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"Mommy misses drinking." Steph, talking to her 8 month old daughter about Mike and I going out to parties and such a lot.
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"I like tomatoes but I don't like salsa." Me
"I like salsa but I don't like tomatoes." Dad
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"Well, it was good while it lasted." Mike, to me sending him a grumpy face after I liked him a lot for a few days.
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"I feel like I shouldn't have anything to write about because I'm
here for work, but you know, there are things to tell, and I haven't
really been looking for interesting stuff. This is just stuff I've come
across in my boring daily work life." James, in Indonesia.
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"It cost me about 70 US cents for this huge plate of rice. Granted, there wasn't any meat in it, really, just egg and vegetables, and spicy as hell, but still - where can
you get this much food for 70 cents?" James, in Jakarta.
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"The prayer is fairly standard and includes (a) thanking god,
(b) asking for forgiveness of trespasses, (c) asking for blessing of the
firm, and (d) asking that the single women in the firm find good
husbands. Seriously. I'm not kidding." James, on the first day of the month office group prayer while working in Indonesia.
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"These are the things that I've found either
interesting, amusing, or mildly depressing. But interesting
nonetheless. And this is without going anywhere outside of the 2 miles between
my office and my boss's house." James' conclusion in his email.
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"Your guy seems like a good catch - and football fan too - :) - everything you need." Ed, to me.
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"Never guess who was in the security line right behind me in phoenix. Nick Notle. He looks worn from a lifetime of drugs and booz." Ebs' text
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"Killin' 'em with kindness is always fail proof too. That's the Southern way. 'Bless his heart' is like the 'get out of jail free' card around here." Leigh Anne
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"Kris took me shopping on friday and bought me a louis vuitton purse." Jo, on celebrating her birthday.
"Oh wow. That's a nice present... Mike doesn't get the girl shopping purse thing...
I got a skillet for my bday." Me
"Lol. Ok, I need to have a talk with mike and explain to him the importance of shoes and purses in a woman's life." Jo
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"Wow I was feeling good about myself the last few days and people keep on saying nice things to me." Me, surprised
"Yeah when you feel good inside it usually shows on the outside." Nicki
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"Hi. 5 am. Can't sleep because loud prayer going on outside." James texting from Indonesia.
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"I love secrets. You are the one person I know who can wait for things so I figure talking about it doesn't bother you." Nicki, about a secret wedding related thing she's working on for me.
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"Thank goodness for expense account dinners!" Laurie, on San Diego on a business trip.
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"Chop it up, flip it, rub it down... oh no. What're u choppin over there?" Rodd's response to my 'Chop it up'" IM status.
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"Bodies or veggies?" Laurie, commenting on the same status.
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"I try EVERY season to stop watching, but I just CANT!!" Steph, on the Bachelor.
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"My pessimism allows me to deal with my inevitable failure. That is my theme in life." Yed, having an annoying day at work.
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"She likes to sleep on my pillow! Which is cute except sometimes she sticks her butt
right next to my face so I'll open my eyes to a dog booty! Let me tell you, that is an odd sight in middle of the night." Kimi, about her new puppy.
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"Time for breakfast number 2. I have to have 2 breakfasts since they wait so long to have lunch here." Krissy, in Florence.
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"Sniffling sick slacker savors succulent seto sushi snack seated solitarily in sunnyvale." Alliteration David on his lunch plans
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"Man I feel like I should put an ad out: lonely luncher looking for lunch buddies. No need to be a foodie to apply--just willing to go." Me
"LOL ... will eat for friendship?" Matt
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"Maybe dad will do a stupid thing and all will laugh their butts off." Mom, about our wedding reception.
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"We won't be in a church so that is good people can be stupid. The church thing sets a stiff mood... I think we should shout and yell and scream when you come out." Mom, on our wedding ceremony.
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"You and mike should laugh like dad and I did at our wedding." More mom wedding advice.
