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Huzzah!

Apr

9

2008

Fourteen months after deciding I wanted one, and deciding I should get one at Best Buy because I had a big store credit there, I FINALLY found a Best Buy with Wiis in stock at a time when I could actually afford one. After the last time I came close to getting a Wii eight ...

The Return of Employment 4

Mar

12

2008

Well, I cracked. I had resisted taking a PA job for three months, since I didn’t want to take a minor step back professionally just because I didn’t want to sit around the house all day. That resistance came crashing down yesterday when a friend emailed looking to replace herself, and I’ll be working on ...

One Year Later 1

Feb

17

2008

A year ago this weekend, I got on the scale, and the number I saw almost made my eyes bug out of my head. I’d had to greatly reduce my gym time because of my ongoing foot problems, and I hit a number I’d sworn I’d never let myself hit. I saw that number, and ...

Ding Dong 2

Feb

12

2008

The Strike is dead.

Let’s Never Fight Again Hugs Computer

Feb

7

2008

Hooray! My computer is back! What makes me really happy is that they didn’t wipe my hard drive, so I’m pretty much back up and running immediately, with the exception of a few files I had to move around from the external drive I was saving everything to while I was using the temporary computer. ...

Bad News/Good News

Jan

29

2008

I got a call from the folks at Apple about my computer today. The bad news is, because I have a matte screen on my MacBook Pro and will not even consider getting a glossy screen, they won’t have a part in until Feb 7th, and won’t have my computer back to me until Feb. ...

One Down, Two To Go

Nov

28

2007

Broadway stagehands: Followers when it comes to calling strikes (having called theirs about a week into the WGA strike), but let’s hope they’re leaders when it comes to settling them. Now it’s down to the main body of the WGA and the CBS news writers. It’s at least a somewhat hopeful portent, and for the ...

A Light At The End of The Tunnel

Nov

16

2007

Let’s just hope it’s not an oncoming train. Although at this point, I consider the two sides sitting in the same room, staring hatefully across the table at each other for eight hours to be a giant step in the right direction. If they actually to get this shit settled, it’ll be a Christmas miracle.

A Sense of Accomplishment 1

Sep

26

2007

I’ve lost 27 pounds since mid-February, despite a three-month break from the gym for two casts and a surgery. That’s good, but it’s not what I’m proud of. What I’m proud of is that finally, nine months into 2007, I’ve finally finished reading 2006 issues of Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, and Entertainment Weekly. If I keep ...

Hobblin’

Jun

26

2007

The cast is off! Sadly, I still can’t itch the scar because I’m still gauzed up, but at least the stitches are out (that, by the way, hurt like a motherfucker) and I can wash three weeks worth of crap off my leg. It’s still pretty goddamn sore, and I can see a gigantic bruise ...