This is a very exciting morning for me. I got up early(ish), worked out with my weights video, and then cooked myself a bowl of oatmeal, which I’m now eating while watching this interview with The Fireman (Paul McCartney and Youth):

This may not be so exciting for you, but it is for me. [...]

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Actually, I’m watching Lost on the G4 network. And I’m procrastinating; I don’t even want to go to bed because that would be like admitting the weekend is over. What the what?
Anyway, I thought, since I’m up, I’d update the blog. Last week, I had a few vacation days to use (I [...]

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Four years ago, I watched (on tv, of course) a young senator speak at the Democratic Convention. I turned to my sister with tears streaming down my face and said, “This man will be president one day.”
I voted for him this morning.

My vote!
I didn’t even think Barack Obama would run in 2008; I figured [...]

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Well, early for me. But I had enough time to move my car from the street so I wouldn’t get a ticket as well as work out! So that’s done for today, and that’s good.
In other exciting news, my dress for my brother’s wedding (which is next weekend) arrived in the mail yesterday. [...]

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1) Bad drivers. Why do you drive so far under the speed limit? If the limit is 55 mph, I expect to be going at least 60, not 40. And why don’t you turn on your lights when it’s raining? And it’s a MERGE lane, not a come-to-a-complete-stop lane.
2) When people [...]

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1) Working full-time and still being broke.
2) Hygiene confusion: Why do so many women at work brush their teeth 900 times a day but can’t seem to remember to use soap to wash their hands?
3) Spanish. Except for the word for retirement: jubilación. Those Spanish speakers got that one right.
4) Being able to [...]

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Or mine. As if it being 95 degrees isn’t enough, it’s oppressively humid outside. It’s so humid, in fact, that it’s hard for me to step outside without my lungs feeling like they’re about to burst (”America or burst!” Five points to anyone who gets that reference…except for Miriam, who knows why [...]

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OK, I get it. Most of you don’t want to answer a survey. That’s fine. Instead of waiting for more answers, I thought I’d update you on my human behavior study: still not a lot of friendliness while I run. But I have seen a few interesting folks on my street.

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