<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621</id><updated>2011-08-26T20:05:11.720-07:00</updated><title type='text'>random acts of blog</title><subtitle type='html'>"The Things We Think, But Do Not Say"</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>328</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-109376986373552914</id><published>2004-08-29T01:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-08-29T01:57:43.736-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>the view from my balcony at sunset. :-) what ya see is actually part of the school i went to kindergarten in. what ya don't see is the "canyon" in between my home and the school. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/109376986373552914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/109376986373552914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2004_08_01_archive.html#109376986373552914' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-109376814477573281</id><published>2004-08-29T00:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-08-29T01:41:27.333-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>wow i haven't been here in ages.i have a bunch of random reasons for getting wrapped in Xanga the last several months...but i would've been insane to leave my original blog behind! heheit's a strange nite of sorts. the music's going, sitting at the computer with no other lights on...the house is asleep...and i'm up late writing.the difference is...it's a different city. different computer, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/109376814477573281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/109376814477573281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2004_08_01_archive.html#109376814477573281' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-107850926061730449</id><published>2004-03-05T09:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-03-05T09:57:17.890-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>blah blah blah...(when's the coffee gonna kick in...)I'm working for The Company again today...the things I do for money...10-14 hour blitzes for a few days...then comes the ever-awesome humungaloid paycheck which I'd LOVE to think was totally mine...then I remember the taxes that I'm responsible for calculating and then I *sigh*.it's a common thing for ppl nowadays to poke fun at our </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/107850926061730449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/107850926061730449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2004_03_01_archive.html#107850926061730449' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-107765749896173839</id><published>2004-02-24T13:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-02-24T13:22:27.793-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>please click on this link! i'm trying to win a guitar autographed by Linkin Park, and every unique click helps! LOL, i'm sure some completely obsessive person is going to have better odds than me. but i'm gonna try anyway, demmit!thank you!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/107765749896173839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/107765749896173839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_archive.html#107765749896173839' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-107717575626094253</id><published>2004-02-18T23:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-02-18T23:31:53.593-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>thanks, VH1!although cameron diaz gets paid $40 meeeeeelion dollars per year, eats JUNK and doesn't work out, is justin timberlake's gf, etc etc etc. . . she actually has to work really hard to maintain her skin.that's comforting. reminds us that famous people are indeed, people. :-)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/107717575626094253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/107717575626094253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_archive.html#107717575626094253' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-107714812196697436</id><published>2004-02-18T15:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-02-18T15:51:18.500-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>for sentimental reasons, this is still my preferred blog...but for some reason i've been using the other one lately. if you wanna know where it is, just lemme know. most of the VIPs know anyway. lolthanks to the ppl that actually bookmark this, whether you post comments or not, i know who (most of) you are! :-)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/107714812196697436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/107714812196697436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_archive.html#107714812196697436' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-107537866789077348</id><published>2004-01-29T04:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-29T04:23:48.153-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>[you guys wouldn't believe how many "draft" posts i have. blogger never shoulda made that an option, it appeals to my indecisive side!]2,890,800thanks to "seasons of love" from RENT (one of my favorite musicals of all time), i was able to very quickly calculate the number of minutes contained in 5.5 years.Five and a half years.My room has never been this messy, and as I sit at my desk and</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/107537866789077348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/107537866789077348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107537866789077348' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106856700220348853</id><published>2003-11-11T08:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-11-11T08:10:27.326-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>FINALLY!!!!!(hee hee.)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106856700220348853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106856700220348853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106856700220348853' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106851256908741736</id><published>2003-11-10T17:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-11-10T17:03:13.500-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Slow your roll.Today seems like it's been Attack of the Egos.No one cared to ask me how I'm doing today, except for one person. Which normally wouldn't bug me except for the fact that 90% of the people I talked to today shit all over me.Case 1: Had so-called good news for me, and because I was totally swamped with work didn't have time to stroke his ego about it. Plus if I did have the time</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106851256908741736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106851256908741736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106851256908741736' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106842928901084916</id><published>2003-11-09T17:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-11-09T17:55:12.233-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Love, ActuallyPro: Happy feel-good movie with actors I love to watch.Con: Romance and London and the holidays...while I'm without romance or travel during the holiday season.Pro: Laugh a lot and live vicariously through the movie.Pro: I love the holidays.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106842928901084916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106842928901084916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106842928901084916' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106842416712408398</id><published>2003-11-09T16:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-11-09T16:33:19.060-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Cool Sights of the Week1. A Mexican high school student on the bus, carrying a set of golf clubs on her way to school. (ALTERNATIVE SPORTING OPTIONS, YEAH! GOLF IS NOT JUST FOR OLD WHITEYS AND ASIANS DAMNIT!)2. A young black student on the trolley with a violin. (SAVE THE MUSIC!!!)3. A burning red sunset yesterday that wasn't set off by a fire...which just kept getting better and better as </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106842416712408398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106842416712408398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106842416712408398' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106806623305695926</id><published>2003-11-05T13:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-11-05T13:04:10.716-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Feels like...sitting at a slot machine for God knows how long...eventually you have to walk away empty handed. But damnit, you KNOW that as soon as you leave, someone's gonna come along and hit the jackpot.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106806623305695926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106806623305695926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106806623305695926' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106795792632752836</id><published>2003-11-04T06:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-11-04T06:59:01.590-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"Can't we all just get along?"I'm sure I'm not the only person who was surprised to see Ja Rule on MTV last night talking to Louis Farrakhan. Turns out that it was Irv Gotti's idea to put em together, to try and get some more peaceful thoughts out there regarding Ja's feud with 50 Cent.Took me a few minutes to remember that they even had beef.  