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emergencies

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Everything is fine here, nothing is really wrong. That doesn’t stop some things from seeming, in the short term, like emergencies. I have a problem accurately assessing urgency of situations. For example.
1. At the pool on Friday a girl cut her toe and bled all over the place. It was very dramatic and, from my [...]

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what was swum - the last wrap-up post for 2007

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

I apologize in advance for the extreme wonkiness of this post, again.

So, swimming the length of Lake Champlain didn’t quite work out, but I did pretty okay. As of June, I was ahead by about ten or fifteen miles. However I pulled my shoulder swimming a little too much and then took to my bed [...]

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totally different stars

Friday, December 7, 2007

My friend Colin Lingle read a story at one of my open mic parties which were semi-regular occurences when I lived in Seattle. I liked it so much I asked him if I could put the story online and he said yes. The title of this post comes from it, the story is called The [...]

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Vermont’s oldest lifeguard

Monday, September 3, 2007

I’m now officially certified as a lifeguard by the Red Cross. apparently this sort of thing runs in my family. My Dad was a lifeguard and so was my grandfather (on my Mom’s side). I explain more about the story with the accompanying Flickr photo but here’s how my week went.
I had class from 4-9 [...]

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wonky bad week turns into good week - recap

Saturday, March 31, 2007

It’s tough when it’s school vacation. This is not because there are more teenagers on the street or because the library isn’t open as much. It’s tough when it’s school vacation because the pool schedule gets erratic becaue most lifeguards are on vacation. When I’m having an otherwise good day that goes south, I can’t [...]

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