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    Image of sableized (mawrterdom) sableized (mawrterdom)
    08:12 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    I am looooooooooooonely and so I'm going to whine about it.

    Anyone out there in their thirties who felt ten years ago that there was something they just didn't understand about relationships? Did you figure it out? Did you find someone? I suck at dating and have never had a relationship for longer than fifteen months - and that was when I was fourteen. TEN YEARS AGO.

    #groupthink
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    Image of Dodgergirl Dodgergirl
    08:06 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    I'm actually having a really lovely day-- pretty productive at work, got some applications for internships in, it's raining and I love the rain-- but I just came home and I can feel myself descending into PMS bitchiness. My roommate is just doing the dishes and yet I want her to shut up and leave me alone which is, I'm pretty sure, a completely ridiculous response. I think it might be a good night to lock myself in my room with my DVDs and make myself a blanket fort and not come out until I am a nice person again.
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    Image of curiousgeorgiana curiousgeorgiana
    08:03 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    So I grabbed coffee with a guy from class after our exam. And as he went to pick up my drink, I realized that he looked exactly like Christopher Eccleston and all of a sudden he was incredibly attractive to me. So he gets back to the table and he's staring at me with those same intense Eccleston eyes while I'm all blushing and stammering and trying to avoid just blurting out, "you're hot".

    I would have, but you know-- damn boyfriend and all.

    Any celebrity look-alikes in your life?
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    Image of LBB LBB
    08:13 PM

    @curiousgeorgiana: Yep. Picture Alexis Denisof circa 2002. Picture LBB beating her head against the wall.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    08:16 PM

    @curiousgeorgiana: My ex boyfriend is a dead ringer for Wilmer Valderrama. So much so that when I see old school pictures of him online or whatever, I have to do a double take to make sure that it's not The Ex.
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    Image of Understater Understater
    08:00 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    Man, first-world problem alert, but dating can be so hard!

    The gap in between the first and second date is especially trying, because you keep going over in your mind what the other person's thinking, whether there's relationship-potential, how to "act" around them next time, etc. My neurotic insecurities come out in full force. I try to relax and not overanalyze it, but that's just my nature.

    Anybody out there playing the dating game still?
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    Image of CurtCole CurtCole
    08:06 PM

    @Understater: I feel your pain. Sometimes it feels like running to try and get on a merry-go-round that is spinning out of control. Dating sucks.
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    Image of PaigeTurner PaigeTurner
    08:06 PM

    @Understater: Yes, kind of. Well, trying to figure this whole meeting-people-in-a-new-city thing out.

    It's kind of a chore, because, while I would like to hang out, watch movies, and drink cheap wine with a great, funny guy, I really enjoy hanging out by myself with the cat and unwatched episodes of Glee. I find I am really unmotivated to try and meet people because, 'meh, I have fun on my own'. I guess I should put forth more effort.

    I have no advice for not overanalyzing something, it is really like the blind leading the blind, because it is a huge issue for me, too.
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    Image of georgina georgina
    07:56 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    Good evening ladies! A few weeks ago someone posted a delicious-sounding recipe for PB Nutella brownies. I thought I copied it, but cannot find it. So, if you're out there & feel like sharing, could you post or PM me? I'd like to make them for a shindig tomorrow!
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    Image of PaigeTurner PaigeTurner
    07:58 PM

    @georgina: PB Nutella brownies?!? How have I not heard of this?

    Not sure if this is the same recipe, but here's a link:

    [noblepig.com]
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    Image of georgina georgina
    08:10 PM

    @PaigeTurner: Thank you! Whoever posted it just wrote it down so I thought it was their own creation. I should have remembered the power of google!
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    08:15 PM

    @georgina: I'm glad to learn about it, too! Sadly, I don't think I have all the ingredients to make (I don't even have a brownie pan), so I will just have to suffice with Kashi cereal.

