This is sorta longish: You have been forewarned.
In the process of moving I came across photographs and letters that Amanda and I had exchanged through the years we were together. This briefly stirred up memories and emotions best left forgotten. I was shocked to find these items; I thought I had diligent in removing these items. All I anticipated I would find were the items that I have saved which were hers intending to return them. She never responded to me, and they've now been tossed. I would have done that earlier, but the bag got buried under a pile of unused gear. The experience was brief, a flash of sadness, then anger, before I disposed of these unwanted mementos of a bygone era in my life.
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I have been incredibly annoyed by a trend that I have observed in society, particularly through this medium. I hate to say it, but I feel like such a conservative because of this: I hate that everyone thinks that their opinion is of value. I get it at work, I get it on message boards, thank the gods that I don't get it from most of my friends. It's really annoying when someone tosses an idea around that is completely asinine. I won't bother with specifics -- I am quite certain that we can all think of an instance that stands out for ourselves.
When the asshat has their opinion challenge, they will positively bristle, and some will even argue that since it is their opinion, it is just as valid as any other opinion. If you're going to have an outrageous opinion, try to present some supporting evidence. Otherwise, deal with it when people challenge your opinion. Better still, think about what you're saying before you fucking say it.
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I'm getting over my cold. I'm almost without any noted symptoms. With a little luck I might be ready to tear it up tomorrow for the housewarming party. There's a woman that my roommate invited that I want to see, and I want to be healthy enough to take on some late night entertaining. We were planning on a clam bake, but I haven't been able to find any clams for a reasonable price around here, and there were no quantities of clams. I suppose it might be too late into the season for there to be quantities of clam available. I guess we'll be preparing burgers and hotdogs, and for me, the veggie version of each. It's largely a BYOB thing, which works for me, since it's cheaper, and we can't be accused of serving should someone get stupid.
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The Mets choked HUGE down the stretch, giving up a seven game lead with fifteen remaining. I don't know that a collapse of that magnitude had ever occurred throughout the history of major league baseball.
At least the BoSox won their division, and they got a great start last night against the Halos. Beckett with a shutout - SWEET!
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I have a lot of plans for this weekend. In addition to the housewarming thing tomorrow night there are plans with a couple of friends that I used to work with who have since moved into greener pastures. We might be chilling early on, then we'll be going out for a few drinks later in the night. Of course, that conflicts with the LSU Florida game, but I figured that whereever we go for drinks (with one exception) will have the game playing on at least one television. I'll catch updates there until I get back home from my evening with friends.
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I think that this computer is coming near to shitting the bed. It was hit by lightning this summer at my mother's house. The repair guy indicated that the modem was fried, but the wireless still worked on her. Of course, I knew all of this. He couldn't find any other problems with the computer, but my mother has full replacement on her insurance policy. She believes that I should get money to replace this, if that is the case, I'm going to be getting a MacBook sooner than later.
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With that, I think I'm up to date. I did my best to be concise.
In the process of moving I came across photographs and letters that Amanda and I had exchanged through the years we were together. This briefly stirred up memories and emotions best left forgotten. I was shocked to find these items; I thought I had diligent in removing these items. All I anticipated I would find were the items that I have saved which were hers intending to return them. She never responded to me, and they've now been tossed. I would have done that earlier, but the bag got buried under a pile of unused gear. The experience was brief, a flash of sadness, then anger, before I disposed of these unwanted mementos of a bygone era in my life.
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I have been incredibly annoyed by a trend that I have observed in society, particularly through this medium. I hate to say it, but I feel like such a conservative because of this: I hate that everyone thinks that their opinion is of value. I get it at work, I get it on message boards, thank the gods that I don't get it from most of my friends. It's really annoying when someone tosses an idea around that is completely asinine. I won't bother with specifics -- I am quite certain that we can all think of an instance that stands out for ourselves.
When the asshat has their opinion challenge, they will positively bristle, and some will even argue that since it is their opinion, it is just as valid as any other opinion. If you're going to have an outrageous opinion, try to present some supporting evidence. Otherwise, deal with it when people challenge your opinion. Better still, think about what you're saying before you fucking say it.
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I'm getting over my cold. I'm almost without any noted symptoms. With a little luck I might be ready to tear it up tomorrow for the housewarming party. There's a woman that my roommate invited that I want to see, and I want to be healthy enough to take on some late night entertaining. We were planning on a clam bake, but I haven't been able to find any clams for a reasonable price around here, and there were no quantities of clams. I suppose it might be too late into the season for there to be quantities of clam available. I guess we'll be preparing burgers and hotdogs, and for me, the veggie version of each. It's largely a BYOB thing, which works for me, since it's cheaper, and we can't be accused of serving should someone get stupid.
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The Mets choked HUGE down the stretch, giving up a seven game lead with fifteen remaining. I don't know that a collapse of that magnitude had ever occurred throughout the history of major league baseball.
At least the BoSox won their division, and they got a great start last night against the Halos. Beckett with a shutout - SWEET!
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I have a lot of plans for this weekend. In addition to the housewarming thing tomorrow night there are plans with a couple of friends that I used to work with who have since moved into greener pastures. We might be chilling early on, then we'll be going out for a few drinks later in the night. Of course, that conflicts with the LSU Florida game, but I figured that whereever we go for drinks (with one exception) will have the game playing on at least one television. I'll catch updates there until I get back home from my evening with friends.
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I think that this computer is coming near to shitting the bed. It was hit by lightning this summer at my mother's house. The repair guy indicated that the modem was fried, but the wireless still worked on her. Of course, I knew all of this. He couldn't find any other problems with the computer, but my mother has full replacement on her insurance policy. She believes that I should get money to replace this, if that is the case, I'm going to be getting a MacBook sooner than later.
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With that, I think I'm up to date. I did my best to be concise.