Whispers in the Windstorm

• 13:03 @docmidnight Awesome. And yes, Park Ridge would be cool. #
• 13:08 @Joemoon37 @docmidnight Agreed on the west of O'Hare, but then there's Comix Revolution in Mt. Prospect. Which we've been to, and is meh. #
• 14:19 @docmidnight Didn't figure you would; the drive'd be too annoying for a frequent commute. #
• 21:25 @tallblackguy Thinking of getting some of these $5 MP3 albums... I spy Blue Note...! #
• 21:50 @tallblackguy Dude... 26 trax of the Duke for $5?!? Sign me the f'up. Thx for mentioning the Amazon mp3 deals...woudn't've known about it! #
• 21:51 @tallblackguy Just make sure your recipients have a sense of humor. :-) #
• 21:53 @tallblackguy Tried listening to samples from that album, and they sounded in serious need of remastering. How's it sound, really? #

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• 22:08 Listening to eighties music at the gl twentieth reunion. #
• 22:57 Twentieth reunion almost over #
• 00:20 Reunion is adjourning to delicious heights. I an just going home. #

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I really want to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving Day!! I hope you enjoyed your food!! ;D



Devin and I went to my Dad's house, it was a lot of fun! Albie was there too, and even Mom and Moe showed up right about when we were leaving. Eva and her sister cooked a TON of food. I got tostones!! No pics up yet from tonight... I'm still way behind, so enjoy Devin being adorable in her jammies :).

I am so thankful for so many things this year... This has been a BIG year for me. I am thankful for my family and friends and their support, for my new job, new car, belly dance, for my fabulous apartment, creativity, and last but FAR from least I am SO thankful for my daughter. I see these kids when I go out to the mall or BRU or whereever and I KNOW that I have a good, amazing, brilliant and well behaved daughter. She is absolutely the light of my life. There are a lot of challenges ahead of me, but overall I think I'm in a much better place than I was 1 year ago. Thank you!!

HALLOWEEN!!! We dress up, decorate in wonderful cats and bats and spiders, eat candy and NO GIFTS. And it's in Autumn, right before my fave season. What's not to love??

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• 07:48 Feh. Can't breathe lying down. Can't sleep sitting up. #
• 16:44 Fun fact: the more you need a neti pot, the grosser the result.\ #

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• 10:29 Feh. I'm coming down with something. #
• 10:49 I had the regular flu shot - what if this is swine flu !!eleventyone!!! #
• 14:13 Oooh. Brains are turning to ooze and dribbling down the back of my neck. #
• 19:18 Doc says not flu, gave me antibiotics. Unless a miracle happens, I think tomorrow will be a sick day. #

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A thought-provoking supposition on the nature of the internet counter to empathy. Courtesy of janiejynx




http://calacanis.com/2009/01/29/we-live-in-public-and-the-end-of-empathy/

Yeah, so... appearently I've been so busy that it turned out that I'd not uploaded any pics save her professional ones in 3 months o_O. So now I'm working on organizing and uploading. In the meantime here are some FAB pics from her 2nd birthday party.

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• 20:52 My #hero sixth edition books have arrived!!! #
• 21:21 Multimedia message flic.kr/p/7hp94y #
• 21:23 Clearly I have not yet mastered the art of flickr-tweeting photos. #

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I want to make this pattern SO BADLY, but it's not free...



It's SO CUTE. :P Hmm... it looks like it's just a whole bunch of popcorn bobble stitches. I could play with that. I'm just not sure how to START it. Hmm.

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• 19:52 Star Trek DVD arrived in the mail. #

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Whew!! As every year, here is my X-Mas wish list. I know everyone's broke and a lot of people have already invested a lot in me, but it was requested, so here it is. Enjoy :). For some reason, it was a lot of effort this year...

( Books )

( Movies )

( Electronics )

( CDs )

( Perfume Oils )

( Other )

( Stores I Like )

Devin's list:

( Books )

( Toys )

( Furniture )

( Movies )

( Music )

As far as clothes she's pretty good. She's in a size 24mo/2T and something like a 7 shoe. She could use some pajamas and maybe a winter jumper or 2. And apartment slppers. But really she's pretty good :).

Absolutely my daughter Devin. She's 2 and she's already a brilliant, loving, independent little personality. She is my life :).

Poking around the internet, I found a bunch of recipes to mimic the Lofthouse sugar cookies:
http://www.squidoo.com/sugarcookierecipes?utm_campaign=direct-discovery&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_source=VickiL
http://www.toastyfrog.net/2007/09/09/sugar-cookies/
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&thread_id=2007754

But... what *I* wanna mimic is their Cinnamon Frosted Pumpkin Mini Cookies!!! I don't like frosting, and I ADORE this one. AND Devin loves them so much she asks for "pumpkin cookies" all the time, hehe. I'd love to be able to make these myself...

Damn you, Jewel. Damn you.

I had SO MANY ideas...

1. The toy fair at Navy Pier.
2. Nature Museum in Lincoln Park.
3. Swimming here in the complex.
4. Mall wandering/playplace, though more dangerous now that it's getting closer to the holidays.
5. Legoland.
6. Long Grove.
7. Or just chilling here and watching movies.

Due to the extreme lack of funds, swimming wins!!

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• 08:33 My brother thinks I should visit his household for more than babysitting. Radical thought. #

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• 08:21 Ah, there my keys are! What a difference daylight makes. Discombobulates my whole day anyway, though. #
• 17:50 I am watching my neice! Like i an an adult or something! #
• 20:15 The little one is in bed. #

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This morning I luckily watched this: Today Show- Senate cracks down on sneaky membership club dues.

About 6 months ago I bought some movie tickets from Fandango.com and clicked yes to sign up for a e-mail list that was supposed to get me 10 bucks back. I gave them my crap e-mail address and thought nothing of it. Now what happened was they took my credit card information from fandango and have been charging me 12 bucks a month for the past 6 months. I feel completely used by this crap.

Thanks Today show for investigating this and thanks to the senate for cracking down on this crap.

Luckily, I called up reservation rewards and got my refund for the past 6 months. I hope that this stops, because it's rediculous.

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• 17:02 Just finished watching Waters of Mars. So... um... right, then. #

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• 11:03 is at Space View Park! Lots of people here already, & some have been here for hours. #
• 11:04 @hawkshadow is being interviewed by local channel 13 news. :-) #
• 13:45 is still @ Space View Park, having seen the shuttle launch. Still lots of people here. Lots of cheers during the launch. #
• 15:41 is now stuck in traffic headed to Orlando. contemplating bailing back to Titisville for supper. #
• 15:42 Thig is, we waited 2 hrs to leave so the traffic could die down. #
• 16:13 just watched a tour bus do a 3-point U-turn on hwy 520. We bailed out of the 20mph traffic to this alt.route. #
• 16:22 and we've hit another traffic jam. Hopefully it #
• 16:23 is just standard local rush hr stuff. #
• 16:25 weird traffic in these parts. #
• 17:14 @tallblackguy *virtual hugs* Hang in there, dude. #
• 17:17 "Why do I find it do hard to write the next line / Cause I want the truth to be said" ...#nanowrimo #musicmonday #
• 17:18 gah, typos. #
• 18:33 thinks it is beyond weird to see Christmas decor when it feels like summer. #

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