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Sunday, May 28, 2006
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First date with a Its Just Lunch match and they still don't get me at all. I'm not really into guys that wear izod shirts or loafers with their jeans. This guy was just odd, my sister thinks he's gay and just doesn't know it yet - she could be right. He talked and talked about his ex-girlfriend and how he got the cat in the breakup and the cat has abandonment issues because she got the cat in a breakup and previously the guy she was with got the cat in a breakup, no wonder the poor cat has abandonment issues - no one keeps him, just passed around like an old shirt between breakups. He told me about his job - boring, energy analysis manager and how he has his ivy league MBA - so didn't impress me at all. I really don't care about that stuff. Ooooo, the most awful part, the guy really needs to trim his nose hairs, ick. And he said he lied on the application - his hobbies - he likes to read sports stuff, he likes to watch sports movies and he likes to do sports. I mean come on really - anyone that knows me - I do not like sports, I don't read about sports, I don't go to sports events and I like sports movies if there is a romance or drama involved but in general, I not a sports fanatic. They told me he likes hiking, he told me not really.
And then I spend about 5 hours with my sister and brother-in-law and niece and got lectured about my habits and my exercise habits and eating habits and my hours, geez, I get lectured enough from my mom I don't need it from my sister and brother-in-law. My niece was cute though, she's adorable, its funny she has my eyes and hair. My sister and her husband kept telling me she looks like my baby pictures.
So Tuesday - I'm going back to Its Just for Lunch and meeting the director and telling her that the girl she is looking at is not the girl that she keeps matching up - I don't know who she is matching up with these dates but it ain't me.
1:51:43 PM 
Dating
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
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Running Outlook 2003 on a Win XP Pro box. When entering the email "To"field, the auto-fill function nicely provides relevant possibilities - love the feature but how do you delete a wrong email address or delete an unwanted email address
Answer - actually very simple but i had to search for it
Just start typing the name. It should become high-lighted...press the delete key. removes it from your choice list..easy :)
8:42:41 PM
Newbie Tips
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Monday, May 22, 2006
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damn it today is suppose to be my day off - but so far I've answered 3 tigger problems and my insurance guy - he's pissing me off. I had an appt with him today at 4pm so I went and he flaked again, he said our appt was at 10am. No, it was at 10am last week, this week we had scheduled for 4pm. I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for 3 months now for him to get me a quote for business liability insurance and I finally had to tell him it appeared he didn't want my business and I would go somewhere else for him to get on the ball and get me a quote. So his office today gave me the application for professional liability insurance - WTF? that is not what I asked for. Its quite possible I need it but its not what I asked for. I asked for Business Liability Insurance and Worker's Comp Insurance. So I checked it out and found these definitions:
General Liability and Property Package coverage is the most basic type of commercial insurance and is limited to liability claims of bodily injury or property damage. Coverage is provided for accidents on your premises or at your customer's location. Some client contracts also refer to these policies as Comprehensive Commercial Liability. It is important to remember that these policies exclude errors and omissions type claims related to the delivery of your professional services.
Typically offered as a general liability and property package policy, coverage is also provided for theft or destruction of your company's computer hardware and software and other assets such as office furnishings and equipment up to a specified amount. Professional Liability Insurance (Errors and Omissions Insurance) ; is your most critical coverage. Professional liability coverage protects you against loss from a claim of alleged negligent acts, errors or omissions in the performance of your professional services. This might include loss of client data, software or system failure, claims of non-performance, or negligent oversell. Be sure your professional liability policy includes the following key features:
Coverage includes legal defense cost. Professional liability insurance will pay for any resulting judgments against you including court costs up to the coverage limits on your policy. Coverage extends to both W2 employees and 1099 subcontractors. Coverage should protect your company from claims resulting from the work done by 1099 subcontractors on your behalf. (It is important to note that 1099 personnel need their own errors and omissions insurance because your policy does not defend them if they are sued separately or in addition to you.)
Optional coverage for allegations of Copyright Infringement and Intellectual Property Infringement. Intellectual Property Infringement coverage protects you against claims alleging copyright infringement. Software, systems or processes are some of the most commonly known "intellectual properties." Personal Injury. Personal injury protects you against claims of libel, slander, and invasion of privacy.
Worker's Compensation Insurance is required by regulation in most states when you have W2 employees. It provides medical and disability coverage for on-the-job injuries or work related illness.
What is pissing me off, is that I asked for a specific type of insurance - business liability insurance and workers comp - that I know Farmer's Insurance carries and I'm still not getting what I asked for - WTF is the problem? This guy has been my agent for over 10yrs and he's generally a nice guy and has helped me with my auto insurance questions in the past. Why can't a business just get the insurance they requested and some explanation of what the insurance covers, how much it is and within a timely matter.
