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five feelings for the last week

1. FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE = FUNNY
HER: Sorry I was in the restroom for so long. I met an old friend in there.
ME: Wow, I've never heard that before! That's funny!
HER: …?
ME: It's a great euphemism. In English, I think there's one about a visit from your auntie.
HER: I… didn't meet my auntie in the bathroom? I met an old friend from college.
ME: Oh, you mean you really met an old friend? Oh. Well now it's a different kind of funny.

2. PRAISE = AWESOME
ME: Here is the edited document.
HIM: I used all your suggestions- it is really important to have feedback from you.

3. KAPOW = TOUGH
Wii boxing is going to change my life.

4. MID-TERMS = IRONIC
A midterm meeting that starts with the teacher crying cannot end well,
but is so much better than having it start with me crying that I am
sorry to say I felt pretty awesome, all things considered.

5. COTTAGE = STILL
As in, it is still going on and it is one of the few places that I can
be still. I had a full Proust weekend, finished a book, ate a ton of
food, successfully started a fire without being backseat firestarted,
and generally am having trouble letting go of the notion that I might
live there some day.

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