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Monkey and A Roast Beef Sandwich

3rd October, 2008. 11:14 am.

OK. I admit it. I have too much work right now. It's almost more than we can handle. We are simply not taking in any more small jobs at this point. We are not going to take on anything stressful or annoying for a few weeks. We need a break to catch up. For some reason this makes me feel like a failure which is odd. When I first started I sat around trying to think of ways to get more business. Now I think weird thoughts about pulling the plug on my website or making it more difficult to contact us or something.
"To obtain a quote please send artwork and details by carrier pigeon. We are also available by signal flags ever afternoon from 3:00 to 3:15."

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26th September, 2008. 11:14 pm. More of Eleanor's Political Musings Whilst Riding in the Car

ELEANOR: In Ice Bat World* they have two good presidents and one bad one. The good ones are Barack Obama and Joel Hillary. The bad one is named Jeff Bush. Bush is mean.
(BEAT)
He says white people are better than black people.
MAMA: WHAT?! HE SAID THAT?!
ELEANOR: Yeah! He did! He said that!
MAMA: That's so scary! I don't think I'm going to sleep tonight!
ELEANOR: (Slight condescension in her voice)
Mama. It's not real. It's Ice Bat World. You'll sleep tonight.

*A universe parallel to our own inhabited by Uglydolls. It seems to contain many similar traits to our own with the exception of things that Eleanor really wants and does not get. Ice Bat in particular gets everything that Eleanor wants. Ice Bat's activities mirror Eleanor's on a daily basis. One exception seems to be that Ice Bat tends to take vacations when Eleanor is upset about something. It's quite handy for when she is told to settle down and go to bed so she can burst into theatrical tears and wail, "BUT I'M CRYING BECAUSE ICE BAT WENT ON VACATION AND I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SAY GOODBYE!" Ice Bat is normally reachable by imaginary watch-phone except when on vacation.
Don't even get me started on Babo.

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26th September, 2008. 10:30 pm. Eleanor Age Almost 6

"If John McCain wins we will have a cry party. We will have a cake shaped like a tear, won't we Mama."

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24th September, 2008. 9:32 am. The 3 Day August 21-23, 2009

I'm going to start talking about the 3 Day Walk for Breast Cancer again. I am going to be asking for all different kinds of support. You'll probably hear about it here, facebook, email, and *gasp* maybe even SNAIL MAIL.
I need to be a leader. I need to keep Amy's Army going here in Minnesota as my most prominent teammates are probably going to be walking in DC next year. I hate to, but I'm going to need to ask for a lot of help. I get tired of asking for help all the time, but this is not about me so much, about my comfort. This is about something much bigger and I need your help.

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12th September, 2008. 1:25 pm. politics?

I've figured it out. I know what bothers me about Sarah Palin. At least ONE of the things that bothers me about her anyway.
All of her big talk about her family and her decisions regarding her children and her career. She says things like,
''To any critics who say a woman can't think and work and carry a baby at the same time, I’d just like to escort that Neanderthal back to the cave,” the Anchorage Daily News quoted Palin saying last March, after the surprise announcement that she was seven months pregnant with Trig.

I do not think it's appropriate to question whether or not she is a good mother because she went back to work (three days after her last child was born.) I think it IS appropriate to question WHY she would do such a thing. You could actually say that I went back to work four days after Henry was born. The real discussion to have here, I think, is: Does this make us the same? Do this cause her to want to make changes that might make life better for parents that need to return to work immediately after child is born? Personally I don't think so. (And her funding cuts for pregnant teens in Alaska are a good example.)

Saying that she is able to be a mother, a governor and possibly the Vice President is true. If she wants to, and can get herself elected, she can be all those things. She can "have it all" as they say. But in what percentages? When are you a mother AND a governor? When are you taking care of daily parenting tasks AND traveling the campaign trail? When are you reading bedtime stories AND giving interviews on national television? The answer is NEVER. And that's not necessarily wrong. One cannot possibly be all things to ones children every minute of every day and work a full time job. Maybe if you never slept you could do it, but most careers tend to intersect with family life. You know, during the day.I just think you have to be honest about it. I think the honest thing to say is, "Yes I do all these things because I have a lot of help." I think to pat yourself on the back for having it all is incredibly insensitive to the millions of parents that make choices every day based on need rather than pure ambition.

So just in case you are wondering, Sarah Palin, we are not the same even though we are both working mothers. Not all women are the same. Your comments imply that all women are alike and we should all want to work full time and take care of our children at the same time. What about women without children? What about children having children that do not have the same resources as Bristol? No. We are not all alike.

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8th September, 2008. 10:45 am.

Getting back to riding the bike after a week off was not bad at all. It was, well, just like riding a bike.

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7th September, 2008. 11:09 am. 30th Anniversary NYC Trip

It's been 30 years since I have been in New York. In fact I was there almost exactly 30 years ago on my 4th birthday. That seems very weird to say, but there you have it. I'll admit I changed airports there just 14 years ago, but I don't count riding a bus through from one airport to another.
Needless to say I was quite excited to be returning to the big apple. I knew it was going to be a short trip and that there would be a lot of running around so I was prepared for the fact that there would be little time for fun. I was completley UNprepared for how much time would be devoted to horribleness. I tried to stay upbeat and positive. When we were around the client I did my best to keep a smile on my face and respond to their "helpful suggestions."
( Wow. This got long. )

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12th August, 2008. 12:59 pm.

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11th August, 2008. 3:54 pm. Top Chef

Yeah I might have gotten more publicity if I would have sent personalized diapers to Brad and Angelina, but I didn't. I sent them to my new favorite Chef!


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5th August, 2008. 8:44 am.

Going to ride the new bike to work!!!! WHEEEEEEEE!!!!!
(It's downhill.)

Edit: OK the new bike will take some getting used to. That's OK. The old trailer on the other hand BLOWS. Man I miss the Burley. The old one has a will of it's own that jerks the whole weight of the trailer backwards with each pedal rotation. SUCKS going uphill. Shit. We may not make it home tonight. I might just be lying next to Golden Valley Road. Or carrying Henry and walking the bike.

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