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Well, It's almost 1PM and I'm just starting to really wake up after having my first cup of coffee and that much needed morning cigarette (or afternoon) I stayed up till somewhere around 7AM trying to come up with a way to pay the bills and keep my business going long enough for me to take my trip to Chicago next week.

The problem is...
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I think this is the longest I've gone without spending much time here.. I've just been very stressed out lately and things seem to be getting worse instead of better..

I did something very stupid tonight in an attempt to get caught up with some bills. I played in a cash game (texas holdem) with the last $300 I had to my name, thinking I'd...
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Well, since I have nothing interesting to say today, I thought people might enjoy this. The following is a copy of Michael Moore's letter to George W. Bush regarding the disaster in New Orleans:

Friday, September 2nd, 2005

Dear Mr. Bush:

Any idea where all our helicopters are? It's Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and need to be...
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So I'm really bummed! One of my favorite musicians, RL. Burnside passed away this week and I just found out about it earlier while listening to the blues show on XPN.

I'm also bummed that I'm not going to the play party I was supposed to tonight.. Life just blows today! Oh well...

I guess it's not all bad.. I met some cool people this...
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I'm happy! I'm going back home to Chicago for a week!! I'm even getting paid while I'm there!!! I get to design, build, and install a music and movie server for a home theater system. This should only take me a few days, then the rest of the time spent in Chicago will be vacation.

I really need this vacation and I miss Chicago a...
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It's 4AM and I should be sleeping, but I can't.. I've got some major decisions to make and I'm not sure what to do. I have an oportunity to move back to Chicago, but for some damn reason I keep having second thoughts...

I'm going nuts out here, maybe it's because I live out in Plymouth Meeting in this big house all by myself, but...
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Well, after having missed a lot of sleep and doing a lot of thinking, things are a bit more clear to me.. My brother has made it very clear that he is by no means ready to get help or even try to be responsible. He finaly called me and asked if I could lend him $300, which I refused knowing that he would immediately...
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Arrrrgghhhhh!!! It's 6AM and I can't sleep!! I'm really pissed off at a certain friend who blew me off yesterday,

I hope the cat I was supposed to adopt is ok, and I hope I can get downtown soon to pick her up.. I'm so horrible at being where I'm supposed to be, when I'm supposed to be there..

Hmmm.. I really have no idea...
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I'm having one of those really bad ADD days... NOTHING is getting done, including me packing for NYC, which should have been done hours ago. Oh well..

Looks like I'm going to adopt another cat, I think Malachai will be very happy about it.. Now he's going to have a friend.

I really should not be here lusting over Al's new set and blithering...
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That was a very long night... I didn't go to bed till nearly 9:30 this morning.. I wish I could sleep for another 3 hours, but I have some work to do tonight.

I went to the coffee shop a half an hour ago and ran into my ex, which is usually never a good way to start a day.. She looked really good, seemed...
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I was very happy this morning when I checked my business account ballance and it read $9,462.14!!! WOOHOO!!!! I finaly got paid from 3 clients + a deposit on a new job! Now I get to play catch up on Monday to make up for all the crap I couldn't do while I was broke. I have to order parts for the new job as...
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