"That's our new outdoor mall." Niff "It has a Coach store." 10 year old Abbers.
	"I can't wait to eat." Me "I can't wait for entertainment that's not food." 10 year old Cisch on the way to Taste of Chicago.
	"I'm sure everyone this organized." Niff, making fun of my super specific eating plan for Taste of Chicago.
	"She's quoting, she's quoting!" Abbie, seeing me take out a piece of paper to write on.
	"I only like him every other week." Me, about Mike. "Can I see your calendar?" Abbie, taking my phone and counting weeks. "You'll be happy at your wedding." Ab's conclusion
	"What is your purse?" Abs "Your head!" My response "It's not my head. I should sue you for that insult." Abs
	"You're a nut case." Me "I'm not a nut case." Abs "You're a case of nuts." Me "I'm not a case of nuts. Oh maybe I am. If I was I'd be a macadamia nut cause they're too expensive." Abs
	"Yeay for random ideas!" Niff, on us stopping at White Castle.
	"I'm happy having both. It's the Taste of Kenosha." Niff, on us going to White Castle and then a noodle place for dinner.
	"I know when I get a quote--I can just feel it when it comes out." Niff, so proud of herself.
	"I'm too big for this minivan." Abbie, crunching her legs in the back seat.
	"I think I will jean it and ho top it." Niff, on planning her Summerfest going out outfit.
	"Abbie you want to help me update my quotes? You can read them and I'll type them." Me "OK." Abbie
	"You can't do the top without the bottom--it's not allowed." Niff, to me, about putting on eyeliner.
	"I'll sparkle you if you sparkle me." Niff, to me, while we're getting ready to go out.
	"I started to like it when I was in California You'd probably like it if you tried." Niff, about country music.
	"No way I tried too hard to make my outfit cute to ruin it by wearing a sweatshirt." Niff, to Mr.
	"What would you like to beverage next on the way to the next food stand?" Niff, at Summerfest.
	"Check out the fashions here with all the Floydians." Niff, on the Roger Waters fans at Summerfest.
	"What's the difference between penne and mostaccioli?" Me "It's ribbed for your pleasure." Niff
	"It's like Christmas." Matt, eating his Saz's sausage sandwich.
	"Wait as long as you want cause you can't go back." Niff, on having kids.
	"That's gonna be me old but I don't want to be an old drunk." Niff, on the older couple dancing in front of us.
	"I'm so satisfied that I heard those two songs bam bam." Niff, on seeing Heart.
	"I'm sad to say but the food at taste of Chicago was superior." Me, at Summerfest. "I think we're just eaten out from yesterday." Niff
	"I can drink or eat but not both" Mike
	"I think I'm gonna change. I've been wearing this since Chicago." Abbie, 3 days later.
	"How long is your lunch break?" Abbie, while I was working there. "I dunno whatever." Me "How about you make your lunch break til 4." Abbie
	"I'm sleepy now." Mike, around noon "You just woke up." Me "I know." Mike
	"Is it X rated?" Me, on a top I was maybe gonna wear. "No, but close: PG-13. Just don't bend over." Mike
	"Brady wanna have you're first cheese curd? He loves burgers." Niff, about her 8 month old. (He eats french fries too!)
	"Go ahead ask Hadley some questions. I know you have that journalism side I got from you." Abbie
	"It's OK if you don't want to stay--I know Abbie can be overbearing." Niff, to Abbie's 10 year old friend.
	"You get cranky at nighttime!" Abbie, to her friend around midnight.
	"Boat trip this weekend: 8 guys, 29 single girls! The estrogen boat cruise." James
	"You must be in a different time zone cuz the eve I know wouldn't be awake yet." Eric's text to me a little before 9am pacific time.
	"It's gonna be not so long so it's not as sad this time." Niff, saying goodbye but seeing me in a few months for the wedding.
	"Where are you?" Me, to Dad. "On 280." Dad (a freeway that goes from San Jose to San Francisco)
	"You know after I got King of Thai I started to drive home. Good thing you called." Dad, who drove to San Francisco to pick us up from the airport but got distracted by his take out Thai food.