But then again, I been out of the loop.  For </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106795792632752836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106795792632752836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106795792632752836' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106792313764864913</id><published>2003-11-03T21:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-11-03T21:19:12.920-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"...I want to wake up with the rainFalling on a tin roofWhile I'm safe there in your armsSo all I ask is for youTo come away with me in the nightCome away with me..."</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106792313764864913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106792313764864913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106792313764864913' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106781016201348910</id><published>2003-11-02T13:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-11-02T13:56:15.076-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Happy Birthday Buddy.Isn't it ironic that someone you once knew so well could easily become another person on the street? Another person in line at the movie theater?I would give anything to forget you. Yet it's because of you that I know some of the most extraordinary things about Life. I wish for one more conversation, and yet I doubt that it would fill the hole in my heart. In fact I'm </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106781016201348910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106781016201348910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106781016201348910' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106759313714243748</id><published>2003-10-31T01:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-11-02T13:42:11.746-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Revenge of the Movie Nerds, Vol. 1There has been a fair amount of controversy over this movie. I'm not referring to the bloodshed, or the Uma Thurman critics, or the Tarantino critics. I'm just talking about the two basic camps set up around this film.  They are the "hated it" and "two snaps" camps.I belong to the latter.  I don't feel it was a perfect film, but it was a beautiful piece of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106759313714243748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106759313714243748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106759313714243748' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106749745590603613</id><published>2003-10-29T23:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-10-29T23:09:01.606-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Rest In PeaceSteven Rucker of Novato.He died today while fighting the fires in Julian. Thanks to him and the many many many other brave souls who work so very hard to keep us safe.AND much overdue post...Rest In PeaceMichael P. Brennan, Sr.Thanks to him, I was blessed with my friend Mikey.  Love and prayers to Mikey and the rest of the Brennan family during this difficult time.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106749745590603613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106749745590603613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106749745590603613' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106749624397733838</id><published>2003-10-29T22:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-10-31T01:41:06.780-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>blue sky......is a wonderful thing.it's a bittersweet feeling. for the first time, i can open my windows and breathe. i can see the sky again. but i'm saddended to think about the people that lost their lives in the fires, and continue to risk their safety. i think about ppl like Dr. Alexander and his family, who lost their home without warning or recovery.  the ash in the gutters and on the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106749624397733838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106749624397733838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106749624397733838' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-10672409574760267</id><published>2003-10-26T23:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-10-29T22:37:39.700-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The winds have died down, but the "campfire" smell is stronger. The air is so dry, and so...still.  It dries your throat, your eyes, everything.We tried to go out and look for a place that sold those face masks (like the ones you wear when you're in surgery or painting houses or something)...but no one was open. All the shopping centers were ghost towns, and the mini marts don't sell that sort </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/10672409574760267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/10672409574760267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#10672409574760267' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106721968426004270</id><published>2003-10-26T17:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-10-26T17:54:48.373-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Well...the skies are still dark, if not darker, thanks in part to the sun setting. But also, sadly, the fires have not been contained and the ash cloud is still overhead.It's just all so...eerie.  Highway closures are increasing every time I look online. Every single freeway has been affected and/or shut down except for the 805.  Traffic is gonna be a mutha tomorrow. In a way it's good that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106721968426004270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106721968426004270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106721968426004270' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106719356287998364</id><published>2003-10-26T10:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-10-26T23:56:22.560-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>FireThere are fires burning all over the county.I woke up to the usual sun in my face, except it was..orange.  I looked out and saw that everything was tinted orange/amber.  The air felt weird, and there was an actual wind blowing unassisted into my window. About half an hour ago I finally got up and took a peek out the window, seeing the ORANGE sun and some dark clouds. But not rain clouds..</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106719356287998364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106719356287998364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106719356287998364' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106713661503262588</id><published>2003-10-25T19:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-25T19:51:19.420-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"Just a day, just an ordinary day...just trying to get by..." -Vanessa Carlton [Kinda weird that I'm posting this a week after my bday, but I figured I'd just post the beginning part of the original blog for the sake of memories...]Happy New Year! Another birthday survived. Another chant of "I'm never drinking that again." Another reminder that the more things change, the more they stay </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106713661503262588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106713661503262588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106713661503262588' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106627965443952220</id><published>2003-10-15T21:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-15T21:47:33.960-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Quote of the minute"you try to be cultured and but your lack of money gets in the way. sux."courtesy of the mind of AppleMa. couldn't have said it any better.[hee]</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106627965443952220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106627965443952220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106627965443952220' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106601888364715095</id><published>2003-10-12T21:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-12T21:21:45.440-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Man oh man...Now that I'm slowly getting back into TV again, I'm realizing the error of my ways...I resisted watching Alias because of all the hype.  Since I'm infamous for being anti-hype.  LOL  Another paradox we can explore later.But I'm here to swallow my words and say that this a damn good show.  The only reason why you wouldn't like it is because:1) you're anti-hype2) you're </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106601888364715095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106601888364715095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106601888364715095' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106601639916454663</id><published>2003-10-12T20:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-12T20:40:09.990-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Something to think about....As much as a blogspot/livejournal/whatever is used as a journal...the fact that we're posting it on the internet doens't make it private anymore.  