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September 2004
A year or so and a couple anniversaries.
Thursday, 30 September 2004 3:48 P GMT-06
Just over a year ago (Sept 27 or 28) I was walking to Siam Country to have Lunch with my friend and fellow writer Amy. On my way to the ATM, I heard a screech and a thump and a yell, "Call 911!" Maybe nobody yelled, but I turned around
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If you read it...
Thursday, 30 September 2004 11:40 A GMT-06
Okay, yes. When you do customer assistance on the phone you get aggravated. "Why don't they just read the instructions?" "The FAQs are online, why don't they read them?" "READ, Damn it, read!"I've done customer s
Voter Registration Scare
Tuesday, 28 September 2004 10:12 A GMT-06
Yesterday I got an email from True Majority saying that I wasn't registered to vote at the address I gave them. Shit! I thought I changed my address!This morning I called the Chicago Board of Elections and checked my registration. I am register
Old bits and new bits.
Monday, 27 September 2004 9:55 P GMT-06
I pulled out a notebook with old set lists in it today. Why? A guy I do improv with wants to learn about stand up comedy and wanted to see how I used to work. There were some bits I'd totally forgotten and some that I still have memorized. Cl
And sometimes...
Sunday, 26 September 2004 11:15 A GMT-06
Sometimes technology creates stumbling blocks. Sometimes voicemails go unlistened to for 21 days. Sometimes people are extremely forgiving about being blown off and flexible about short notice.A guy who responded to my craigslist ad last month
Someone with a kid, quick, buy these shirts.
Friday, 24 September 2004 11:42 A GMT-06
As most things, I was alerted by Gaper's Block. Two great kids shirts. One says, "I wouldn't vote for Bush if I were you." and the other says, "Mommy wants a new president."http://www.lowercasetee.com/ifiwere.phphttp://www.l
Rest in Peace, sweet Miles.
Thursday, 23 September 2004 10:06 P GMT-06
Today I missed a phone call while I was in the shower. My good friend Cathy called and didn't leave a message. Wierd, I thought, something must be wrong. Cathy is a teacher, so a mid morning phone call is out of the question.I called her back a
Yummy home made soup!
Wednesday, 22 September 2004 6:17 P GMT-06
I made two pots of soup tonight. Well, one is done, the other is simmering away in the crock pot.The first was a pot of homemade tomato soup. It was modified from a recipe on Gaper's Block. You have to scroll through the article a little, but y
Lose a customer, gain a customer.
Tuesday, 21 September 2004 4:31 P GMT-06
Today was a day of ups and downs.We have a neighborhood pediatrician who always suggests his patients and their parents come for an ice cream cone after a shot or blood draw. Only recently have his patients starting saying they were sent by him.
About damn time.
Monday, 20 September 2004 8:59 P GMT-06
Our website is done! Our website is done!Check it out atwww.sweetoccasionsandmore.comYes, in case you are wondering, I scooped those lovely ice cream cones.
100 things about me... okay just 50.
Sunday, 19 September 2004 6:29 P GMT-06
This is probably proof that I should be doing something else. 100 things about me is something that bloggers do. 100 statements begining with I. A long selfish list that you didn't ask for. Here is my start.I am Leah.I am a twin.I am an aunt
Seeing Louisa.
Sunday, 19 September 2004 11:07 A GMT-06
Let me first say that my life in Chicago is a direct result of Louisa getting pregnant. What? How can a friend's (who now lives hundreds of miles away) first pregnancy have such an effect on my life?Here is the timeline.I move to Chicago well int
I haven't been keeping up.
Sunday, 19 September 2004 10:47 A GMT-06
Sigh.I haven't been writing much lately. Why? Half self censorship and half total lack of exciting and new things to write about. I realize that my contract with the blogosphere was to continue to view Chicago as a tourist, newbie, child's eye.
That's self protection.
Wednesday, 15 September 2004 4:50 P GMT-06
My favorite chapter of the book Cunt by Inga Muscio is the part on Self Protection. What she writes is that if you protect other women, you protect yourself. I saw her at a reading in Durango, Colorado and this was part she read. She would read
Trying out Gmail.
Tuesday, 14 September 2004 5:16 P GMT-06
Let's see... three hotmail accounts, one work account, and now a new gmail account. I love email, as little as I write it. So write me there.leahj77@gmail.comI wanted it to just be leahj, but it wasn't enough letters. Grrr. leahj77 is easy enou
Congrats to my brother.
Monday, 13 September 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
My older brother got caught in a bit of a catch-22. Wanting to provide for his children, but having a mileage restriction in the custody agreement. So he was stuck in Idaho in a low-paying job that made it hard to provide for himself and his thre
Sand everywhere, no camera, good times.
Monday, 13 September 2004 4:21 P GMT-06
In the end, I had a blast in Michigan. Like I said, Ryan apologized with no prompting on Saturday morning, which made me feel a lot better. Then I got my latte, helped out the florist, and got dressed.I was relieved that my dress turned out to be
Frankfurt, Michigan
Saturday, 11 September 2004 9:45 A GMT-06
Okay, I found internet access. Couldn't go three days without a latte and internet access. I feel like such a city mouse this weekend. There are no locks on the doors and I don't have a private bathroom. It is a wonderful setting for what pro
Oh yeah, no computer access on vacation.
Thursday, 9 September 2004 9:49 P GMT-06
I won't be posting this weekend. Cell phones don't work out there, so I'm guessing there will not be wireless internet. I'm leaving the laptop at home.
Struggle.
Thursday, 9 September 2004 9:38 P GMT-06
I'm packing to leave town. Suddenly all of my new clothes seem like masks, shams, lies. I put the dress on with the shoes and the manicure. My nails are poorly matched, my toes seem to be searching for solid ground in the heels, and the dress i
Yeah, I'm cool. Thanks for asking.
Wednesday, 8 September 2004 8:04 P GMT-06
In one of my last Ryan's wedding beautifications was today. A haircut. I haven't had my haircut since February. The week I was home from London, I got my haircut really short by Ernie at Trilogy Hair Salon. Now, Ernie is a little rough as a s
In my head.
Tuesday, 7 September 2004 8:50 P GMT-06
Where has my head been lately? Swimming in caffiene late at night and keeping me up way past my bedtime. Another sign that I am growing up, caffiene after 3PM affects my sleep and I have to monitor it. Sigh. Another sign was when I went and a
Calendar Girls and Wicker Park.
Monday, 6 September 2004 10:49 P GMT-06
After a long stretch of not seeing movies, I've seen two in two days. Calendar Girls and Wicker Park.Great and great.In other news I have:Read half of "The Stories of Eva Luna" by Isabel Allende.Worked a lot.Bought a slipcover for my love
From Craigslist Best Of.
Friday, 3 September 2004 10:18 P GMT-06
Here is the link, so you can see I'm not lying about thishttp://chicago.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/40691636.htmlI can't paste the image here, but go read this, you will laugh.
Lombard, Taxis, and Pizza.
Friday, 3 September 2004 10:13 P GMT-06
Tonight was my Chicago Alumni Board Meeting for Millikin University. I have not attended any meetings during my tenure on the board, which would have made me not much of a board member. Unlike many recent grads, I am still proud of my alma mater
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