1. because i think i deserve it.
2. because i wanted to prove to myself that i could do it.

what will happen? i guess i'll find out next week when the big boss gets back. regardless of the outcome, i can at least say to myself, "you've got one helluva set of cajones girl, especially in this economy with shrinking raises".
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the subject matter of my last entry (car vent)is still with me. for the past few days i've read about families that have lost loved ones in hit-and-runs. the saddest one was an elderly woman of 69, she died. her buddy, who is 88, was with her and got hit as well and is in a coma. today, i read how a little boy held his brother as he died in his arms...the victim of someone driving with coke and booze floating in her veins. she never even stopped.

i guess that's what angers me the most, that these cowards don't stop. what goes through their heads? i mean, do they realize they've hit a human being?? possibly killing them? how can ANYONE leave an injured person in the road? and what the hell do they do afterwards? do they go home and have another drink? do they put the boob tube on? do they brush their teeth and get ready for bed?
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currently reading: The Lovely Bones by Alice Seybold. a young woman is murdered and narrates from heaven what happened to her and how her family deals with the loss and the investigation. i've been waiting to read this one for a while. everytime i went to the library to check it out, it was taken.

i also, checked out Ivanhoe (the old version with Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, and Robert Taylor) and Gentleman's Agreement (Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and John Garfield) Gregory Peck rocks! in fact, old movies rock!

~~~a man with class, humility and grace, may Mr. Peck rest in peace~~~

last week i checked out Hamlet (the modern version with Ethan Hawke), Romeo and Juliet, (the beautiful one with Olivia Hussey) and MacBeth (the awesome one with Orson Welles)
Hamlet was a real stinker. got 20 minutes into it and realized i could go no further! what crap.
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i've quit AGAIN! smoking cloves. i recently had a conversation about smoking and it made me feel like a real dumbo for smoking and then going on and on about exercising... i only smoked 1 or one-half of one per day. i started back in feb 2003 after about a year of not smoking. i now get up early and go running before work since we have summer hours. so, i'm reading more, watching less tv and cutting down on surfing the net.

makes a difference. i love reading. and i love to get lost in the story. i love that i can't wait to go home so that i can read or go to sleep early because i can't wait to get up in the morning for a run. the streets are basically empty except for me, the birds and squirrels. it's a nice break from the constant daytime zooming of cars.

ciao&meow!