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God. I didn't sleep at all last night, and I'm practically comatose, just waiting for the work day to end so that I can go to [livejournal.com profile] chele74's house and make yummy food with her and her friend Liz and drink the weird bottle of tequila I found in my office. Yes: found in my office. Before the other Associate Editor and I were hired, this place had such high turnaround that our offices are like little shrines to the people who have worked here before. I've also found: someone's scarf, a bottle of "luxury" laundry detergent, a fake ambulance light, and some fancy footcare products that I think I am likewise going to liberate and give to Liz. Every day I come here I can dig into a different corner and find something new. It's like Atlantis, in a way.

Anyway, I'm glad that I can go to [livejournal.com profile] chele74's for a while tonight because I need to avoid my Absent Roommate, who unfortunately last night made herself not-so-absent. I hate it when she comes home. She's such a passive-aggressive neat freak. I left one mug in the sink—one mug—so of course she had to make a big production out of finding it and scrubbing it out with like half a bottle of soap. Riiiight. Because someone would have died if we'd left it there over night. Not to mention that if I leave a book in the living room, she'll freak out. Last time she was home, I left a book on the coffee table—y'know, just kind of tossed down there in the middle maybe, because I'd been reading it while I was eating breakfast—and when I got home, she'd moved it so that the corners were perfectly aligned with the corners of the coffee table. Because angles other than 90 degree ones are tools of the devil. Okay!

I hope she leaves again soon. Or at least that Cool Roommate comes home from her boyfriend's, because then we can roll our eyes at AR together.

Anyway, speaking of...stuff hanging around forever at non-regulation angles, here's what's in my messenger bag. (Yes, I carry a messenger bag, not a purse. Thus when I showed up at a recent work event carrying a handbag and wearing a pretty dress (thanks again, [livejournal.com profile] chele74!), I caused a coworker to exclaim, "You're not carrying your knapsack! [Note: it is not a knapsack.] You clean up nice!" Wow, thanks. How shitty do you think I look the rest of the time?)

Whoa. I must be feeling cranky today as well as tired. Anyway, here are the scary contents of my bag:

-sunglasses
-glasses case
-cell phone
-wallet (which I've also been told is a man wallet. Apparently, I fail at life)
-checkbook
-keys, including Buffy wooden stake keychain and PotC cursed Aztec gold keychain
-tin of wintergreen Altoids
-two CDs containing the first six episodes of S3 of The Office, which I am burning for my mom, who has a huge crush on John Krasinski
-copy of Sure of You by Armistead Maupin
-empty Ralphs bag which had contained the packages I mailed earlier today
-miscellaneous receipts from stores such as Staples, the Pacific Design Center Café, the Post Office, Cafe Dahab on Sawtelle, Kabuki Japanese Restaurant in Hollywood, and Oomasa Japanese Restaurant in Westwood. I am now throwing these out.
-an invite and a map to my dad's documentary fundraising party. Trashing that, too.
-my A Dog's Breakfast invite. Saving that!
-expired medical insurance card
-business card of Brian Perry, hair stylist, which was given to me when I was covering the Hollywood Style Awards. I am sorry, Mr. Perry, but we are never covering you.
-snack size Mr. Goodbar, left over from Halloween. I think I'll eat that.
-Cadbury Dairy Milk Bubbly given to me by [livejournal.com profile] siriaeve
-change purse given to me by [livejournal.com profile] nenar
-San Francisco Muni ticket from last September. That must have been from when I went to the Haight with [livejournal.com profile] psychopepsquad. Weird.
-value size bottle of Midol
-a red thumbtack
-five packets of salt from In-N-Out. Ew.
-a Band-Aid
-the business card of one of my parents' friends
-two Ghirardelli dark chocolate squares that I got at the James Cromwell play I went to Saturday night
-an unused (I think) microcassette tape
-two "it's your TANG do what you wanna do" postcards from UC Berkeley's health services center (the TANG Center) which [livejournal.com profile] psychopepsquad and I thought were hilarious
-a slightly rusty Killers Hot Fuss button
-a 01.20.09 Bush's Last Day button that I forgot I had and should really wear because it's awesome
-a fortune cookie fortune that says "You have potential urge and the ability for accomplishment" (whatever that means) as well as the lotto numbers 2 3 9 10 30 10
-about two-thirds of a roll of quarters
-the blue cloth I use to polish my glasses
-and a bright pink hair elastic

Fear me.

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Date: 2006-12-21 12:32 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] trobadora
Oh dear, neat freaks. You have my fullest sympathy. She'd probably have a heart attack if she saw my flat. *g*

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Date: 2006-12-21 12:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com
It drives me crazy! Because while I'm sloppy, yes, I'm not dirty—food and dishes and anything that might, y'know, attract bugs or create smells is taken care of. But occasionally (okay, often) I leave books lying around and, I dunno, it offends her feng shui or something.

*growls*

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Date: 2006-12-21 12:46 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] trobadora
I don't get that at all. I need to have stuff lying around, or the place just doesn't feel lived in. Especially books - I have books lying around everywhere.

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Date: 2006-12-21 12:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com
Books are a sign of happy occupation! Do you know what she has as decoration? FAKE DEAD BIRDS.

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Date: 2006-12-21 01:12 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] trobadora
A-bwuh? (Yes, that was the sound I just made! Thankfully I'm alone in here...)

