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happy inauguration day

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i’ll be at work, but my boss will have the tv on. essentially a less-than-usually-productive day. i’ll be celebrating. will you?

the start of a new year

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one thing about having siblings with children: they have children. and those children–they infect you. a wee germ on a wee, lispy bit means practically nothing. the wee, lispy bit will still run around as if a fever was a mosquito to be swatted away, … Read More

in sum

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a lot of things happened this year. i quit the job i had for the past three years and eight months, then spent the first two months of 2008 unemployed. i was lucky to have enough to live on and still pay my bills on … Read More

every christmas is

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…going to my older brother’s house to spend christmas eve and christmas. …waking up to Pasko na Naman by the Apo Hiking Society, in full, glorious stereo blasting. Yeahhhh… …laughing at my niece and nephew as they try to contain themselves from opening all of … Read More