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I decided to take up learning French in my spare time, just learning at home. I should really get back on learning German again, as I had it over the course of 7 years (5 full academic years, which were preceded by a 6-week course and a quarter or semester before that). However, I've forgotten a lot of my German since I haven't used it in the last ( Read more... )

I'm actually starting to do this again because I decided to start doing the journal part of SparkPeople. They have a blog on there, but I figured I'd write on here, too. And maybe I'll get in the habit of writing more ( Read more... )

I've found myself agreeing with klinton on several occasions recently.

I made a resolution to avoid writing anything in the Obama threads on the CF, and I'm sticking to it, even though I'm soooooo tempted. But who am I to intrude on the Obama hate wankfest?

What bothers me, I suppose, is that many of the arguments are rooted in fallacy. It really doesn't pay to point them out, especially when people are citing Glenn ( Read more... )

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After I worked a bunch this morning, I figured I should head out before the storm hit (which is here as I type this). My plan was to get a library card, as we've lived her 9 months and I've just been lazy about getting one. When we first went to the library last June or July, I didn't have my new ID card, and I didn't have anything with my current ( Read more... )

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I've been in a funk with drawing now for years. I've just not felt confident in my abilities, so I've been focusing my attention elsewhere--knitting, cake decorating, etc.

This past week, I took my first real vacation ever. It was to Disney World. I've been on gaming vacations, where I still generally worked either the personal ad job or worked at ( Read more... )

We've had more snow to date this winter season than last. The 2007-2008 winter season was record-breaking in the Madison area in terms of snowfall with over 100 inches of snow. Right now we're at 34" for 2008-2009 compared to 27" for 2008-2007 ( Read more... )