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monique

i bump into stuff a lot

About Me

likes: penguins. horses wearing coats. cloud formations. music. long drives. my mom and dad. the town i live in. teaching. beer. recently, a good night's sleep (which i rarely achieve). my sister. main street coffee. snow. bare trees coated in ice. autumn. books. alone time. people watching. surprise gifts. random mixed cds. themed mixed cds. kisses. movie theatres. indie movies. friends. making up stories to strangers. elephants. tattoos. listening to my cat snore. hockey games. bagels. 'goodnight' before i go to sleep. crushes. bananas. compliments (given and received). zoos!

and the sad bunny in "directions".

dislikes: well-done meat. cowards. missing meteor showers. runaway puppies. judgment. people who argue that 'funner' is not a word.

My Interests

Music:

dcfc, jew, twil sing, zox, first descent soundtrack, alk trio, hwm, op ivy, mmj, post serv, co & cam. silversun pickups and the draft are my newest obsession.

Books:

a. m. homes

Heroes:

anyone willing to do what it takes to pursue their own happiness

My Blog

27 weeks

dempsey.  that's what i named him.  it is all still quite surreal--i'm a MOM.  in time, the little guy is going to start calling me "mommy".  if that isn't the coolest, weirdest th...
Posted by monique on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:09:00 PST

notary

in light of my recent stresses, and being completely physically incapable of getting out of bed, i wrote off yesterday as a personal day and didn't do a whole hell of a lot.  sure, i felt hella g...
Posted by monique on Wed, 23 May 2007 10:29:00 PST

life is paperwork

i just got back from an appointment, during which i filled out approximately 17 forms.  now i'm sitting at my favorite coffee shop, looking at another stack of forms for another matter. my friend...
Posted by monique on Mon, 21 May 2007 07:52:00 PST

commencement

my sister graduates from grad school tomorrow.  for being five years younger than me, she sure does finish all this adult stuff a lot earlier than i do.  i won't be able to make it down ther...
Posted by monique on Thu, 17 May 2007 01:21:00 PST

if you're getting what you want, does it matter why?

i dated a guy around the beginning of the year who seemed, half of the time, perfect.  the other half of the time we were both too busy or he was too distant, and it was destined to be short-live...
Posted by monique on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:54:00 PST

a lot more

so now that i've sort of gotten my head around the first big thing, i can stop and assess all the other big things that the one big thing is causing (or at least speeding up). today i registered for t...
Posted by monique on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:39:00 PST

a lot

there's so much going on right now.  i can't even fathom how to get my head around it all, or even how to start. i realized yesterday that i wish a certain romantic situation had gone differently...
Posted by monique on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:18:00 PST

patty's day madness

if i had really remembered what last st. patrick's day was like i don't know that i would've been looking so forward to working this last one. don't get me wrong; it was fun.  but exHAUSTing.&nbs...
Posted by monique on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:33:00 PST

school days

my first eight weeks of student teaching are coming to an end on friday.  it's been hella hard work, and long days that start very very early, but i can't believe i won't see everyone every day a...
Posted by monique on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:05:00 PST