I still don't have internet in my house, which explains why I haven't been keeping up with my posts. Oh, and the 60-70 hour work weeks. Those are over for the moment.
Also, I
broke my camera (again). It wasn't my fault! Some dude sat on it at a bar. Some dude that looks exactly like that guy behind me:
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It took me awhile to figure out what had happened, because my screen now looks like bad modern art. But, it still takes pictures! I took about 35 pictures that looked like the following, while trying to figure out what was up:
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So, since I've last posted there was a trip back to Ann Arbor where I:
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played with my puppy
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drank good beers with good friends
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drank more good beers with more good friends while avoiding cigarette smoke
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hung out with my photogenic family
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and took corny pictures with them (pajama pants and a cashmere sweater)
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let Monica laugh at me after she sprayed lime juice in my eye
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got a serenade of Mark's original compositions
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and uhhh, drank some water.
Also, Caitlin and Kathleen came to visit for New Years! It was pretty darn fun.
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This is us an one of our NYE friends. He gave us rides and stuff.
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This is a jumbo slice. It may not be the best pizza ever, but it's big. Really big. Jumbo. And that is good enough.
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Amy made lots of friends that night.
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And, hm, so did Caitlin.
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Even though he/she looks like a devil, this is the cutest squirrel I have ever seen. It's almost white, even though you can't tell. He/she lives by the Vietnam Memorial.
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Oops! Don't forget my lcd screen is broken! (and I have no viewfinder; apparently cameras don't need them anymore. Apparently muscley guys who shave their arms don't sit on peoples cameras often enough to have a need for viewfinders)
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A beautiful day in Washington D.C.
I'm really working on getting internet soon, or at least breaking into one of the secured networks.