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Adventures in Mass Transit: Morning Commute

Dec 31st

I’ve Moved

Dec 30th

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Dec 30th

Incoming: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Dec 30th

looking out onto sutro tower from my living room. i am lucky.

Dec 30th

i love my new place. simple statement, but loaded with emotion and promise.

Dec 30th

Peering out my bedroom window at the narrow crevice of an alley between buildings. Wondering how...

Dec 30th

Could not have made this grin-inducing move without the tireless efforts of @lavidalibre. Thanks be...

Dec 30th

So, um, a chair *may* have bounced out of the back of this pick-up. We can’t find it. San...

Dec 29th

We’ve put 1200 miles on this rental car since monday.

Dec 29th

moving mojo: the amount we have moved in 4.5 hours is stunning. zipcar pickups ftw.

Dec 29th

BF: “I thought you said you owed me a baby. I was like “Noooo!” Babies are not...

Dec 28th

In the new place: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T...

Dec 28th

RT@lisey & @lavidalibre: http://twitpic.com/x84z - Brittney and Lisey in their new place, with...

Dec 28th

waiting to pay bay bridge toll. @lavidalibre ftw with the 8 hour driving stint.

Dec 28th

Hello, big pink cotton candy and orange sherbet sky.

Dec 28th

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Dec 28th

Moving tomorrow into the city of san francisco=YAY. Supposed to rain in SF tomorrow=BOO.

Dec 27th

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Dec 27th

wine by an outdoor patio fire. san diego is nice.

Dec 27th

(doing the sean penn “milk” voice) “I know you’re hungry. And I’m...

Dec 26th

“this ginerbread house is not gonna be up to code. here is where the gingerbread teens sneak...

Dec 26th

Asked the 7y.o. for one of her spanish readers so I can learn. The one she brought me—a first...

Dec 26th

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Dec 26th

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Dec 25th

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Dec 25th

I got snow for christmas after all. The mountains near bakersfield are topped with it.

Dec 25th

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Dec 25th

Well timed stop: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Dec 25th

Christmas eve snow! (See mtn top): Sent via BlackBerry by...

Dec 25th

California snow: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Dec 25th

I should have a better camera for this: Sent via BlackBerry...

Dec 25th

Animal style is not better.

Dec 25th

On a road trip to san diego. On the 5 enjoying the mountain views.

Dec 24th

Central valley: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Dec 24th

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Dec 24th

Big Sky: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Dec 24th

Gorgeous drive: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Dec 24th

At phat philly in the mission for a cheesesteak. They just opened, & fly in hoagie rolls from...

Dec 24th

OH: “she is a big girl. she is not petite, if you know what i mean. i mean, has to buy 2 plane...

Dec 24th

Out of context Overheard: “Here’s a whole stack of tiger maulings.”

Dec 24th

washington mutual, as of dec 1, now charges you $5 to cash ONE OF THEIR OWN checks if not an acct...

Dec 24th

About to beat this computer down.

Dec 24th

How the hell you lose 65 million dollars in Las Vegas is beyond me, but apparently it can be done:...

Dec 23rd

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Dec 23rd

Had to kick a sleeping guy’s feet off the seat on bart. Plus this train car smells of body...

Dec 23rd

The kitchen and bathroom are completely packed. Save for fridge and freezer food and...

Dec 23rd

Winding up the packing. Progress made.

Dec 23rd

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Dec 23rd

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Dec 23rd

Roomie’s (not @lisey) cat has a licking problem. She just licked my wool sweater. Man, was she...

Dec 23rd

Tonight will be the last night I spend at my house in berkeley.

Dec 23rd

Give it up for hallmark: they are creating same sex marriage greeting cards.

Dec 23rd

My friends, they are unbelievably fantastic.

Dec 23rd

It feels good to not be paralyzed by anxiety today. Now, off to find some wood for knocking.

Dec 23rd

I just saw a series of photos of a kitten being set on fire. I barely flinched. The internet has...

Dec 23rd

If I tried to tell you how excited I am about moving, I could not. Words fail me.

Dec 23rd

I have Google Alerts for Bay Area terms. “San Fran” is almost always used by those who...

Dec 23rd

It’s Here

Dec 22nd

watching @lavidalibre cook me dinner.

Dec 22nd

i am moving in exactly one week. just discovered i am going to save a bundle on transit costs.

Dec 21st

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Dec 21st

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Dec 21st

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Dec 21st

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Dec 21st

The panhandler asked for no change. Only for my hand in marriage.

Dec 20th

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Dec 20th

Why I Watch “Gossip Girl” Presented in a...

Dec 20th

“Sometimes just making yourself at home is revolutionary.”

Dec 20th

Check those Comments!

Dec 20th

CheeseFacts: The average American ate 30 lb of cheese in the year 2000. Collecting cheese...

Dec 20th

Some things at a place I’d rather not mention have changed, but I can’t ask any...

Dec 19th

The title of the Facebook Group “If You Love Southern Girls, Raise Your Glass. If Not, Raise...

Dec 19th

“I’m dying to show you I’m innocent.” -Blagojevich Then after that,...

