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QotD: Identity Theft

nobody@vox.com(Examorata) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:08:39 -0700

If you could change your name, what would you change it to?

I used to hate my name. It was so common. So many Jens, Jennys, Jennifers, etc. But my last name is so unusual, and it gets to be such a pain to spell, write out, etc., that frankly after all this time I'll stick with my nice short first name.

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checking in...

nobody@vox.com(Examorata) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:24:53 -0700

This week I lost my last remaining grandparent, my father's mother, at the age of 98. She was a great lady with a great life. I actually wrote about it here.

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Nattering...

nobody@vox.com(Examorata) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:38:02 -0700

Why hello, Vox people!

It's true, I don't really count myself among your number, because I don't really use this blog for much of anything other than keeping up with what some friends are writing. My actual blog is elsewhere. Today I actually wrote something of some kind of substance there, which hardly ever happens, so if you have a few minutes to kill and are thinking, "Wow, what I would love are some reflections by Ex on guitar lessons and general fitness," then this is where to go.

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Because citizens demanded...

nobody@vox.com(Examorata) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:27:28 -0700

I respond!

Moonpie

That's me at the RC Cola and Moon Pie Festival in Bell Buckle, TN last weekend. I mentioned it here and wrote more extensively about it (and the whole trip) here, so enjoy!

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QotD: Life is Short

nobody@vox.com(Examorata) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:45:12 -0700

If you had to write your autobiography in 6 words, what would you write?
Submitted by mitzie.

"She looked good in hats."

Look, five words!

Here's the proof:

Pinkhat

...in cute hats

Aussiehat

...and cool hats

Jaynehat

...in silly hand-knit hats

Parthenon

...in exotic locations!

Caught

...engaging in various activities!

Furryhood

...in all kinds of weather!

Hatrifle

...for reasons that seemed perfectly clear at the time!

Pancake

...and even stretching the very boundaries of the meaning of the word "hat"!

Please excuse this truly ginormous post. If the past is any indication it'll be another month or so before I post again so this will drop off the first page of your neighborhood in no time.

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QotD: XYZPDQ

nobody@vox.com(Examorata) — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:18:14 -0700

Are there any people you would not tell if they had food in their teeth or if their zipper were down? Why or why not?
Submitted by Charms.

Yes. Anyone who wouldn't tell me if my skirt was stuck up in the waistband of my underwear.

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Vox Hunt: Six String

nobody@vox.com(Examorata) — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:44:45 -0700

Show us your guitar.
Submitted by Sean J. O'Rourke.

Guitar

Sadly enough, this is just the crappy photo I took of her when she first arrived. I should have an action shot of me playing by now, but, uh, hard to take a picture of myself and play at the same time. Maybe at the next recital, which is in less than two weeks, yike!

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Vox Hunt: A Cut Above the Rest

nobody@vox.com(Examorata) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:34:53 -0700

Show us a photo of you with a funny haircut.

Halloween

That's me on the right. The haircut was funny AND the temporary blue dye was funny! This was Halloween...uh, '05? I think. My exciting generic punk costume cost me $11 at the thrift store and party store (for the blue hair goo), and the bulk of that was for that wool coat that is now my primary midweight winter coat. Score!

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Vox Hunt: On My Desk

nobody@vox.com(Examorata) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:41:21 -0700

Show us the most important thing on your desk.
Submitted by BlackLime.

Deskshot

I'm just being silly. But I love this comic possibly more than is healthy, so I'm happy to pimp it a bit.

Also I've just recently figured out how to do anything useful with photos I've taken with my cell phone, so I was just excited to actually be able to share an exciting as-it's-happening photo of my workday. I mean honestly, the most important thing on my desk is the computer (if you're talking about work) or the photos of my family (if you're talking about life in general).

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Vox Hunt: Shoot the Sunset

nobody@vox.com(Examorata) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:39:24 -0700

"The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire." -- Pamela Hansford Johnson
Show us a self-taken picture of the sunset.
Submitted by Connie.

IMG_0528

Santorini, Greece, June 2006.

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