THOUGHTS ON SELF . . .

I love eating cereal dry.

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I hate seasonal allergies.

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Summer and winter clothing is easy to put together; fall and spring = not so easy. I don't know how to "layer" properly. And the eternal question: open-toed shoes or not?

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I've been having 9/11 nightmares all week long. A-GI-TA. I'm constantly sleepy, but don't want to close my eyes and let go . . .

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The extreme capacity of some people to be rude and inconsiderate blows my mind. How do they live with themselves?!

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I think my next job is going to take me out of New York. PANIC BUTTON.

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I have approximately 13 books on my shelf at home, waiting to be read. Poor books -- they must think I don't love them.

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I've acquired two more nicknames this week. One has been in rotation since high school. The other one . . . I don't really know where it came from, but of course, I answer to it. I need more willpower. Or a scarier scowl.

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I lost two more pounds. Mom is REALLY freaking out, and she's starting to freak me out, too. I haven't weighed what I weigh now since . . . high school. I'm trying to tell myself it's because I don't eat much in the summer, I've been running, I'm just stressed out . . . but I'm going for a blood test in a couple of weeks. At least to get Mom off my back.

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I could devour a humongous bowl of chicken fried rice right about now. Yummy.

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I have very cool friends.