Is your roommate an android or something?

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Date: 2006-12-21 01:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com
A relative of Norman Bates, I'm thinking. Thankfully, I don't share a bathroom with her, and the one I do have has a good lock.

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Date: 2006-12-21 12:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amireal.livejournal.com
I have your basic, threefold leather wallet, so if that be a man's wallet so be it!

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Date: 2006-12-21 12:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com
Mine is a (now rather stained) red leather wallet that I got on Telegraph Avenue for $10. It's perfectly serviceable! I don't get it—is it supposed to have giant pink butterflies on it or something?

Your icon is so perfect right now. That has been me all day, anytime anyone has walked past my office.

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Date: 2006-12-21 12:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amireal.livejournal.com
I totally have those days too *g*

Seriously it's like no woman will ever want to easily carry their wallet in their pocket from time to time? Basic, plain, black leather (soft!) wallet. No clasp, no decorations, no nothing.

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Date: 2006-12-21 01:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stereowire.livejournal.com
Don't worry, it's not a true man-wallet unless it's shoved into a back pocket and chained to your pants! Which, um, mine is. So, as long as we're graded on a curve, you totally don't fail :D

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Date: 2006-12-21 01:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com
Your icon is making me think that if I could just strap a knife to my ass, NOBODY would give me shit about my wallet.

Also: that's hot.

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Date: 2006-12-21 10:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cynicatlantis.livejournal.com
Word! On the rare occasions that I wear pants without hip pockets big enough to carry my wallet, I can usually only find it in my backpack/messenger bag (I use either, depending on the day) by fishing it out by its chain :D

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Date: 2006-12-21 01:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lilac-way.livejournal.com
Ha. I get that "you clean up real good" line all the time. (Usually when I take my hair out of a pony tail and put on some lipgloss.) I always look at it like you've just regular-pretty on a normal day, but when you make the effort you knock people out with your beauty. It's like a sekrit superpower.

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Date: 2006-12-21 01:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com
From the double takes I get sometimes when I bother to dress up, I could almost be doing a Clark Kent/Superman kind of thing. I...I guess I can work with that?

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Date: 2006-12-21 01:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lilac-way.livejournal.com
Well, DAVID HEWLETT didn't seem to be repulsed by you when he was posing for a picture with you and TOUCHING your back. (Just remember to always use your superpower for good. Don't look all awesome and then the lj crowd sees you clubbing with Paris Hilton.)

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Date: 2006-12-21 01:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com
Oh, man—I always forget that people have seen pictures of me and my crazy hair and my stripy bag. *g* But you're right: being touched by David Hewlett cures all ills. Including being touched by Paris Hilton!

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Date: 2006-12-21 01:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lilac-way.livejournal.com
Hey -- your curly hair is beauteous! (Says another curly head.) I've got [livejournal.com profile] smittywing hooked on Iso Bouncy Creme for curl definition. Have you ever tried it?

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Date: 2006-12-21 02:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com
I haven't! Is it readily available? Like from Walgreens?

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Date: 2006-12-21 02:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lilac-way.livejournal.com
Well -- I get it at Ulta, and sometimes my local Osco carries it. Here's the Amazon listing:
http://www.amazon.com/ISO-Bouncy-Creme-8-5oz/dp/B0002Z8MLC/sr=1-2/qid=1166667491/ref=sr_1_2/102-8888566-9057730?ie=UTF8&s=hpc

I love this stuff fiercely. I have tons of curly hair, but it is very fine, so anything too heavy weighs it down. This stuff forms lovely smooth spirals with NO FRIZZ. NO FRIZZ, I tell you.

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Date: 2006-12-21 01:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] inthekeyofd.livejournal.com
Whoa..okay, your bag officially beats mine.*smile*

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Date: 2006-12-21 01:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com
The bag is robust!

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Date: 2006-12-21 02:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zee.livejournal.com
Oh. EMPATHY. I had a roommate like that once, honey. I would cook a meal and she'd bang into the room, huffing and snarling, to wash up what I'd left out long enough to, you know. Eat. She slapped up furious signs reading I AM NOT YOUR MOTHER all over the house, because, like, we didn't dust every day. Five times a week, she was down on the bathroom floor with Clorox and a toothbrush. Yeah. *pats your back*

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Date: 2006-12-21 02:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com
Dude! That sounds way worse than mine. That sign thing would be the last straw for me. Kill! Kill!

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Date: 2006-12-21 08:40 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] siria
If I were you, I would make a big production out of gathering up her fake dead birds and her circa-1985 doilies and the Christmas decorations she has stuck to the wall. Srsly.

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Date: 2006-12-21 12:33 pm (UTC)
wychwood: Max thinks you confused him with someone who cared (B5 - Max confused)
From: [personal profile] wychwood
I maintain there is nothing wrong with "man wallets". Also, when people say things like that, you should CRUSH THEM with lots of talk about hegemonic gender stereotypes, the repression of women and so on. Besides, if it holds your money / stamps / cards / guitar picks (...ok, so that last is just me), what does it matter? *g*

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Date: 2006-12-21 05:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] allhoneyboo.livejournal.com
AR would go insane if she lived with me because I can be a bit of a slob. And I would so move things that she straightened just to piss her off. A crooked picture here, and dirty glass here...

Yes, I am evil...and I lived with my slob of a brother for years, so I am immune to slobbish behavior that's even worse than mine.

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