Dec 19th

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Dec 19th

this move is becoming real. as in, soon i am gonna have to start asking people for help.

Dec 19th

Table sold to a nice boy. Packing underway. The roomie made cookies. It’s been a good night.

Dec 19th

Taking Time for Me

Dec 19th

FacebookFind: The number of girls I went to school w/ who named their children the exact names they...

Dec 19th

This soup is bad. Really, really bad. Abandoning said soup.

Dec 19th

Total twin peaks experience: lady in sweatpants, frilly suit jacket, lacy hat and pearls doing some...

Dec 18th

“…not least because of the glaring sexuality discharged by people who cry...

Dec 18th

Bay Area, who wants this table? http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/fuo/962826808.html

Dec 18th

Everybody wants my table. Should have asked more for it.

Dec 18th

Did not move to california for it to be this cold. Partial refund, please.

Dec 18th

I could pack, but I am gonna read about cheese til I fall asleep instead.

Dec 18th

Does a grammar rule that you learned, like, 15 years ago ever *finally* make sense? Or is that just...

Dec 18th

my phone’s clock is slow. missed my train. it is doggie visitation night. hope the dogs...

Dec 18th

Just broke my high Brickbreaker score by 60 points. Incredibly satisfying, Blackberry.

Dec 18th

Kinda wish this house had heat.

Dec 18th

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Dec 18th

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Dec 18th

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Dec 18th

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Dec 18th

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Dec 18th

There’s a movie that never made it out of production that cast annette benning as white house...

Dec 17th

Adding good blogs about cheese to my reader. Anyone out there have any cheese blog recommendations?

Dec 17th

Packing. Been boxing up books, & just found my yearbook from 1995. It has a cowboy boot on the...

Dec 17th

Laundry going, dishes done, books packed, magazines sorted, some dishes & kitchen appliances...

Dec 17th

High school: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Dec 17th

Guess who found her yearbook: Sent via BlackBerry by...

Dec 17th

Not my date!: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Dec 17th

That is because he was a dumbass: Sent via BlackBerry by...

Dec 17th

Real for me: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Dec 17th

I am supposed to be sorting magazines to recycle but instead I got sucked into one. Who wants a...

Dec 17th

I have become a weather whimp.

Dec 17th

“margaritaville” on at the chinese restaurant. that is my cue to bail.

Dec 17th

I am pretty sure a homeless lady just called me a “dirty, nasty whore.” She kinda sang...

Dec 16th

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Dec 16th

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Dec 16th

Rainboot weather: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Dec 16th

hanging out with future roomie tonight lets me know that living together is going to be great.

Dec 16th

listening to Girl Talk on the BART ride to berkeley. now leaving west oakland.

Dec 16th

Walking in the rain.

Dec 16th

The IRS says they never got my 2005 tax return. Great. TOTALLY NEEDED THIS.

Dec 16th

There is an alarm going off in the newsroom. It’s been going for minutes. They should try this...

Dec 16th

Brittney Grissom created a new Gmail account, but the notice came to me, accidentally. Brittney...

Dec 16th

Holy shit, you guys, I’m moving to San Francisco!

Dec 15th

kitchen (ad photo): the photos included in the ad for the...

Dec 15th

bathroom (ad photo): the photos included in the ad for the...

Dec 15th

bedroom (ad photo): a photo included in the ad for the...

Dec 15th

Why I Still Blog

Dec 15th

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Dec 15th

Molly’s birthday: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Dec 14th

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Dec 14th

New apt building: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Dec 14th

giddy. signed a lease for a gorgeous edwardian flat in bernal heights, san francisco. :)

Dec 14th

Me in my new kitchen: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T...

Dec 14th

A straw’s only job is to be a tube. This one failed.

Dec 13th

A large swarm of fists has taken up residence in my belly.

Dec 13th

That gorilla baby at the zoo whose mama doesn’t want anything to do with it TEARS ME UP. Gah!

Dec 13th

Corporate Copywriting

Dec 12th

Undoubtedly a Valid Observation

Dec 12th

Define and Identify Your Surroundings

Dec 12th

Trust Me, So Do You

Dec 12th

Delta Delta Delta by the Bay

Dec 12th

Baby, It’s Cold as Crap Outside, but…

Dec 12th

I miss the anticipation of the chance of snow.

Dec 12th

A coworker just handed me a homemade sweet tamale—cornmeal, sugar, stick cinnamon and...

Dec 12th

do you think that gorilla mommy at the sf zoo would have rejected her baby *not* in captivity? i...

Dec 12th

thanls to @fibbery for the handmade card and christmas cookies! girl knows how to woo.

Dec 12th

Despite the late night walks, cab fares and train transfers I don’t miss have a car. In fact,...

Dec 12th

No cab at north berkeley bart. Pray for my safe return home.

Dec 12th

On the n-judah, a train I almost never take.

Dec 12th

This nasty girl is popping her man’s face zits on the N. Gross.

Dec 12th

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Dec 12th

cole valley apt is cute! the den is tiny but otherwise it works. definite maybe.

Dec 12th

I have two perfect curls. The rest of my hair looks like shit.

