Scattin' with Quasimodo I�m at work. Meh. Let�s MeMe. What I was doing ten years ago: I was starting my brand-new job here in Arizona. One week before, I had loaded up my little pickup truck and hit the on-ramp to Interstate 10 heading west, asking myself �Dear God, what am I doing???� The answer at the time was, �I don�t know either but you�ll figure it out.� I arrived at the apartment complex that I had picked out via the Internet (still slightly new to me at the time) and slept on an air mattress that served as my couch during the day. I walked around the corner to the grocery store (that I thought smelled of cat food) that specialized in Hispanic foods and drove around the valley and got lost nearly every single day. Then I started my job which I actually enjoyed for quite a long time. Five things on my to-do list today: 1) Put mail together to drop off before I leave work today (yes, I know it won�t get picked up until tomorrow, but it will be in an outgoing mailbox in an airconditioned building and out of my hair, which is the most important part) Snacks I enjoy: Yikes. There�s quite a few. I love pretzels and popcorn. I now prefer to get the nearly fat-free popcorn, but then I spray that fake butter spray on it until it�s almost gooey, so I�m probably not doing myself any favors. What else? Beef jerky. Cheese. Yogurt. Baby carrots. Those one-point Weight Watchers cakeys. Things I�d do if I was a billionaire: Like most anyone else, definitely travel. I�d also put money into Alzheimer�s research and Sarcoidosis research. I�d donate quite a bit to my church. I�d also open my own yarn store, get me a killer car and a second home on an island somewhere. Places I�ve lived: Pensacola, FL; Tuscaloosa, AL; State College, PA; Prestonsburg, KY; Tacoma, WA; Tempe, AZ; Mesa, AZ. Not too many. So earlier in this entry I mentioned that I finished a lovely pair of socks and here they are: This yarn is a merino/bamboo/nylon handpainted yarn I found at a local yarn store � Mom bought me two skeins so that I could make her a pair as well. I�m sending her pictures of this pair to see if she would like these � I rather like them myself (and why not?) but Mom said she wanted a plain pair. Eh. So boring to knit, all those miles of stockinette! Bah! Anyhoo, I�ve got Hunchback of Notre Dame (with Lon Chaney, natch) and John Barrymore�s Jekyll and Hyde calling my name � yeah, you thought I never watched anything of substance, did you? Well, you weren�t at my house when I was watching The Zero Girls and Cosmos War of the Planets, were you? Ha ha!!
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