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Tuesday, June 28th, 2005
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11:17 am - Let's backtrack a little
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I haven't updated lately but I do want to put some correspondence in here that I had between myself and [ Error: Irreparable invalid markup ('<lj-user=newfiekrys>') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.] I haven't updated lately but I do want to put some correspondence in here that I had between myself and <lj-user=newfiekrys>. It pertains to one of the interviews I had back in May. I will then summerize my experiences here in our nation's capital so far this summer! |
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| Friday, June 17th, 2005
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10:31 pm
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My journal has been resurrected to proclaim the following:
I denounce Tom Cruise and his rock hard ass, abs and other appendages, for marrying that trampy Joey Potter (aka Katie Holmes). My fantasies of her dying not-so-tragically in a blunt-weaponry mishap cannot coincide with my erotic fantisies involving Mr. T. C. Good. freaking. lord. Marrying her? HE IS 42. SHE IS 26. I am 23, so it's even a little disgusting for me to fantasize about him.
...hmm.
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| Friday, January 28th, 2005
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6:59 pm - Also
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what the fuck, stumbling across someone's blog and realizing they're quoting 80s lyrics.
current mood: drunker
current music: what the hell is this song anyway?
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| Wednesday, January 19th, 2005
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12:31 pm - 1998
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The best three days of that shitty year were spent on a cow farm where I wore my sneakers inside two big hand-me-down farm boots and got attacked by a cow that you antagonized. I screamed at the top of my lungs and you came and picked me up, right up out of the boots and carried me back to your mother and tea.
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| Wednesday, November 10th, 2004
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6:45 pm - Best Brownies
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Earlier today I posted my fail-proof banana bread and mentioned this brownie recipe in passing. I call it junky because there really is nothing wholesome (no high quality ingredients, it even uses cocoa powder instead of real chocolate). I make these with the cheapest ingredients possible (no-name everything and margarine instead of butter) Here is the original recipe and a true story.
1/2 cup melted butter or margarine
1 c sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1/3 cup cocoa
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 c flour
Mix the butter/margarine and sugar together. Add rest of ingredients in the order they are listed mixing as you go. (mix after each ingredient is added). You can also throw in chopped nuts if that's your thing. Bake in a greased pan at 350 for 20-25 minutes. I "frost" them with a sprinkling of icing sugar because I'm lazy and also make crappy icing.
and the True story: I once made these and put them in the oven without putting the flour in. I pulled them out, stirred in the flour, and they still came out great. I don't really measure any more, just throw it all together. For instance, the 1/3 cup cocoa is really more like three heaping tablespoons. And I definitely use more than the 1/4 tsp of baking powder. I've also added melted chocolate to the batter, it makes them more fudgy but they're good in their original form too.
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| Sunday, November 7th, 2004
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2:21 pm
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| Saturday, October 2nd, 2004
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1:04 pm
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| How to make a sweetlasting |
Ingredients:
1 part competetiveness
5 parts brilliance
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Method:
Layer ingredientes in a shot glass. Add a little sadness if desired! |
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| Thursday, September 2nd, 2004
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7:05 am
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TEN Things You Did
(001.) Moved into a new apartment with a new room-mate (in May)
(002.) Convocated (in May)
(003.) went to friends' cottages (in May, June, July and August)
(004.) said goodbye to one of my best friends (in June) when he went to Calgary
(005.) Rode horsies! (June-August) and learned how to muck stalls.
(006.) got to know my cousin Brian better (May-August)
(007.) helped a friend go through a messy break-up (July)
(008.) cut back on caffeine (July-August)
(009.) finished working at the archives at Acadia forever (August 27th!!)
(010.) coped (and am coping well) with Eric leaving for Ottawa (end of August). We also celebrated our three year anniversary on August 3.
NINE Favorite Songs of the Summer
(001.) Black Star - Radiohead
(002.) Coldplay - Yellow
(003.) various bar songs
(004.) Coldplay - The scientist
(005.) the french song from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack
(006.) Comfortable - John Mayer
(007.) ALL of Pilate
(008.) ALL of the Dears
(009.) ALL of my old Third Eye Blind CD (ROOMIE TUNES!)
EIGHT Places You Ate At
(001.) Paddy's in Wolfville
(002.) The Tempest in Wolfville
(003.) Seven, last night with my family
(004.) My grammie's on the road-trip I took with Jessica, Eric and Brian
(005.) McDonald's while I was moving
(006.) Boston Pizza in Bayer's Lake
(007.) A&W a couple times with Eric
(008.) Le Caveau with mine and Eric's family for graduation
SEVEN Things that Annoyed You
(001.) one of my roomie's friends (throughout)
(002.) drama between my friends (throughout)
(003.) not getting to spend enough time with Randall before he left.