    Why is there no cookie/brownie/cake/pie dessert delivery service?
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    Image of TheFormerJuneBronson TheFormerJuneBronson
    07:55 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    I have HAD IT with that kid. The sound of his voice actually nauseates me at this point. If he doesn't go to bed and lose consciousness right this instant, he is going straight to the Naughty Boy list and staying there.
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    Image of GirlFailer GirlFailer
    07:59 PM

    @TheFormerJuneBronson: My son has Whineitis, too. 'Tis the season. I was trying to explain it to my husband and all I could come up with was "The pitch of his voice when he whines is killing my soul." Pretty much sums it up.
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    Image of TheFormerJuneBronson TheFormerJuneBronson
    08:11 PM

    @GirlFailer: I so can't explain that to people who don't feel it. I was telling one of my friends once that when I was feeling actually sick, the sound of his voice, no matter what he was saying, was the thing that could actually push me over the edge from nauseated to puking. She just said, "It's because it's the sound of unrelenting demand." She was right.
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    Image of femme-bot femme-bot
    07:55 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    I keep reading it as noodle kegel.
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    Image of Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini
    07:58 PM

    @femme-bot: haaaaaaaaaaaa!
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    Image of GirlFailer GirlFailer
    07:59 PM

    @femme-bot: aaaand clench.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    08:08 PM

    @GirlFailer: ... and release.
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    07:49 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    I have some sad news that it's taken me awhile to be able to share. My beautiful doberman, Ani, who was only seven years old died last Saturday from acute liver failure. She was a sick girl but we chose to take her with us to Arizona for Thanksgiving Weekend and she had the best time. It was her favorite place in the whole world.

    Yesterday I brought her ashes home and I feel a little better knowing that she's here back with us now.

    [hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net]
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    Image of Helen Valentine Helen Valentine
    07:50 PM

    @Tart of Darkness: Sorry for your loss. :/
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    Image of sayah sayah
    07:51 PM

    @Tart of Darkness: I'm so sorry. That's horrible. A friends dog died of the same thing. :(

    My thoughts are with you. If you need to vent, just send a PM.
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    Image of pileofmonkeys pileofmonkeys
    07:52 PM

    @Tart of Darkness: So sorry to hear this. She was lucky to be so loved.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    07:52 PM

    @Tart of Darkness: Oh, she was stunning. Just beautiful.

    I bet you gave her the best life that a dog could ask for. And when you're ready, you'll be able to open up your home to another pet and give the same gift.

    Losing a pet is the worst.
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    Image of curiousgeorgiana curiousgeorgiana
    07:55 PM

    @Tart of Darkness: I am so sorry for your loss. What wonderful memories you must have! Internet hugs.
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    Image of georgina georgina
    07:58 PM

    @Tart of Darkness: What a beautiful pup. I'm so sorry for your loss. Hang in there.
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    Image of Lizard in the Wires - synthesizer signals suspense! Lizard in the Wires - synthesizer signals suspense!
    07:59 PM

    @Tart of Darkness: I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my first and only dog (who we got when I was 6) my freshman year of college and it's still odd to come home and not have her be there waiting for me.

    We just scattered my dog's ashes this Thanksgiving (my parents have had a little shrine to her on the porch for the past 4 years).
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    Image of LBB LBB
    08:01 PM

    @Tart of Darkness: I'm so sorry. <3

    #groupthink
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    Image of Hooplehead Hooplehead
    08:03 PM

    @Tart of Darkness: I'm so sorry for your loss. It sounds like she had a great life with you.
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    Image of odinsraven odinsraven
    08:04 PM

    @Tart of Darkness: I'm so sorry. My rattie and I send you and your rattie lots of hugs.
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    Image of HarpMadness HarpMadness
    08:07 PM

    @Tart of Darkness: I am so sorry for your loss. Losing a pet is so hard.
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    07:46 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    Mmmmmm, I think I'm going to go to my favorite Jewish deli (Saul's in Berkeley, CA) some time this weekend and getting borscht, knishes and latkes. I've been meaning to for weeks and now it seems particularly appropriate. Happy Hanukkah to the Jewzebels and OM NOM NOM NOM to all!
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    07:54 PM

    @Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: Hah! Jewzebels! Love it. Can you pick me up an egg cream while you're there? I'm in Catholicland where a deli is the counter at the grocery store :(
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    Image of pointfivejew pointfivejew
    07:54 PM

    @Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: I love JEWZEBELS! It sounds too cute! <3
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    Image of RenoMartini RenoMartini
    08:02 PM

