{"id":4731,"date":"2009-12-14T04:35:15","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T09:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4731"},"modified":"2009-12-14T04:35:18","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T09:35:18","slug":"what-it-is-121409","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-121409","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 12\/14\/09"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> I’m catching up on some novels I read earlier this decade, for a “faves of the decade” post I’m working on. Moo-hoo-ha-ha-ha.<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> A Friend of a Friend<\/a>\"\", Genetic World<\/a>\"\", and The Garden<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> Jersey Shore<\/a>! Duuuuude!<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> I didn’t drink much this past week. Amy had to work late often, and by the time I got her home from the train station, it was nearly bedtime, so I didn’t partake much. I do recall having a Desert Juniper & Q-Tonic at one point.<\/p>\n

What Rufus & Otis are up to:<\/em> Getting their holiday (Christmas and Chanukkah) pictures<\/a> taken. Otis also got to go on his first Sunday greyhound hike up in Wawayanda State Park. Amy had a headache and couldn’t go, and I didn’t want to bring both boys on the hike, since it’s not too easy to walk ’em together, so I just brought our new boy, who got along great. And the other grey-hikers told me they’d walk Rufus, so I shouldn’t leave him home next time. Also, Ru & Otis are trying to convince me to sell my 2003 Honda Element and get this new model<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> Nowhere special.<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> Being in good shape to finish the print edition of our big-ass, year-end Contract Services Directory<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> The Debt To Pleasure<\/a>\"\" was published in 1996 and thus isn’t eligible for my faves of the decade list. <\/p>\n

What I’m worried about:<\/em> The grippe.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> Whether I should post this incredibly NSFW link<\/a>. Because it’s NSF many other aspects of our lives, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: I’m catching up on some novels I read earlier this decade, for a “faves of the decade” post I’m working on. Moo-hoo-ha-ha-ha. What I’m listening to: A Friend of a Friend, Genetic World, and The Garden. What I’m watching: Jersey Shore! Duuuuude! What I’m drinking: I didn’t drink much this past week. … <\/p>\n

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