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Old 02-08-2004, 09:37 PM   #1
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2004 will be known as "The Year of the Fives" in Sycamoreland. A lot of big things happened for me in 1999, and it's hard to believe it's been 5 years since they occurred.

And the big events were:

--January 10: Graduated from college
--April 1: Started dating Rho
--August 15: Packed up a U-Haul truck and headed for Washington, DC
--September 25: Got my first apartment
--October 8: Rho moved in

Now that I think about it more, that was a really rough year overall. I couldn't find a real job in St. Louis or Chicago to save my soul. Mimi and I broke up a month before I started dating Rho. My mom and I were at each other's throats regularly, then she freaked out when I decided to move east. Rho and I scoured DC for a month looking for an apartment, making 52 calls, seeing and applying for 2 apartments and finally getting into one. The guy I stayed with when I first moved out here freaked out after I had been at his place for 3 weeks...we've only spoken twice since I left. And Rho and I had to get used to living with each other...we're still working on that.

But it was a hell of a learning experience. I thought I was pretty seasoned on the real world already, but found out that I wasn't. Like a big dummy, I thought companies would fall all over me after I graduated from college...I was so naive. I lived fairly spontaneously during college, and I found out that it doesn't always work well in the real world. It left me frustrated and angry at times, but it left me wiser, and better able to handle the hell that was our first 2 years and change in Philadelphia.

In the end, I got off easy...some people get it so much worse. Enough of that shit though...I have to figure out what the hell I'm gonna get Rho as an anniversary gift.
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Old 02-08-2004, 11:07 PM   #2
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Old 02-08-2004, 11:18 PM   #3
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I wish!
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Old 02-09-2004, 12:40 AM   #4
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Old 02-09-2004, 12:50 AM   #5
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Looks like a few good things happened during the Bush admin dude.

You might want to vote for him *again* to keep things rolling.
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Old 02-09-2004, 01:13 AM   #6
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I didn't vote in the 2000 election, as registering to vote in PA was forgotten during our move to Philadelphia. Fortunately, my vote wouldn't have mattered, as PA went to my preferred candidate.

(Incidentally, I voted for Bradley in MD during primary season.)

Q: How much did the Bush administration help Sycamore in getting a job?

A: Not one Goddamned iota. Sycamore got his current job as a result of fortune and hard work.
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Old 02-09-2004, 01:59 AM   #7
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Come on Syc, I was just kidding. I know you really voted for Al Sharpton as a write in.
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Old 02-09-2004, 02:14 AM   #8
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      Hey, come to think of it didn't you also vote for Reverend Al, Slang? Like ten votes actually...
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Old 02-09-2004, 02:14 AM   #9
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Wrong again, slang...LaRouche.
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Old 02-09-2004, 12:00 PM   #10
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Originally posted by sycamore
LaRouche.
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Old 02-10-2004, 07:13 PM   #11
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Don't feign shock...word around the campfire is that you're running Kucinich's campaign here in PA.
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Old 02-11-2004, 12:34 AM   #12
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He's having a rough time. It's the dust from the sink powder. Clouds his judgment.

I'm fedexing a little something to help.
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