1. I don't know whether I am disappointed or relieved about that photo.

2. The other day I saw the fattest squirrel ever. It looked like a fuzzy ball with a tail. I wish I had had my camera.

3. Last night I stopped by a party at a coworker's condo. It was seriously the most amazing condo ever: a ubercool lofty condo right overlooking the Chicago River and the city. I am in love with it. He had good food too. And a chocolate fountain, although I don't think he keeps that up year round.

4. This morning I finished all of my Christmas shopping.

5. I found the most awesome dress ever that I plan to wear to Joe and Alina's wedding!

6. Tonight I went to see Good Boys and True at Steppenwolf. It was a pretty good show, but not spectacular. And I never think anything ever has a good ending.

7. At the show there was a guy in front of me wearing a pink button down, but I am pretty sure he was there with his boyfriend.

8. The Steppenwolf garage is my newest enemy. Damn, tight driveway sharp cornered concrete monstrosity. :-( It wrecked my car :-( There is a big gash in the side of it now. This makes me sad :-(

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one.
Sometimes you get in the car with only the intent of moving it from one side of the street to the other. Then sometimes, an hour later, a grande mocha later, a spontanious drive past a ghost of a house later, a theme song later, you finally end up parking.

two.
Seriously, I need to stop handing over my paychecks to Target.

three.
I hate it when I hear a song start on the radio ba ba ba ba badadumdum and it turns out to be "Under Pressure." I love it when I hear a song start on the radio ba ba ba ba badadumdum and it turns out to be "Ice Ice Baby."

four.
My dad had triple bipass surgery today. I had to wake up at 4:20am to drive him to the hospital. My mom asked me if I was going to take a shower. I laughed at her. I think everything went fine.

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1. Everyone in my class complained over the readings for this week saying that they made technical writing look like a rather crappy. So our professor had us go around saying what we wantd to be when we were younger. Everyone laughed when I said that I had wanted to be a ballerina, not realizing that it wasn't a baby's dream but something I truly wanted until I was a sophomore in high school. I grapple every day trying to figure out what I really want to do. Is there ever going to be a day when I am not contemplating my career and trying to figure out what it is I am good at or would want to do?

2. ummm...24...WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!?! You can't go 18 hours convincing us that the season is following one plot and then completely fuck with our heads and switch it completely! Unless, of course, you're focusing on the Milo/Nadia romance :) Why don't you show more of that?

3. I killed a bunny. I hit it with my car. That makes me sad :(

4. COUGHCOUGHCOUGH I am sick and feel like crap.

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Went to the Auto Show today.

I either want this super-cool car that reminds me of an updated version of a VW BUS (It has seating all around the sides in the back, a rotating passanger seat, and a weird lava-lamp thingy!):

OR

this super cool orange muscle car (I like the retro-ish look in cars):

I think MattyK wanted them all.

I didn't find a pink car, so purple will have to do:

More pics here!

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"There are four women outside. No, wait. Four women divided by vodka equals two women."

1. So apparently the neighbor who hit my car robbed a White Hen in Western Springs the other day. The police came by and confiscated some stuff from his house, but I guess he is hiding out somewhere and they haven't caught him. I think I should get a new car for that. He could have at least been polite and stolen me a Jetta or something. Hopefully I will have my Saturn back soon.

2. The other day at work I saw the dress rehearsal for Die Fledermaus. It was pretty awesome. A very light opera and very funny. Basically it was about this couple who were both kind of unfaithful, and then as a joke someone sets it up so the wife will witness the husband cheating. And then they drank a lot of champagne. For a better explanation than that, you can click here: Die Fledermaus. What struck me as odd was the amount of spoken dialogue. There was a LOT. And I always thought that opera had no speaking at all ever. Who knew?

3. Yesterday was our holiday party. Yay for free food and wine and meeting people! :)

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a.
The estimate on my car was $1,000. The mechanics though will look at it further and then deal with the insurance. Hopefully it will look and drive like new. My OnStar recently lapsed and I am now waiting 'till the car gets fixed to resubscribe to it so I am not wasting the money while not being able to drive it. In retrospect it would be funny if I did still have it and got my email diagnostic that told me to check everything.

b.
I really should not be allowed to ever buy anyone any type of edible Christmas present because inevitably I will break down and eat it.

c.
I was all prepared to write a genuinely nice post about MattyK...and then he reneged on his word. Reneged I say! He invited me over to watch Top Gear with him and some other peeps on his new huge hdtv tv (I am in love! I bet food network would look amazing on that!) I complained that I would in a heartbeat come over to watch a car show with him but if I invited him over to watch American Idol, he never would come. So, he retorted by saying that there was in fact a Top Gear episode that Simon Cowell appeared on and that we can watch that. Good compromise I say. So what happens when I get over there? Not only do we not watch that episode but one of the episode's we do watch is one that I have already seen :( I guess I can give him some credit that he let me have coffee with ice cream and that one of the episodes not only dealt with interior design but also had Ewan McGregor talking about his huge penis. Anyways, MK told me I could have a special private showing of the Simon Cowell show whenever I would like. He will inevitably forget that this was ever promised.

After watching Top Gear Matt's friend suggested we play a game that is kind of like couranging but not. Basically someone writes a sentence and then the next person draws what the sentence said and then the next person writes what the picture was... Here is a sampling of the zaniness:

The sentence I wrote (damn, I will make a fine writer):

Story 2

Story 3

Story 4

Story 5

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1. Wednesday I made MK come pick me up to go out for coffee so I could wallow about my car. It was really NICE of him to do so, so I was NICE in return and bought him his coffee even though I always go to see him and he never comes by me. Did my attempt at being NICE to him on here work?

2. I went Christmas shopping this weekend and am almost done.

3. While Christmas shopping I ended up buying way too much for myself. I bought a new coat because a) I am having a bad week because of my car (did I mention I had to go with my dad everywhere because I don't have a car right now???) and b) I wanted something warmer than what I have. I bought one of those down puffyish coats that goes down to the knees and has fur around the collar. It wasn't until I got it home that I realized that the fur is real raccoon.

4. I haven't done much else because I do not have a car. :( It really pisses me off because it was in no way my fault and the drunk driver who hit my car has been driving around all week and I am forced to sit at home doing nothing. The insurance company is looking at the car tomorrow.

5. Question of the day: Do you think the thuggish black back-up dancers for Weird Al hate their lives?

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So last night the guy who lives across the street from me...

...yes, the guy who once held his friend's friend at gunpoint at an ATM.

......yes, the guy who is almost certainly a drug dealer

.........yes, the guy who often gets into screaming matches with his girlfriend outside in the middle of the night forcing the cops to come break it up...

decided to get in his car drunk and/or high and hit my and a few other cars before knocking into a signpost.

The damage isn't horrendous (and Saturns are basically plastic so it didn't dent really), but my car definitely got hit worse than anyone else's. The whole side is scratched up and the mirror is completely off and smashed up on the ground.

At least we know who did it. The police caught him right away because they were actually in our alley or something when he smashed into the sign and they came to us. I would assume most people who get hit and run sideswiping probably don't find out who did it.

What sucks is that the insurance probably won't pay to replace my scratched up hubcaps and such. They probably will just replace the mirror or something and that will be it. That pisses me off because the Krueger/Black Pickle is barely a year old. :( My poor baby Saturn. I should find out what the insurance is paying for by the end of the week.

My Car:

It seems to have moved too, I think, I was definitely not parked this close to the curb:

The signpost he knocked into:

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