A Day With Susan: Entertaining to No One But Me....?

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Susan
Sent:   Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:46 PM
To:     Sarah
Subject:        smells
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> The bathroom smells like bubble gum again....


----Original Message-----
From:   Sarah
Sent:   Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:46 PM
To:     Susan
Subject:        RE: smells
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> I think you have been hanging around me too much


 -----Original Message-----
From:   Susan
Sent:   Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:47 PM
To:     Sarah
Subject:        RE: smells
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> That could be true but not the cause of the bathroom smelling like bubble gum.  Did you go take a sniff?


 -----Original Message-----
From:   Sarah
Sent:   Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:48 PM
To:     Susan
Subject:        RE: smells
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> Ok. You need to reread your email and do it now.
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> Done?
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> Ok, let's review......you  just asked me to go sniff the bathroom.


 -----Original Message-----
From:   Susan
Sent:   Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:50 PM>
To:     Sarah
Subject:        RE: smells
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>LOL.....seriously LOL!!
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> What?  I'm just saying.  Still LOL!!!


 -----Original Message-----
From:   Sarah
Sent:   Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:51 PM
To:     Susan
Subject:        RE: smells
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> Yes, I clearly get what your saying. I just wanted YOU to get what you were saying.
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> Dork.


 -----Original Message-----
From:   Susan
Sent:   Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:53 PM
To:     Sarah
Subject:        RE: smells
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> I knew what I was saying!  It still smells like bubble gum.
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> How is it that people don't think I want them to use my new box so they don't have to come back here!


 -----Original Message-----
From:   Sarah
Sent:   Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:54 PM
To:     Susan
Subject:        RE: smells
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> They probably don't a) realize you have one or b) forget you do or c) love you more than you could ever realize


 -----Original Message-----
From:   Susan
Sent:   Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:57 PM
To:     Sarah
Subject:        RE: smells
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> They a) know I have one b/c they ask if they should put it in the box or bring it in here b) refer to a and c) WHATEVER!
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-----Original Message-----
From:   Sarah
Sent:   Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:59 PM
To:     Susan
Subject:        RE: smells
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> Well you need to remember that a) people have short attention spans and that b) your box probably doesn't feel homey enough and maybe you should make a little mini welcome mat for it and c) that's not the way to put off positive vibes about ourselves, now is it?


----Original Message-----
From:   Susan
Sent:   Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:01 PM
To:     Sarah
Subject:        This is fun!
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> All semi-good points but a) that really isn't an excuse b) that would be hilarious if I did and c) I'm not really worried about the reactions to my "vibes" at work!

-----Original Message-----
From:   Sarah
Sent:   Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:04 PM
To:     Susan
Subject:        RE: This is fun!
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> Thank you for your affirmation, however a) sometimes reality likes to show you who's boss (and it ain't Tony Danza) and b) it would be like a little House Mouse could come and hang out at your mailbox not to mention that c) you are a big, svelte liar.


-----Original Message-----
From:   Susan
Sent:   Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:06 PM
To:     Sarah
Subject:        RE: This is fun!
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> I'm out!  That is just too funny to compete with!!
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> Still laughing!!!!


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-----Original Message-----
From:   Sarah
Sent:   Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:55 PM
To:     Susan
Subject:        RE: LOL...LOL....LOL
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>   Yeah, I for one am not the most in the loop person ever.
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>  Of course when it involves 30 year olds trying to get their gossip straight, that doesn't really break my heart.

 -----Original Message-----
From:         Susan
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:56 PM
To:   Sarah
Subject:      RE: LOL...LOL....LOL
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> I would totally agree with that!!
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> Preach it, sister!!


 -----Original Message-----
From:         Sarah
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 4:01 PM
To:   Susan
Subject:      RE: LOL...LOL....LOL
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> And 'lo on that day, when the sun comes rising over the hills.........and we are all together in the fields of love......the men shall rise up and say "I WILL be emotionally mature. I WILL think before I speak. I WILL be honest about what I'm feeling." And on that day, there will be a great rejoicing in the streets. And the women will weep tears of joy for the days to come......

 

Revelate

Everyone has reached that point when the absolutely know something in a crystal clear way they have never seen before. For some unfathomable reason, a cloud lifts.... the mist clears... and a light from above illuminates the old shadows that never wanted to leave.

