Monthly Archives: December 2005

Random Friday–The snowy day edition

Posted on December 9, 2005 by Marisa

It’s Friday, which means that I spend some time sending my iPod into shuffle mode to see what comes out. I then post the first ten songs here, no exceptions, no deletions, no excuses. Let’s see what the pod spits … Continue reading →

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My sister, the child who returned…

Posted on December 8, 2005 by Marisa

Tonight, on the phone with my mom, we started talking about my sister. My mother had just commented about the fact that Raina is kind of dirty (dirt from the yard, crumbs in the car, used Q-tips in the bathroom … Continue reading →

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A recent dream

Posted on December 7, 2005 by Marisa

Saturday night, I dreamt I met a man who was a French chef (he was actually a chef, from France, not just a chef of French food. Why I remember this distinction from the dream, I can not say). He … Continue reading →

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The end of yesterday's story and news of my sister

Posted on December 6, 2005 by Marisa

As I walked across campus today to pick up the mail, I called my mom to tell her how the mishap from yesterday resolved itself this morning around 11:30 am. There had been a moment, when I was sitting at … Continue reading →

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A tenuous grasp on confidence

Posted on December 5, 2005 by Marisa

I left work today feeling really cruddy. Something I had been responsible for at work did not go well. It isn’t exactly my fault, more a product of my ignorance about how certain processes work, I’m feeling crappy about it. … Continue reading →

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Mildly perplexed

Posted on December 5, 2005 by Marisa

I just went online to take a look at my blog (as I’m wont to do) and it isn’t there. I’m not exactly sure what’s going on, and I’m more than a little concerned. I’m posting this, to see if … Continue reading →

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Three Days of Thirty

Posted on December 4, 2005 by Marisa

Friday night I got home from work tired, in a bit of a funk, and not really looking forward to the amount of out of the apartment time that I had scheduled for myself over the weekend. But there was … Continue reading →

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The Random Friday Ten

Posted on December 2, 2005 by Marisa

I forgot to post a Random Friday set last week, because it was the holiday weekend, and so Friday didn’t feel like Friday. But I’m back in my regularly scheduled groove, and so here there are, my random ten for … Continue reading →

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Blogger Birthday–The fabulous Miss Luna

Posted on December 1, 2005 by Marisa

Today is the birthday of the remarkable girl behind the blog, Strolling Luna. She is a lover all things sweet, is always willing to bake yummy items to sneak into blogger meetups and can wax poetic about both cheesecake and … Continue reading →

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Sometimes I have to believe…

Posted on December 1, 2005 by Marisa

Sometimes I have to believe that the woman who stops me on the street and asks for $.85 or a bus token is really going to use the dollar I just gave her to get home. I can’t always refuse, … Continue reading →

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