(004.) not saving any money
(005.) not having a key for work
(006.) living in a sty ;)
(007.) the new kitten and its constant mewing
SIX Things You Bought
(001.) Acadia baseball shirt
(002.) GAP jeans
(003.) many a nice bottle of wine during grad week
(004.) frame for my diploma
(005.) wireless router
(006.) new discman for Eric, for our anniversary
FIVE Things You Accomplished
(001.) Baptist Records Project at the Acadia Archives
(002.) missing only one half-day of work
(003.) stayed friends with Jessica after her and Randall broke up
(004.) stayed friends with Randall after him and Jessica broke up
(005.) fell even further in love
FOUR Movies You Saw
(001.) the Butterfly Effect
(002.) Gothika
(003.) Osama
(004.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
THREE Things You Wish You Did
(001.) read a book. Any book. I read none!
(002.) had a better job
(003.) not let things "get" to me.
TWO Rules You Broke
(001.) not urinating in public places
(002.) saving 3/4 of my pay cheque
ONE Thing You LOVED About This Summer
(001.) getting to know and enjoy my new roomie more and more every day. We made some awesome memories already.
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| Monday, August 30th, 2004
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7:53 am - Heirloom/ring type question
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I hope your summers are all winding down nicely.
My grandmother gave my sister and I her original engagement ring and wedding band. To make a long story short, she and my grandfather had to have a new set made because my grandfather's was destroyed at his workplace. My question is, is it appropriate to wear this beautiful ring (I got her wedding band) or should I put it away until I get married (someday)? If so, what hand should I wear it on? I have a grad ring that I have been wearing daily on my right ring finger. What would you do?
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| Wednesday, August 25th, 2004
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8:30 am - Bolded things I've done
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01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said 'I love you' and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game - football, baseball, hockey, etc.
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby's diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopyed your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved your job
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing (well, indoor wall climbing)
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan
67. Benchpressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your records
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theater
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it.
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place
107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your Congressperson
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. ...more than once?
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
137. Had an abortion or your female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived.
140. Wrote articles for a large publication (define "large"...)
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray
145. Broken someone's heart
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a T.V. game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. Ridden a horse
158. Had major surgery
159. Had sex on a moving train
160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
165. Visited all 7 continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
173. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
175. Gone back to school
176. Parasailed
177. Changed your name
178. Petted a cockroach
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad
181. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read, just to see what all the fuss was about
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them.
183. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions (so far)
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
189. Been elected to public office
190. Written your own computer language
191. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
193. Built your own PC from parts
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
195. Had a booth at a street fair
196: Dyed your hair
197: Been a DJ
198: Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
199: Written your own role playing game
200: Been arrested
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| Tuesday, August 24th, 2004
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3:47 pm
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Even on my best days, the lyrics to "Black Star" make me cry.
I get home from work and you’re still standing in your dressing gown,
Well what am I to do?
I know all the things around your head and what they do to you.
What are we coming to?
What are we gonna do?
Blame it on the black star,
Blame in on the falling sky,
Blame in on the satellite, that beams me home.
The trouble words of a troubled mind, I try to understand what is eating you.
I try to stay awake, but it’s 58 hours since that I last slept with you.
What are we coming to?
I just don’t know anymore
Blame it on the black star,
Blame in on the falling sky,
Blame in on the satellite, that beams me home.
I get on the train and I just stand about now that I don’t think of you.
I keep falling over, I keep passing out, when I see a face like you.
What am I coming to?
I’m gonna melt down.
Blame it on the black star,
Blame in on the falling sky,
Blame in on the satellite, that beams me home.
What is(are) your favourite line(s)?
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10:43 am - My tale of glee
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Who got their brand-new wireless router for $11? Me.
Who went over the heads of the vicious User Support Centre guy to get into the early laptop pickup session tomorrow? Me.
Who has to work late today so she can go to the said session? Me, but it's okay.
Who is, as of Sept. 7, going to be living in an apartment with wireless high speed and can't even believe it? Me.
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| Thursday, August 19th, 2004
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8:34 am - Music Survey
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The Song That...
1. Reminds you of an ex-boyfriend: "Forgiveness" by Collective Soul
2. Reminds you of an ex-friend: "Disarm" - Smashing Pumpkins
3. Reminds you of your childhood: "We're off to see the Wizard" from The Wizard of Oz
4. Makes you cry: "Drops of Jupiter" by Train
5. Makes you laugh: It's some club song that goes, "Show me some love, strip off your clothes and take off your socks" ??any guesses as to what its name is??? It never fails to crack me up. Also, "Echoes" by Pink Floyd, because of the whale songs.
