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I always have a hard time naming my characters when I write fiction; everything I come up with sounds horrible to me.

For the stories I’ve been working on for my thesis (”The First Time I Kicked a Dog, a.k.a. “The dog novel”, a.k.a. “the girls”) I stole an idea from Matt Groening and named all characters after streets in Portland (except for one character).

I have an e-mail account I use only for certain registrations that I think will generate a ton of spam. Occasionally, I sign in and clean up the accounts. While I was doing so today, I realized something: Spammers use great names! So, I’ve decided my spam-account needs to be checked more often, so I can steal names to use for my characters in my stories.

I’m glad I’ve come up with another method. I can’t wait to create Flossie Sharp and Chris Ducklow! I’m gonna fuck their shit up!

As some of you know, I’m no longer associated with the last lupus website I posted about. Here’s my own creation!

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“Look, I’m a woman, so I like Hillary. I’m black; I like Obama. But I’m also grumpy, so I like John McCain.”

I got an e-mail response to my bitch about the pharmacy at Fred Meyer. I submitted my name, postal address, and e-mail, but I didn’t give them my phone number (although they could get it from my account with the pharmacy if they really wanted it).

We’ll see what happens next…Anyway, here’s the letter.
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Things that make me very unhappy right now:

1. -This rash on my arms and the scars it’s causing.
2. -Having to waste my time figuring out how to get rid of the snakeoil.dom virus.
3. -Not hearing back from the part-time jobs I’ve applied for.
4. -The letter I got from school, informing me of a tuition increase of 4.3%… because I’m not spending enough for graduate school at a private institution.
5. -The fact that I screwed up by taking out the stitch in my arm early.
6. -Having the stitch I put in myself with sewing thread untie and fall out within a couple of hours after I put it in. (It’s hard to tie a knot in a stitch with one hand).
7. -All (unpaid!) work and no play.

Things that make me happy:

1. -Q-tips.
2. -Skin Shield Liquid Bandage.
3. -Losing ~10lbs so far on my current diet.
4. -The Triamcinolone Acetonide Ointment that seems to make my rash on my arms better.
5. -Stopping the snakeoil.dom certificate from coming up.
      5a. Only having to spend ~15 minutes to figure it out.
6. -Getting rid of some of my stuff (and earning some cashish) on Half.com.
7. -Knowing that I’m very close to finishing up all the tasks required by the business of my life.
8. -My friends. I have the best friends in the whole wide world.

I ♥ bored, 14-year-old white boys in the suburbs. I really do.

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The older I get, the less I tolerate crappy customer service. I do give some leeway, depending on the situation. But I’m really done giving the Burlingame Fred Meyer pharmacy a pass…
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Getting Rid of Clutter, or, Why Do I Own Two Copies of Siamese Dream and Nevermind?

This diet means I had to cut way back on the candy and cheese products. What kind of life is that?

I can’t wait to lose the weight so I can eat and get fat again.

Finally! I was able to get some decent pictures of my remodel. Full set of pictures are here.