Monthly Archives: July 2006

Battery Death

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Marisa

Yesterday, when I got into my car, I noticed that my clock has lost time and that my radio station presets were gone. I pondered the situation briefly, then quickly reset the channels and programmed the clock.  I promptly forgot … Continue reading →

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Cell phone newbie

Posted on July 29, 2006 by Marisa

My mom just called me, simply to pass the time. She said, “You always call me when you are in transit from one place to another, so I thought it only fair that I call you when I’m bored.” She … Continue reading →

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Random Friday–Stormy weather

Posted on July 28, 2006 by Marisa

It’s Friday which means it’s time for another installment of the Friday Random Ten. The rules are simple, just set your iPod/iTunes/Creative (do people still buy those things?) to shuffle/random and report back the first ten songs it spits out. … Continue reading →

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Signs from the universe

Posted on July 27, 2006 by Marisa

Tuesday night, I went to the Dixie Chicks concert with some friends.  In the crowd of almost 15,000 I managed to run into the two sets of friends I knew were going to the show, as well as my roommate. … Continue reading →

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Orange cakes, fainting spells and crapping ponies

Posted on July 26, 2006 by Marisa

For her 7th birthday, my grandmother gave my mom an orange-flavored cake. It was store-bought and lovely and made my mom, who would have preferred something chocolate and homemade, cry. During the celebration of her 8th birthday, my mom was … Continue reading →

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The Passing of the Pastime Cafe

Posted on July 25, 2006 by Marisa

The first time I visited Walla Walla, WA I was 17 and was already planning on attending college there in the fall. My mom and I had driven the four hours out from Portland for a drama scholarship audition (I … Continue reading →

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Standing behind the falls

Posted on July 24, 2006 by Marisa

Last night I wished fervently for a instantaneous transportation device that could take me from Philadelphia to Portland, OR in the time it would take to walk down a flight of stairs. My parents spent the late afternoon and early … Continue reading →

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Random Friday–Covered with mosquito bites

Posted on July 21, 2006 by Marisa

I woke up at 2 am last night contorted and tangled in blankets, having been trying to scratch mosquito bites while I slept.  I stumbled out to the hall closet, using my cell phone as a flashlight, to dig out … Continue reading →

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Cheerio(s)

Posted on July 20, 2006 by Marisa

Yesterday morning, already more than half an hour late for work, I hurriedly ate a bowl of Cheerios while leaning up against the kitchen counter.  At the bottom of the bowl, I chased the the last three uncooperative O’s around … Continue reading →

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The joys of thunderstorms

Posted on July 19, 2006 by Marisa

I opened the windows of my apartment tonight for the first time in at least a month. Thunderstorms swept through the Philadelphia area last night, uprooting trees, downing power lines and ending the oppressive level of heat that had been … Continue reading →

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