HOURS: 54 � PEOPLE: scads � MONEY: a shameful amount � BEERS: 11 � BARS: Deadwood, Quinton's, The ��ROADTRIPS: DeWitt, to hang with Leah and her rocking siblings in her big house ��NEW FRIENDS MADE: Maggie Gehlsen, Age 8 (who wowed us with her baton-twirling skills and gave me some sage advice: if I'm worried about being cool, I should "lift weights and get a haircut") � SLUTTY GIRLS IN TUBE TOPS REBUFFED AT THE BAR BY A VERY INTOXICATED DINO BALOCCHI: 1 (the tube top was zebra-striped) � KEYS LOCKED IN CAR: 1 set � FALSE ALARMS: See previous � MILES RUN: 3 ��RESTAURANTS PATRONIZED: La Casa (mmm ... gastrointestinal), New Pioneer Deli (mmm ... overpriced), IHOP (mmm ... artery-clogging) � RANSOM: Yes, of course � MOVIES: Shrek, Chicago, Mighty Aphrodite � BEER PURCHASES ADVISED BY 8-YEAR OLDS: 1 (Maggie recommended Coors Light) � HY-VEEs THAT ARE OUT OF�THAT'S RIGHT, OUT OF�1% MILK: The Muscatine Avenue location (beware) � NOLAN PRACTICES: Of course � BEDS SOAKED THROUGH BY LEAKY PIPES IN THE CEILING: 1 � FLOORS SLEPT ON AS A RESULT: 1 � TOASTS TO MR ROGERS: 1 that I participated in, many more all over the world � CDs LISTENED TO: Neil Finn One All, Kings Of Convenience Quiet Is The New Loud, Pedro The Lion Control, Spoon Girls Can Tell / Kill The Moonlight, Dismemberment Plan Change, Manitoba Start Breaking My Heart, Japan Oil On Canvas, Peter Gabriel Passion, Isotope 217 Utonian Automatic, The Pixies Doolittle � NEW BOOKS STARTED: Julio Cort�zar 62: A Model Kit, Ethan Coen Gates Of Eden�

"Dad and I made it back from Phoenix this evening ... We saw a lot of rich people and cacti. We mostly were able to tell them apart."

�my mother

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