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I’ve been fluttering around this town (and others) in a state of independence, slowly spinning and spinning into a place where independence starts to feel like a whole, and dependence starts as an itch, slowly creeping into my brain here and there. I danced under the streetlamps and in front of a fan on high, trying desperately to beat the heat – to beats from a main stage, rock music filling... Read more

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Well hello there, July 16th. Where have the last two weeks gone? Been busy soaking up the sun that finally came to Seattle – and as my GChat status says, “The summer sun makes me irresponsible.” Less time for blogging and computer playing, more time for outdoors, friends and barbecues. The best time of the year! Life has been trucking along quite nicely these days – I’ve got a... Read more

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This weekend I finally got around to watching “Up In the Air.” Super great movie. I like the kind of movies that make you think…about life and love. The pursuit of happiness or lack there of. One scene in the movie was absolutely brilliant, a dialogue touching on the “American Girl’s Dream” – a husband, house, two point five kids and a car – a dream that I... Read more

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Right now, as we *speak,* I’m sitting in my office, with just the light of a lamp and the glowing offices of the buildings across the street from mine in downtown Seattle. The office is void of people (which, actually, doesn’t happen quite that often in a tech startup. Usually there are developers working way past the time I leave). It’s eerie quiet. Here I am, all by my lonesome, eating... Read more

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I’ve been thinking in my head about how I’d write this post for at least three weeks now. Do you ever do that? Write blog posts in your head while something is happening, after it’s happened, etc? I guess that’s the test of a true blogger at heart. If only I could have managed to get it finished and posted three weeks ago…some of you have already heard the good news via... Read more

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I have an interview in, oh um, 34 minutes. Just a screen interview – but at Amazon.com, so that’s pretty exciting. Right now I’m researching the group I’d be working for and going through my list of “Top 100 Interview Questions” that I used when I was trying to interview before I found my last job. I filled all of the interview questions in – and it’s super... Read more

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I need to find my Happy Place… I don’t have one. Am I the only one? My boyfriend often talks about his Happy Place – the beach. When he was little, his parents went through a bad divorce when he was in elementary. Someone told him that he needed to figure out what his Happy Place was and go there when he couldn’t sleep or things were bothering him… In our relationship he’s mentioned his Happy... Read more

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SO, I’m applying to The Best Job in the World. Have you heard of it yet? It’s real! It’s real! It’s not even one of those Internet scams… Apparently, Australian tourism hatched a scheme to protect their 8 billion dollar industry – tourism – from THE.RECESSION. They are hiring one candidate for a six-month contract to fly to the Great Barrier Reef and discover “what the area has to offer.”... Read more

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I believe I owe a few of you an update on Miami… I was in Miami last week from Wednesday through Saturday night, which I’ve been catching-up from ever since. (Lame way to excuse myself for not blogging). Going to Miami was the first time I’d been on an all-expenses paid work trip. I think it’s something I could get used to. And, I might feel less restless in Seattle if I had a way to get out of... Read more

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I’m heading to Miami today through Saturday as an accumulation to a two-month project I’ve been managing at work. I’m both very excited and a little nervous, one because I’ve never been to Miami, the weather is supposed to be a balmy 87-degrees, and I’m staying in a fancy schmancy hotel on Miami Beach. Two because Friday will be the event that I’ve spent countless hours... Read more