Monthly Archives: November 2006

cosmic marriage

By xtina | Published: November 30, 2006

I don’t believe in marriage sanctioned by the state, but I am married. I don’t believe in compulsory pregnancy, but I am a mother. I don’t believe in doing things just to do them, but I did NaBloPoMo and all I got was thirty posts in November.

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one more kiss, dear

By xtina | Published: November 29, 2006

I am a hypocrite. If you could see my page view history you would see a smattering of social causes and a whole lotta shopping. These two aspects contradict one another. I have enough of an altruistic streak that I seek to help causes for social justice yet I also have an equally strong and [...]

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2 dreams I had

By xtina | Published: November 28, 2006

Sunshine. I, like plants, love sun — not too much, not too little. After living in this house for over 5 years, the seasons and their effect on the amount and quality of sunlight in this house are burned into my mind. Right now, as we ride the diminishing sunlight until the solstice, there is [...]

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boob-heavy downmarket lad mag

By xtina | Published: November 27, 2006

Pippety-pot top! Monday again — or ‘Moon-day’ as I am teaching Lucas to call it — & back into to the thick of it on the downhill into December, my least favorite time of the year. Today was meant to be another errand day, but the rains came and washed those plans away. Instead we [...]

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the top 0.75%

By xtina | Published: November 26, 2006

Putting things in perspective. Think you’re not wealthy? Think again.

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turn off the future, turn off the past

By xtina | Published: November 26, 2006

So sad to have my brother leave today. After a quick breakfast, we hung out at Balboa Park for a half hour taking pictures and watching Lucas monkey around on the playground. Rick took off to the airport. And after a few quick stops, we came home so that Lucas could have his nap on [...]

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adroit

By xtina | Published: November 25, 2006

Your Vocabulary Score: A Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary!You must be quite an erudite person. How’s Your Vocabulary?

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my young bride, why aren’t you keeping with you all the ones who really love you?

By xtina | Published: November 25, 2006

Sometimes it feels like life is a pair of wild horses that drag me through my day. Today we got started at 11:50 am. Wade remarked ‘All right, getting the day started at twelve!’. An ambiguous statement, no? So I asked him ‘Is that good or bad?’ He explained to me that he felt relieved [...]

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the day after the day before

By xtina | Published: November 24, 2006

Recipe: Collard Greens Clean one bunch of collard greens Remove stems and cut in one inch strips Boil in salted water for ten minutes Drain in colander, rinse in cold water Squeeze out excess water from greens Saute 1 clove of garlic for one minute Add greens to pan; add salt and pepper to taste [...]

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waddle. waddle. gobble. gobble.

By xtina | Published: November 23, 2006

These two readings made a perfect synthesis of my understanding of the state of the day. Both were gleaned in my scan of the blogosphere today. I am thankful for: My partner My son My family My health My home My friends My fortune My life. Thank you to all those who make this wonderful [...]

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I miss you less and less every day*

By xtina | Published: November 22, 2006

Tuesday night we ended up at the Casbah to see ‘Margot & the Nuclear So-and-sos‘. ‘Twas a good show. Sometimes the acoustics there do not a good show make. We have seen at least 20 shows there in the last decade, some memorable, most middling and some horrible. This one was a pretty good show. [...]

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Inflamation of the Infundibulum

By xtina | Published: November 21, 2006

Electronics are seductive. Electronics are exciting. Electronics are a pain. Over the last several months we have experienced the pain of electronics gone bad. Our computer has crashed many times this year. ‘Crashed?’ you say, ‘What does that entail?’. The power source burned out, three hard drives went bad, some RAM went down, and a [...]

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