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Things I got in the mail

• A check from the IRS
• A toll road bill for approx. the same amount

I might start a new feature to the blog, "reasons I rejected today's Craigslist personal responses."

• Entire response was one sentence (vast majority); I can understand not wanting to invest a lot of time in something that might not be real, but come on. I suspect a lot of these are spam, but I'm not sure what their end game is, when:
• The response, in its entirely, was "watt uppp??"
• Respondent's own poetry was included
• And it was really bad
• Any nudity
• Didn't include picture (actually, this isn't as big a detriment as the next bulletpoint)
• Included picture, and appeared to be a total douche
• Included picture, and appeared to be 13
• Tried to tell me something about myself ("you were born in May, and had a strong silent-type father, right?"). No, and no.
• Doesn't like music.
• Likes music, but the first band they list is Tool, followed by Metallica
• Claims not to have a problem with women (OK, if someone claimed to have a problem with women, this would obviously be rejected as well, but...you know, they doth protest too much)
• Is more than 2 inches shorter than me (I also balk at more than 3 inches taller than me)
• Married

Well, it makes me sound picky, but you really have to be with the number of responses you get as a lady on CL. I didn't list a picture or anything!

Anyway. There were a few that made the cut, and I've already been stood up twice (bonus!). This is going really well so far.

halloween was last month, dude

Things I got in the mail:

• Leotard (it was to be a backup for my unitard if that didn't work. It might still have a better neckline, so perhaps I will use it for my eventual final Illyria costume)
• Invitation to be a lifetime member of the Texas Exes
  

Ella the dog got in from the balcony while I was out tonight (seeing R Crumb, Art Spiegelman, and Francoise Mouly, I might add; it was fantastic), and ripped up everything she could. I'm sure it probably scared the cats to death, but they seem OK. What a mess. What. A. Mess. Oh, but she has her little paw over her face as she's sleeping right now. What a cutie.

And now I'm off to my radio show, where I will do all songs about dogs. I will post the link to the setlist soon.

Ella

Things I got in the mail yesterday:

• Mix CD #2 (girl singers) from ronnybear (Doctor Hoss)
  

Things I got elsewhere this weekend

• A dog.
  

I am fostering this dog for the Austin Dog Alliance, and she is adorable. I'm still a cat person through and through, but I am quite fond of this dog and hope she gets a great forever family. In the meantime I can't wait to have playdates with my friends' dogs.

things in the mail

I was thinking of starting a new feature of the blog: Things I Got in the Mail Today. I've been getting so much stuff lately. Partly because I ordered it, partly because people are repaying my postcards in kind. But today I didn't get much. Oh, wait, yes, something came for me at work. Anyway, here are some things that have come in the last week:

• Andy's birthday present (not exactly what I thought it would be, without spoiling the surprise)
• A postcard from Italy (just like the song! Ooh, I just discovered that Florence + The Machine covered that song!), from Danielle
• A letter from Jessie
• A postcard from Karam
• Training materials for my new SAT prep job
• Blue hair extensions* (the day AFTER Halloween, of course)

Things I sent in the mail this week

• A long letter to Paw (my grandfather) about all the things that he's given me that I'm grateful for. Along with a handwritten copy of "Courage," by Anne Sexton.

*The hair extensions featured a little broken-English write-up of how Chinese hair differs from white-person hair. It was actually kind of interesting, if I understood it right. Something about hair follicles.