Sure, Xanga and even Blogger give you the option to keep your writing private.  But isn't that a paradox?I admit that I'm one to check and see if there are actually comments on this thing.  It's nice to see what people </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106601639916454663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106601639916454663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106601639916454663' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106585645378128940</id><published>2003-10-11T00:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-11T00:14:13.806-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Can I get a HELL YEAH?!I got a job damnit!!Well, not an official one just yet with benefits and all that.  I'm on a trial basis at first.  Then they'll see about hiring me on for reals.Accounting and collections again, similar to what I was doing at Metabolife.I start Monday, woohoo!When ppl ask me if I'm excited about the job, I can honestly say "I'm excited about the paycheck."  I'm </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106585645378128940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106585645378128940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106585645378128940' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106574461734119517</id><published>2003-10-09T17:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-09T17:10:17.420-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Artist of the WeekLillix</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106574461734119517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106574461734119517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106574461734119517' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106547466728980486</id><published>2003-10-06T14:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-06T14:11:07.293-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Eek"Ashton" and I did a lot of hugging/arm-around-the-shoulder/hand-grabbing-for-emphasis this weekend.  I hope no one noticed.  Well I hope he noticed.  Sorta.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106547466728980486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106547466728980486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106547466728980486' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106546218168891752</id><published>2003-10-06T10:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-06T10:43:01.233-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hmm."Comedy, it has often been said, is tragedy plus time."First, why have I never heard this one before?  Second, it's actually pretty insightful when you think about it.  But at first read I'm going "Hmm...?"</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106546218168891752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106546218168891752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106546218168891752' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106542520179032686</id><published>2003-10-06T00:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-06T00:27:38.353-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hot."Wow, you smell so good."[LOL, it sounds better than it looks on blog.  Especially when a hot guy says it.]</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106542520179032686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106542520179032686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106542520179032686' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106540362682570295</id><published>2003-10-05T18:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-05T18:27:06.636-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"Like Butta"Ladies and gentlemen, Darren Hayes, the main voice behind Savage Garden.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106540362682570295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106540362682570295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106540362682570295' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106538735267380198</id><published>2003-10-05T13:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-05T13:55:52.050-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>QUESTIONS OF THE DAYDoesn't anyone say THANK YOU anymore?  Am I the only conscientous person left in San Diego county?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106538735267380198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106538735267380198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106538735267380198' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106530383750408063</id><published>2003-10-04T14:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-04T14:51:22.683-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Swan SongLast nite was the traditional E Street party.  Felt weird that this is gonna be the last one I'm gonna attend as a staffer, and my status as that is pretty much gone too.  The crowd was so different from previous years.  Although it was nice to see the sevenohfive guys, Joy, Karin Anna and Keiko.  The future [Asian Am] Hollywood elite, damnit!!  :-)  Well, they're pretty elite to me, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106530383750408063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106530383750408063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106530383750408063' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106520313399762049</id><published>2003-10-03T10:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-03T10:49:23.110-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Courtesy of NobodyDied.comOther noteworthy sites include FreewayBlogger.com, where a lot of these "sightings" are put together, and F*ckedcompany.com, where there are actual internal memos posted of companies and news is up on senseless lawsuits and layoffs that keep certain people at home blogging and filling out job apps all day long."Stop the insanity!"</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106520313399762049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106520313399762049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106520313399762049' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106509247504849580</id><published>2003-10-02T04:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-02T04:01:32.913-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"world outside my window"it's really interesting to see the stuff i hear outside my window.  growing up we used to have this crazy alcoholic neighbor whose name we didn't know, but we all knew she had a son named david cuz she was always screaming at him.  and her damn dog named buddy.  when i moved to the madeline st. apt., my window faced the parking alley and there were houses on the other </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106509247504849580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106509247504849580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106509247504849580' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106497521586470699</id><published>2003-09-30T19:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-30T19:36:55.880-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Cel phone shennanigansDamn.It sucks when you call someone on their cel phone, and while it's ringing, you lose your nerve and wish you hadn't called.  But it's too late now cuz your number's gonna show up on their caller ID anyway.  So you might as well leave a message.  But you can't think of anything funny or cute to say in the message and you end up sounding like an idiot.(Damn.)On </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106497521586470699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106497521586470699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106497521586470699' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106486895072415997</id><published>2003-09-29T13:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-29T13:55:50.126-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>No comprendo.If you don't want people to share your files, TAKE THEM OFF THE DAMN LINKED FOLDER.  Don't put em where ppl can see them and then DISCONNECT THE DOWNLOAD. It especially sucks when it turns out YOU are the only one that has multiple copies of the SAME FILE, just numbered "(1)", "(1)(1)", etc.  Someone was nice enough to let you have it, either keep it to yourself outright or share</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106486895072415997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106486895072415997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106486895072415997' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106461357274841247</id><published>2003-09-26T14:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-26T14:59:32.916-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Song of the Day/Week/Month/LifeP.O.D. - "Alive"Everyday is a new dayI’m thankful for every breath I takeI won’t take it for grantedSo I learn from my mistakesIt’s beyond my control, sometimes it’s best to let goWhatever happens in this lifetimeSo I trust in loveYou have given me peace of mindchorus:I feel so alive for the very first timeI can’t deny youI feel so aliveI feel so </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106461357274841247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106461357274841247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106461357274841247' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106452262498969144</id><published>2003-09-25T13:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-25T13:51:48.030-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"Give me what I want."I finally found a place where I can see the Mraz video for "You and I Both": VH1.com.  