Monthly Archives: July 2009

I stopped playing Bejeweled long enough to post this

I’ve been meaning to do this post for a while. Like 8 months. I got my (first) iPhone a year ago (and since upgraded to a 3GS and sold my old one for $130 more than my new one cost). … Continue reading

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CO.VET.

Dave and I have this ghetto cd-player alarm clock that we use as our clock in the bedroom. I want to replace it but hadn’t found anything worthy. I mean, sure, there was this nice looking clock, or cool vintage … Continue reading

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Goals

Perhaps this hasn’t escaped your attention, but I’m not exactly a Type-A person. My cousin’s wife is. We graduated the same year and she got a great job after college and by 26, owned a 3-story home off Allen Parkway. … Continue reading

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Well, at least I knocked

So remember when I said I’d try and “see if the door opened?” It didn’t. I wasn’t even selected for an interview. And so that’s a fairly clear message. I was surprisingly disappointed for a girl who felt like she … Continue reading

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So where in Austin can I afford to live?

So I’m feeling better about Austin. I drove straight to the potential future job this morning and still wasn’t feeling better. I walked in and felt defeated and unmotivated. Then I met with a potential future coworker and we toured … Continue reading

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Where are you, inner compass? That, or I'm ignoring it.

So there’s this job opportunity. My instincts were not to apply for it, because I love where I’m at so much. But my instincts were also not to apply for my job at my current location because I felt like … Continue reading

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Beyond Snobby

You know you have crossed the line of snobby when you look at this bar of soap and think: “I bet that has Yellow #5. Or sodium laurel sulfate.”

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