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apple_pathwaysAdd this to the list of Wedding To-Dos: miraculously cure sudden outbreak of acne on my chin! ("Too old for acne medication, but too young for wrinkles?" When is this magic age, O Condescending Cosmetics Advertisement???)
And it's back to work today. They've cut my Tuesday hours, and trimmed off 15 minutes from my other days, which just seems petty. Oh, the joys of working for an hourly wage!
In other news, iTunes 'Genius' function, which automatically compiles playlists of my music for me, may just have changed my life. However, with the amount of information Apple needed to collect in order to activate it, combined with all the data Google already has about me, I'm pretty sure Corporate America knows a hell of a lot more about me than my own family. (I was raised by a man who believes the Peace Corps is a front for the CIA and that the FBI keeps files on all its citizens library and movie rental habits; a certain amount of paranoia comes standard issue.)
(Oh, and I am working on my playlist for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
evilhippo, who offered me a counter-challenge for our ongoing string of Music Battles! She is SO MUCH BETTER at coming up with categories than I am, and this one is really fun, so I'll offer it up to everyone who might want to participate in the fun:
SURPRISE MUSIC BATTLE: COUNTER-CHALLENGE
New Year's resolutions, the musical! At least three songs you yourself would be willing to sing in response to "What is your resolution this year?" ^_^)
Other things that may have changed my life: Pickwick Dutch Tea Blend, from the ever-so-lovelyvoltaires_vice. Three cups today already...
As much as I love tags, it really does strike me as quite absurd that I have one for "griping", as if there would ever be a need for it. As if someone would be reading my journal, and think, "Gee, I wonder if there's a way I could go back and read EVERY SINGLE THING AMY HAS EVER COMPLAINED ABOUT? Oh look, there is!!!"
And it's back to work today. They've cut my Tuesday hours, and trimmed off 15 minutes from my other days, which just seems petty. Oh, the joys of working for an hourly wage!
In other news, iTunes 'Genius' function, which automatically compiles playlists of my music for me, may just have changed my life. However, with the amount of information Apple needed to collect in order to activate it, combined with all the data Google already has about me, I'm pretty sure Corporate America knows a hell of a lot more about me than my own family. (I was raised by a man who believes the Peace Corps is a front for the CIA and that the FBI keeps files on all its citizens library and movie rental habits; a certain amount of paranoia comes standard issue.)
(Oh, and I am working on my playlist for
evilhippo, who offered me a counter-challenge for our ongoing string of Music Battles! She is SO MUCH BETTER at coming up with categories than I am, and this one is really fun, so I'll offer it up to everyone who might want to participate in the fun:SURPRISE MUSIC BATTLE: COUNTER-CHALLENGE
New Year's resolutions, the musical! At least three songs you yourself would be willing to sing in response to "What is your resolution this year?" ^_^)
Other things that may have changed my life: Pickwick Dutch Tea Blend, from the ever-so-lovely
voltaires_vice. Three cups today already...As much as I love tags, it really does strike me as quite absurd that I have one for "griping", as if there would ever be a need for it. As if someone would be reading my journal, and think, "Gee, I wonder if there's a way I could go back and read EVERY SINGLE THING AMY HAS EVER COMPLAINED ABOUT? Oh look, there is!!!"
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Date: 2011-01-03 07:47 pm (UTC)Yay for Genius and now ... Ping?!
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Date: 2011-01-03 08:08 pm (UTC)ALSO, I got your Christmas card! Thank you <3 (And now it occurs to me to ask - did you ever get mine? Because I have a horrible feeling...)
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Date: 2011-01-03 09:31 pm (UTC)Also, I love tags, but I think I abuse mine. But they're fun! Ah well.
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Date: 2011-01-04 01:21 am (UTC)Ooh, the witch hazel gel sounds VERY useful, but I won't be out in B'ham tomorrow! They cut my Tuesdays. Thanks for the offer! A seven year-old student who I am SO OVER (and getting rid of at the end of the month!) looked at me and said in a contemptuous tone: "Why do you have all those PIMPLES on your face?"
Kid's lucky to still be breathing.
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Date: 2011-01-04 01:27 am (UTC)I have not received yours, but I wouldn't worry--the U.S. Postal Service are a pack of degenerates. It's taken me FOREVER to receive several pieces of mail from overseas.
U.S.P.S. = LICK ME!
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Date: 2011-01-04 01:30 am (UTC)Tags are there to be abused! I try to use them in a useful way to organize my posts, but mostly they're just there to entertain me.
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Date: 2011-01-04 01:35 am (UTC)It's weird O.o
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Date: 2011-01-04 01:38 am (UTC)Seriously, I sent out those cards the first week in December! I could have walked/swam to Australia with that card in less time!