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[hommedeterre]

I celebrate Leap Day. After fighting my self-diagnosed S.A.D. the past few months I've started to feel better and am centering my good moods around this 'holiday'. (And also wishing Dennis Farina, Tony Robbins and Ja Rule a Happy 16th, 12th and 8th Birthday respectively. Whoa, those are the same years my dad, mom and brother were born!)

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[recycldskirmish]

Dear Imakevin,

I'm glad you're out of your rut! It's been a rough winter for me too, and I'm convinced going to Tennessee this week will help me get out of mine. Oh god I hope it does.

You have a lot of the same resolutions as me. I'm hoping to get rid of my car in the near future + Elizabeth and I were thinking about trying a raw food diet for a week just to see how it goes (I'M SURE IT'LL FEEL GREAT). You can get in on it if you want!

Bye!

[hommedeterre]

I'm up for raw food. I only lasted a week last time but I didn't know how to make anything. What's going on in Tennessee?

[b9_2mr]

the first time i read this comment i thought you were suggesting a raw beef diet instead of a raw food diet. you know, just to, "see how it goes." haha. i was like, wowww, there's a lot i don't know about katie.

[a_new_body]

When I worked at Subway, we were only supposed to put 3 olives on each side. They were pretty anal about that. And other related things. Who knows if that's the actual rules or what -- they never showed us the actual manual or anything, but I wouldn't put it past them.

The other day at work I rejected yet another woman's Starbuck's card and she said, "That's stupid," and I said, "Yeah, I know, but we can't take them unfortunately." She proceeded to get very huffy and said, "I run two restaurants and that's just stupid. I know it's not your fault, but that's just STUPID."

I would like to point out that the "I know it's not your fault" made me not want to kill her, but continuing to add "STUPID" for the third or forth or whatevereth time still bothered me. Why not say "That must be frustrating for you!" or something like that? You know?

I don't know. MARCH 9TH BITCHES!

[hommedeterre]

"I have knowledge. I'm upset. I'm accusatory. I insult (your) intelligence. PLEASE ME, YOUR CUSTOMER." I have a thesis kicking around about the ills of consumerism/capitalism turning people against each other. Vague vague vague.

Anyway, I almost flipped out at a customer a few days ago. Her husband's computer died and they transferred the data to a new one. I didn't do any of the work, I just ask people with repairs for a sheet or their name and computer model. After she argued with me about the existence of different computer models I retrieved her computers. When I couldn't answer her questions about what was done she insulted my intelligence repeatedly and complained to her husband, who was cool, on the phone. My only form of protest was giving her the evil eye and folding my arms while I booted up the computer before getting a manager ("who knows what they're doing") at her request.

[rksdf]

If you have any questions about linguistics programs, send me an e-mail. My address is still my last name at umich.

/B/

[hommedeterre]

Expect an email.

sunburn

[opal_antlers]

Be careful of that spring sunburn. I always do that. The first really nice and warm day in spring, and I lay outside for like an hour in the sun, and get burned.

Re: sunburn

[hommedeterre]

Good tip. That sun has burned me for the last time.

[eric82683]

I kind of do that thing with my fingers too. It's no good for me. I also kind of do it with my lips, and I should wear chapstick, but I don't.

Glad that the sunshine helped. And Illinois is smoke free now,which is pretty sweet. Hope you're doing well, and if you want to know how I'm doing, I update fairly often (usually). Later.

Eric (your former next door neighbor)

[hommedeterre]

I always lose my chapstick. I'm considering just putting tape around all my fingernails to stop picking. We'll see if that works. Nervous habits of ours?