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Since the car explosion episode I am becoming acquainted with the bus system. Which is a bit of an adventure. I could cab, but I like cabbing less than the bus (except in a real city). At least on the bus you can make up stories about all the wierdos.

I've been trying to listen to some of the new music coming out. I find...
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My car exploded this morning. It has been freezing cold, so I rev it a little in the morning to get her going. Well, this morning there were explosions. Large smoldering chunks coughed out of the tail-pipe along with sparks and flames. I think maybe my car leads a double life, driving recklessly without me in the middle of the night. My mechanic told me...
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Manko is the fourth rice crispy. If you listen really really closely to the commercial it says "snap, crackle, pop, manko. . .rice crispies."

This weekend I imbibed alcohol, read, and got my car stuck in the driveway. That's right, my own driveway. It died across the sidewalk on an incline. Brill.

I don't know what is happening to me but I decided to bake...
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Yesterday it snowed so mightily that everyone stayed home. I spent the day getting new music and reading. I finished Lost Illusion and now I'm on to Tristam Shandy.

Agent Provocateur finally refunded me for a few, ahem, articles that I tried to get from them. Next time I try to buy something I'm going to go to the store.

I want to go snowboarding!...
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Every third Wednesday I choose where our workgroup goes to lunch. This is a highly sensitive decision. Usually, I try to choose something as awful and campy as I can. (Quaker Steak& Lube). Today I chose World Buffet. Not just Chinese, ladies and gentlemen, WORLD.

I have absolutely nothing to report. I spent the evening drinking champagne and reading Lost Ilussions. The book is taking...
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I lost my work cellphone this morning. I've already been home once to check if I left it there. I know I had it this morning. Ridiculous.

I'm going a little stir crazy.

It is very difficult finding a barista who can make a dry capuccino.

Happy Valentines!

My weekend was quiet. I spent a lot of it reading Lost Illusions and eating Indian food. My grandfather is on his deathbed and I'm more or less in limbo waiting for the funeral phone call.

I watched Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man. They should play the documentary as an anti-drugs after school special.

I went through my cd collection and decided to get rid of...
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I woke up early and went to the bakery to get donuts for work. I hadn't been to this bakery in over 5 years ( I used to go at bartime when I was younger). The co-workers seem to be enjoying them.

I watched Curse of the Wererabbit last night. Very creative. I enjoyed the shivering rabbits most of all.

Some of my friends are...
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My apartment is cold. Not only is it cold, but when the crazy eastern european woman does laundry at 6 AM, the rest of the building doesn't have hot water. Exhibit this morning: Waking, cold. Shower, cold. Now I'm at work in my office: also, inexplicably cold. Last night I ate some Indonesian peanut stew (recipe found in Waitrose) and wrote a letter to my...
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I watched Million Dollar Baby last night. I was suprised at how formulaic, how much like a Hallmark Sunday night special it was. Sure, it pulled me along, but it wasn't any sort of masterpiece. In fact, it was just a pile of tired cliches.

Then I watched Last Tango in Paris again. One of the best, most bizarre movies ever made.

I think I'm...
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I stayed out until about 8 AM Friday night. On Saturday I woke up still sort of dizzy and drunk around 4PM. I had an art party to attend and then a b-day after that. Somehow I made it through both. Sunday was a bit more normal. I cooked and read. My new bass arrived so I put new strings on it and played most...
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It is Friday. Finally.