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About Jen

Jen isn't quite sure when she lost her mind, but it is probably documented here on Meditatio. She blogs because the world needs her snark at all hours of the night... and she probably can't sleep anyway.

Life Besides NaNo

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As you can see from my sticky post, I’m definitely making progress on NaNo this month. I’m not bounding ahead like I did when I tried it in 2006 but I also haven’t put in any long prayers or hymns… at least not yet.

The little bear is teething and teething hard at that. His canine teeth are coming in which makes it not too much fun for us or him. He also contracted a bug (probably from some moron touching his face before I could slap their hand away) which triggered asthma and bronchial crud. He landed in the ER last Sunday and we’ve been having to give him breathing treatments. He’s doing fine and doesn’t mind his “hookah time” at all.

Other than that, it’s been sleep/work/play with Daniel/sleep lately and squeezing in some NaNo writing time.

Light Posting

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Because I really don’t have enough going on in my life (and those who know me will see the sarcasm in that), I’m participating in NaNoWriMo.Â? Due to me spending my limited spare time writing a murder mystery in which I kill off the people who are currently getting on my nerves, posting will be light here at ::Meditatio::.

Being Killed Off in My NaNoWriMo Piece

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Recap: I apparently don’t have enough to do in my life so I’m doing NaNo this year.

When I did this 3 years ago, I offered to kill people off creatively.Â? I did this by creating a fictitious website called DaHorror.Com and had it be something like News of the Weird.Â? This year, I’m making a similar offer but with a twist.

The offer: For a donation to your local food bank/pantry (money or food — I don’t really care which), I will creatively kill you off in my NaNo piece.

The Rules
1.) You need to email me after you make your donation and specify which food bank/pantry got the goods.Â? If you donate food, please make it something that people actually eat as these organizations provide groceries for families.Â? I know people will eat creamed corn if desperate but if mac n’ cheese is on sale for 10/$10, please donate that instead.Â? You also don’t need to tell me how much got donated — this is on the honor system.

2.) Be creative but also be somewhat reasonable.Â? I’m open to stuff like that which could happen in the Lemony Snicket books but not really the slasher horror film genre, if you get my drift.Â? Also, no cannibalism, no being roasted over a spit, or anything like that.Â? (Ahem… PISCO!!!!)

3.) I have final veto power over how you’re killed off.

4.) If you’re someone who I interact with in person on a daily basis (i.e. co-worker/parishioner/community member), you don’t get to read the final product.

Let the killing spree begin!

Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Win

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CNN.Com: Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize.

Let me just say that this was the BEST news I could have gotten yesterday when I got home from work — I had to double-check it because I thought someone on Twitter was punking me.Â? Why was it the best news?Â? Because it’s making the wing nuts have aneurysms and there are now bets on when Glenn Beck’s head is going to explode.Â? 🙂

As for whether or not he deserves it, the answer is “yes”.Â? It might be slightly premature but he *has* reached out and mended fences around the world and gotten the US back to the point where we’re not looked on as the big bully nation anymore.

Look Who’s 6 Months Old?!?!?!?!?

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I can’t believe that 6 months ago, this little dude was in an incubator with tubes and wires coming out of him.Â? He has grown into a social little boy with BIG eyes who is the world’s biggest flirt.Â? He’s around 15 lbs right now and doing spectacularly.

I love you little bear!