things

thing 1:

youtube fan mail:

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Subject: Great!

You have a very beautiful voice. I believe you have a great future ahead of you. Have you ever sung "with you"or "corner of the sky" from Pippin ? I'd love to hear your take on these great songs.

Enjoying your music! :D

Rhonda
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thing 2:

i put an ad on craigslist for babysitting, as i am presently unemployed and will do just about anything (try me). i received this reply:

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Subject: I NEED A BABE SITTER FOR MY LOVELY DAUGTHER

Good day my dear,
it was really nice to get your direct contact from here and i
m sure you are going to take good care of my daughter like your?I saw
your listing on the craigslist, I am rolland johnson .I am an artist
and a structural designer I want to do exhibition of my arts and my
drawing in the states in various hall in state by the 10th of this
month ,i will like to give you a tria, so i am expected there by this
month.I will be lodging in any hotel nearest to the place i will be
doing my contract job. I am coming to the state with my only daugther
cindy who is over (2&half yrs old girl) whom her mother had years
ago , I take her everywhere i go. Because she serves as an inspiration
to me. so i planned to have a person that will care for her when i
will be doing my serious contract job there in usa and
for her in the period i will be staying... I will need your
assitance. Just for you to care for her the time we will be having on
and the time are negotiable.. I
need care for my girl in different categories . these
are the categories that i will need the cares from 10.30am-6.30pm
-8.30 - 11.30 or overnight - And in weekends also. You can take one of
those time to take care of her. As i said the time are negiotiable. I
can see that you are fit for the job for your time and your listed in
craiglist. So i want you to explain better to me the time that you
will like to take care of
her. i want you to tell me may be you will like to take care of her
in my hotel or you will like to take care of her at your own house. .
I promised to pay you any reasonnable price you mentioned,because I
LOVE HER so much. Reply to me as soon as you got my message with all
the addition conditions (i mean your fee, the conditions) if there is
anyting more you will like me to know about tell me okay.
hope to read from you Asap
Rolland


Tel:+447031905692
Middlesex. London .
United Kingdom
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i was all, "ooh! he'll probably pay me a fortune! he's a rich architect from abroad with poor english!" then i googled the name, just to be sure. it's a scam. it's some dude in nigeria or something trying to get my bank account information so that he can steal my identity. i think he'd be in for a nasty surprise- i know i make it LOOK very easy to be stearns, but it's really not always a walk in the park. just saying.

thing 3:

i have encouraged my best friend to take a lover. it is an adventure and a good thing. she's screwing her courage to the sticking place so that she can stick something in the screwing place. that's all i have to say about that.

thing 4:

i think michael and i have found a new apartment. it's small, but i think it will do. there's a gay couple that lives downstairs and the landlord is a fabulous lesbian with a partner who's expecting a child. it's pretty awesome. it'll be the gay hub of bergen county. la!

thing 5:

i took the train to the city this morning to apprentice in music together classes (i'm getting to be passable at this, which is cool), and i forgot my cell phone at home. well, my blackberry. this means i couldn't call michael to tell him when to pick me up from the train, couldn't check the train schedules, couldn't even call michael to complain about how i left my phone at home. eventually it all worked out and i got my phone back, but it was rather traumatic. this is what i'm talking about when i tell you it's not always tea and crumpets to be stearns.

thing 6:

for those of you wondering how my new shoes worked out for me, they're wonderful. they've become soiled a little too quickly for my liking, but we do what we have to. it's not everyday you meet someone of my social calibre with green and yellow shoes.

it's my bedtime, blog. i'm going to the city AGAIN tomorrow so that i can observe two MT classes, and also get sheet music at the library with megan. good night!