	"I'm really excited to have u guys over tomorrow As a bonus - its not hot here." Nicki, loving the Pacifica weather while the rest of the area is in a heat wave.
	"It's perfect I bought scented markers at flax so Mike can snif some pens if he gets bored. You can too of course." Nicki, on helping make our wedding invitations.
	"I basically like any kind of wine with alcohol in it... and is not colored pink." Nicki
	"So you're doing your slum shopping today." Mom, on me going to cheap stores.
	"That's all Dad ever wants to eat is noodles--he won't eat anything else." Mom "That's not true. I eat rice." Dad
	"Happy oven; don't cook yourself." Dad
	"Oh it's terrible in here; my butt's burning." Mom
	"I love shopping. Too bad it costs money." Me
	"I got teary they had them play just how I'd have my toys play." Payless, about Transformers.
	"It's like they did a cross between Bumble Bee and Sunstreak." Eric's post Transformer movie analysis.
	"My wedding dress looks awesome with my Transformer tattoo." Me, at my dress fitting.
	"You know it's bad when you have two of those stuck up your nose." Nicki to Mike about sniffing the pens.
	"Where do you want the poster?" Mike, to me. "Let's put it in our room." Me, excited about the Transformer poster we got. "Is that weird?" Mike
	"You're still the PM... :-)" Tony, on me planning his going away dinner.
	"Girl, you put all other welcoming committees, party planners & even good ole 'Suthen' hospitality to shame!" Leigh Anne
	"Went a whole four days without hearing about a broken blackberry!" East Coast Stacy, on her relaxing no computer access Maine 4th of July vacation.
	"Pre trolley Wednesday lunch???" My email subject to Laurie and David. "3 martini lunch to warm up?" Laurie's response. :-)
	"I'm still mentally on that gorgeous island." Leigh Anne, after her Belize trip.
	"Doesn't he giggle? Oh wait... Im confusing Mickey with the Pillsbury Doughboy. I think I'm hungry. " Leigh Anne
	"Tell James he's a pussy... Tell him I haven't met many chicks that could out drink me." Yed, challenging James for our wedding. "Yed is on. I'm tired of his BS. Tell him he better be ready to back his sh*t up, mr. 'I can't drink because I have to ride my little bicycle.'" "It is on. He's going down!" Yed
	"At that point they'd need a blood transfusion or croak." Dad, explaining medical jargon to me. "Dad you are the most tactless person I know." Me "Yeah, I tell it the way it is, no FRILL." Dad
	"One think I like about our work is exactly that - you get to help folks and be a hero to them . Something as simple as a link makes their day." Roan
	"Does the award sinks in yet (like they say when the movie stars get acadamy award)." Dad, to me on a mention I got at work.
	"Do you like my regal portrait (Prince of Thai)?" Dad, complimenting himself on his IM photo.
	"First, I am going to brag about my little friend... Elie kicked butt at swim lessons this morning. First class that she didn't shed any tears when she was dunked (which is 3 - 4x per class!)." Cute Mom Steph
	"I get to eat crap tomorrow for free. Yeay!" Mike, on free pizza lunch at work the following day.
	"The world doesn't wait for us. The stock market opens at 6:30 and the tour starts at 5:30." Yed on waking up early
	"Figure the running shoes will come in handy in case I decide to steal something." Yed, about his attire for wine tasting.
	"That's what I call not worth it." Leigh Anne, on a dessert I had at dinner.
	"Oh I look forward to my stretchy pants." Leigh Anne, post dinner.
	"If I didn't have to work I wouldn't." Yed "I hear you. I'm constantly working on that." Marvin
	"Have tons of fun in napa but don't take a napa cause then you can't taste the vino." Silly texter Nicki
	"I'd rather not get cut in half--I'll take my chances." Leigh Anne, about the middle seatbelt in the back.