And it's not the acoustic one, it's the real deal with the bank teller and dancing and all that.  Gotta love seein Toca pushin a floor waxer, and Ian tryin to take him out with a mop.  And the dancing!  Poor guy just wants to hook up with the pretty bank teller.Pulled this photo from </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106452262498969144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106452262498969144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106452262498969144' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106448420775591248</id><published>2003-09-25T03:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-25T03:03:27.923-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>A Glitch In The Matrix?I was talking to a very dear friend about...patterns.  She finds herself in a pattern of meeting and being attracted to men who never live near her.  From different area codes to different states and time zones...it's a conundrum.  (I wish I could sound as cool as the kid in The Ring when I say that.)I have my patterns as well.  I tend to attract and be attracted to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106448420775591248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106448420775591248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106448420775591248' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106443282298632686</id><published>2003-09-24T12:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-25T12:17:21.413-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>ConcertsFor some reason I've been in conversation more than once this week about certain live shows worth seeing, or the ones where you're thinking "DAMN I SHOULDA WENT."  In no particular order, the list includes but isn't limited to:-Summer Sanitarium Tour: Metallica/Linkin Park/Limp Bizkit-U2 (If I had a DeLorean I woulda went to ZooTV. But any show will work for me.)-Dido (No </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106443282298632686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106443282298632686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106443282298632686' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106443145901267000</id><published>2003-09-24T12:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-24T12:24:18.833-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Be careful what you wish for.OK so looks like I might have the insomnia taken care of.On to nightmares and bizarre dreams in general.Sheesh!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106443145901267000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106443145901267000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106443145901267000' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106426957888535578</id><published>2003-09-22T15:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-22T15:54:16.136-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>InsomniaI can't remember the last time I had a normal night's sleep.Prolly another reason I identified with Lost In Translation, the main characters had trouble sleeping too.  That might have also been due to the fact that they were in another country and time zone.Perhaps that's the root of my problems.  I'm in a different proverbial country and time zone.I find myself just sitting here </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106426957888535578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106426957888535578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106426957888535578' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106404863135230136</id><published>2003-09-20T02:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-22T15:34:39.980-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Lost In TranslationAfter watching this movie, I came home and just felt this sense of quiet and reflection.  Since it's so late, the house was silent. All I could hear as I walked up to the front door were the Abercrombie girls across the courtyard, singing along with Aladdin.  (Their voices managed to permeate the closed sliding door, how is that possible?  Good lawd!)  ANYWAY, I come home and</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106404863135230136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106404863135230136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106404863135230136' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106384313939632695</id><published>2003-09-18T01:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-22T15:27:51.780-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Right Now...Do you guys remember the video for this song?  (Van Halen for those of you scratching your head.)  Had all kinds of little lines like "Right now someone is working too hard for not enough money."  There's even an email forward running around like that, with sayings like "Right now someone is thinking of you as much as you're thinking of them."So, with six weeks away til my new </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106384313939632695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106384313939632695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106384313939632695' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106376036426094649</id><published>2003-09-16T17:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-16T17:59:54.153-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>dood. i give up.ok, this happened a few days ago so sorry for the delay.  (haha, i say that as if ppl are actually reading this site every day.)  beezy and the man are back together.  she asked him a question on the intellectual tip, and the answer showed some promise.  therefore, things took a new turn down the reconciliation mend.go figure."it takes every kind of people to make what </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106376036426094649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106376036426094649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106376036426094649' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106365265899742915</id><published>2003-09-15T12:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-15T12:04:18.996-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>*hides*'Nycfashiongirl' Appeals DMCA Subpoena Request.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106365265899742915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106365265899742915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106365265899742915' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106356536748341623</id><published>2003-09-14T11:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-16T17:53:47.606-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>surprisingly...this kinda sounds like me...discover what candy you are @ quiz me[except for the fact that i hate laffy taffy.]</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106356536748341623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106356536748341623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106356536748341623' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106347207626343372</id><published>2003-09-13T09:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-13T09:54:36.116-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>[I'm a dork, as many of you know.  Why this time, you ask?  Because I lagged on another Blog entry...since it would push my adorable Veggie Tales pictures to the archives.  LOL.  I guess I just need to actually use some CODE and put them in a table somewhere on this page, huh?]Breaking Up Is Hard To DoIs it just me, or is this the year of the breakup?Beezy called this morning and told me </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106347207626343372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106347207626343372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106347207626343372' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106321731217106821</id><published>2003-09-10T11:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-14T19:06:11.466-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I *heart* (my) little peopleLast night I'm on IM with my niece, who's 11th bday is tomorrow.  She's telling me about how she's so excited for her birthday party, which I will have to miss.  Sigh.  I've missed it every year since I went away.  But anyway, I'm trying to get her to talk about who's going, what kinda cake she got...and in response she says "I really wish you were gonna be there."</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106321731217106821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106321731217106821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106321731217106821' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106314123859601435</id><published>2003-09-09T14:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-09T14:06:28.830-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Awh man!I wrote this long thing about how Friday night just became the best night in a long while.  