Monthly Archives: June 2004

Bummer.

Posted on June 4, 2004 | Leave a comment

I fell asleep on the couch., I probably missed the dinner at the end of the year get together for work, but I still wanted to check out the entertainment/dance. So I ran upstairs to shower and must have lain down for just a minute… Well it’s way too late now (that was a few hours ago). Rats…

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One more week..

Posted on June 4, 2004 | Leave a comment

It’s been crazy the last few weeks. Lot’s of late nights at work, I’ve been doing 6-8 sessions with teachers, graduation and the end of the year get together is tonight and tomorrow I have a doctor’s appointment and then I had a 12-2 session with more teachers. Most of the staff will be gone for the summer in a week but it’ll still be busy. Lots of end of the year stuff (our fiscal year starts July 1) and then stuff to start the new year. Hopefully a vacation in July! :)

The get together tonight will be nice, it’s like a wedding reception but instead of a Bride & Groom, we have retiree’s. And we’ve got a great band, L’usa whom I normally go to see when they play at the local restaurants/bars/clubs.

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Senior Quote

Posted on June 3, 2004 | 2 comments

Today was graduation. I get to sit on the stage since I’m an administrator for the district. I was just going to comment on the class quote but now that I’m thinking about it I’ll tell you why this was extra emotional for graduation. I started this job three and a half years ago, just a few months before there was an accident in front of the school and one of the students died while crossing the street. That was shortly after they all just started a new high school. There were lots of speeches that mentioned her and a poem read by three of the women who then presented her father with a degree for her. Lots of tears and smeared mascara. I was very glad to be there tonight.

But back to the class quote, it was something like:

Your life isn’t measured by the number of breaths you take.
It’s measured by the number of times your breath is taken away.

I do wonder how my life will be measured by others in the future and I really liked how this made me think about how I measure my life.

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Would you like that Grandmother Unleaded?

Posted on June 3, 2004 | 1 comment

Two little girls (and mom) are in front of me in line at the store. They were probably 4 and 5 (and mom was holding a little one) and they were bouncing and I chatted with them a little bit. Then when they were checking out mom said they were going to Grandma’s and one of the girls said “which one?” Mom responded with “Regular Grandma” . What made the answer extra funny was the kids knew exactly who she was talking about…

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A Special Google page

Posted on June 2, 2004 | Leave a comment

Macintosh specific google search page! With a fancy Google logo. Very nice.

Speaking of Apple, have you seen Steve Jobs’ web log? And speaking of Google and blogs they have a blog too!

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Coincidence or Should I go play the Lotto?

Posted on June 2, 2004 | Leave a comment

So I’m reading along enjoying LoveLeLisa’s LiveJournal and she’s talking about a song. hoobastankWhich as I’m reading it sounds like a Dido song and I’ve practically got the music in my head to go with it. But (of course) I can’t find anything about it on-line anywhere, because if I did there really wouldn’t be much of a story here now would there?

So I finally figure out that Hoobastank is the group so I go to the iTunes store (do you shop there? it’s way fun and they have weekly free songs now!) and immediately get distracted (there is a point here, I promise) because I see Avril’s new album, I’m not a big fan but she’s been making a big deal about “not being so angry” since she eats less fast food (and junk) now, so I figure I’ll listen to some of the 30 second clips. And in the sidebar where they list ‘people who bought this album also bought…’ it says (you got it) Hoobastank – The Reason. What are the odds? Accidentally finding it before I actually searched for it?!?

So needless to say, Apple got 99 cents from me and I’m downloading it as I write you this message.

(Oh, and now I see it’s on their top 10 list, so maybe not such a coincidence, but I never listen to the radio so what do I know…? Besides, now I have this nice hotlinked message and it’s be a bit since I posted more than a sentence unless it was a meme.)

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Company! – HomeWork

Posted on June 2, 2004 | 1 comment

The phone rings. You’ve got unexpected company coming over in an hour! Look around your house. Is it company-ready? What can you do in an hour to get it up to the level that would make you comfortable? Pickup newspapers, magazines and dirty dishes. Close (shove) the laundry room door shut. Clean the mail (etc.) off the dining room table. Get the junk off the bathroom counter and I’m done (enough).

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Favorite Reads – Chick Chat

Posted on June 1, 2004 | 1 comment
1. Fav. Author?:
Neil Gaiman? Peter David? Jonathan Kellerman? Patricia Cornwell?
2. Fav. Book?:
So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane or Lightning by Dean Koonz…
3. Fav. Blog?:
Sarah who is definitely a SassyPants and Melissa who is Anything but Ordinary.
4. Fav. Website?:
SlickDeals and DealMac.
5. Fav. Magazine?:
I really like my two science magazines: Scientific American and M.I.T.’s Technology Review. Both of which are expiring but I thought I renewed with airline miles…

From Chick Chat which asked questions that didn’t require me to expose too much of my feminine side this week…

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