6. Makes you wanna dance: I'm a cheesy Canadian, "Great Big Sea"
7. Makes you very, very sleepy: "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead
8. You wish had been written for you: "Take me Down" (SP)
9. Fills you with complete joy: "FNT" by Semisonic
10. You never want to hear again: Anything by I Mother Earth. Seriously. Or Harp music.
11. You want to get married to: I don't think I want music at my wedding ceremony.
12. You want your first wedding dance to be: "Feels Like Home" by Chantal Kreviazuk
13. Makes you want to sing: "Muzzle" by Smashing Pumpkins
14. Sums up your teenage years: It's gotta be the WHOLE of Mellon Collie. Especially "Tales of a Scorched Earth".
17. You like out of your parents' record collection: Norah Jones
18. Your parents like out of your collection: Norah Jones
19. You love that you wouldn't know about if it wasn't for a friend: Pilate and the Dears
20. You love the video more than the tune: "Stand Inside Your Love" by Smashing Pumpkins
21. Reminds you of your first crush: Cheesy boy-band music. All-4-One, Backstreet Boys, etc.
24. Excites you: How do you mean ;) I get really excited by music that gives me the shivers, which it does if both the lyrics and the technical ability impresses me.
25. Makes you think of being alone: "Leaving on a Jet Plane"... I don't remember who the original artist is bu tI've been listening to one by Chantal K.
26. Describes a moment out of your life perfectly: "Maybe" by Collective Soul.
27. Makes you think deeply: "Yellow" by Coldplay
28. Reminds you of a movie you love: "Downtown" by Petula Clark (Girl, Interrupted)
29. Reflects you one year ago: That crap song by Shakira. "Underneath Your Clothes".
30. Reflects you 6 months ago: "My Happy Ending"-Avril Lavigne
31. Reflects you now: "The Scientist" by Coldplay
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| Monday, August 16th, 2004
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2:06 pm - You know you're bored at work when....
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| Friday, August 13th, 2004
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2:42 pm
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How immature is it really, to set your MSN name to something cryptic to make others (namely people you're cross with) feel like they're dying to ask what its significance is?
Eg.: "Lindsay---EQs are the WORST"
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10:17 am - Here Mousie Mousie Mouse
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So physical plant has set up some sticky bug traps to catch beetles at various places around the BAC (Beveridge Arts Centre) where I work.
Today my coffee-shop barista informs me that THEY CAUGHT A MOUSE IN THE ONE RIGHT NEXT TO THE COFFEE SHOP THAT I BUY MY COFFEE FROM EVERY DAY.
I could see its little corpse, still stuck in the glue trap while I sipped my usual Hazlenut Cream coffee.
current mood:  silly
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| Thursday, August 12th, 2004
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1:29 pm - Stolen from that_redhead
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1. What do you believe as far as fate goes? e.g. Everything is predestined, some things are predestined, nothing is predestined. Explain your answer.
On bad days, I believe that some things are predestined. Or when I can't explain something. Most days though, I try to write my own "destiny".
2. What is your preferred bathroom reading material, if any?
Heh, something funny/entertaining. Like Reader's Digest.
3. Which stereotypical clique did you belong to in high school?
The Band Clique. Actually I had a lot of varied groups of friends, but I did spend a lot of time "at band camp".
4. Do you believe that time is a straight line or is it cyclic in nature?
I think it might turn out to be a straight line, but it's interesting to think of it cyclically.
5. Humanity and everything on the planet is going to be destroyed by [insert catastrophe/alien race/whatever you prefer here]. There is a shelter underground that you can hide in to avoid being destroyed. You can take three non living organisms with you to represent the life you once had before the catastrophe. What do you chose?
probably some pictures, my journal and my special pillow.
wait...isn't an organism by definition alive?
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| Wednesday, August 11th, 2004
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3:23 pm
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Resumes, resumes.
Cut for possibly being considered off-topic and/or annoying.
( Read more... )
Thanks guys. I'll delete this if it's going to cause community drama.
Cross-posted to my journal, and to hip-domestics
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| Thursday, July 22nd, 2004
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8:53 am - Angst.
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My room-mate got a new cat last night. Well, I say cat, and I use the term loosely. It is an adorable scrawny, pathetic, tiny, barely-has-fur, can't-really-hear-or-see, white rat-cat. I love him! His name is Oscar but we call him Timmy-cat (because of South Park rotting our fragile little minds, the disabled cat must be called Timmy). It was a rescue project of a local animal shelter and pet store.
As I said, the only way I could feel sorrier for it if it was missing its tail or something.
We still have the old cat, Shadow. They're not really getting along so well.
My room-mate and I had a cry last night over how something so small and helpless could be abandoned. It is darling.
In getting the cat she spent about $30 on it at Walmart. Toys, litter box, food dish, and I got it some flannel receiving blankets. It was $5 for 10, or $9 for one (Pooh-patterened) I went bulk and made the little critter a bed out of an empty clemintine box and a few of the cheap-o blankets.
Now I am at work and I miss the kitty.
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| Thursday, July 15th, 2004
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1:57 pm - "Blondies"
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Awhile ago I asked about blondie recipes in this community and didn't get a response (the same post asked about brownies, which many contributed recipes I have sinced used!! They were all great). I found a blondie recipe in my "Better Homes and Gardens" good old "red and white" cookbook. I made them last night and they were amazing. NONE are leftover from the barbeque :) So,here's the ( recipe )
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