I think during that time that Blogger was down I lost the post.  Sigh.Well re-writing everything will be impossible, but I would like to thank Princess Sophia for a wonderfuly enlightening and heart-warming conversation.  I'm so blessed to have a friend like you!Anyway, this post is just to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106314123859601435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106314123859601435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106314123859601435' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106280939925577578</id><published>2003-09-05T17:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-05T18:07:37.680-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Forgiveness, Will and Gracethose are actually three seperate things i want to talk about right now.  i'm not referring to the TV show (although i do love it, hehe) this time.i used to be notorious about forgiving people.  partly because of my faith, partly because i know how it sucks to fuck up and not have someone forgive you.  that kinda crossed over into the whole September 11/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106280939925577578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106280939925577578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106280939925577578' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106280696379884005</id><published>2003-09-05T17:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-05T17:09:23.820-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>wordsi have a friend who asks me for insight/advice on a fairly regular basis.  this doesn't make her a bad person, nor does it make me a better person. but what strikes me is this: although she's older than me by a few years, and on paper she's got a lot more going for herself...what makes me qualified to give her advice on anything?and it's not that i'm telling her what to do and not do.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106280696379884005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106280696379884005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106280696379884005' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106270915058165275</id><published>2003-09-04T13:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-04T14:00:52.730-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>are you freakin kidding me?!?i don't want to embarass the person who wrote this (tempting)... i just can't believe that someone conceived the following thought:final destination 2****1/2it's virtually impossible to conceive a more perfectly executed popcorn thriller, FD2 dazzles with the most intense death scenes ever.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106270915058165275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106270915058165275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106270915058165275' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106269920841145614</id><published>2003-09-04T11:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-04T11:14:36.480-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>On the DLFile sharing has been going on FOREVER, we all know this.  But then Napster came along and everything got blown wide open.  There have been lawsuits here and there. Servers have been shut down, or threats of the existing ones charging fees per file shared or per month online.  Things have seemed relatively quiet...But the scenario of the RIAA lawsuits seems a little too close to home</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106269920841145614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106269920841145614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106269920841145614' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106257856875865381</id><published>2003-09-03T01:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-03T01:42:48.743-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>White Flag, Part 2OH HELL YEAH!The video was released yesterday and is now in rotation on VH1, and I suppose MTV if they still play music videos anymore.  Last I checked they kept replaying the Madonna/Britney kiss.  (You gotta wonder if Christina A. is irked that her kiss didn't get much airplay.)Anyway, the video is available to view here, and personally I think that it's really well done</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106257856875865381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106257856875865381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106257856875865381' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106252206750418567</id><published>2003-09-02T10:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-02T10:04:01.833-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>headphones[good morning!]after discovering that my oh-so-cool speaker system (a bday present from last year) has a little jack in the back for headphones, i've been plugging in a little more often.  that way, i can listen to music without disturbing sleeping roommates with the *boom* of the subwoofer.  it's also helpful when you're in a musical mood that doesn't suit anyone but you.  and/or </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106252206750418567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106252206750418567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106252206750418567' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106230847456472569</id><published>2003-08-30T22:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-02T10:03:00.183-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>happy belated birthday to blog!I remember the fleeting thought while I was at home, that it's been somewhere around a year since my blogging life went public.  to the point where I was actually telling people that I was posting my writing and random acts of blog online."and it goes a little something like this...(hit it!)"----------------------------------------------------------::: </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106230847456472569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106230847456472569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106230847456472569' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106230405081384883</id><published>2003-08-30T21:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-02T10:05:06.763-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I *heart* Veggie Tales!(yes, He sure did. hehe)Meet Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber......and Junior Asparagus! This one glows in the dark too.  Is this the modern day Glo Worm?Once upon a time, I worked at a place where we not only sold Veggie Tales stuff, we had to play their videos every day for a month.  So what was first a bunch of annoying kids songs became just so damn cute</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106230405081384883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106230405081384883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106230405081384883' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106227317659903400</id><published>2003-08-30T12:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-30T12:53:55.103-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>new is not always betterwhile i was at home, my sister was nice enough to buy me a new pair of flip-flops from old navy.  they're very cute, two kinds of blue with that flowery pseudo-islander look, and a thicker sole so i guess i won't look like i just walked outta pacific super.  (daly city joke)  anyway, when i get around to wearing them, they're quite nice...til i hit the tile floor in the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106227317659903400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106227317659903400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106227317659903400' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106226335530463884</id><published>2003-08-30T10:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-30T11:18:10.353-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Saturday Morning Playlist[Let's not try too hard to go Freud with this list of songs...they're just all good stuff to kick back to on a Saturday morning.]David Gray - January RainEva Cassidy - Fields of GoldDionne Farris - HopelessDiana Krall - A Case of YouJohn Mayer - My Stupid MouthFleetwood Mac - LandslideJason and Jane - Through ConfessingJason and Jane - All Because of YouJason </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106226335530463884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106226335530463884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106226335530463884' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106214880171368785</id><published>2003-08-29T02:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-29T02:20:01.693-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Informercial of the NightThe Bebop.Similar to The Lark (c'mon, you guys remember that one right?), it's a scooter type thing for people that...want to get around easier.But what makes the Bebop ad so interesting is that it has an entire STORY behind how it got its name.  