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By kate on January 8th, 2004

Today my office was blindsided by surprise layoffs. I have already weathered one round a few months ago, where they got rid of most of one department. Today the powers that be decided to give the ax to seven people sprinkled throughout the company. (Fortunately, I was not one of them.) Some of […]

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Shitty week, part two

By kate on January 8th, 2004

Because I got into work at 1pm, I worked until 9:30pm. When I left and went down to the parking garage, I realized that my car alarm dongle was completely dead. I had no way to disable my car alarm. I unlocked the car (setting off the alarm) and started the engine. The beeping […]

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Shitty week, part one

By kate on January 8th, 2004

Yesterday involved two “adventures”: First, I managed to wangle the day off to go skiing (because I worked over the break). I checked the road conditions in the morning and found that Snoqualmie Pass (where we planned to go) was closed. Ok, no problem, so we headed to Crystal. Both the website and […]

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The Illusion of Solidity

By kate on September 30th, 2003

Around the corner from my house is a Texaco station. Around the side are a few parking spaces that aren’t convenient enough to be used for popping into the Star Mart, so instead they use it to temporarily store cars that have been in an accident. It is a gallery of the smashup. A constant […]

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I’m 29.

By kate on September 15th, 2003

Happy Birthday to Me.

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Show Some Damn Courtesy

By kate on November 17th, 1999

What the hell is wrong with people? I’m feeling down on humanity in general at the moment, and here’s why. There is one simple thing that I do for the benefit of others, and I expect others to do for me. This is it: Do what you said you were going to do, or let […]