    @Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: I have picked up a carton of the delicious, tangy Russian-style sour cream for my latkes. I practically eat that shit with a spoon. (I excuse this behavior because I'm half-Ukrainian, and thus, can eat straight sour cream and wash it down with vodka)
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    08:02 PM

    @RenoMartini: I'm mostly Polish, so I'm right there with you. ;)
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    08:06 PM

    @Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: Hooray!! (said through a mouthful of sour cream) God bless Eastern Europe and its delicious, delicious cold-weather food!
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    08:11 PM

    @RenoMartini: PO-TA-TOES FOR THE WIN!!!!!
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    07:45 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    Flame me if you must, but I love Stephen King. He can write a hell of a story. I just started "Under the Dome" and it's already awesome.
    Susanna's fate in the Dark Tower is/was the only version of an afterlife that I could accept after my mom died.
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    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    07:48 PM

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: I've only read The Shining and Carrie - what should I read next?
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    07:49 PM

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: I was implored by my host mom to read "The Shining" while living in Albuquerque, right before we all went on a road trip up to Denver through Leadville and Estes Park, the town containing the original inspiration for The Overlook Hotel.

    Fucking almost shat my pants, and we were driving around there in broad daylight.
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    Image of TheFormerJuneBronson TheFormerJuneBronson
    07:59 PM

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: No flames here; I've enjoyed him all my life. I don't think I've read anything more recent than From A Buick 8, but I agree he's a terrific storyteller. Plus, I loved On Writing, and have used it to teach creative writing to undergrads. Who, incidentally, mostly don't know who he is. ::limps away with cane::
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    08:01 PM

    @morninggloria: One of my clearest memories of reading his books was reading The Shining, and not even for the first time, when I was at the lake with my family one summer day about twenty years ago. I was so absorbed that the entire lake and all the people and even the heat of the day just disappeared. I jumped a mile when someone tried to get my attention!
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    08:03 PM

    @rodmanstreet: Move onto Firestarter, The Stand and Needful Things. The Dark Tower Series is really his best work in my opinion, but you kind of have to get a feel for him first.
    Avoid Pet Cemetery and Christine, imho. They were a little too dark for me.
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    Image of portia_sue portia_sue
    08:06 PM

    @rodmanstreet: Do you want to move on to the bigger stuff, ie IT or The Stand? Or maybe Salem's Lot. A lot of people prefer his older stuff.

    My first King book was Pet Sematary, so I have a soft spot in my heart for it.
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    08:07 PM

    @morninggloria: I still think about Jack turning the mallet on himself at the end. Really terrifying shit.
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    08:07 PM

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: I cried so many different times during that last book. Oy? Stab me in the heart.

    And I hope we all get Susanna's end.

    Did you like the end-end?
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    Image of Evie Havok Evie Havok
    07:45 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    I'm going to be an official old tomorrow. Yay, for turning 22. One further step into old age. Depressing. I wish I could be 18 again. At least back then I still had that fresh faced jailbait look that I like so much. :(

    I'm old. And it makes me anxious.
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    Image of lauraholtsteele lauraholtsteele
    07:48 PM

    @Evie Havok: You're kidding, right? 22 is old?
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    07:48 PM

    @Evie Havok: 22 was the best year of my life! The most fun, the last really irresponsible year. Have a glorious time!
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    07:54 PM

    @Evie Havok: I turned 22 a couple months ago. I felt old too.
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    Image of curiousgeorgiana curiousgeorgiana
    07:56 PM

    @Evie Havok: Age is relative. Oh, and my 36 year old boyfriend tells you to STFU. But he means it in a nice way ;o).
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    07:57 PM

    @Evie Havok: Old? If you're old, I'm ancient. (30)
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    08:10 PM

    @Evie Havok: Shush shush. I'm 26 and I keep getting more and more awesome. The same will happen to you. You're like cheese.
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    07:41 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    Do you ever worry that you sometimes act like an obnoxious character on a TV show?

