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The Other Arm

Feb 04. 2007

I'm not a very affectionate person. I don't coo at babies. I feel uncomfortable when people stand or sit too close to me. I have trouble saying "I love you" even to my family. And I don't like cuddling. Yes, that's right. I'm a girl and I don't like cuddling. Because I need my own space when I sleep, dammit. This causes a bit of a problem because J is a cuddler. He loves to cuddle. He's always begging and whining for me to cuddle with him. Being the dutiful girlfriend that I am, (ha - that sounds funny even to me) I oblige most of the time. If he is lucky and he catches me when I'm mucho tired, I will...

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Colors, Geek, Personal

I Have Super Mutant Powers

Dec 29. 2006

...or so I think. I had written before that I have a gift of seeing color. I always saw colors others couldn't...but I just brushed it off as one of those weird, quirky things about me. Now I've discovered that there may be a scientific explanation: I may be a tetrachromat. A what-a-mat? A genetic mutation that allows some women (sorry guys, girls only) to see 100 million colors as opposed to the normal 1 million. Here is the full article from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Some women may see 100 million colors, thanks to their genes Wednesday, September 13, 2006 By Mark Roth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Susan Hogan can't be sure, but it wouldn't surprise her if she turned out to be a tetrachromat. A tetrachromat is a woman who can see four distinct ranges...

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Funny, Personal

Jenny vs. Destiny

Dec 20. 2006

Is this a deep, thought-provoking, "where is my life going" entry? No. Destiny is a person's name. Keep reading - it gets interesting. Ever since I switched my cell phone number two months ago, I've been receiving numerous calls for someone named Destiny. I had just figured that my new number must be a recycled number, and that the calls will eventually stop. But they never stopped. Sometimes I would receive up to 5 calls a day asking for Destiny. Several times these calls came in the middle of the night. And they were all from men. I should have suspected something. But I never would've guessed...

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Career, Personal

Corporate Slavedom

Dec 05. 2006

Yesterday I read an article which was linked on Slashdot. It caught my attention because I’m still in the process of paving a career path. In the midst of researching and reading up on the myriad of options that are available for recent grads who are still trying to figure out what to do with the rest of their lives, I have come across several articles of this nature. This segment in particular struck me: Years ago if you put in long hours and worked hard for a company, you were rewarded with gradual promotions, longer vacations, medical insurance, and a healthy retirement plan. Most people expected to work 20 years or more at one company. Today to get ahead and save for a reasonable retirement, workers often must hop from...

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Geek, Personal, Video Games

Wii

Nov 20. 2006

The Sony PS3 has been out for 3 days now but I will not be getting one. Why? The available game titles do not look too exciting. It costs an inordinate amount of money. Plus, the Nintendo Wii was launched just 2 days later and I had been drooling over it ever since it was announced at E3 2005. I can go on and on about the superiority of the Wii over the PS3. Suffice it to say, Nintendo never ceases to amaze me with their creativity (look how well the DS is doing!) and marketing efforts. Nintendo has built up a community of die-hard loyal fans of all ages who have been interacting in all sorts of ways through the DS, and now they can build...

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