After almost 10 minutes, I still haven't heard about how it's cool or features...just some correlations between the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106214880171368785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106214880171368785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106214880171368785' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106214822811341481</id><published>2003-08-29T02:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-29T02:13:53.046-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>almost famousok i've come to a realization and it's a liiiiiiiittle bit sad to admit.i'm suffering from what i'd like to call ashton kutcher syndrome.  no, i'm not trying to date demi moore.  i just hope that i can be famous enough in my own right, to the point where i can meet really famous people.is that shallow?  is that cheezy?  does that make me an attention whore?  eek!i've never </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106214822811341481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106214822811341481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106214822811341481' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106214168179928429</id><published>2003-08-29T00:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-29T03:26:44.736-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>why downloading mp3 isn't always badAs you may or may not know, I am a HUUUUUUUGE fan of Jason Mraz.  I can't stress that enough.  If you don't know, you're missing out.  Seriously.  Anyway, even though I'm an infamous downloader (it's a financial thing!), I am such a fan of Mraz that I actually bought his CD.  I am happy to say that I'm one of the ppl that helped him earn his Gold Record.  :-D</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106214168179928429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106214168179928429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106214168179928429' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106197943374147338</id><published>2003-08-27T03:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-27T13:35:15.116-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"sometimes you feel like a nut..."are you a morning shower person, or an evening shower person?i ask myself this as i sit here, post-road trip, looking over at my bed that i have been missing for the entire summer it seems.  i could tumble in there right now, with my "magic" blanket and curl up with the TV on timer and my HBO.  or i could work up enough energy to drag my grubby self into the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106197943374147338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106197943374147338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106197943374147338' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106197833904369289</id><published>2003-08-27T02:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-27T03:05:33.533-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>bittersweet symphony(first movement)so i'm back in my apartment.  back at my desk.  the house is asleep, and in a way i'm nervous about what the next week will bring.  simply because all of the explanations need to be made, stories told, and news delivered.as if i didn't have enough to deal with in the bay area... but i have to deal with everything that entails my life here in san diego.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106197833904369289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106197833904369289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106197833904369289' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106099475612626020</id><published>2003-08-15T17:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-16T02:23:23.116-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>White FlagI'm sooooooooooooooo happy because Dido has released the first single of her upcoming album.  Which means...she's gonna tour to promote it, which means I finally get to see her live!!!!!!!!!Those who have been reading my blog for a while know that I totally dig her, ever since I heard "Thank You" during the credits of Sliding Doors.  She's smooth (sonically and fashionably), she's </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106099475612626020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106099475612626020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106099475612626020' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106073276507173729</id><published>2003-08-12T16:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-12T17:05:56.700-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I SO WANT ONE OF THESE!Yay Gryffindor![yeah, I'm a dork. So? :-D As if you hadn't figured that part out by now...]</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106073276507173729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106073276507173729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106073276507173729' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-106029933713356941</id><published>2003-08-07T16:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-07T16:35:37.043-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>recent conversations have had me wondering about something the last couple of weeks:when are you really "over it"?[the following is based on personal experiences and friends' experiences mixed together...]meet someone, like someone, date someone, break up.cry, yell, drink, smoke, don't sleep, or whatever else you personally do in your "healing process".give or receive the inevitable </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106029933713356941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/106029933713356941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106029933713356941' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-10602972026610391</id><published>2003-08-07T16:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-07T16:00:02.446-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Here's a way for you to help in the fight against AIDS.Go Pia!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/10602972026610391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/10602972026610391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#10602972026610391' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-105997751923972726</id><published>2003-08-03T23:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-03T23:11:59.230-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>wish i'd written it...[for more on the author visit www.xanga.com/applema]i'm scared to sleepi used to love to sleep.i'd work so many hours that sleep came easy. it was safe and sweet.i'd dream about the happy things.but now i'm afraid to sleep.i'd dream all these wonderful things andwake up smiling,believing they were true.only seconds later, i realize, it was just a dream.i'm </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/105997751923972726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/105997751923972726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#105997751923972726' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-105997673144919515</id><published>2003-08-03T22:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-03T22:58:51.426-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>escapism and other such shennanigansseeing as i've been working through some of the most *EVENTFUL* times of my quarter century...i'm gonna have some cathartic blogging with a dash of A.D.D.i'm so bummed that jimmy and adam are no longer going to host the man show next season! ew! that's like when they switched darren's on bewitched, or that new guy in matrix reloaded couldn't sell that story</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/105997673144919515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/105997673144919515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#105997673144919515' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-105699943334042532</id><published>2003-06-30T11:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-30T21:40:02.010-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>French Chewing GumAn American is having breakfast one morning (coffee, croissants, bread, butter and jam) when a Frenchman, chewing gum, sits down next to him.The American ignores the Frenchman who, nevertheless, starts a conversation.French man: "You American folk eat the whole bread??"American (in a bad mood): "Of course."French: (after blowing a huge bubble) "We don't. In France, we </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/105699943334042532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/105699943334042532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_archive.html#105699943334042532' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-95636311</id><published>2003-06-13T10:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-13T10:44:13.103-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>yknow, it's unfortunate that the blog has not been a good representative of how i'm livin these days....but i guess now it's living up to it's title...