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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.

In California

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I’m in my homeland with my parents for a couple days before I head to the depths of Hell southern California.Â? Currently, my parents’ network hates my laptop, so I’m hijacking the network computer to post.Â? 🙂

The drive was LONG.Â? Two days of 12+ hours on the road including bathroom breaks and such.Â? Reno was a nightmare — my first CITY driving in for-freaking-ever and the sun was in my eyes so I was almost completely blind.Â? I mostly read and let Jon drive though I did do about 3 hours of driving on Sunday and about 5 yesterday.Â? (Astigmatism is a pain when you have to drive at night.)Â? I also think Nevada is the only state that makes North Dakota look remotely interesting — I saw hints of green in Nevada.Â? No such luck in ND last year!!!!!!!!!!!

I have three cats at my disposal at the moment,., all of whom are out killing things.Â? I did have a tabby this morning at 5 am… after I shanghai’ed him from the hall, put him on the bed, and told him to sit down/shut up/purr.Â? He did and his motor skills are spectacular.Â? His brother is a big gray tummy who also went nose-to-nose with me last night.Â? HIS MAJESTY is chill with me and gave me a tour of his yard before settling down and letting me pet him.Â? (He has an owie on his head — apparently, he had an abcess and had to have it drained, so part of the top of his head is shaved and my parents have to pill him twice a day.Â? He purred for me and it sounded like a jet engine taking off.

I’ll probably do the Santa Cruz thing tomorrow and this afternoon, I’m shaving my head.Â? 🙂

Rosh Hashanah

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Lâ????shana tova tikhatvu vâ????tekhatmu to my Jewish readers. (For those wondering, it means something along the lines of “May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year.” My Hebrew is kind of rusty so hopefully my translation is sorta close.)

(Thank you Pisco for letting me copy that off your blog.)

What Country Is This?

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I received an email today about a demonstration yesterday. In it, 16 people were arrested for protesting the leader of the country. Two of those arrested had bogus charges levied against them.

  • A cleric was charged with “assaulting a police officer” because the officer claimed that the cleric touched him. In reality, the cleric was pushed to the ground from behind while holding up his hands and saying “I am not resisting.”
  • A veteran was charged with resisting arrest after falling down while trying to get into the paddy wagon that would take him to jail.

All in all, 16 people were arrested for “civil disobedience”. Want to guess which country this was in? Click on the (more…) for the answer.

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Football This Weekend

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Minnesota SLAUGHTERED Temple.

Washington actually WON!

MSU Bobcats got CLAWED TO BITS by UC Davis.

Best of all… Michigan FLATTENED Notre Dame.

Why is the last one best of all?Â? On “Countdown” on Friday night, they showed a guy getting a full body wax in order to get tickets to the game.Â? He was a ND fan in the midst of Wolverines.Â? I’m not sure which was worse: the body waxing or the loss by his team.