Jazz is music made by and for people who have chosen to feel good in spite of conditions.
~ Johnny Griffin

Posted on May 29th, 2006 by allissa
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Heres whats fun….

…walking in the mid-day sun: 100 degrees and wearing a sweater. My arms must be covered lest I show my bare forearms and cause all sorts of scandal. Grrrr-guess the joke is on me now.

Posted on May 28th, 2006 by allissa
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Mange

I told you about the two orphan cats in our house right? We saved one a few months back. His name is “Yatiim” which means orphan. He was abandoned in the street at 2 days old. We nursed him every 2 hours for a week. Well my roommate from Holland insisted [...]

Posted on May 26th, 2006 by allissa
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AH HA

Local weather forcast: 87, Sunny and blue skys
North East US: 62, cloudy and rain
Lucky for me

Posted on May 22nd, 2006 by allissa
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Left and gone

Andrea has left. So sad. We had some great times over the last 9 months: Potato bowling, Dough darts, Purell and fire on our hands, wall paintings, live reenactment of the Christmas story, Lost season 1, Lost season 2, Bootleg movies and bootleg movie sellers-wink wink, Koreans-a Spaniard-and cards, hubbly bubbly, stupid men who [...]

Posted on May 14th, 2006 by allissa
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I do not like green eggs and ham I do not like them Sam I am…

Yesterday a neighbor showed up at my door for a first time, spontaneous visit. I was surprised (neighbors around here stick to themselves) but pleased and honored. We went through the ritual greetings and questions and then she quickly arrived at the reason for her visit. Q: are you married? A: No. [...]

Posted on May 5th, 2006 by allissa
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I decided to read through a bunch of random blogs the other day when I had nothing else better to do and turns out my entries are kind of flat and non-poetic. I am sorry for that. I am really just a more matter-of-fact person than a flowery poet. But I will [...]

Posted on May 1st, 2006 by allissa
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