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Personal and Professional Musings

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  • History Lessons

    I used to love rings. I couldn’t get enough of them. When my mom took me to the mall when I was young, I loved going into the Friendship Station, which was Solano Mall’s equivalent to a Hello Kitty store and I used to always eyeball the rings by the register because those were the…Keep…

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  • Seize that creature!

    Seize that creature!

    I am again attempting to get my house settled. It’s still a very slow process. But I’m trying to get on board with this whole house thing. Especially because it’s really the only thing that isn’t way awesome about living in the boot. I love everything else– the people, the food, the daily life. But…Keep…

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  • Overheard

    Overheard

    The scene: KK calls Colleen back CL: Hi dude. What are you doing? KK: Um, Adam and I just went over our ballots and discussed all the issues and made our decisions so we’re ready to vote tomorrow. What are you doing? CL: Ripping all my Debbie Gibson CDs to iTunes. Yep, that’s almost as…Keep…

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  • My tax dollars at work

    I have decided to vote via absentee ballot in Napa County in the upcoming elections mostly because I didn’t know I was moving to Louisiana until after the date to register elsewhere. So my parents forwarded my ballot onto me and I received it Saturday (cutting it close, I know). I sat down at my…Keep…

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  • Halloween on a Friday night in New Orleans. Not gonna lie, the idea kinda scared me. I don’t do well in crowds. Or at least driving towards them. I left my house around 10 and spent approximately 45 minutes driving to a destination 10 minutes away. I spent the majority of the time circling, looking…Keep…

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  • How to shop 2288 miles apart

    Tonight is Halloween, which (naturally) means that last night was spent looking for costume parts. I began my mission around 6:30, already feeling dejected and not at all enthused at the thought of having to take on the swarms of last-minute costume-shoppers like myself. I didn’t have anyone to shop with and that bummed me…Keep…

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