 2 or 2 1/2 hours so we didn’t really do anything.. sat at Jess’s house and caught up and talked til the wee hours. The next morning I got up and went to work with her just to say “hi” to some of my coworkers and [...]
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Ebony & Ivory
August 19th, 2005 · 10 Comments · Uncategorized
Laptops, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
FedEx Tracking, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
I press refresh so obsessively on the FedEx tracking page that I knew the second that my new laptop was delivered. I ran up to reception and was like “where’s my shit!?” and the receptionist was like “whuh? I don’t have anything for you” and I’m all like [...]
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