Anyone know someone that can help me with insurance? That will be there at the scheduled appt time and not flake on me and can explain what I'm paying for??? Spmeone that actually wants my business because now I'm ready to change agents and along with that goes my auto insurance and eventually my homeowner's insurance
8:01:02 PM
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Friday, May 19, 2006
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I was at the book store yesterday buying books - one of my passions is reading, as I was searching for something that caught my eye in the teen section, this poor kid was picking out books to read and her mother wouldn't let her even look at the storyline on the back of the book before she read it. This poor kid she just wanted to read a book. Her mother should be happy she's not out partying but at the bookstore buying books. I know from experience, when my mom said I couldn't do something, I definetly wanted to do it more. That kid will be back at the bookstore, buying the book she wants to read, hiding it from her mother because mom said no. She had that look on her face like WTF? why not that book or that book or that book? Geez, let the girl read what she wants - its not like she was in the sex section of the bookstore or even the fiction horror section or the romance section - she was in the teen section of the store. Parents that censor kids reading habits, i don't get at all. Honestly there are some books in the teen section, I didn't get til I was an adult but not because it was about love or sex but because it was different wrinkles in time and at 12-13, that just didn't make sense to me. The book this girl picked up and wanted to read and her mother told her to pick another book, she couldn't read that one - I checked it was about best friends on the beach in the summer - actually quite boring for me, I flipped through, didn't see anything remotely wrong with it. Now flowers in the attic, i get why my mom didn't want me to read it now but when I was a kid, i didn't get it.
If your kid is in the bookstore instead of hanging out with friends or doing drugs, let them read what they want to read cuz maybe they'll grow up to have tons of books and a love for reading. If you censor what they read and don't allow them to make choices on their own, they are going to rebel.
11:45:18 PM
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again while I'm not really one for posting political stuff here, I can't really sit back and let the government shoot any animals and in this case exotic deer in point reyes national park because they can't come up with a better plan or because they won't let nature take its course in this world.
These deer didn't ask to be here in the first place, they were brought here in the 1940s and originally were brought here to be hunted but then the government made Point Reyes at national park in the 1960s and with that came the responsibility to care for the animals on the land and the hunting was banned and now they want to kill them anyways. That is so not right. Care for the animals that came with the land. There is 71,000 arces of land and only less than 1500 deer in Point Reyes. Sterilzation is more humane, stop the breeding but don't kill the wildlife.
You can sign a petition here to stop the shooting of exotic deer in Point Reyes
And more information came be found here
11:34:55 PM
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
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other thoughts - I finally got Radio download and installed on my Mac - I will take the windows version any day, so much easier to use on windows.
my shoulder is killing me - my carpal tunnel is spreading up my arm and into my shoulder - I can't wait for this weekend - no phones, no computer - only sleep, relaxation, spa, reading and art. Nothing else - just a dreamy bliss of nothingness..ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
and metal boy - I think we shall rename him to "h"
11:56:22 PM
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I have this client that expects everything for free - he seems to expect that he can call whenever he needs and if I don't answer the phone, keep calling and callling until I answer the phone - which honestly makes me not want to answer the phone. They seem to think that I have nothing else to do but give them free support 24 hrs a day.
And most of the problems have been user error - can I bill them for it? sure but will they pay me for it - no.
It started with this: "I understand Ver 10 is new but if you recall your statement of work was preparation for a seamless migration. We don't want to be a Beta test platform and that's why we trust our consultants to guide us and provide us with the best solution!"
and my answer: I'm sorry, you are correct, my consulting agreement did state Tigerpaw CRM Software, Implementation and Training. However the estimated proposal was to clean up the existing Tigerpaw V9 and training in order for you to migrate to V10(CRM+) seamlessly. I did not proposal any additional hours for the migration or additional training for CRM+ since we were focused on cleaning up V9. You are not a Beta test platform and I understand you trust your consultants to guide you and provide you with the best solution but do you expect your consultants to work free of charge also?
and their response "Let me rest assure you my intention is always been to pay you but if you noticed there is lots of problem with migration and you said i said she said and as you know since you do this all the time we are looking for you to give us direction not us giving you directions so that said i am expecting you to tell us what is not there and yes you will get paid this week but i need you help me with different issues and one problem that i know you were going to create leasing document to print so we can do our leasing right out of tiger paw since you said v.10 will do that"
and my response "Instead of she said he said - what else besides leasing did I tell you I'd explain for CRM+?" with a list of specific things I would fix under warranty just to get paid and I spent 12 hours fixing a problem that was once again user error and gave them an update - "The GL Batch Import problem is fixed. Btw, this wasn't a Tigerpaw or QB problem - this was user error. Normally I'd charge you for something like this since it took over 12 hours to figure out what the problem was, check all the accounts affected both in Tigerpaw and QuickBooks and fix the numbers in QB but in the interest of good faith, I won't bill you for this one."
