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Chicken soup for the job-hunter's soul
N: I interviewed for a CRM job this week... may have died a little on the inside, I think ( Read more... ) -
Wine Pairings
J: Hey, that was for a special occasion! You can't drink a $25 bottle of wine with nachos!
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Fire in the Hole!
Me: Two words: taco cannon. We need one.
G: What the hell is happening over there?
Me: The internetz just told me there was such a thing as a taco cannon!
G: Of course it did. -
Your Cats Are Named Steve and June
Two facts are important to this story: 1. My high school friend/boyfriend's parents were named Steve and June; and 2. I am horrible at naming animals. The first makes the story make sense, and the second makes me look (a little) less like a weirdo ( Read more... ) -
Biggest Little City
I miss Reno like an old friend. I miss walking along the river with the mountains in the background, getting a not-that-great coffee at Java Jungle, eating a crab cake bennie at Peg's, the rows of sad Lincoln Highway motels with their awesome neon signs and the Porno Pool, walking the streets of downtown and remembering where we found the cisterns ( Read more... ) -
Book covers - judging by - don't
It may make me a snob, but there are few things I hate more in life than having to use a Laundromat on a regular basis. No, I don't think I'm too good for the Laundromat. It just makes me feel like a sad failure at life ( Read more... ) -
Brooke Journal, August 19, 2014
Despite the fact that Brooke has been tied up and saddled hundreds of times, she still fidgeted and jumped around when I saddled her. She did this every time. I was so frustrated and I had no idea why she was doing it, what I was doing wrong, or how to stop it. I could walk off and leave her tied for ages and she would be fine, but she just wouldn' ( Read more... ) -
Brooke journal, April 5, 2015
High School Jen would be extremely disappointed in how slow my progress with Brooke has been. Despite the fact that she was barely halter broke when I got her, it seems like I should have had enough time to get her out on a trail by now. "Should" is a sneaky enemy, however. "Should" have, based on what? My comparison with some vague ideal, or based ( Read more... ) -
Revelations
Guy has struck up friendships with many neighbors that I had never even talked to before he moved in. Thanks to this, I recently learned that several of them had a "pet" nickname for my ex - they called him "The Bald Asshole". I found this hilarious until I realized that meant they probably used to have an uncomplimentary nickname for me, too. They ( Read more... )