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NaJoPoMo 2011 Day 7 During My Absence
Posted Nov 8, 2011
So I was mostly AWOL from Hootoo from late 2005 until a week or two ago when I was invited to sign up for NuHootoo. I wish I could better account for my absence. I was very depressed for the first 2-3 years I lived here in Orange County (having moved from Minnesota to help my elderly parents). Hootoo, for some reason just made me more homesick. In spite of the fact that I had (and still have) some good friends here. I'm glad some of you are still here. I know I've said that, but it's so true I have to say it again. 
I really miss those that have left though, and can't help but wonder if they would have stayed if I'd stayed. And of course it breaks my heart to know Terri isn't ever coming back as are a couple other friends.
Then when I did visit, the site there seemed to be no end of strife here with the BBC. I loved the BBC for hosting us for free and with no ads. I really appreciated that. I felt especially blessed that they did this when I wasn't paying the User Fee that residents of the UK(or just Britain - not sure who pays) had to pay. OTOH, I resented the heavy censorship being affiliated with the BBC required. The few times I visited between 2006 and 2009 it was clearly cause for great consternation. It made me sad how much the site had changed as well as seeing people I'd known who were leaving.
So what have I been doing all this time? While I still remember some of it I will try to cover it in some future journals as this entry has gone on long enough.
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NaJoPoMo 2011 Day 6 My Chair
Posted Nov 7, 2011
Some people may remember that I am a borderline compulsive clutterer. My problem is mostly with paper. I don't know what to do with it so it accumulates. But my chair is in a class of it's own. It is an oversized chair covered in denim. It's not quite a chair-and-a-half, but it has these really oversized arms which can accommodate a lot of junk.
So what's on the arms of My Chair right now? On my right I have the remote to the TV and the remote to the stereo; a spoon; a couple of clean napkins; an Amazon receipt; my Public Radio membership card; the temple of the glasses I broke last week; a microfiber cleaning cloth 
and a smartphone case.
On the left side of the chair there's a cereal bowl; a tissue (I could throw that out); an empty box of Nerds (also could throw that out); < I attempted to throw both items out and missed the trash bin on both shots.
>; there's a portable landline phone with no charge; a smartphone plugged into the charger; another reversible smartphone case (purchased to replace the one on the right arm of the chair when I thought I'd lost it); 2 Drs appointment slips and an external hard drive.
That I know of, in between the cushions, a copy of To The Point: The Newsletter of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America; a receipt for knitting needles; an empty eyeglass case and next to me an Angels (baseball) snuggie; a large fuzzy pillow on my right, a smaller fluffy pillow on my left.
Right now I'm watching Four Weddings and a Funeral. Never seen it. It's pretty funny.
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NaJoPoMo 2011 Day 5 Slightly Drunk
Posted Nov 6, 2011
I can't really drink
Topics of interest gone
From my little head
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NaJoPoMo 2011 Day 4 Miskelaneous
Posted Nov 4, 2011
It is rainy and cold today and would be a perfect day for a nap. Especially good since I didn't sleep well last night. I was woken twice by the 
. Once to go out and again to be let back in. He's 12, and lately he can't get through the night without going out, like he used to. He is napping comfortably now, but I am not sleepy at all. I've tried napping twice.
Instead I am anxious and antsy and can't get comfortable in my chair. I am afraid of unpleasant phone calls or texts. I cringe every time my phone alerts me to an earthquake because I'm afraid it's going to be one of those texts.
I do feel better than I did during that Santa Ana. My nose is normal at least. The rain is nice and needed. I think we're going to have a wet winter. We have some volunteer sunflowers in our back yard. I hope they come back next year.
I am also anxious 
because I have this project I have to do, and I am resisting doing it. It's in Excel and it's pretty easy to do, but I don't want to do it. I just have to update it and pass it on the someone who is taking over my position with a club I'm involved with. I also have to make up a list of duties for this position for the person who is taking it over. I just hope that when he sees the list of duties, he doesn't balk at doing the job. I'm afraid I may have underplayed the commitment when I recruited him for the job. I know this is all very vague, but there may be locals reading this, and ya know I gotta remain anonymous and all.
Another topic I wanted to cover in this journal is how happy I am to be involved in NaJoPoMo. It's been a great way to meet new people since I've returned to Hootoo after a long absence. I am sad about all the people who seem to have left more or less permanently. There are some people I really miss, but it is nice to be meeting so many nice new people (new to me anyway) and reconnecting with people who've been here all along. 
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NaJoPoMo 2011 Day 3 My PS
Posted Nov 3, 2011
My Personal Space desperately needs to be updated. Not sure what to do with it, but it certainly needs a new quote. Not the the current quote is entirely irrelevant, but it was directed at the Bush Administration and The Faux News windbags. The Faux News Windbags are still blowing unabated and the Obama Administration has been somewhat disappointing, but still the quote seems dated.
I'd like to add links to the smileys pages, and the Spice up your Page page, as well as several other pages, for my own reference. I currently can't find the Spice up your Page page for some reason. I was getting pretty used to Guide ML when I was active a few years ago. I don't know if I have the patience right now to get used to it again. I don't have much patience lately. I guess another thing I did was go to other people's pages and copy their guide ML. I can't figure out how to do that now. I do have a practice page I could use, and for that matter I'd better use it rather than risk accidentally deleting my page and having to start over.
I'd like to have a link to the secret My Conversations popup page. Dr. Hell has one on his page, but I wasn't able to recreate it.
I'm also self conscious that my AYBABTU quote is dated and cliched, though I still like it.
I'm just kind of overwhelmed with the process right now. I guess the first step is to find the Spice up your Page page.
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