    I alternately worry that I act like Jenna from 30 Rock, Rachel Berry from Glee, and Andy Bernard from The Office.
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    Image of sayah sayah
    07:45 PM

    @morninggloria: Oh yes! I'm part Lorelai from Gilmore Girls part Angela from Bones and a little bit of Dwight Schrute from The office .
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    Image of Dodgergirl Dodgergirl
    07:46 PM

    @morninggloria: That sounds like an outstanding combination to me. Yeah, I have a tendency to adopt certain speaking patterns from television shows, and sometimes I'm afraid that makes me seem both very annoying and kind of boring.
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    Image of LBB LBB
    07:46 PM

    @morninggloria: Yes. I'm so Rachel Berry I have actually had dreams where I'm her.
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    07:46 PM

    @morninggloria: All the time. I worry that I act like Karen on Will and Grace.
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    Image of sableized (mawrterdom) sableized (mawrterdom)
    07:48 PM

    @morninggloria: Sometimes I act like Greg House. Not in the sexy, funny way, but in the smart-mouth asshole way.

    Yeah, I'm not proud of it.

    #groupthink
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    07:54 PM

    @sableized (mawrterdom): Oh, I forgot about him. I'd like to say I'm more like Chase, but let's face it. I'm not nice enough, I limp like House and we take the same medication. ;)
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    07:54 PM

    @LBB: Dude! Even the singing! EVEN THE DAMN SINGING!
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    Image of Helen Valentine Helen Valentine
    07:54 PM

    @morninggloria: I'm kind of afraid that I'm turning into Liz Lemon. I get sloshed on cheap wine and drunk-dial people I shouldn't, I have contemplated stealing other people's especially cute babies, I have no concept of where to put money other than a bank account or a shoebox, and the other night I was hungry and had no real food in the fridge, so ended up eating a block of, yes, cheese.
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    07:54 PM

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: But Karen is awesome!
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    07:57 PM

    @morninggloria: From watching The Office, I have a terminal addiction to saying "That's what she said." I can't stop it. I can't.
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    07:57 PM

    @morninggloria: I can't sing for crap but that doesn't keep me from belting it out in the car on the way to work. :D
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    08:04 PM

    @morninggloria: When I was younger/less comfortable with myself, my friends said I was just like Butters on South Park. Especially in the episode with weapons, where they make him dress as a dog....I don't know what to make of it.
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    08:07 PM

    @femme-bot: HA! If I were independently wealthy and didn't need a job maybe!
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    07:41 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    Everybody-

    I've had a bad week or two, with relationship drama, my cat disappearing and presumed dead, and then getting the cold from hell. Through it all you've helped me, encouraged me, and made me laugh and think.

    In the spirit of the holidays, I'd like to say thank you. I don't know if I would have been OK without all of you. Not to be melodramatic, but when I feel like I've taken crazy pills, there are all of your voices saying, no, that shit ain't right. I appreciate that.

    To the NYC Jezzies- I wish I could be at the meet-up tomorrow! Have fun, and have a drink for me.
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    07:48 PM

    @portia_sue: I hope you feel better. Reading statements like yours is what makes me feel better when I feel like I am only one tiny person in a great big giant world and that I can't make any difference.
    Just remember, what commenters have made you feel, you make others feel with your kindness.
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    07:50 PM

    @portia_sue: Hear, hear! I couldn't have made it through this year without the Jezzies. I'm so thankful for all of you, too. I hope things look up for you in the new year, love.
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    Image of Runaddict Runaddict
    07:39 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    I love, love, LOVE my new job. Granted, its' been two and a half weeks, so this could easily change. But my boss is awesome and the science we're doing is top notch.
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    07:40 PM

    @Runaddict: Yea science!
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    07:41 PM

    @Runaddict: In my overzealous Hanukkah spirit I read that as "I love, love, LOVE my jew job." I was intrigued. Employed at a Bagel shoppe perhaps? Maybe a menorah factory.
    Now I get it. I'm very happy for you even if your workplace doesn't involve bagels. Having an awesome boss makes such a difference.
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    07:45 PM

    @Runaddict: Yay very much for you. How wonderful to have a job and be proud of the kind of job you do! You rock!
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    @Selwyn: Don't forget the dreidels, somebody has to make all of them.
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    08:04 PM

    @Selwyn: It has a cafeteria. They serve bagels all day long. My last job didn't even have so much as a vending machine in the building. Easy access to foodstuffs is a ginormous perk.

    And thanks all. I just came off a horrendous situation at my last job. Bad, evil boss that lied to about me to HR because SHE wasn't doing her job. It got horrible. Getting laid off was actually a relief.