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"I think most people will appreciate a different kind of a wedding the usual ones are boring." Mom
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"What do you freak out about?" Me
"I'm not freaked out. More like weirded out." James
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"I dial a number and get 50% off to call you but what's 50% off of $10 a minute?" James
"Yeah it's good we're talking about important things then." Me, joking
"Yeah can you talk about more serious things so I get my money's worth?" James, joking.
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"I don't even know how much text messages are to you but I still send them all the time." Me
"Cost isn't going to deter me." James
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"I'm so done with this country. You can't make phone calls--I wanna go home." James, annoyed with our calls getting dropped and not knowing anyone or where to go.
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"What's this Margaritaville - getting dopy at work?" Dad, on my IM status.
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"Hi My Favorite, bye my favorite." Dad's cute parting IM to me.
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"Even in non drinking times, he has some wine." Me, about Yed
"Okay.. so many self-rules. I wish I could stick to mine. Like wake up and work out..." Kathi
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"It's even funnier if you try to insult it or talk sexy to it." Daniel, about his cyber twin at www.mycybertwin.com.
"Man now I wanna try sexy talk to it... Omg what kind of world do we live in now--I'm itchin to talk sexy to my friend's virtual chat self!" Me
"Hahahahahahaha. I'd say that was normal." Daniel
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"I think you'll agree, nothing's quite as spicey as the original DarkDan." Daniel
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"I'm old enough to yell at 20 year olds now." David
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"You have an egg shaped head." Me, to Mike.
"Just in time for Easter." Mike
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"I told him yesterday I didn't know if we should get married. But I like him today." Me
"Well hopefully on September 29th you'll like him." Mom
"That will be the deciding factor." Mike
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"You have easter eggs to hunt for." Mom
"How adolescent." Dad
"Eve likes it." Mom
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"Is that a bunny pin?" Me, to mom.
"Yes I was trying to be festive. I tried to find a dress that looked like an easter egg too." Mom
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"I might be overdosed--I've been watching for four days." Dad, on Masters golf.
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"Do you want to look at my website?
ITS ...chinagirlsrock.piczo.com
." My niece
Abbie
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"It was fun and I got to eat a corn dog. Those things are a heart attack on a stick, but so good." Kimi, on going to a carnival.
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"When I get married
I'm gonna have east coast west coast even tho I have no ties to the east." Payless, on Mike's pre marriage party plans.
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"You taught me well, mrs. miagi." Ha! Vendor I was teaching to do some stuff at work.
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"Oooh, you are on a fun spurt with spending money, eating bread and cheese! I love all those things!" Kimi
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"Welcome to my tv baby." Mike, on watching the Hulk Hogan's family show after I made him watch the Bachelor. ;-)
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"Spence is racing at the Wildflower - so I will be there cheering him on...as well as Hope and Mr. Bachelor." Stephanie
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"Your mood is generally directly proportional to the number of repeated letters in the key words of your replies. i.e. 'okie thanks' means 'disillusioned, frustrated, or generally unhappy about something on the home front.' 'okie thankkkks' means 'work day is going ok, cruising along with life as I know it.' 'okie thankkkkkkkkkkkkkkksss!!' means 'I feel chipper,' etc." John, vendor I work with via IM.
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"Last night was fun! Very Sex in the City having a bottle of wine and
cheesecake." Leslie, on our dance girls get together.
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"So you like this month since it has your name in it?" Me, to April.
"No, I hate it--it's annoying. It was fun when I was like 5." April
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"Woohoo my goal was to have sent it before I got the email! score one for salas!" Nicki, on pay palling me for her bridesmaid dress.
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"Thanks again for being a good friend to Mike." Me
"Later. No problem. If I didn't like him I wouldn't be. You know me, I either like you or I don't and if I don't I won't pretend like I do." Yed
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"@ SF. saturday 12/15 on NFL Network at 8:15MT, 5:15ET (That's Mike Time and Eve Time)." Bengals Mike, on the upcoming matchup between the 9ers and Bengals this season.
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"It's windy here...gotta figure out what to do with my hair so I don't inhale it while I'm sipping my beer." Leigh Anne.
