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So yesterday I was playing Bike Polo, which is amazingly awesome, for those of you who don't know, when my phone rang. I called back when I got off the field, and someone asked me if I had purchased a $500 stereo system with my paypal account while in Amsterdam. I've never been to Amsterdam, and I certainly wasn't there yesterday, so I said no, ( Read more... )

they just make it all SO much better.

Our fucking basement flooded. I bailed out the area near the basement door where the water was rushing in to the basement with one of my neighbors. I went inside to take a nice warm bath, and there's a fucking mouse in the fucking bathtub! I threw him/her outside rather than alert the dumbass cats to his/her presence.

what a night!

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So I took the train home this evening 'cuz it was crappy out and I was feeling lazy. For those of you who don't know, I live off the southern-most end of the Blue Line. I happened to have brought the book I'm reading with me, so I took my usual course of action which is to bury my nose in it. There were about 6 people in the car I was in. ( Read more... )

So life is pretty good. I feel really busy all the time, which I guess is ok, but I could really use some time to slow down. I can feel the bike season getting ready to explode into craziness, which I'm not ready for, but that's ok, 'cuz you're never ready. Sarah got a job at Rapid Transit with me, which is really cool, and Time Out is goin' ( Read more... )

So almost a week ago was the one year anniversary of the purchase of our building. Also, about two weeks ago was the second anniversary of the first date Sarah and I went on. Also also, Sarah's birthday is on Sunday. It seems that January is big month for us. I've been working a lot, I started delivering this magazine on Wed. Read more... )

brief update.

You can see some of what we've been doing lately on my FlickR account. http://www.flickr.com/photos/69755195@N00/

Pictures of our new bathroom counter, the basement bike pile, etc. Cat pictures might go up tomorrow if I have time.

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