and not once has the guy said thank you for all the free work or anything - he's an ass. Yesterday I got a call from one of his employees - someone new he hired that has questions. She wanted to know how to copy an attachment from her email to her desktop to import it to quickbooks - WTF? She kept calling and calling like it was an emergency. Today was the last straw, I spent another ^%$# 5 hours working on something that was billable and he won't pay me for it either I bet even though I will be billing him and most likely sending him to collections soon. My last comment to him today - "please let me know what you want to do about the tutorials this week. I am losing valuable billable time working on your nonbillable items requests everyday. I have no problem helping you get the kinks worked out on version 10 however some of these requests are billable as it would be with anyone upgrading their phone system to a new version or hiring a new employee - I assume that you don't give free support for that either"
but my point is, screw this, I don't care if I lose the referrals from him or the reference, I have plenty of other customers out there that value me as a person, value my time and pay me. Oh and he had the nerve to tell me about being a partner with him for hosted VOIP services - like I don't have any clue how it works - I got plenty of other providers I'd rather work with that I know would actually pay me referral fees
No more free work for clients unless I screwed up on something - its all billable period and when I mess up, I'll admit it.
11:35:15 PM
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Monday, May 15, 2006
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the stranger from the mint - he's back, although since he's back he needs a new name - lets call him metal boy, although there are many other names i could call him but metal boy will work i suppose, its another one of those out of the blue emails after 6 mos. I haven't forgotten about his kissable lips although I did forget about the actual encounter until tonight when I checked my emails and what an odd concidence, I drove by his house about an hour before he emailed me. And only because there is a mailbox directly across the street from where he lives and it was on my way home from my sister's, really that's the only reason I drove by his house - when I'm mailing out client's mail, I'm starting to know exactly where the mailboxes are and if there is available parking nearby or food nearby. I started posting this on my other blog and realized its not really all that sexy, so why not post it here?
Not much going on really with men, JT wants me to come to Portland to see him and I want to except I can't just up and leave out of the blue - i need to plan for that kind of trip and you know metal boy is right here in the same area - he's easier access. Now if JT lived here, I'd be there in a sec.
I called Its Just for Lunch and voiced my complaints to them about the age of guys they are trying to match me with, its stupid, I paid alot of money to be matched with someone that's like me and there has to be single guys in the east bay and SF - so my age range is now 32-42 - which is quite funny, because metal boy is i think 28 or 29 although he could be older but I don't think he is. Maybe I should put my age range from 27-42 instead on Its Just for Lunch
and for my two friends - congrats on next weekend's exciting trip :) its about damn time
must get some work done then off to sleep although I'm not tired
12:02:52 AM
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
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I'm not really one for being political about anything but when it affects me from buying my allergy medicine over the counter, then I've got an opinion. As you probably know from previous posts I was really sick last month and I had to buy sudafed for my ear drum problem and cough syrup with codeine for my cough - ok no big deal right? Today I went to buy some allergy medicine - Claritin D and I couldn't buy more than one 10 pack because according to Rite Aid, I had exceeded my limit of any drugs containing pseudoephedrine. I first had to show ID and swipe my ID card to be able to buy Claritin D and when I bought the sudafed I had to sign my life away. The federal government is now tracking how much drugs containing pseudoephedrine that you buy in a month's period and if you have exceeded your limit then you can't purchase any more unless you have a prescription which your health insurance may not cover since you can purchase it over the counter. And apparently the limit not calendar month but 30 day purchase because I bought Sudafed in April and technically it should restart my count as of the first right? Nope, I bought Sufaded around mid April, so I can't buy anymore Claritin D mid-May.
Rite Aid itself needs to post the federal government guidelines somewhere so people don't get angry about why they can't buy their allergy or sinus medicine if they used their alloted quota for the month and what a month is.
Honestly, the war on drugs has gotten out of hand. I bet 80% or maybe closer to 90% of the population has no idea how to make meth from pseudoephedrine (Claritin D or Sudafed) or would even want to. We just want our damn allergy medicine. A 10 supply isn't going to help me during allergy season. A 20 day supply in one month isn't going to help me either since the allergy usually last the whole month - I need a 30 day supply.