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"I'm so excited, I can't wait to see the dress! Wow, did I just say that?" Doesn't usually like dressing up was just a bridey Stacy.
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"You could be on Hereos. Your power would be to make everybody happy. (Syler wouldn't know what to do about that)." Dice
"Hahahaha awesome. I'd love to have that power." Me
"(You already do)" Dice
"I am a real hero! What will my cape be? Big yellow smiley face with a 9er helmet????" Me
"Maybe a 9er helmet with mouse ears and a utility belt with coca cola cans strapped to it." Imaginative Dice
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"Wow--it's like being in a fancy restaurant where you don't even have to think." Nicki, on me refilling her empty wine glass at my place.
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"Maybe we should just put it on mute and listen to Mike." Nicki, on us watching Top Gun.
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"If I die you can have my scanner... and my golf club." Dad
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"We gave $80 by using our Macy's card and that's on top of other savings." Me
"I've saved $836--I haven't bought anything in 3 months." Dad
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"I hate waking up." Mike, on Monday morning (and pretty much every work day).
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"Very fun but burnt out. I think I'll settle down now and be a good citizen of society. Eh maybe next year." Payless Eric, after a weekend in Vegas.
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"Damnit--I got sucked in!" Mike, watching the Bachelor.
"You're just saying that to get me to like you more." Me
"No! I really am but I wish I wasn't." Mike
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"Have to get more Cheesecake factory sliders - they almost as good as White Castle." Hope
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"The house hunting is making me think about why I am going to give up my lifestyle for a shack." Hope, on Bay Area real estate woes.
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"I'm trying to convince myself that I feel better ... it works for a few minutes and then I remember I feel like shit. LOL" Matt, on being sick.
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"Sell ads to be worn on the backs of groomsmen Nascar style." Dice, on saving on wedding payments.
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"GOoooooooal! Same call as soccer. Gotta love it." Dice, on going to a Sharks hockey game.
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"It's the only day in the next 2 weeks I'm free... Geeez I look at my schedule for the next couple weeks it's like I'm Eve's crazy schedule or something he he." Laurie
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"LOVE their motto: eat like a King, drink like a Fish. That's my life for you." Me, on Kingfish restaurant's motto.
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"Do you want me to be that kind of funny? Just lemme know? I'm a wedding
chameleon! :)" Daniel, on an entertaining ceremony opening line I read about.
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"I like the BlackBerry because it is famouse, lightest and nice looking." Dad, on me picking a phone.
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"Right now my head is full of technical stuff and is blocked on recipies." Gisela, at work when I was asking her some meal planning questions.
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"I need a vacation. And a BIG glass of wine." Kimi, after a rough day.
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"Right now my head is full of technical stuff and is blocked on recipies." Gisela, at work when I was asking her some meal planning questions.
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"I just made 'Zum,' 'Yum' and 'Drucken,' 'Drunken.'" What does that tell you about me?" Me, reading our German website.
"That you've checked out for the day." Rick
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"Miss you, my like minded friend." Part of James' text to me.
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"To be brutally honest with you I did forget about you. But don't feel bad cause I forgot about a lot of things." Eric, about plans we had.
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"You like sleeping, I like being awake. It's more fun." Me, watching tv past midnight.
"Nothing's more fun than sleeping--sleeping's the best." Mike
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"I am going home tonight, drinking wine and wearing my grass skirt & lei." Kimi
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"Ok Lady, the beering hour is here!" Stacy, signing off on a Friday.
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"I love this lady--she's a southern cook and puts a stick or two of butter in everything." Me, about Paula Deen.
"But she's still alive." Gisela
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"I'm not but I'm just gonna make hot girls take shots." Yed, on not drinking but bringing Jaegar to Rodd's party.
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"If I was really inhaling helium I could maybe get into it." Yed, on the band Guster.
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"It doesn't matter. It's the same--only the names have changed. Come on, it's 2Pac--you have one for me one for the homies." Party Mike, singing "It's your Birthday" to "How Do You Want It."
