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Like Dust in the Wind, dude

spingirl | 25 January, 2006 11:00

I just sent in my information for my 10-year high school reunion. And honestly, I don't know how I feel about that. Has it really been 10 years since I graduated from high school? Has it really been almost 10 years since I pushed out into the great big world? (Yeah, ok, so College Station, Texas doesn't really count as the "great big world," but I did actually move out my parents' house and the state, so that has to count for something)

I guess the thought of my high school reunion is making me take stock of my life. Where I have been, where I am, where I am going. I spent 18 years in Baton Rouge, and for the most part they were good. Sure, middle school sucked ass, but I honestly believe that middle school sucked ass for practically everyone and it would be better for everyone concerned if they just did away with middle school and everyone stayed home from the end of elementary school until the start of high school. But that's just me.

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Reality TV isn't really Reality?!?!

spingirl | 23 January, 2006 09:56

Quelle Horror! Apparently, there is a nasty, nasty rumor going around that reality television may not be totally realistic. As reported by E!Online, Survivor: Palau Tiga winner, Richard Hatch, has made allegations that fellow contestants were cheating and getting food smuggled to them on the island, and that producers were aware of this.

Say it ain't so!

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Broke-my-back Mountain

spingirl | 18 January, 2006 15:08

Well, almost, that is. I did not actually break my back, nor did I break anything, except maybe my ego a little. Hubby and I came back from our annual ski trip late Monday night - 3 days in Lake Tahoe skiing at Heavenly Mountain. It was fun, but painful at the same time. Scott decided to challenge a double-black diamond trail and dragged me along. At the end of a long day of skiing. When we were both extremely tired. And even though we are only intermediate-level skiers. Our friend, Jim, estimated that in the battle of me versus the mountain, I was only winning about 40% of the time.

If it wasn't for my Gumby-like flexibility, the mountain would definitely have kicked my ass, hands down.

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Confessions of an Orange Clean Addict

spingirl | 09 January, 2006 10:43

Hi, my name is spingirl and I have a confession to make: I'm addicted to cleaning. I happily spent this past weekend vacuuming, rearranging, dusting, and polishing my home. Consider it spring cleaning a few months early. My husband thinks my obsession with cleaning is a sickness. I, on the other hand, know it's a sickness. But damn, do I enjoy it!

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Life and Times of the Human Pincushion

spingirl | 05 January, 2006 10:10

So, I suffer from insomnia. For about the last 6 months, I have had the worst time trying to fall asleep and stay asleep. I've tried everything I would suggest to my patients: regular exercise, don't eat less than two hours before bed, try yoga, try relaxation, practice good sleep hygiene, have sex. Nothing worked (Okay, the sex worked on many levels, but not to help me fall asleep). So, I started hitting the little pink pill: Ambien. While Ambien was capable of knocking me out, I built up a tolerance and started having to take more and more in order to sleep.

Clearly, something was not right.

In my quest to get a good night's sleep, I finally turned away from Western medicine and started to consider acupuncture. I took health psychology in grad school - acupuncture has been shown to be clinically effective in treating a variety of problems. And I was at the end of my rope and willing to try anything short of drinking my own urine or making a pilgrimage to Tibet. So in December, I voluntarily became a human pincushion.

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