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I’m just full of things to share today

By kate on April 5th, 2004

I’ve long been jealous of smokers and their smoke breaks. It’s such a good idea to take little 5- or 10-minute breaks during the day to step outside. But I’m not a smoker, and it’s weird to do so without a cigarette, or anything to give you a reason to be there.
 
So I came up […]

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Hi bandwagon, I’m Kate

By kate on April 5th, 2004

A lot of journalers like to do that thing where they pass around these sets of questions and all answer them, as a way of sharing about themselves. I haven’t been motivated to do one before, but I saw the one below in yruugrrl’s journal today and found the questions a particularly intriguing slice-of-life. So, […]

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Tea Time

By kate on March 19th, 2004

I got to play with my friend Michael’s cheapo digital camera today, so I snapped a few photos around my cube. I took a picture of my tea stuff - I have at least a pot of tea a day. (It’s often up to two pots.) My tea area, however, is in dire need of […]

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Shitty week, part three

By kate on January 8th, 2004

Today my office was blindsided by surprise layoffs.
 
I have already weathered one round a few months ago, where they got rid of most of one department. Today the powers that be decided to give the ax to seven people sprinkled throughout the company. (Fortunately, I was not one of them.)
 
Some of them, in my opinion, […]

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Shitty week, part two

By kate on January 8th, 2004

Because I got into work at 1pm, I worked until 9:30pm. When I left and went down to the parking garage, I realized that my car alarm dongle was completely dead. I had no way to disable my car alarm.
 
I unlocked the car (setting off the alarm) and started the engine. The beeping changed, but […]

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Shitty week, part one

By kate on January 8th, 2004

Yesterday involved two “adventures”:
 
First, I managed to wangle the day off to go skiing (because I worked over the break). I checked the road conditions in the morning and found that Snoqualmie Pass (where we planned to go) was closed.
 
Ok, no problem, so we headed to Crystal. Both the website and the phone line for […]

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The Illusion of Solidity

By kate on September 30th, 2003

Around the corner from my house is a Texaco station. Around the side are a few parking spaces that aren’t convenient enough to be used for popping into the Star Mart, so instead they use it to temporarily store cars that have been in an accident.
It is a gallery of the smashup.
A constant reminder that […]

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I’m 29.

By kate on September 15th, 2003

Happy Birthday to Me.

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Show Some Damn Courtesy

By kate on November 17th, 1999

What the hell is wrong with people? I’m feeling down on humanity in general at the moment, and here’s why. There is one simple thing that I do for the benefit of others, and I expect others to do for me. This is it:
Do what you said you were going to do, or let me […]

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What I Want to be When I Grow Up

By kate on September 29th, 1999

I assume most adults grow out of their childhood career fantasies. Except for the real astronauts, spies, and movie stars, I assume grown-ups’ work fantasies involve promotions and raises, or maybe working for themselves one day. Except me.
I want to be a cat burglar.
Don’t get me wrong; I’m not at all interested in stealing […]

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The Tricks I Play on Myself

By kate on July 24th, 1999

I keep my watch set five minutes ahead, something that seems to be fairly common. It’s my other timepieces that paint a more complicated picture…
My alarm clock is fifteen minutes fast. My wall and computer clocks are set to the correct time. My car clock is two mintutes fast. There are, to me, good reasons […]

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My Second Hike

By kate on May 27th, 1999

I didn’t intend it this way, but the next hike opportunity I got after my first hike was to hike on Mt. Rainier, from Paradise to Camp Muir. This is a four-and-a-half-mile hike that begins at a 5000-foot altitude and ends at 10,000 feet.
Before the hike, I was really nervous. Would I be able to […]

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My First Hike

By kate on February 12th, 1999

I chose the Tillamook Head trail in Ecola State Park, Oregon, because Sidewalk’s review promised “views of the roiling Pacific foaming over jagged, rocky headlands, with a pinch of salty breeze and a hint of history accompanying every step.” I’m always up for hints of history, but what I was really after were some dizzyingly […]

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Cancer

By kate on February 11th, 1999

I don’t really know how to warm up to this, so I’ll just say it: I have always believed I will get cancer. I think this comes from my belief in balance. The clearest of my (generally unformed) spiritual beliefs is that the universe values balance. I think good and bad things balance out, […]

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Bitter Complaints About My Lot in Life

By kate on July 29th, 1998

Somehow I have been cursed in my life, somehow I have been doomed to always be The Person Who Organizes Things. When there is some group activity, I always end up being the person who drives the planning. Let me make perfectly clear that I don’t choose to do this. It’s just that if I […]

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