It's like that moment when sitting with an old friend, you realize that they don't know you at all any more. Sometimes all it takes is one misguided sentence to reveal the gap of years gone by. You could never summarize or even recognize all the changes you have gone through or the growth in your spirit…but in the blink of someone else's eye, you see what they can't see about you. And in that instance, you know that the time of your friendship is over and nothing can ever return it to the way it was.

...with that deviant behavior

I love taking personality tests. I've determined that I am an idealist with a predisposition to psychic abilities. If I were a color I'd be a purple, and if I were a muppet, I'd be Kermit. I can tell you what kind of painting I would be (Monet's Waterlillies), and I also know that if I were a villain in a James Bond movie, I'd be killing people with flaming shishkabobs. Oh, and apparently my aura is gold.

I don't know what my obsession with personality tests suggests, but I'm sure I could find a quiz that would tell me.


P.S. To the man I saw today with the bumper sticker that said "Pure Evil!" and the vanity plate that said "Evil 1"-- I would like to say that you have put Tammy Tightpants to shame. I've never been so scared in all my life. You and your scary Ford Truck are clearly meant to be feared.

(And yes Susan, that was meant in green font)

It's A Time Machine!

I just finished reading "The Time Traveller's Wife" and it made me think about my own childhood. And now I invite you to travel with me...back in time to visit my 10 year old, diary writing self. It is October, 1987..........



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"Today started off great. But of course Steph ruined my life! Me and Kelly (the double crosser) said she had an idea. She said that we could teach Steph about not being wanted and interrupting. She said I could go home and she'd have Steph over and I would come over and she would be mean and rude to Steph. Turns out she decides to back out and is so nice to Steph it would make you sick and she so rude and mean to me it would make you sick. Then her and Steph say they want to go to Kmart! And they ask me if I want to come in a mean voice. I said sure if you don't mind walking! But they said OH NO we don't want to walk. I guess you can't come and walked off! And that's what I call rude. Kelly is just a two faced pig who can't even see through Steph. Her other friend Anne is OKAY but Steph is such a baby. She has to take a nap and she talks like a three year old. And she gets 20 dollars allowance. When Kelly gets back I'll give her a piece of my mind. Next she'll be saying "make room for buetiful princess Kelly." She should be saying making room for two faced hog nose Kelly! We got a new T.V. It's huge!"

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I don't know what's more disturbing about that entry-- that I was so eager to go along with Kelly's plan to be mean to Steph (though I have to say that she was a rather wretched little girl-- at 27 I still remember that and feel the need to rationalize my poor behavior) or my ability to switch from calling my "best friend" a quite impressive name to talking about our new TV without batting an eye.


How about we journey forward and visit my teen self? It is now July, 1991


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" Well, I haven't seen Point Break....yet. But tomorrow I'm going to see a different Keanu Reeves movie "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey" It's the sequel to "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure". Well, next week I go to camp. And I can't say how much I'm looking forward to it! (NOT!) Today Kelly found one of the keys to my drawer. I guess I'll have to hide them better from her! She is soooooo nosey! Not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just that it's sooooo obnoxious! But hey, people say I'm nosey too......Well, the school year is fast approaching, and I'm not looking forward to it! I mean, I've never even been on a date......You know what I just thought of, if I die sometime soon Mom or Dad will probably read this. Depressing thought, huh!?!! Jeesh, I really hope I don't die before I'm old. But then again-- what if I'm an old maid, who never gets married!?!! Well, I still wouldn't want to die! Wait a minute- why am I even talking about death- How depressing!"
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At least I decided that I wouldn't want to die if I was an Old Maid.....sort of........

Shock Me Shock Me Shock Me

Have you ever seen someone who just seemed utterly trapped in their life? You watch them sit in a dark room with no interest in what is on the TV in front of them. You watch them gaze out a window without the slightest appreciation for the view it holds. You watch them stare at themselves in the mirror and wonder what they see looking back at them.

People are dealt a million different hands in life but what do you do with someone who just lays down the cards without a second glance? You can't make someone care about the game. You can't make someone care about themselves....and you definately can't make them care about you.