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Just keeps ticking by. A few things have happened. In January I started writing in paper journals every day. I’ve only missed about two days so far. Its been good. I got a puppy on March 30th, t...

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I woke up wishing I didn’t have to go to work. Not because I don’t like my job or coworkers. Just that office life is not my dream career. I need to find a way to get to the goal of self employme...

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I have coffitivity on, and the “A Sudden Rainstorm” playlist on Spottify. Trying to visualize myself sitting under the awning of a busy cafe somewhere warmer than here, working and watching the r...

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Its cold here, like +3 or something here today. I’m listening to Tegan & Sara, its reminding me of visiting my friend in Victoria the summer between Joel and Tim. It was like that transition ...

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This morning a gunman shot and killed a Canadian soldier standing guard at our national war memorial, and then rushed into the federal government buildings and started shooting again. Its very sa...

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I always get these ideas and inspirations for writing practice while I’m at work and can’t write. I tweeted this morning that I wished I was walking down Banff Ave. with a Starbucks instead of si...

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I would give anything right now to be curled up under fluffy warm cozy blankets, with a book, watching snow fall outside a window. I’m so sleepy this morning and that sounds like heaven right now...

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I have no interest in being productive at work today. Its my birthday. I am 28 today. And, for the first time ever, I had flowers delivered on my birthday. My best friend sent me a Bromeliad. Its...

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two weeks ago an Amber Alert was put out in my city. A child and his grandparents had disappeared. They grandparents had hosted an estate sale at the their home the previous day, and their grandc...

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This morning, I wrote the very last exam of my degree! Holy cow, feels so weird! 5 years, over. All done. So insane. I'm still just shocked that I actually managed to finish a flippin degree! Wow...

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I've spent a fair bit of time reading this hashtag today which is trending following the deaths of 7 people in the states after a young man decided people deserved to die since he wasn't getting ...

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This song just came on when I picked a channel on Songza. I really like it. Shadows settle on the place, that you left. Our minds are troubled by the emptiness. Destroy the middle, it's a wa...

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I know several of my faves of OD used to do this. And I'm seeing it here occasionally too. Today I think its something I need to do: I am thankful that I have a job that I find interesting, whe...

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I finally have internet at the new house! Sawweeettt! Also, I'm so bloody sick I kind of want to die. I went home to visit last weekend, all my family was sick, but I figured they were all past t...

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I have not been able to sleep well all this week. Every night its been a fight to go to bed. I thought today would be better because I didn't have a nap, but its still the same. Exhausted, yawnin...

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I've mostly avoided OD since the day the official notice went up. I was on early that morning and able to download my diary then. I did log in once earlier this week and downloaded the XML as wel...

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I just read that article, "You Just Broke Your Child" that everyones been posting on facebook this week. It broke my heart to think about kids who grow up like that. My dad wasn’t perfect, but ...

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So, I used to write a lot of stories. In fact, the official first entry in my Open Diary was a story I'd written, inspired by a favourite song. That was in high school. I would guess that might a...

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Hello Prosebox. I've been pushed here due to the closure of my beloved OD. I am sad, but I suppose a new chapter is good. We will see how this goes, I hope I can find my OD friends here.

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