- I really hate pets right now. I want to get rid of all the ones in this house but they aren’t mine. If I had my way, I would get rid of them all.
- I need a new laptop. This one is three years old and it keeps freezing on me. It heats up and shuts off on me, too. And I got it when 60 GB was a lot but now it isn’t. I’d like to have a larger hard drive so I don’t have to keep carrying an external drive with me. One day.
- California. I really like it here. It has it’s drawbacks: it’s crowded; it’s very expensive; it’s too far from the east coast; and on and on. BUT, I like it. If I could find a nice spot where it wasn’t as crowded and a lot less expensive to live, I would go there. I really like this coast.
- I should read more. I have a lot of books that I’ve gotten and have not read. There is also a long list of books that I would like to go out and get but it’s so expensive to buy books. I did discover a used book store last week so I think it’s time to head over there with a list of books I’d like to have and a $ limit on what I will spend. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
- Email forwards are such crap! I really dislike them. (I’m trying not to use the word hate today.) I wish people would not send them. I especially dislike the ones that end with that little nagging threat that even though I know it’s not true, I kind of feel like I have to forward the dumb thing so that a herd of elephants does not run through my bedroom or so that my daughters aren’t horribly injured because I didn’t send it on. Yeah. You know the ones.
- Family is family. We can’t pick them. Sometimes I wish I could pick my family but then I realize that if I did that, I would have no one to blame but myself when the whole clan revolts against me or becomes revolting to me.
- Blogging is fun but it sometimes feels like a responsibility. I guess it is–a responsibility to myself.
- Writing long hand fills a different need than writing on the laptop or on the desktop. Long hand lets the thoughts flow from my mind to my hand to my pen to the ink to the paper and to my eye. Somehow it is quite different from writing/composing on a word processor. I should write long hand more often.
- Reality shows suck.
- I should listen to music more often. I guess that means I should listen to a radio so that I can get newer music. It doesn’t do a lot of good to listen to my own music on CD or on my iPod because the point is to get exposure to different music—music that is new to me.
- I wish I could be mean to the cats. I can’t. It would be like being mean to an innocent child and I can’t ever do that, either. I’d rather be mean to me.
- I want flowers. I think I will go buy some for myself soon. I haven’t gotten any in a long, long time. The kids (well mostly Tina) used to get them for me on Mother’s Day and on my birthday but I haven’t gotten any since my birthday in 2006. Yeah. I think I’m going to get a yellow bouquet of something cheap. Maybe on the weekend.
13. I like salad. Some people hate it but I really like it. I like salads as entrees. One of my favorites is a Greek salad. I haven’t had one in a long time, though. Hhmmm. I think I’ll have one tomorrow. I have to go to the grocery store later. I’ll get salad stuff.
Wasted Days And Wasted Nights 
I agree on so much! I need a laptop (not a new one, just a laptop). Writing long hand is therapeutic. I hate emails forwards. And reality shows really do suck!
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1. If my cats pee in the clean laundry again, they will be dead.
4. The public library is a wonderful thing. Also, archive.org has all sorts of neat stuff (though I like the feel of a book so I don’t use it much).
5. Miracle of miracles! The last two email forwards that I’ve got I’ve liked. I agree with those threat/reward things feeling icky. I get the same feeling from blogmemes. (Can you believe I’m commenting on a Thursday 13? I guess it is voluntary).
7. Just do what you want.
8. I’ve been doing so much of that lately my fingers are sore.
9. I believe you. I’m glad I don’t watch TV.
10. I think the point is to enjoy stuff. If listening to your own stuff does that, then keep doing it. (I know what you mean though — sometimes I just want something new (but not crap which is a little hard to find on the radio)).
12. My date brought me flowers last night. Woooie. I win. And, we laughed and laughed and laughed at the movie.
13. I have a theory about people who don’t eat salad. It involves insults and swearing. That’s all I’ll say about it today.
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Gee! I really AM surprised you’re commenting here, ABS. And it makes sense!
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Yum, Greek Salad. Pets are my pet-peeve at the moment also.
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I hate email forwards, especially from people who don’t delete the million previous forwarding messages. Thanks for the list!
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I delete emailforwards without reading them.
I completely agree about writing longhand. I always write anything important with pencil and paper, then type it up afterwards.
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1. I like pets. I want another one. I have to talk C into it, though. I’m sorry that the ones in your house are driving you crazy.
2. If you do get a new laptop, get a mac. They live longer, and they’re faster. They cost more up front, but in the long run they’re a better value.