	"One reason I'm not thrilled to be in manufacturing is peoples vocabulary is horrible. They make up words!" Leigh Anne
	"You have to remember the ocean's on the wrong side here." Mike to South Carolina livin Leigh Anne.
	"I feel out of it that we don't have a limo." Me, arriving at a winery with limos in the parking lot. "Or a helmet." Yed, seeing a guy with a helmet on.
	"I can say I was there for that one!" Leigh Anne, excited about the quoting.
	"He eats hamburgers, french fries, and hot dogs." Me, about my 8 month old Wisconsin nephew. "My nephew eats tofu." Yed on his California nephew.
	"I got two shoulders to choose from." Leigh Anne, sleepy in the back seat of the car between Marvin and Yed.
	"Dude I'm just tired of life right now." Yed
	"Hello--we love your city." Greenville visiting Chris, to me.
	"It's OK until the wind blows." Andrea, on SF weather.
	"You can't go on the other side of the US and not take as many pictures as possible." Andrea, with three cameras with her.
	"He said to me 'Marry me now' and I said 'If you'll pay for the wedding.'" Leigh Anne, on the street performer at Fisherman's Wharf.
	"Thank you... I think. That was an experience." Andrea, to our crazy cab driver.
	"Don't forget your iPod." Me, before we left for the trolley party. "I know." Mike "Or I'll kill you." Me "I know." Mike
	"You been out lately? Any good times to tell about?" Andrea, to Leigh Anne, after she told a few stories. "I'm still single--I have plenty." Leigh Anne
	"There were lots of Lucille Ball moments." Andrea, on working at an ice cream shop.
	"Are you the self inflicted slave?" Leigh Anne's opening comments when meeting Nicki who she knew spent so much time on our wedding invites.
	"Bourbon and tequila--I like the stuff that makes me warm and happy." David, on what he likes to drink.
	"This is the liquor place." Mike, at Blondie's
	"The G spot is good." Me, recommending one of Blondie's martinis. "I was looking at the G spot." Marvin
	"Raise your hand if you're not here." Mike, once we were on the trolley after the first bar.
	"Are you having fun?" Me, to Mike before the second bar. "No--it's the worst time ever." Sarcastic party Mike
	"All I learned about Detroit I learned in Robo Cop." Mike or Eric--I forget.
	"Have your quotes gone digital?" Think Eric
	"If you hurl on me I won't get mad at you today." David, to reason for the party Mike.
	"That's OK Davey's got your back." Caretaker David, to falling down Mike.
	"Are you gonna remember this miss?" David, to me, as we were eating pizza during the party late in the evening.
	"I never say creative things around Eve--I say boring things." Doodle
	"Let's see if we can get kicked out of your hotel room--it'll be fun." Santa Barbara Chris
	"Mike is my master." Doodle, on knowing all 80's rapping rocking lyrics Mike.
	"You get your two dollars worth." Christiane, liking the jello shots we had.
	"I love this place!" Christiane, at Butter.
	"The funniest thing is only David can understand him." Laurie, on Mike's random noises and babblings.
	"Where's my camcorder? This crap's going on youtube." Taylor, on Mike's humorous antics at the end of the evening.
	"No humping the car!" Laurie, to Mike.
	"My eyeballs are floating." Mike, the next morning.
	"What do you wanna do about food?" Me, to Mike. "I dunno. Pizza slice or Thai basil chicken." Mike "Welcome to San Francisco--you can do both." Me "That's be good." Mike
	"It was fun but a lot of people left early." Me, about our party. "That's cause your group is getting old and becoming a bunch of old geezers." Mom
	"What do you want to do now?" Me, after we got home the day after the party. "Lay on the couch and watch tv." Mike
	"At least I think about things." Me, to Dad who was making a funny face at me cause I was trying to make a decision on what to eat. "My mind is clear." Dad "Clear or blank? There's a difference." Funny Mom
	"Actually don't lick them cause sometimes they have poison in them like on Seinfeld." Me, being funny when Mom asked how to seal our invite envelopes. "Well if you don't hear from us in a couple of days you'll know what happened." Mom
	"I really could use Abbie right now." Me "Why?" Mike "Cause I have a lot of quotes to update." Me
	"Just calling to see how you're doing post party." Eric's VM
	"Does Mike accept Euros?" Mark's text about paying for the trolley
	"Mike, I hope you enjoyed your trolley devirginization." Leslie E.