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/95636311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/95636311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_archive.html#95636311' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-95636165</id><published>2003-06-13T10:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-13T10:39:44.376-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>musical breakall this time at home has got me watching a lot of music channels and listening to radio...between jason mraz with a video (YAY!) and jewel struttin around in daisy dukes, there's a lot of variety out there!  and michelle branch's new album is coming out soon.  as i listen to her first single, all i gotta say is..."LOL"...Michelle Branch   "Are You Happy Now "  Now, don't just</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/95636165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/95636165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_archive.html#95636165' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-95334782</id><published>2003-06-05T10:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-05T10:22:31.710-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>thought for the dayBeing unemployed is the most expensive vacation ever.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/95334782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/95334782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_archive.html#95334782' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-95334685</id><published>2003-06-05T10:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-05T10:19:55.256-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I thought I'd score higher for Samantha...go figure...You scored 50% CarrieYour answers peg you as a Carrie-type, much influenced by the Air Sign qualities associated with Gemini, Libra and Aquarius. Like confident Carrie, you're curious and perceptive, always seeking answers and never satisfied with the superficial. An Air Sign influence can lead to indecision and an avoidance of tough issues</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/95334685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/95334685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_archive.html#95334685' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-95334048</id><published>2003-06-05T10:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-05T10:01:57.653-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Miss Universe[written 06.04.03]Good lawd, I just watched my first Miss Universe pageant for the first time in 2 or 3 years (maybe more).THEY SUCK NOW!First of all, they took away the little kids that sing "You are my star...you light my way..." and present roses to the chicks in the evening gown competition.  I mean I remember some pageants that replaced them for military guys or whatever,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/95334048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/95334048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_archive.html#95334048' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-95276797</id><published>2003-06-04T02:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-04T02:34:13.893-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>tip of the dayWhen you're up hella late and reading email, listening to mp3s with your DJ-grade Sony headphones, keep your voice down.  Cuz when you say "WHAT?!"...it will most likely end up sounding hella loud.(oops.)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/95276797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/95276797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_archive.html#95276797' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-94724899</id><published>2003-05-21T23:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-05-21T23:27:08.956-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/94724899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/94724899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_05_01_archive.html#94724899' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-94368767</id><published>2003-05-14T20:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-05-14T20:54:49.590-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I will elaborate on this later......but I'm having this wonderful slew of Dawson's Creek memories.  Although it sucks to be having them as I watch the final episode, it's a little comforting to know that Kevin Williamson co-wrote the episode.I feel like I'm back in the Dorado Plaza apt. again, and Kat and I are screaming at the 13" TV/VCR on the floor, since there are no chairs.OK, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/94368767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/94368767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_05_01_archive.html#94368767' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-94152880</id><published>2003-05-11T09:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-05-12T20:47:33.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>for the record...he showed up at the festival yesterday.  fine, it's a public event.  he showed up with some really pretty girl.  lovely.  he very obviously avoids me the first several hours, then blindsides me in between stage shows that i'm managing to talk to me.  oh wait, lemme rephrase that.  to approach me like he's my long lost friend that he's so happy to see, then HUG me like we're </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/94152880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/94152880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_05_01_archive.html#94152880' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-93971701</id><published>2003-05-07T21:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-05-07T21:40:32.893-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>i've been trying to write for a while now, and there are just too many things running around in my mind.reminds me of the first night of my last trip home.  jhocelyn, jt and george came over to visit me and i was so tired.  having two new people around amplified my tendency to...allow my thoughts to come out more freely.  by that i mean, i have a harder time controlling the speed of my thoughts</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/93971701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/93971701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_05_01_archive.html#93971701' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-93161262</id><published>2003-04-23T22:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-23T22:44:28.983-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>i know i'm not the first person to say this, but...the media tends to use someone's first, middle and last name when they're a stalker or a killer.weird.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/93161262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/93161262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#93161262' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-93160928</id><published>2003-04-23T22:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-23T22:43:08.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>picture of the daycourtesy of moosey, a polaroid taken before he left NYC...i want a doggie...for those of you who like cats (and aren't allergic like me), here's a kitty for you:</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/93160928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/93160928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#93160928' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-93159091</id><published>2003-04-23T21:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-23T21:56:19.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>quotes[From a transcript of an old West Wing episode.  Damn I love this show.  If you missed tonight's episode with Matthew Perry guest starring, you missed out.]"Islamic extremist is to Islam as _______ is to Christianity." After hearing from the students, Josh writes down his answer: "KKK. . . . It's the Klan gone medieval and global. It couldn't have less to do with Islamic men and women </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/93159091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/93159091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#93159091' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-92758876</id><published>2003-04-16T21:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-16T21:30:09.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>*YAY*I'm coming home tomorrow.  It's raining, it's foggy, but yknow what, it's all good.  Yknow why?Because in 25 years, I have yet to be in a place besides the Bay that smells so great after it rains.  Or when you get out of the club or the late movie and it's all foggy and you get that breath of fresh air, which prolly came from the Pacific, passed over hella trees, houses, etc....to find </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92758876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92758876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#92758876' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-92703767</id><published>2003-04-16T01:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-16T01:09:04.