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So this is the New Year

and it’s about damned time I post something eh? Sheesh, sorry for the delay. I was in kind of an emotional funk for a while, and then I was traveling like mad. But I’ve been back in Chicago now for 5 whole days, so it’s probably about time that I posted something.So as I like …

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Some Christmas Thoughts

I figured since my last couple posts about Christmas were kind of depressing, I’d post a couple more thoughts that are at least not quite as depressing.  I make myself sound more miserable than I really am through my songs and my posts, but it would be boring to just post about my day to …

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On Christmas Spirit (or lack thereof)

I’ve blogged before about my lack of Christmas spirit (see Silver Bells), and this year has certainly been no exception. In fact this year might be the worst. It could be the fact that I’m in a new location which is already ruining any sense of familiar, or it could be that I’ve just grown …

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Some interesting TV content

By the way, I’ll be posting lots about Chicago stuff soon, however, I just wanted to quick mention something.  So I already have cable and internet installed (Comcast).  And when flipping through the channels there was a program called “Totally Nude Divorcees.”  What an oddly specific show.  Unfortunately I apparently have to pay to watch …

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Goodbye Grand Rapids

(I did write this on Wednesday night October 31st, but couldn’t post it until now) I’m sitting here in my almost completely empty apartment, with my whole life in a truck outside, trying desperately to figure out how to say goodbye to this place. And I really don’t know how. The entire person that I …

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I Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

So I’m now moving to Chicago in less than a week.  I went apartment searching last Friday and Saturday, and we ended up finding a place.  I’m planning on posting pictures of everything later, but before I do that, I need to be a little more sentimental. I was having this conversation with my friend …

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New Car’d

So I bought a new car. My last two cars now have both had transmissions die, so let’s keep our fingers crossed for this one. It’s a Hyundai Elantra 2005. And as always, with the dawn of one age comes the death of another (and I tend to be sentimental about this kind of stuff, …

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