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College memories December 31, 2007

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When I left for Australia my sophomore year, I left a few things in the room. One of them was a loaf of bread. My roommates, in their ever-present wisdom, decided to turn it into “surrogate Niels”, slapped a name tag on it and hung it up on the wall. When I came back 6 months later, Craig and I were retrieving our items from summer storage when he looked inside a box, grinned, and told me he had a present for me.

The next question, of course, was how long we could keep it going. (Did you know bread liquefies if you leave it long enough?) As the odor became more intense, we’d seal it inside another layer of Ziplock bags, but somehow the fumes got through all 8 or 9 bags. So we moved it into the bathroom and duct taped it to the wall. I don’t remember exactly what got us to finally throw it away, but it must have been impressively awful.

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A swinging good wedding… December 30, 2007

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Amy and Scott met at a swing dance lesson, so it was only fitting that there was a live swing band at the reception. A great time was had by all. I haven’t had a chance to go swing dancing since college - what a blast from the past!

Also, I have to say that I’ve seen the light with the holiday season wedding. I expect my wedding to be more of a friends-centered event, but if you’ve got a family-centric wedding, what a great way to combine a wedding celebration, holiday celebration, and a family reunion. Plus, a lot of Scott’s friends seem to be local, so it really did work out really well.

Plus, the food was great and the cute waitress gave me a triple serving of sorbet, so I’ve really got nothing to complain about.

Next up: freezing cold New Year’s Eve Chicago! Can’t wait!

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Wedding time! December 29, 2007

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After arriving in Chicago, the idea of an outdoor wedding in the snow is becoming more and more appealing.

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Chi-town wedding time December 28, 2007

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I’m off to Chicago today! I’m excited - it’s my first time in Chicago and I’ll be there through New Year’s. But seriously, who puts their wedding between Christmas and New Year’s? Everyone is cutting their vacation and family time short in order to attend. And I’m willing to be there won’t be any moon bounces here, either.

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Strange Wordpress year bug December 27, 2007

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I had five or ten half-finished posts mysteriously appear yesterday. Apparently Wordpress doesn’t pay particularly close attention to the year in a post’s date, hence the slew of posts dated Dec 26, 2008. Strange.

I guess I need to change my system of organizing my drafts by posting them with dates far in the future. In the meantime, I will leave my semi-edited ramblings up until they disappear. (Some of them have already taken themselves back down with no assistance from me. Very odd.)

Enjoy this peek into ideas that, for whatever reason, I hadn’t planned to share with the world.

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