3. I like California too, although my only real experience with it has been hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail. I cannot wait to get back out there and finish the trail.
4. Check out paperbackswap.com, frugalreader.com, and bookmooch.com. I know I’ve written about them in my blog before, but I absolutely love them.
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I just came upon your blog from Grandmother Wren. I was intrigued because I have a daughter named Corina and I have never met anyone else with her name, let alone spelled the same. Sounds goofy, but I wanted to “meet” you. People tell me all the time what a beautiful name I gave my daughter. Your mama did too!
Happy TT! Mine is up too.
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This was real. Very very real. Bravo.
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Oh wow! I made sense. I’m losing my touch. Thanks though. I do like being understood some of the time.
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Nice ramble. I need to do this one week. I really agree about the forwarded email’s. I just hit the delete button anymore. The threats are way over the top. Have a great TT. 🙂
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You see why I never forward emails…
I feel for you. Can we trade places for a week? I think we’d both feel so much better.
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After this past winter, I think I’d like to try living in California. I’ve had enough snow and ice to last me, well, at least a few years.
I don’t like email forwards, either, and was just complaining about that this morning. A friend I’d been out of touch with for a few years got my email address and all she sends are forwards. It would be nice if she’d just write a hello or something.
I like salads, too. Especially Greek salads. Yum!
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I like to remind folks what Yeats said about pets. Be free to forward this to all your friends:
38. Two Songs of a Fool
I
A SPECKLED cat and a tame hare
Eat at my hearthstone
And sleep there;
And both look up to me alone
For learning and defence 5
As I look up to Providence.
I start out of my sleep to think
Some day I may forget
Their food and drink;
Or, the house door left unshut, 10
The hare may run till it’s found
The horn’s sweet note and the tooth of the hound.
I bear a burden that might well try
Men that do all by rule,
And what can I 15
That am a wandering witted fool
But pray to God that He ease
My great responsibilities?
II
I slept on my three-legged stool by the fire,
The speckled cat slept on my knee; 20
We never thought to enquire
Where the brown hare might be,
And whether the door were shut.
Who knows how she drank the wind
Stretched up on two legs from the mat, 25
Before she had settled her mind
To drum with her heel and to leap:
Had I but awakened from sleep
And called her name she had heard,
It may be, and had not stirred, 30
That now, it may be, has found
The horn’s sweet note and the tooth of the hound.
http://www.bartleby.com/148/38.html
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I like rambling free-for-all TT-13’s. (I do enough of them so I’d better like them).
I love pets though…
Thanks for visiting my TT-13!
Smiles,
Holly
http://theabundanceplace.com
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Northern California (north of the wine country) is less crowded and more affordable.
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#12 is a very important one for me. Every week I go to the florist that’s here in our office building and pick up a bouquet. Right now I have deep red mini carnations. Carnations, daisies and mums are always less than $10 down there, and it’s such an investment in peace of mind! I love being greeted by flowers here at work. (Thanks for visiting my TT)
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Interesting list! I don’t like cats either, but I could never be mean to one.
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Buy yourself those flowers. Ditch the forwarded emails. Stay away from reality TV. Stay with reality blogging!
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I hope you feel better now, ranting helps me always!
Thanks for visiting my inspiring people TT.
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I didn’t mean this as a rant. I didn’t think it came across as one. Interesting that some people find this to be a rant.
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Don’t tempt me about that publisher thing!
As for books, have you checked out online book trading? I’m a member of PaperBackSwap and BookMooch; Both have their ups and downs, but it’s a lot of fun to move books around the country or world this way. And a lot cheaper, too!
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Great free style list! I am all about just get it out! I hate the email thing too. I had a friend that forwarded junk everyday….then she died…sometimes I really miss her “junk”.
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I agree w/ 8,9,10,and 12 i love reading it so transports me
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Ha! I’m with Sandy on her comment. Yum now I want a greek salad!
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I hate email forwards. Great TT
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I can’t imagine being without my 2 dogs. They are well behaved though.
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Definitely buy yourself some flowers. That small indulgence could turn your whole day around.
Happy TT!
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I totally agree with you on the email forwards! They are crap!
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Ah, number 8 is spot on!
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Great list. And re: #3: Portland fits that description quite nicely!
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I like salads as entrees, too.
And re #3 — no luck yet. I think I’m out of that particular loop. If I hear back from anyone though, I promise I’ll let you know.
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