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In the Macy's Parade. :(

It's Saturday, and my mom's been without power since Monday when Sandy hit. She called me this morning and said she's been email volleying with the mayor of our town about when the power company is coming and that the southern section of town has been ignored. The big retail corridor was more important.

NJ is also implementing gas rationing in 12 counties in the northern and central parts of the state. Odd numbered license plates have to get gas on odd numbered days and even numbers ...

1. State your name:
Kristin

2. State the name that your parents almost named you:
Katherine

3. Which of your relatives do you get along with the most?
Mom

4. What was your first job?
Cashier at a fast food restaurant

6. Did anything embarassing happen this week?
I forgot to bring some notes to a meeting with my academic advisor

7. Do you miss your ex?
Ex? I don't have one.
...

Do you eat?
Just did.

Do you breathe air?
I'm a terrestrial mammal, not a fish.

How much air do you usually breathe?
What's the capacity of a human lung?

Have you ever walked outside?
I did that today, in the wet, chilly aftermath of a hurricane.

Have you ever made a spelling mistake?
Asolutly.

Have you ever been to the moon?
No, but my first grade class wrote to the late, great Neil ...

My mother has a vacation house on Long Beach Island on the Jersey Shore. The island flooded starting last night. Because the house isn't on stilts and only a 3 foot tall concrete base, it isn't looking too good. Atlantic City and Seaside, heck, the rest of the Shore, aren't in great shape either. Lower Manhattan, Connecticut, and Long Island are pretty bas too.

Right now I'm at my grad school house in inland South Jersey. The wind is blowing hard! I had a hard time taking a walk down ...