And since I'm the curious type - I checked it out - most drug dealers I've known in the past aren't that smart. You would have to have a chemistry degree to figure out how to make meth from pseudoephedrine (Claritin D or Sudafed).
Here's another article and another if you're interested in reading more about the law or another site about how to make meth
I do not advocate making meth whatsoever since I'm a recovering addict and that was my drug of choice and I know first hand what damage it can cause and how damn hard it is to get off of it. But its ridicilous that I have to suffer during allergy season because a some people know how to make meth from Claritin D or Sudafed. Are they also going to start restricting the purchase of pool chemicals, lye, iodine, engine starting fluid, coffee filters, matches and distilled water + a few other common items you can buy at any hardware store too because those items are also needed to make meth? x
1:40:22 AM
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Tuesday, May 09, 2006
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I joined Its Just Lunch - a dating/matching service that will help me find hopefully someone that is like me, someone that wants a long-term relationship - you know the whole enchilada. They set up the matches, they set up the lunch date or the drinks after work date (basically they set the first date) and then call you the next day to get feedback. Sounds like a great idea right?
So far I am so frustrated with them and I paid alot of money to get matches that were right for me.
- the first match they set me up with lives in San Jose and the after work drink date was scheduled to meet in San Mateo - which is like a 3 hour drive home for me. Besides the guy is 48 years old, I think that's too old for me - he's like 12 years older than me
- second match they have for me is allergic to cats other than that he sounds great but the allergic to cats is a deal breaker for me
- third match they have for me is a retired air force guy who wants to buy a mobile home so he can travel around the world and he's 47 who likes gardening and golfing. red flags popping up in my head with this one.
Not that I've met any of these guys yet and maybe they aren't that old and maybe they got the facts wrong about the guy allergic to cats but honestly I think the coordinator at Its Just Lunch needs to look at a map when she is setting up dates. I work in San Francisco, I usually work til 10 or 11 at night, so setting up a after work drink date with someone that lives in Vacaville doesn't exactly work for me. I can leave work for a little while and go back but I'd prefer to do it in San Francisco or at least on my way home not three hours from where I live. And she needs to stop calling me at 8am in the morning
And I could have sworn I said not anyone older than 40 as my prefer date range. I know older guys like to date younger girls but I'm not one of those younger girls that wants to date old old guys.
Where is that artistic laid back non sports guy for me?
12:47:19 PM
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Sunday, May 07, 2006
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Since I've been incredibly stressed out and looking everywhere for Baby Kitty - I've started taking a walk around my condo complex - Spanky, my other cat likes to go for walks and occasionally my other cats will follow me too but Spanky loves to follow me or lead me. And what I've noticed is that I feel better, get off my computer for 30 minutes and take a walk and it might actually help me lose weight instead of just sitting here on the computer all the time, I'm up.
Another meditation trick - for every 3 hours working - take 1 hour for myself. I miss doing my art and I have all these ideas I want to finish or start and I haven't had time. So now, every 3 hours of work = 1 hour of doing something fun. Not neccessarily turning off the computer - just turning off the screen. And that doesn't mean doing household chores either, do something fun. Something you love doing.
Regular meditation where you sit quietly and still your mind - doesn't work for me, I have too much going on in my head to completely block it out. But stop working and stop stressing is what I need and I might just find my creative side again.
I need to find my zen again, all work and no play or relaxation is making for a really stressed out girl and who needs that. I started this business because I liked what I was doing not to become a stressed out bitch. And I've been angry lately, angry and stressed out. Who needs that?
6:33:51 PM
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I've had an interesting weekend - it started about 2 weeks ago - I misplaced Baby Kitty, i was so worried about him and I couldn't find him anywhere and I felt like I couldn't concentrate and trying to get over being sick and being worried was making for a really stressed out girl. I finally went to the SPCA to see if someone found him and posted a flyer by my mailboxes and last Friday went to the Concord SPCA to see if he was there and I found a cat that looked like him. I wasn't sure if it was him or not and at this point I was so stressed out and almost crying, I didn't know what to do. If I left him then I'd feel bad if it was my cat - so I adopted him. And as soon as I got home with this cat, I knew it wasn't Baby Kitty - it didn't know where it was and didn't look like Baby Kitty. About an hour after I got home, I got a call from a neighbor - who told me Baby Kitty was standing right next to her...apparently she has been feeding him breakfast and dinner for 4 mos...smart cat, getting wet food twice a day, no wonder he wasn't interested in wet treats here. So I brought him home and he was growling at me..something was definetly wrong - I trapped all my cats in the house for the night..OMG, never want to do that again, I didn't get any sleep cuz they wanted out and I had to find the additional adopted kitty that was hiding.
