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confections of mass deliciousness

“The world can no longer turn a blind eye to Wonka’s deception and misdirection,” Rumsfeld said. “Without full inspections, there’s no earthly way of knowing which direction Wonka’s going. Not a speck of light is showing, so the danger must be growing. And he’s certainly not showing any signs that he is slowing. Are the fires of Hell a-glowing? Is the grisly reaper mowing? Who can provide the world with the answer to these pressing questions?” “The candy man can,” Rumsfeld added grimly.

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the weekend

Saturday I ran about 3 miles at the lake. I’m never quite sure how far I’m going because the mileage markers leave something to be desired. So I just run it by time, which isn’t of course as accurate. But then again, accuracy is not really my goal. It was very humid Saturday morning so I heated up really fast and had a tough time cooling down, and I had to walk some. Tonight I ran a very easy 3 miles (or so — we lost track and I think we probably went a few extra laps) at the gym. Man, I tell you, air conditioning makes all the difference. Saturday night we went to Yvonne’s birthday party at her house. She and Nate cooked dinner (grilled stuff and salads — she makes a mean peanut noodle salad) and made the most massive vat of sangria I’ve ever seen in my life. Seriously, there was probably 10 gallons of the stuff in a huge octagonal glass jar that sat on ice in their sink. It was Yvonne’s Magical Mystery Sangria. It sneaks up on you! I even ate sangria-soaked watermelon. It wasn’t bad! Walker was freaked out at the sight of me again, but I bribed him with a milk-bone and then we were best friends. I think he must have had a bad experience with a tall or curly-haired woman in his former life as a street puppy. Mom and Dad were in town Saturday night but left early Sunday morning, so we didn’t get to see much of them this time. We’re going to Lubbock in August to see Bob graduate and we might go to Houston for a couple of days afterwards just to spend some time with them. This is (knock on wood) their last summer […]

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Quick updates

A couple of quick updates because I’m too tired to write snappy prose tonight. We took 2nd place at the video festival last week. It was somewhat of a surprise. Details to come, I promise! I’ll also post the movie here for you to download or view. I ran a 5K after work today. Not an actual race, but just 3.3 miles (approximately) around the indoor track. I felt really quite amazing, actually, and I could have run longer if I’d really tried. I would have been exhausted, but I could have found the strength to go maybe 4 miles. I think it is vastly easier for me to achieve those types of distances when I run with Yvonne, partly because I have someone interesting to talk to and take my mind off what I’m doing, but also because she is better than me and I feel like it’s a (good) challenge for me to keep up with her endurance. I am apparently incapable of properly operating the stopwatch/lap counter on my snazzy new iPod, and so I guess I’ll need to invest in a regular stopwatch or lap clicker or something of the sort. I wonder if a pair of Nikes and a nano would do the trick? I dreamed last night that I told Yvonne that I’d discovered a new way to really tighten up copy. You just inserted the word “And” at the beginning of every sentence, and voila! Fantastic copy, so easy to edit now! When I woke up, even in my half-asleep state, I thought to myself “Now what the fuck was THAT about?!”

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Finals again!

We made it to the finals!! Our silly little film is advancing to the finals in the 24 Hour Video Race competition next Tuesday night! We were one of three teams selected to advance in our division. The other half of our division’s films screen tomorrow night and some will be chosen from that group to advance as well. Once again, our film was really different from anything else that we saw. Most teams went for comedy, which I guess is probably easier under such a short timeframe. I don’t know that I could make a good comedy film. The style that we have developed these past two years seems natural to me. I was really thrilled that so many of my friends and co-workers came out to the theatre. Thanks to Lisa, Chelsea and Erika, Brittney, Yvonne and Nate, and of course Kat and Brett. Hope to see you next Tuesday!!

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Jim and Pam

I am in love with “The Office.” I know it’s silly to be so taken in by a TV show. But there is just something about the characters, the brilliant writing, and the fantastic acting on the American version of “The Office” that has me completely hooked. The season finale last week was amazing, one of the best episodes of this or any other TV show I have seen. I’ve watched it in its entirety three times, and have watched the last three scenes about a dozen times! I know it’s silly, and probably really girly and overly romantic, but the Jim/Pam unrequited love thing — and his last-ditch declaration of his love for her in the parking lot — had me practically in tears. I don’t want to wait until fall to find out what happens next!!

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