  so. nbsp;  here it is. nbsp;  my blog. nbsp;  there won't be anything especially exciting or thought-
provoking going on here.
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 just random posts and pictures.
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 enjoy.  or not.  so,  its monday night.
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 and as of now,  my plan is to give my apartment a really good cleaning.
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 everything is pretty clean except my room and closet.  i don't think i've hung up clothes since christmas.  i wash them,  then fold them,  and just leave them like that in the laundry basket.
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 but i've got company coming friday,  so i think i'll clean everything nice for them.
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 its my birthday thursday.  the big 2- 5.
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 not doing much of anything on my actual birthday day.  the boss is away this week,  so i think a few of us may ditch work a little early and head to the beach ( its suppsed to be very warm)
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 but friday is what i'm most excited for.
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 my friends jeff,  darin,  ana and mike ( and maybe quentin)  are coming from home,  and we are going to see the trews ( who,  by the way,  are my favorite band du jour)  and its free.  which is a huge bonus,
 as i am a poor student.
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 they don't play until 10pm,  so i was planning on getting my drink on before we go down there.
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 but the show is in a park,  so i imagine they won't have flushing toilets.
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 so i may have to rethink that one.
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 i wanted to go to my ma's saturday morning after the show,  but the way things are going in the lab i think i may have to stick around here and do work.
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 which is fine.
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 i really want my project to start working.
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 so i don't mind sacrificing a weekend at home.  its been so nice with the boss gone.
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 (
FYI if anyone is randomly reading this who doesn't know me -  i don't know why anyone would be,  but just in case -  i am a graduate student.  so i work mon -  fri 9- 5,  and call it a job,  but really,  i'm a student -  there are 5 graduate students,
 2 summer students,  and a lab technician who is our bosses wife)  anyway,  when the boss is around we all work mon-
fri 9-
5.
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 but i am not at all a morning person.
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 every morning my alarm goes off - and all i can think about is what excuse i can come up with to go into work late.
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 so now with him and his wife gone,  i've been sleeping in.
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 not&
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much,  just instead&
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of going in for 9,
 i go in around 10- 10: 30.
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i still get all my work done,  i just stay later,  but that little extra in the morning is so nice.
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 they left last week,  and won't be back until the middle of next week.
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 and by that time,  i'll have really gotten use to sleeping in.
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 anyway,
 tis all for now.  i downloaded some software that is supposed to let me post pics here.  so i'm going to test it.
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 the picture is of my brothers kitten gizmo.
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 i fully busted him drinking water out of my fish tank.  he's so cute.  i am taking care of him until september,  while my brother is up north working at a fishing camp for rich americans.  i don't know how i'm going to give him back to bill.  he is so cute.  i love him.  but more importantly,  him and bart ( my cat)  are best friends.
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 it will be hard to separate them.  >
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