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• 18:21 L is asleep (early). So I'm getting some in-n-out and then back to bed to relax so I feel well enough for tomorrow's brunch w/ the friends. #
• 18:25 Ugh... Always such a long line here. twitpic.com/ve5zd #

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• 06:03 Merry Christmas!! #
• 12:23 Feeling sick on Christmas is no fun. But at least I'm not bedridden. Family is about to arrive. #
• 17:35 @ycgonzalez it sure seems like it at times. That used to happen to me with one of my exes over and over. #
• 20:30 If Star Wars had Facebook, statuses might have looked like this . . . bit.ly/7qZeen (via @aplusk) #
• 20:31 @girloncamera what book? #

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• 09:47 @amalah I've always wanted to try red, but have been too scared. You are much braver than I am. #

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• 08:49 HAPPY BIRTHDAY L!! twitpic.com/ut8p5 #
• 09:26 Does anyone else w/ an iPhone have issues w/ the facebook app? Mine is always incredibly slow lately. #facebook #
• 13:12 Playing happily while I install his new carseat - twitpic.com/uuhmx #
• 14:57 Success! - twitpic.com/uv10f #

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I'll see you after the new year!

Hope this time is joyous and peaceful for you and all you love. Best to everyone in the new year as well...

love and chocolate kisses,
gunderson

• 10:28 @dearbarbz where do you work again? #
• 10:29 Having a hard time waking up today. Hopefully my shower will wake me up some. I need to start getting more sleep. #
• 22:39 Had a fun dinner with @wooderica - twitpic.com/urfgo #
• 22:46 Decided to get bangs. Still unsure how I feel about them - twitpic.com/urg8m #
• 23:39 @CareaBearaSara yeah I was. But it's been growing out over the last year. #
• 23:40 @meghanthefox thanks! #

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Lately I've managed to pick up and watch or read the most depressing stories, I want to disappear into nothing when they are over.

The Road, by Cormac McCarthy: The book cover is black. That should have been an obvious sign. The whole book is dark. You want to cough up all the ashy phlegm when you get done with it. Ugh.

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father: A documentarian makes a movie for the kid of his murdered childhood friend. Oh yes, and it gets worse from there.

This American Life, podcast #342, How to Rest In Peace. Stories about kids who's parents have died... either murdered or killed themselves and how they cope in adulthood.

I don't know. Those are just a few examples, but I seemed to be obsessed with bad things. Dark things. Currently, I'm considering jumping into the book "Lit", which is a memoir, but now I'm not so sure. My decision-makings skills are a bit twisted at the moment.

Feck.

Seattle: Two months ago, a guy killed 2 police officers, sitting in their car. Rather... he executed them by shooting them in the back of the neck on one, and blasting the face of the other. Horrible. A week prior he had set some police cars on fire, and set up a bomb in hopes that the fires would draw enforcement to the scene (meaning... more to kill). The bomb didn't go off, or he didn't get it set up or soemthing like that. They found that guy and he's facing charges.

Tacoma (about half an hour south of Seattle): One month ago, 4 police officers were killed when a parolee from Arkansas walked into a coffee shop, and fired on them while they were gearing up for their shift. He was found and shot. 7 friends and family members are being prosecuted for helping him evade police for a week after the shootings.

Tacoma (about half an hour south of Seattle): Last night, 2 police officers were shot when they were ambushed. The dude is dead. He was hiding when they came in the residence, and he shot them both. They fired back at him and he's dead. They are still alive as of now, but both in critical condition. I guess the family didn't know what the guy was up to though and they helped save the cops. That's the only light I see in all of this.   

It's just horrible. It's like the bad guys around here have suddenly come to the conclusion that the cops are no longer 'untouchables'. That the cops are the enemy. And they're setting them up, all over this area, and killing them. If you're a family member of a cop, it's like you're sending them off to war these days.

It's horrible. And very sad. 

• 12:10 Not feeling so great. Wish I could be sleeping in bed. #
• 13:27 @dearbarbz Christmas isn't even over! #
• 13:32 Not sure if this is genius, or wrong: This is a diabolically effective app. appadvice.com/app/340455202 (via @amalah) #
• 13:32 The app, not @amalah. #
• 18:10 Haircut tomorrow. Need to decide what I want. Bangs: yes or no? That's the real question. #
• 18:27 @meghanthefox I'm tempted to t ry it since I can grow them out. I'm just not sure if I'll get tired of them in a week or two haha #
• 18:28 @christinaheart I k ow they take SO long to grow out. That's the one thing that makes me hesitate to try them. #
• 20:22 When did 8 pm start sounding late to me? #
• 20:43 Mom of screaming child: maybe you could try consoling your child instead of threatening to leave her @ the store. I dont think thats working #
• 21:35 As of now, I think i'm going to go with getting bangs. I wonder if I'll chicken out tomorrow. #
• 22:39 @meghanthefox one of my friends is exactly the same way. Even seeing pictures of pregnant people bother her #
• 22:41 Getting hungry since I haven't really eaten all day. But really don't want to have to cook. Dilemma. #

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