Saturday - I took the newly adopted kitty back to the shelter. And then spent 4 hours at a new vet to get baby kitty checked out. My vet was booked. The vet gave him an anti-inflammatory shot and antibotics for his urinary tract infection. And after 5 hours of being in a crate and in the car, Baby Kitty arrived safely home and stayed in the house for about 3 hrs and then disappeared again.
Sunday - today, I found him again - I know where to look now. He comes when called. He followed me home, I gave him some treats and his antibotics and he hung out for a little while and is gone again. But this time, he has a microschip in case he gets lost and picked up or anything. My peace of my mind is better now. He's a gorgeous persian/maine coon mix and very sweet when he's feeling good.
And next weekend - all my cats are going to go get their microchips put in - I can't take it. Its the best investment a pet owner can make especially for cats who don't like to wear collars
I started traveling alot about 4 mos ago which explains why he's been disappearing, I guess I have been neglecting my cats and I need to start paying attention again.
I'm so glad he's back - total relief and now every night before I go to bed - talking a walk and retrieving my kitty from down the courtyard.
6:23:50 PM
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006
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someone today told me I was depressed and that's why my motivation and energy level is so low. Honestly, I gave that some serious thought today and nope, I'm not depressed, I just have no energy. When I went to the doctor about 3 weeks ago besides having the flu she said I might have mono and if I still felt really tired after 3 weeks to give her a call and she could run some tests or I could just ride it out - there was no medicine for mono just plenty of rest is prescribed. Hell, I did not kiss anyone while in Phoenix, I have no idea how I got mono *smile* but I did apparently.
When you're a kid and you're diagnosed with mono - two things occur (1) cool you get to miss school cuz you need to sleep (2) your mom takes care of you while you stuck in bed.
When you're an adult diagnosed with mono and you own your own business - two things occur (1) you can't miss work because no one can cover to make the $$ (2) you're just really really tired.
I was reading up on mono today and it said it can take anywhere from 4-6 weeks to get your energy level back and when you're body says to sleep - you need to sleep. So I am taking advantage of when I have energy and use it the best I can and when I have no energy - I'm sleeping (ok blogging when I should be working, doesn't really help with the work load but it helps dump this thoughts out of my head so I can sleep)
And when I get too stressed, my energy level takes a nose dive which doesn't help me either. I have a potential client in Dallas who I sent an email last Tuesday requesting an address and confirmation for our meeting this Friday and he hasn't responded. I have called and left 3 messages - no response. He has til tommorrow morning to call otherwise, the meeting will be postponed to the end of the month - the longer he waits, the more expensive it is to flight there on short notice. I do not need to be stressed over some person who can not call back and confirm an appt.
12:52:27 AM
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so I just read monica's post about loving daniel and those two have something amazing together and I hope I find that some day too which brings me to my current thoughts for today.
One of my clients decided to go with another network vendor which is fine they have that right but I personally am not disloyal to my friends and this guy - this annoying little IT guy who thinks he's knows more than I do pissed me off today and yesterday, he called me constantly to ask questions and then he called my friend to ask him questions about things he should know about. So besides the fact that I thought he was kinda of cute on the phone and would be interesting meeting him today - he had the network down most of the day - honestly if you're going to be changing things on a network - don't you think you should be more prepared than to bring down everything during a work day - most IT guys would work through the weekend and be more prepared - or at least in my experience they are. Anyways, this guy when I met him - omg, he was short, i mean really short. So after getting to this client's early - I couldn't work for about 2 hours because he had everything still down. Then he asked me what my connection to the other IT guy was - I told him we were friends and I didn't particulary like that they went behind my back and his and hired him. I trust my friends and I don't lie to them. And I don't like people who take away my friend's business and could he understand where I was coming from and why I was upset. He looked at me stupidfied. Yea, I was a little bitchy but I think I had every right to be bitchy.
Ah, I feel much better
12:41:04 AM
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Monday, May 01, 2006
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I don't know what is was about today, I was sooooooooooo tired. I got up at 2pm, worked for a few hours and then took a nap for 2 more hours. I am still tired and my energy level is sooooooooo low. I have alot of work to do tonight and its going to be another all nighter and I know that does nothing for my energy level - no sleep sucks and my motivation for all work has ceased including my own. I really do just need a vacation I think - get away from it all. I wish I had my clone, I know she's out there. She can go to Dallas on Friday, not me. And I keep thinking ok, I can go to sleep and get up and go to work and all the things that I need to do I can do tommorrow when I get home but I know that I won't do them because I have no energy anymore when I get home. what is wrong with me? where did the me I know go?
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