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estela, that is the realisation i came to recently: if i hadn't dicked around, i wouldn't be a recent graduate and i would not be eligible for the one year work visa to the US, so it was all just meant to be, i guess.

yes!

Tom, it sounds like you had FUN last night!

I didn't sleep well and I'm going to go lie down again shortly because I am a horribly crabby person at the moment. But good morning anyway!

hi sara, good morning, i have to go to sleep soon too.

<3<3<3 awww tom you are the nicest <3<3<3

mmmmmm sleep. good morning estela!

http://adweek.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/rivercity.jpg

^^^^^^^ THIS IS A REAL AD FROM AN IOWA BAGEL PLACE

I MAY HAVE TO TAKE BACK EVERY MEAN JOKE I'VE EVER MADE ABOUT IOWA

ha ha ha wow.

those adverstisers really thinking outside the box. i would most likely buy a vagina bagel.

Apparently, this ad was running in conjunction with their support of a local production of "The Vagina Monologues". They kind of forgot to mention that, though.

i'm thinking about that salt beef bagel i had last weekend in a quite different light now.

you always gotta take it that one step further

i had two beers with lunch.

I MAY HAVE TO TAKE BACK EVERY MEAN JOKE I'VE EVER MADE ABOUT IOWA

No you don't. It was actually from Idaho. Continue abusing Iowa as you have always done.

Idaho: Land of potatoes and vagina bagels.

Two great tastes...well anyway.

guys, my parents will be here in an hour and a half

For a second I'm all "On this board?" and my worldview suddenly transmogrified.

What's the weekend plans for them?

Step 1: collect underpants
Step 2: ...
Step 3: PROFIT

The ellipsis of doom.

(Which I initially typed as 'the ellipsis of dom' -- which is problematic on several levels.)

Actually, they're going to see the opera I'm doing tonight and then we're going to a nice French bistro for dinner tomorrow night.

My first reaction to "parents are coming" was OH MY GOD HOW DOES YOUR HOUSE LOOK?

But see, part of the reason I have a cat is because my mother is afraid of cats, and so I don't often have to panic about the standards I can't live up to.

Dan, your weekend with your parents sounds like great fun! And I'm sure you will impress them with your vast new Italian knowledge.

Avviva! Bevviam, bevviam!
Nel vino cerciam, almeno un piacer!

Well, *I'm* impressed anyway.

are you going to petit robert dan?

I dearly hope that is the name of a restaurant.

good morning/afternoon i am very tired and frantically trying to find someone to go to the orchestra/ballet with me tonight because we ended up with an extra ticket. yikes. it is in like 4 hours.

z-post -- "Say hello to little bobbin' Bob."

Ned always finds a way to make the bad sound so much worse.

xpost DAMN these time/space/money issues. I wish I were going to the ballet tonight!

awwww i would love to take you to the orchestra/ballet!

I am that dude who goes to see summer blockbusters with his coworkers on friday night.

i would probably do this at least once.

I am also that dude who fucked up massively today and missed the access control office closing by eight minutes so now I get to walk around with this donkey "no escort required" visitor badge on my collar to identify me as a big dumbass to all my coworkers.

I'm the girl that goes and sees summer blockbusters with her boyfriend at 2PM on Saturday like old people.

i can not find any takers on the ticket and now i feel like a) a loser b) my future career prospects are very DIM

scalp it?

I would go if I lived in NYC.

I am the person who waits until summer blockbusters come out on DVD because I have kids and a sitter plus paying for a first run movie, even at a matinee, is too expensive. (Or possibly I'm just too cheap.)

SO SAD ABOUT NOT GOING TO BALLET/ORCHESTRA. tehresa, I hope you do find someone for the ticket!

lol now we have 2 tix bc the person my friend was bringing is not coming (which is sort of ok because i haven't seen him since this time we hooked up a few months ago lol). oy!

maybe we will just give them to someone in the lobby.

So frustrating!

I imagine that a random passerby might enjoy them. I hope you at least find someone!

I am the guy almost off work. Yay me.

tonight i go to PAGANFEST which is METALMETALMETAL show.

Are you going to set a church on fire or is that too gauche?

Yay Ned! Hope you have a fantastic weekend!

John, if I were religious, I would pray for your hearing.

if it hasn't been said already, can i please be the first to say GOD DAMN LONDON/ENGLAND/THE UK/GREAT BRITAIN.

chickens coming home to roost etc etc

I'm glad I have another beer in the fridge.

what, Ned put one back?

sudden attack of morals eh Ned

he knew i would need it tonight.

ned, for all his ale-inclined kleptomania, is a couch-worthy gent.