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Good luck to Moosey as he prepares to head back to the Wild Wild West![Oops, just jokin, he's goin to Orange County. *hee*]</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92703767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92703767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#92703767' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-92703753</id><published>2003-04-16T01:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-16T20:53:13.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>patterns1. Plaid!  Ex: I loved my blue &amp; green plaid shorts from the Sesame Street store.  [What the heck ever happened to those?  Every time I can't think of where some clothing or other possession went, I write it off to the Joey-gank list.  I swear I'll shake the shit outta her someday.]2. I've been blogging a lot within the time frame of 11pm-1am recently.  (didn't I say gnite in my last </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92703753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92703753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#92703753' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-92703374</id><published>2003-04-16T00:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-16T00:56:54.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I have the feeling that I won't give a shit about the following story someday.  But I did today, and I kinda do now, so here goes...He had free movie passes to that shitty Jamie Kennedy movie.  (Sorry for the fans out there, but the trailers are crap.  And they're supposed to make you WANT to watch the movie, I thought.)  Since he couldn't use them and apparently couldn't find anyone in his own</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92703374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92703374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#92703374' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-92703054</id><published>2003-04-16T00:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-16T00:42:03.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I AM NEVER, EVER, GOING TO FILE MY OWN TAXES AGAIN.The only exceptions would be if:1. I'd be paid a $1M bonus for it.2. I only had 1 (one) W-2, no itemized deductions and no other forms to report (including but not limited to 1099-R, 1099-G, and things that sound like that).3. I'd be paid more than a $1M bonus for it.So there.  The rest of the world can laugh at me all they want, or tell </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92703054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92703054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#92703054' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-92570099</id><published>2003-04-14T00:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-14T00:38:01.450-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>quotes of the weekend:(me driving somewhere with mike, talking about the way my car performs--)"Yknow the thing about this car is that it either struggles or hauls ass."[me] "Just like me.""Just when you think you've got it at its limit and it can't go any more, it goes even further than you expected."[me] "Just like me."--------------------------------------[me, after backing out of</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92570099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92570099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#92570099' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-92569877</id><published>2003-04-14T00:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-14T00:30:04.360-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>i don't want to be a cliche and say they're all the same.  [but they're basically all the same.][why am i being a cliche woman and expecting so much from them?]i'm retreating back to my overall distrust for boys, men, and their strange ways of thinking.  yeah yeah, i know, "mars...venus...." blah blah blah.  i find myself getting edgy again when i hear of guys being....less than cool in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92569877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92569877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#92569877' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-92568694</id><published>2003-04-13T23:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-14T00:09:35.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>late night musings again...[i feel as though when it's late like this, and it's dark and i'm by myself, i'm suspect to all this deep thought that i'll be ashamed of later.  sheesh.]there's a light rain falling.  i've always loved the sound it makes on the carport roof because it's made of metal.the last rainstorm we had in san diego, he wanted to go out for a walk.  i remember saying </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92568694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92568694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#92568694' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-92534594</id><published>2003-04-13T11:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-13T11:08:23.310-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>one of the ironies of money......as many of us know, is that when we really make a concerted effort to spend it on something, nothing can be found.  however, when there is money ready to be spent!!after waking up late &amp; watching the entire first season of initial D in my pj's, i managed to give myself a case of insomnia.  so i had an mp3 binge and decided to give my brand new debit card a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92534594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92534594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#92534594' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-92532774</id><published>2003-04-13T10:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-13T10:26:27.140-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>bloggin' conundrum(can't you just picture that kid from THE RING..."it's a conundrum...")my archives are still "missing".  not that anyone reads them (does anyone ever?) contemplating whether or not to upgrade this little blog of mine.  ("...i'm gonna let it shine...")  it just seems so lonely with just the text.  i wanna add pictures too.  but i'm wondering if image hosting some other way </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92532774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92532774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#92532774' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-92532187</id><published>2003-04-13T10:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-13T10:12:56.263-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>i am so tempted to just delete that last post like it never happened.  but i think i'll leave it as a reminder for how COMPLETELY sad i WAS.[eek]</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92532187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92532187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#92532187' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-92473530</id><published>2003-04-11T23:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-11T23:41:32.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>home alone on a friday night*warning - those unable to handle my sulk/vent please exit the premises now.  you may return shortly, as this is only temporary.*ok so i'm exaggerating...i just got home from dinner with a few loved ones.  and the roomies are all home.  and i have a splitting headache anyways (which i'm fighting just so i can blog out for a bit).but just now i had that *feeling*,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92473530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92473530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#92473530' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-92342364</id><published>2003-04-09T22:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-09T22:47:52.733-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>100...grand...If my father's father were alive today, we'd be celebrating his 100th birthday.I never knew him because he died before I was born.  He died before my father met my mother.  He died before my father finished high school.  His I still have a very faint memory of my grandmother, believe it or not.   She's still alive but she hasn't laid eyes on me in 22 years.  I don't send her </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92342364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92342364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#92342364' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647621.post-92317583</id><published>2003-04-09T14:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-09T15:03:28.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>we are mildly panicking over the disappearance of several months of blogs.*searching the support section of blogger for a damn good explanation**note to all bloggers...the interface on the control site is cool.*</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92317583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3647621/posts/default/92317583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cookiescorner.blogspot.com/2003_04_01_archive.html#92317583' title=''/><author><name>sugar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221309445703364339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