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"This is not helping my hangover." Mike, at the vibrant and moving modern art exhibition.
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"I wonder if the churro guy is still at church." Eric, in downtown San Jose.
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"Backflip Steph is my fav for today." LesliE, on the Bachelor girls.
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"Any cravings come up for tonight?" Nicki, about dinner.
"Ha not so much just something on the heathly side--salad, fish, etc." Me
"Ok. I will find something worthy of our mouths." Funny Nicki
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"Yours look like an ant with two fangs to plug into the butt of your BT." Dad, about cell phone accessories.
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"Hey, isn't it time to do some work man? CLEAR SCREEN for big sisters of Borland." Dad, after IMing me for a while on cell phone products.
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"Don't you like me?" Me, bugging Mike in the middle of the night cause I was awake.
"Yes I like you. I just don't like anything at 4am." Mike
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"Mai Pen Rai, relax, eat grass." Dad's IM status
"Reading Thai makes me hungry." Me
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"Can you send your IM picture to me.... I like to pretend to be someone else sometime." Weirdo Dad
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"Wine always makes the world a better place...and several bottles makes the whole universe a better place!" Kimi
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"Some people are sexless I was just thinking." Dad
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"Hey, buy this it's red. Hey you should own Target it's red." Dad, while I was picking out red stuff to buy at Target.
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"She comes late so she can't park there. Choose either sleep or park." Dad, on my company's sparse parking spaces.
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"OK stop at this corner and I'll jump out." Me, to Dad in the car.
"Ok jump--jump!" Dad
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"It's like a good soap but it all happens in 90 minutes." Dobro, on NBA basketball.
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"I looked it up on the computer and the computer doesn't lie." Kimi
"Well you look at things funny sometimes." Dobro
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"I can't believe Leslie's getting married tomorrow. She's emotional and stresses with me about it and then she'll be on the other side." Me
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"I think that's official girlfriend rule--if the boyfriend chained himself to a bench, you have to tell." Mers
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"It has chocolate chips in it." Dobro, on the Claim Jumper chocolate cake.
"It just gets better." Mike
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"I'm gonna be in pain. This is gonna be a pained stuffed." Dobro, after our Claim Jumper meal which started with a huge appetizer combo platter and ended with a huge piece of chocolate cake.
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"It's a shame to drink champagne where there's a full bar inside." Brian, on Leslie and Todd's cocktail hour.
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"I didn't want wedding hair." Kathi
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"The potsticker guy's coming." Mike, on the lookout for passed hors d'oeuvres.
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"There's potential for fat guy in a little coat if you take someone else's jacket--a real fat guy in a little coat." Yed, egging Mike on at the reception.
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"You know things are bad when I don't reply to Kimi's email." Eric, on being busy.
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"Eve writes down funny or quirky things you say and puts them on her website." Lucie, informing her boyfriend.
"Is that why she follows you around?" Matt
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"My legs are so tired and sore right now." Yed, at cocktail hour.
"Do you want to sit down and drink?" Stacy
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"What's your drinkin plan?" Stacy, to me.
"I need a plan?" Me
"You always need a drinking plan." Stacy
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"Did you see the mashed potato donut?" Mike, all excited about the wedding dinner menu.
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"You know it's fancy when they take five lines to describe the entree." Me
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"My friend had the biggest crush on your name." Ray, to Helmut.
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"Are you guys tying the knot tonight? I'm tying the knot right now." Stacy, to Mike and I with a cherry stem in her mouth.
"I'm the Slash to her Axel." Mike, about Gisela after they were both air guitaring to Sweet Child O' Mine.
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"Our cake is functional and tasty." Mike, on wedding cakes.
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"I have a pretty good food baby going on right now." Rodd, on passing up dessert.
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"I came out of my picture coma for you." Me, to bridey Leslie.
"I love you." Her response
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"Stall! Stall!" Dad, during the end of the Warriors game when they were ahead.
"Dad, that's the replay." Me
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"What are you looking forward to?" Me, to Mike, thinking of wedding related things.
"Eating in Italy." Mike
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