I'm getting panicky about money. At the end of spring semester, I cut down dramatically on work to leave myself available for full-time dissertation writing. I never made a huge amount of money, and we were doing more or less...
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This country's going to hell in a handbasket. I've always had this idea that where I should really live is on a commune. Really. I want to buy a small, rustic inn somewhere near a lake, and then invite people...
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My hair is getting out of control. It's way too long for this cut, largely because it's short and layered, but I haven't been to see Grace in nearly eight weeks. The last time it got this way, a friend...
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Original Plan: 11:30 - Leave for Claremont to pick up friend 12:15 - Leave Claremont for Redlands 1:00 - 3:00 - Attend baby shower 3:45 ish - Drop off friend in Claremont 4:30 ish - Arrive at home. Stop by...
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So, today, I: Went to my friend Kelly's apartment, because it's been way too long since I've seen her. We went to have lunch on the Third Street Promenade. A pigeon stole one of my fries. Next, we went and...
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There was Shiner Bock, and there was a Lakers game. "Nobody's screwing up Medvedenko's name," I remarked, a little glum. "It just rolls off their tongues effortlessly." "Yeah, I miss Chick Hearn, too," said Jeff. And then there was tea,...
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I met this guy in Eugene, Oregon on my way up to Seattle nearly six months ago. His name was Aaron. I had ended up hanging out with two women at a bar, and the three of us went...
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"I need to search your bag," said the security man at LAX. And so he did. He opened it up, poked through my makeup bag, made sure I didn't have any nailclippers, inspected my shampoo bottle, looked at my medications....
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We had sushi last night (they call it a "sushi counter" here), and ended up sitting in between a guy from Texas who works for Dell on one side, and a surgeon and his girlfriend on the other. We all...
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Yesterday, we got up reasonably early and took a cab over to Orchard Road, which is a large shopping area. We didn't do a whole lot of shopping; we mostly just wandered aimlessly and took pictures. To cross one of...
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I was going to take a cooking class at the Raffles Culinary Academy on Wednesday morning, but I decided against it—the class was going to focus on "spa cuisine," which sounded good, but wasn't exactly what I was hoping for....
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On Monday, I stayed relatively close to our hotel, as I was tired of gimping about painfully, and I thought a bit of rest might help. I headed over to Raffles, a hotel that is a big colonial landmark. I...
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We're exhausted but home. Because the time change is so drastic, we left at about 10 am on Saturday morning in Singapore and ended up arriving in Los Angeles at 11 am on Saturday. Total flight time back was about...
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