    And my boss is just loverly. He's awesome. I"m still a newb in the world of gram negative bacteria and antibiotic development and he kicks ass at explaining things, giving me papers, giving me things to figure out on my own, showing me how to run assays. He asks for my opinion on things.
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    07:38 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    As we gear up to say goodbye to this decade (I know!), what are some of the most significant events in your personal life these past 10 years? Obviously, there are events we've all experienced together (Sept. 11, Bush (twice!), Obama, war ...), but I want to know what will mark the decade, personally, for you.
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    07:42 PM

    @lonewolfer: lusty trollop: Being the first woman in my family to graduate from college, working as an award-winning opinion columnist at a newspaper and marrying my best friend this past October. It's been a hell of a decade, but it's kind of going out with a whimper, not so much a bang.
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    07:42 PM

    @lonewolfer: lusty trollop: Making it through an ugly divorce, thinking life was gonna be lonely without him and ending up a more fulfilled person once he was gone.
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    07:45 PM

    @lonewolfer: lusty trollop: i graduated high school in 2000, so college/grad school/entering the professional world is mostly what i'm going to be taking away from the last 10 years...

    #groupthink
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    07:49 PM

    @lonewolfer: lusty trollop: Got a job. Got my Ph.D. Bought a house. Got tenure. Went to China, Africa and Paris. I sort of wish there were more "personal" stuff like getting a boyfriend, getting married, etc. But wow, this has been a pretty good decade, when I look back on it!
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    07:50 PM

    @Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: Congratulations. On everything but especially the marriage part.

    Sometimes when I feel like I haven't done anything I think of my husband and a line from an Indigo Girls song, "If we ever leave a legacy it's that we loved each other well."
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    @lonewolfer: lusty trollop: Funny, because I was thinking about it and my first thought was: "Limbo". My 20s and the beginning of my 30s have been very bizarre in that sense. They were defined either by indecision or by monumental fuck-ups, and both have led me to stay in a prolonged limbo. I'm anticipating that the next decade will be the process of figuring out how to get out of that. Also: friendships. This was the decade were some dear friends died, others went away, others simply stopped being so and others became even dearer and more important, as we survived distance, marriages, separations, heartbreaks and our ever evolving selves, and came out of that with a stronger bond and the satisfaction of knowing that we're becoming adults together and teaching each other how to do so too.
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    07:51 PM

    @lauraholtsteele: yeah! it sounds fucking awesome!
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    07:52 PM

    @lonewolfer: lusty trollop: Jesus pretty much everything happened this decade. I graduated law school, got my first real job, got fired, got married, got a better job, moved to Scotland, had a baby daughter, moved back to the USA. What didn't happen this decade! hehe. It actually really trips me out that the aughts are almost over...
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    07:52 PM

    @lonewolfer: lusty trollop: Graduating college, meeting two of my biggest writing heroes, moving to the city I've always dreamed of living in, buying my first new car, getting my first story published. Oh, and attending the official Democratic Party Election Day party. It's been quite a decade.
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    07:53 PM

    @sassyredhead: You go.
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    @lonewolfer: lusty trollop: My mother's suicide. I remember standing in the sunlight watching emt's rush up the steps into her condo and thinking, "Nothing will ever be the same."
    And nothing has been. But when I'm at my saddest I think I probably would never have married my husband and would never have the relationship I have now with my sister. It's so hard to think about what might have been, but I have to believe, in my heart, that there is a purpose. Even if I can't see it.
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    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: You're awesome. I hope 2010-2019 are stupendous years for you.
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    @lonewolfer: lusty trollop: My grandfather's death and my surprise pregnancy and abortion (both took place this year, both of those things were horrific). Studying for (and passing) my stock broker exams despite never having studied finance. Moving from college to Chicago. Completing a year of Americorps and finally getting to a point in my life where I'm comfortable admitting that I hated it.
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    08:04 PM

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: You are one tough broad.
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    08:06 PM

    @lonewolfer: lusty trollop: It's so hard to tell what will matter far into the future! But taken all at once, so much has changed for me. I got married (in 2000), earned two academic degrees and almost a third, had my first child, bought our house, lived on my own, and really learned who my friends are. And forged a new, adult relationship with my family. That feels like a lot.
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