Dec 12th

Do you know this girl? http://tinyurl.com/6gcuye

Dec 12th

i am ready to have my new home.

Dec 12th

Best Description Ever (See Note): Forgive the fuzziness.

Dec 12th

saw you holding sign: click all sized to embiggen

Dec 12th

blog4food

Dec 12th

The Internet thinks I have a lot of belly fat to lose.

Dec 12th

Everything is annoying.

Dec 12th

Creating reference sheet for the SF apartment hunt. Only slightly more preferable than teeth...

Dec 12th

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Dec 11th

Off to first SF apartment viewing in the Castro. Whee! The hunt officially begins.

Dec 11th

Call in Gay Day march through the castro. Btw, that apt was cute but too small.

Dec 11th

It is jerry orbach week here on winfield st. Last night: dirty dancing. Tonight: brewster’s...

Dec 11th

I don’t think pigeons are supposed to eat waffles, and yet…

Dec 11th

I defy any female to wear pigtails throughout the day without having at least 1 man comment on them....

Dec 11th

I have found Have A Corn Chips.

Dec 10th

*I* am working from home today to play nurse.

Dec 9th

Rainbow grocery is great. Had no idea about their cheese section. Yum. Got truffle tremor for later.

Dec 9th

Just tried to talk to my mom while riding the 14. Between her southern accent, the screaming baby...

Dec 9th

Home from work to help a very, very bad off boyfriend get an MRI. And keep him medicated.

Dec 8th

Into the 6th hour now at SF General.

Dec 8th

back to sf general this morning. not for me, but to be w my friend

Dec 7th

at the ER with a friend in pain.

Dec 7th

First BBQ since leaving TN. You do food well, SF, but your BBQ leaves a little to be desired.

Dec 7th

I love a ringing pay phone.

Dec 6th

“Glocal News”: Coming to a Rag Near You? http://tinyurl.com/6p6e8s

Dec 6th

Watching OJ Simpson get sentenced right now is pretty enjoyable.

Dec 5th

OH: “Are you a regular, normal writer or a blogger?” (!!!)

Dec 5th

Hellish commute. Really awful.

Dec 5th

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Dec 5th

Kids on bus in berkeley: ‘Gimme your lotion.’ “Girl, you know I am naturally...

Dec 5th

I’ve spent years trying to pretend I don’t love things pink, frilly and sparkly. I think...

Dec 5th

Cannot get rid of my pink hoodie with ears and matching paw mittens despite it being tattered and...

Dec 5th

Sometimes I sleep at the foot end of the bed so it feels like vacation. I like to change it up....

Dec 4th

On a solo city adventure an dmy phone is about to die.

Dec 4th

Me: ‘I saw you in the mission the other day holding hands w a girl.’ Bartender:...

Dec 4th

It is good to be a regular. am a regular at 1 place in SF. Soon I will expand my domain. as I typed...

Dec 4th

Watching band at powell and o’farrell bump those digeridoo beats.

Dec 4th

11 minutes til pts/bay train? fuck.

Dec 4th

Me: “23 years of marriage. That is respectable.” Him: ‘Feels brand new., too. My...

Dec 4th

bac fairy, bring me a non-pervy car asap, por favor.

Dec 4th

cab fairy, bring me a non-pervy car asap, por favor.

Dec 4th

Takes a certain kind of someone to put the song jame gumm is playing during the tuck scene in SotL...

Dec 4th

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Dec 4th

TN GOP Scare Tactic: Black People

Dec 4th

I’m torn between wanting my first viewing of The Wire to never end, and wanting to finish fast...

Dec 4th

Dear elderly lady wearing snakeskin pants and santa sweater, I love you.

Dec 4th

I fibbed. It isn’t Yelp Day after all. I give myself one star for perpetuating a myth....

Dec 3rd

Happy Yelp Day, San Francisco. In other news, wtf gavin newsom.

Dec 3rd

on a mission in the mission.

Dec 3rd

Dinner with my future roomie at Velvet Cantina. It’s about that time.

Dec 3rd

Cabbie just told me I was “round in the right ways.” Oh hey, can I get out here? Walking...

Dec 3rd

soup is my friend.

Dec 3rd

My technical woes, they are many and maddening.

Dec 3rd

IT guy commandeered (sp?) My machine.

Dec 3rd

Oh joy. Now I’m a new user who must reinstall everything.

Dec 3rd

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Dec 2nd

nothing to fear but fear itself. and ourselves.

Dec 2nd

I hate you, Facebook.

Dec 2nd

I wish my brain had a delete button. CLEAR CACHE.

Dec 2nd

Web savvy stray dog uses Twitter to find warm home, steady supply of kibble:...

Dec 2nd

RT @Frank_Adman: SF Dog @chico_the_dog needs a home! Follow him. Or, better, tell a friend about...

Dec 2nd

Issuing a moratorium on “Stay classy, [fill in the blank.]” That one, and also,...

Dec 2nd

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Dec 1st

chico needs a home: twitter.com/chico_the_dog

Dec 1st

A Fate Worse than Death

Dec 1st

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Dec 1st

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Dec 1st