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Sometimes the West Coast and the Windy City intersect in the Great Lakes state. Not in an actual shifting of tectonic plates kind of way, but in a meeting of old friends. It's crazy and amazing to think that there are some people who walk into your life and, despite thousands of miles and multiple years of separation, your friendship remains unbreakable.
Those are the people that you want more of in your life. Or at least I do. Although I'd love for my amazing long-distance friends to permanently congregate in my city, I know that's not really how it works. So instead I appreciate that our distance has allowed me to realize the strength of our bonds and how important it is to cherish them.
That's all. Short and sweet tonight.
land o' lights \12.20\
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Those are the people that you want more of in your life. Or at least I do. Although I'd love for my amazing long-distance friends to permanently congregate in my city, I know that's not really how it works. So instead I appreciate that our distance has allowed me to realize the strength of our bonds and how important it is to cherish them.
That's all. Short and sweet tonight.
Against my best interests, and my own personal promise to the contrary, I ended up inside of a Best Buy on Black Friday. I didn't camp outside or even wait. My parking spot was midway down the row closest to the door. Needless to say, I arrived far after the door busters ended.
My intention was to just wait for my mom as she returned a surround sound system. Her line was so long that I started to wander. I happened upon a portable hard drive with a terabyte of storage for $70, something I've been telling myself to buy since I invested in my MacBook Air. Might as well pick one up.
Seeing that my mom was still only halfway through the line, I headed toward the digital cameras. I thought maybe they'd have some dSLRs with charged batteries for me to play with. It was a little too congested, apparently cameras are popular gift items. I did strike gold in the accessories aisle, where 16GB memory cards for dSLRs were marked down from $40 to $9.99.
Despite my strongest loathing for Black Friday, I found two items that I wanted and were worthy enough sales to...wait in line. The line was winding through the home appliances and an internal battle occurred as I took my place at the end. It could have been much worse, and I'm sure it was earlier, but the ten minutes that I waited was enough to test my patience.
Now that I was committed to the memory card, I might as well head over to a local camera shop for a little hands on time. Luckily that's not exactly a door buster type of retailer. Although there were other customers in the store, I walked right in to a helpful sales associate. And despite thinking that I knew what I wanted, he managed to plant a Canon seed in my mind. Regardless, I don't think I'll be leaving this town without a camera.
black friday, black coffee \11.23\
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My intention was to just wait for my mom as she returned a surround sound system. Her line was so long that I started to wander. I happened upon a portable hard drive with a terabyte of storage for $70, something I've been telling myself to buy since I invested in my MacBook Air. Might as well pick one up.
Seeing that my mom was still only halfway through the line, I headed toward the digital cameras. I thought maybe they'd have some dSLRs with charged batteries for me to play with. It was a little too congested, apparently cameras are popular gift items. I did strike gold in the accessories aisle, where 16GB memory cards for dSLRs were marked down from $40 to $9.99.
Despite my strongest loathing for Black Friday, I found two items that I wanted and were worthy enough sales to...wait in line. The line was winding through the home appliances and an internal battle occurred as I took my place at the end. It could have been much worse, and I'm sure it was earlier, but the ten minutes that I waited was enough to test my patience.
Now that I was committed to the memory card, I might as well head over to a local camera shop for a little hands on time. Luckily that's not exactly a door buster type of retailer. Although there were other customers in the store, I walked right in to a helpful sales associate. And despite thinking that I knew what I wanted, he managed to plant a Canon seed in my mind. Regardless, I don't think I'll be leaving this town without a camera.
Yes, I really did sort my packet of fun size M&Ms by color, then quantity, and flipped every other row with the branding facing down. As a disclaimer, I would like to note that although I can be pretty anal retentive, this particular act was more about procrastination.
It's been one of those weeks where I can't remember the last time that I saw the sun. Every morning has been an exercise in hitting the snooze button five times. It's dark outside when I wake up, as far as I know it's gray outside all day, then I leave work and it's darkness again. Ah, yes, tis the season for seasonal mood disorder. Or seasonal affective disorder, if you prefer. I think they just started calling it that to have an ironic acronym: SAD.
I've never had much love for November. If it wasn't for Thanksgiving, I'd be willing to wipe it off the calendar completely. There's something about the drab, gloomy, shortening days that makes me say, "No thank you". I could even make do with the cold if I could just get some more sunshine and daylight hours.
People like to tell me that I should move south or to San Diego if I hate winter. The problem with that is how much I love spring, summer and autumn in the Midwest (and I don't hate winter, per se). Essentially, I just need to become a snowbird at a premature age. November to March, you could find me in Costa Rica. Then I'd head back just in time to see nature's spring awakening. Sounds great in theory.
In the meantime, I'll work on different angles to counteract the sunlessness of my days. One of the benefits of sunlight that you lose in winter is a higher level of serotonin. Luckily regular workouts are known to increase serotonin, so I'm working on making it happen. So far I've successfully made it to three yoga classes, in hopes of not only improving the condition of my spine, but keeping a mental balance. Namaste.
m&m & ocd \11.01\
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It's been one of those weeks where I can't remember the last time that I saw the sun. Every morning has been an exercise in hitting the snooze button five times. It's dark outside when I wake up, as far as I know it's gray outside all day, then I leave work and it's darkness again. Ah, yes, tis the season for seasonal mood disorder. Or seasonal affective disorder, if you prefer. I think they just started calling it that to have an ironic acronym: SAD.
I've never had much love for November. If it wasn't for Thanksgiving, I'd be willing to wipe it off the calendar completely. There's something about the drab, gloomy, shortening days that makes me say, "No thank you". I could even make do with the cold if I could just get some more sunshine and daylight hours.
People like to tell me that I should move south or to San Diego if I hate winter. The problem with that is how much I love spring, summer and autumn in the Midwest (and I don't hate winter, per se). Essentially, I just need to become a snowbird at a premature age. November to March, you could find me in Costa Rica. Then I'd head back just in time to see nature's spring awakening. Sounds great in theory.
In the meantime, I'll work on different angles to counteract the sunlessness of my days. One of the benefits of sunlight that you lose in winter is a higher level of serotonin. Luckily regular workouts are known to increase serotonin, so I'm working on making it happen. So far I've successfully made it to three yoga classes, in hopes of not only improving the condition of my spine, but keeping a mental balance. Namaste.