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beats and feats

paulo — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:00:39 +0000

tagged.. like one of those sad looking bears on discovery, i’ve been tagged. (as a note, i found a picture after i thought of the bear thing.. i have to meet this cartoonist of the same mindset..) so, for those (…)

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who needs sleep

paulo — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:54:05 +0000

it’s 4am and i can’t sleep. or i can’t sleep now, is what i should say. coming home from work i went straight for my bed, laid down, and returned to consciousness again around 1am. my apartment is a complete (…)

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i believe this is called a rut..

paulo — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:37:39 +0000

(last edited about two months ago – left to be one of my incomplete thoughts) i know full well there’s only one thing that can pull you out of a rut: yourself. but that’s why i’m pretty sure i’m screwed (…)

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the river why – david james duncan

paulo — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:52:13 +0000

i guess it shouldn’t be any huge surprise that, after finishing the moon is down, i’ve run off and bought more books. this despite the fact that i brought two other books i need to finish, the quiet american and (…)

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my dash 7..

paulo — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:31:25 +0000

today i found out that, as of january 1, i’ll no longer be a fmsm employee. fear not: i didn’t lose my job.. fmsm was just bought out– or wait, merged– err.. i don’t know. anyway, we’ll be stantec employees (…)

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the quiet american – graham greene

paulo — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:19:42 +0000

the quiet america – graham greene a good one so far but it’s much more involved and a little less applicable to my current life. i’ll get to it, though, since i need to and it’s relatively short. favorite quote (…)

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a math lesson

paulo — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:04:46 +0000

i love numbers and math even more so. in fact, i have on my night stand a book, number theory, though i haven’t touched it for a year or so since it’s over my head. regardless, i thought tonight i (…)

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of missions..

paulo — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:59:29 +0000

missions are stupid, tereza. i have no mission, no one has. and it’s a a terrific relief to realize you’re free, free of all missions. every since hitting those lines from kundera’s the unbearable lightness of being, i’ve had that (…)

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lost and found

paulo — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:43:50 +0000

the other night i lost my green nephrite (jade) pendant.. again. yes, the truth is i’ve lost that pendant dozens of times. and [knock on wood] it’s come back to me everytime. i picked it up while i was in (…)

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coffee can

paulo — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:40:40 +0000

when i was grinding some coffee in my office the other day, the smell of fresh coffee filled the air and started to soak into my skin. for a second i was annoyed and thought about how i’d be like (…)

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