	"I was hurting Sunday. I was off all day and I slept in til almost 3." Rodd, after Mike's trolley party. "Hahahaha well then it WAS a good party." Me
	"I started freaking out. I was just waiting for it to happen. I'm reading this fictional mad bride story for support." Me, on the wedding approaching in a few months.
	"I had on Mike's beads [for his party] # of days til wedding, so now realize its 74." Me "That is so cool. I want to do it again." Leslie
	"I've been having stress chest pains for 2 days." Me, wedding stressed. "Oh no. It is a good thing. So exciting." Already married Leslie
	"Wedding stress! Hope it turns to wedding excitement soon! I know it will be a wonderful and beautiful and fun wedding - I am looking forward to it. :-)" Cute Mers
	"These french fries taste weird." Rick "Did you know they're sweet potato?" David "Ahhhh.. I was prepared for the garlic; I just wasn't prepared for the sweet potato." Rick
	"Blow me." Apparently Tony's new saying.
	"I'm really gonna miss Tony's sarcasm. No one's that sarcastic." Laurie, on Tony moving.
	"Have you ever run among deer?" David
	"I was walking and deer were passing me..." David "So you're slower than deer?" Rick
	"She's koo koo but she's cool." Tony, on his new neighbor.
	"Did I say too much?" David, to me after telling stories at dinner about Sat night. "My parties are supposed to be like Vegas." Me
	"Sorry, random thought." Laurie "We've had a lot of random thoughts this evening." Me "Maybe that's why we get along--cause we all have random thoughts." Laurie
	"I sleep with my Blackberry." Janelle "You know what they say: once you go black you never go back." David
	"I have no life. I date my TiVo and I sleep with my Blackberry." Janelle
	"This seatbelt sweatshirt thing is too weird. I can't stand it." Rick, after he put his sweatshirt on in the car after he had his seatbelt already fastened.
	"I can't stop laughing and it's not even funny anymore." Laugh attack Laurie.
	"Why can't we just have a pill with all the nutrients you need? We need to keep dessert and fruit but everything else can be in pill form." Doesn't enjoying eating Janelle
	"Yeah I saw it in the quotes. I always read them right when you send them." Laurie, after something I said that I published right at the end of the day. "Oh yeah. I can always count on you to read them and be up to date." Me
	"Looking at these photos makes me hungry." Aaron, looking at my photos of friends in my office. "A lot of food based stuff--welcome to my life." Me
	"It's that time of year again, except that this year to acknowledge the importance/gravity of the occasion I'll actually admit that this is not just any summer party and is in fact a birthday celebration." Doodle's invite for his 30th birthday party.
	"Your man pitched an awesome game last night, you should have seen him! :)" Leslie, about Mike at softball.
	"That hubby of yours may win the Cy Young if he keeps pitching like he did out there yesterday." Rodd with another Rave review. :-)
	"Why are you wearing the ring on this finger? Do you not love me anymore or did we move to Europe?" Mike, with my engagement ring on my right hand.
	"I really like you today. You're so nice." Me "I better go to sleep right now before I say something stupid and ruin it." Mike.
	"This is good. Another minute later and I would have been walking to Taco Bell." Rob, on a big dim sum lunch.
	"I don't burn like I used to." Matt D., on cd making.
	"I'm pulling myself together to go spend some money. LOL" Matt
	"I was trying to self censor... like, just pick the big places... but I didn't come up with a good filtering scheme." James, on his Trip Advisor map of where he's been.
