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October 8, 2004 4:47PM

[excerpt from “Dreaming of my Dad”]

I’ve been feeling so tense lately.

I haven’t been able to sleep much, at all. I would sleep for 4 hours, shoot up out of my bed, only to not be able to fall asleep until the last 15 minutes before I have to get ready to go to work.

Trying to take naps is annoying.

I lay there for what seems to be forever. 15 minutes in, I catch myself almost squinting my eyes shut because I’m so tense. I release and try to relax, but it doesn’t work, because another half an hour later I’m doing the same thing. I wake up after finally falling at least into the first stage of sleep for the short amount of time I did, only to feel resentful and annoyed that I can’t for the life of me learn to relax.

I go into work grumpy and half asleep. I feel myself twitching by the time hour 6 comes around. The last two hours are long. I wonder if I’ll be able to drive home without getting into a car crash.

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4pm

Wal-Mart Gets Behind Employer Mandate

think4yourself:

apsies:

notthatkindagay:

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest private employer, announced in a letter to President Obama today that it will support a requirement that all businesses provide health insurance coverage as part of sweeping health reform legislation.

The endorsement of the so-called employer mandate represents a dramatic reversal for the retailing giant and a boost for the White House as it tries to inject momentum into its top domestic priority.

This is pretty big news.

wow

Via think4yourself

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3pm

Song: All of My Days
Artist: Alexi Murdoch
Album: Time Without Consequence

One thing I noticed and really liked about Away We Go, besides the film itself, was the soundtrack throughout the movie.

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12am

blaise:

Good Old War - Cecelia (Simon & Garfunkel Cover)

One of my peeves is when I meet someone and they start singing this song.  While it’s a good song on its own, my name is C-E-C-I-L-E.  Not Cecilia.

I have to fake a smile as I try not to roll my eyes.  It’s not like I hadn’t heard that before.

Via allie pc

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12am

Besides, who do you trust more to help administer health insurance: a bureaucrat or an insurance employee with a monetary incentive to deny coverage?

Via think4yourself

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1pm

Death is terrifying because it is so ordinary. It happens all the time.

Almost ten months after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, my dad finally passed this morning.

He would have been 69 years old on June 6th.

That’s all I have to say about that.

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10am

Personality test based on Jung - Myers-Briggs typology

psychotherapy:

In a world full of crappy personality tests, this is one that is actually informative and useful - not to mention reliable: I’ve gotten the same result every time I’ve taken it, all the way back to the 7th grade. (via)

Me: INFP

How about you?

For years and years (since high school Psychology class), I was an INTJ, and pretty proud of it!

But I recently (a few months ago), retook the test and was an ISFJ.  It surprised the hell out of me. But I guess I have changed a bit, and after reading it, some of the profile seems to really fit me.

Via psychobabble

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8pm

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10am