	"It's something I can't relate to except for whatever roll playing I've done in my head about being married so I don't know how much weight my advice should hold...probably in feathers. :-)" Leigh Anne
	"Eve's invitation arrives, it looks lovely! Coke Red, very unique indeed!!" Dad's friend Tav. Believe it or not, that didn't even cross my mind. ;-)
	"Still think challenge in life is to balance all the important stuff so we feel like we have everything we need. Though bound to feel out of balance from time to time." James, speaking to my wedding/life stress.
	"Are you getting nervous yet??? I am already having wedding dreams!!!" My sis
	"Can I use your blue towel for shower? I won't mess up your bath tub. I am in the guess room and make my self at home. Nice toilet!" Dad, at my house.
	"Thanks for ur hospitality. I WILL make my self at home. I am not really a guest. I am your permanent personal staff." Dad, hanging out at my house for a while.
	"OK Ewa Lu, you have the Superior Being's permission to go back to your earthly work now." Dad on IM
	"Soft toilet paper... 5 stars!" Dad's odd review.
	"An ugly Frog from the Vietnamese super market. I just cropped one from the big tray they have... Yummy frog legs. Rachelle Ray course 101, Stewed frog legs and fresh earth worms..." Dad explaining his IM picture
	"My birthday is right around the corner... so, that sorta freaks me out; that concrete marker of the passage of time." Sounding like he's ancient James.
	"I'm either full or greased--I don't know which." Dad, after a Chinese lunch.
	"You're coming now?" Me, to Dad at 10pm "I can't sleep without eating my cherry pie." Dad, coming to get his pie he left here instead of Mike's banana pie.
	"Sounds great, eve. I didn't look at the website, but chillin' with you is always the highlight. The food is a secondary consideration. Then Mike comes third. Ha! Kidding. Don't tell him that!" James, on a lunch plan I sent him.
	"Can I hire you sometime to plan an 'eating vacation'? It will pretty much be all the meal planning your doing in Charleston, but in a new location. I think that would be cool. A trip planned around eating. What am I saying!!! That's what your vacations pretty much are, already, huh?" James, to me in response to my eating plan email.
	"You should see me at the post office trying to re-box stacey'd dress, etc. It was excitement..." Funny Dad, mailing bridesmaid dresses out.
	"I haven't used periods for a week." Yed, not knowing how to text on his new phone.
	"When I was in day care I never ate lunch unless it was fried chicken." Mike
	"If I can't buy you food at Denny's I don't know what kind of favorite Aunt I am." Aunt Diana
	"I love you, DJ." Me "You do?! That's great!" Mike's response
	"30 minute warning!" Me, telling Mike he has to get up at noon to meet people for lunch. "Can I get a 20 minute warning? I need a nap." Mike
	"All clean? you finally took a shower?" Onray, on my IM status message. "Had my bridal shower Sat." Me "Oh YAY! CONGRATULATIONS!!! You're officially a bride now!" Onray
	"Are you NERVOUS? Do you feel all grown up?" Onray "Hahaha kinda." Me "Do you feel overwhelmed?" Onray "Not at the moment but do at times." Me "I'm so proud of you." Onray "Hahahahaahh I don't know how to take that." Me
	"Did your lady change her name?" Me "Nah. Without that piece of paper, there's no real way to prove we're married... which is strange sometimes... I left it up to her. I'm not wild about my own last name anyway." Onray
	"Being married is pretty much like living together... You're already doing that so I guess the main part is to not expect TOO big of a change just because the status changes to husband/wife. But for the most part, if you're happy now, you'll be happy (if not happier) afterwards." Onray's marital advice.
	"My job is to walk you down the else (and not trip or try to save u if u trip) and do the dance and eat!" Dad, about my wedding.
	"Man do u listen to me????????" Dad, asking me about something I told him about earlier that day. "Oh, I see man. How can I listen I don't even hear you on IM (or email). No sound man." Smart alec Dad.
	"They're aren't many classes I'd drive to Campbell for but I'm stoked about this one." Steph, on our new dance class.
	"I feel like red meat. What do you feel like?" Matt, at the butcher in the grocery store.

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