Finally I’m getting around to posting PostSecret again. Be sure to check back at the website for the rest of today’s secrets.
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Dear Santa,
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You best listen up, Chubby, because I didn’t get anything I wanted this year. I wanted to win the Super Bowl in February - and the Bears lost.
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Then I wanted another Super Bowl season, and instead everything went haywire. I still thought we might reach the playoffs even as the season crumbled, but the Minnesota Vikings dashed the last glimmer of hope Monday. On national TV no less. Ho. Ho. Ho.
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If you think I’m just another cynical NFL fan who deserves nothing more than a lump of coal, let me remind you that I have remained the consummate leader, backing my guys and pointing out the positives in an increasingly bleak season. It’s not like I wrecked a Lamborghini and abandoned the scene, know what I mean?
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The way I see it, you owe me. So let’s get down to brasstacks: I need a quarterback. A real one. No headcases, no aging veterans and - listen closely now - no neckbeards! I’m not asking for Tom Brady or Peyton Manning, just a guy who can put the ball in the end zone once in a while. And while you’re at it, Big Guy, why not tuck a durable running back into my stocking?
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Now shake the gingerbread crumbs out of your beard and get to work. You wouldn’t stiff me on Christmas, would you?
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Yours,
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Bears Fan
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P.S. If you can’t help me with the roster, I’d settle for some Hannah Montana tickets.

I don’t dress up often. I’m talking dresses, skirts, high heels, etc. But every now and then I’ll stumble upon a dress by accident that I absolutely fall in love with. I typically never buy them because I never have anywhere to go that would require wearing a dress. Especially one so fancy.
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I have a few hanging in my closet: 1. A black one that I refuse to get rid of even though it probably doesn’t fit me anymore. I wore it to a wedding in 2001. I think I weighed 90lbs in 2001. 2. A black and gray cocktail dress I bought in 2003 for bid night with my sorority. I never wore it. I think it still has the tags on it. 3. A couple sun dresses that I wore for my birthday or trips to the airport. Obviously can’t wear those in the winter though. 4. Finally we have a plain brown dress that could be worn in fall or winter. But I don’t like it much. I did at the time I bought it though.
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So when I found this beautiful strapless champagne dress recently I couldn’t talk myself into buying it. I’d have to find shoes and I hate shopping for shoes. I hate shopping for anything that’s not furniture, office, books or appliance related. I can’t dress myself. At least I don’t think I can. I hate trying to match shoes to a dress or a purse. I stood in front of the mirror holding the dress up to myself and imagining myself twirling around in it out of excitement. It was definitely a girly dress (I tried finding a picture online, but to no avail)
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I almost bought it. Almost. It was on sale and in my size, too! What could possibly be stopping me at that point? The harsh reality that I have no where to wear it. It’s definitely a party dress. Not something you’d wear to a family gathering either. It’s a dress that you’d want to be seen in and people would have a hard time NOT looking at you. It’s short, cute, and shiny! It’s most certainly an ideal New Year’s Eve dress.
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A fellow blogger told me to get the dress and make some plans, even if it means treating myself to a fancy dinner alone. Where the hell would I go to dinner? No place I could afford would warrant wearing that dress.
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So due to the lack of New Year’s Eve plans, I will not be purchasing the dress. Might sound silly, but I’m pretty bummed about that. When the person you want to look at you is hundreds of miles away, it’s fun to have an excuse to be looked at by others. But there’s no point. I’d end the night feeling lonely and upset because I spent money on a dress I’d never wear again.

I work in an office and we have satellite radio being pumped through the walls at all hours of the day. This means Christmas music up the wazoo. I’m not sure about you all, but I can really use a break from the 30 different versions of Jingle Bells, Baby It’s Cold Outside, Deck the Halls and Frosty the Snowman.
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I put together a playlist with various songs I heard while watching seven wonderful seasons of Scrubs. Some of you might know that Zach Braff has a pretty good ear for music as he put together the soundtrack for “Garden State” and “The Last Kiss.” So have faith that this playlist will not sucketh.
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Citizen Cope - Sideways
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Cary Brothers - Honestly
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Colin Hay - My Brilliant Feat
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John Cale - Hallelujah
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Jeremy Kay - Have It All
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Colin Hay - Waiting for My Real Life to Begin
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Colin Hay - Overkill
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Elefant - Why
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Joseph Arthur - In the Sun
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Scrubs Theme Song - I’m No Superman
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Joshua Radin - Don’t Look Away
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The Mavericks - I want to Know
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Rhett Miller - Our Love
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The Coral - Dreaming of You
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Martin Sexton - Diner
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Shawn Mullins - All in my Head
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Five for Fighting - Easy Tonight
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Colin Hay - Beautiful World
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Everything - Hooch
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The Shins - New Slang
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Howie Day - She Says
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The Ramones - What a Wonderful World
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Enjoy!

So I realized my last post was rather angry. I’m sorry.
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Here’s a little something to make you smile and want to dance.
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[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=_66FSnIUc3Q]

Next time I have to get my eyes checked out I just won’t.
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My sweet mother called the eye doctor today while I was at work to find out what the crap is going on with my glasses and if they’ve been shipped out yet. In case you haven’t been paying attention, I ordered these glasses before Thanksgiving.
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They’re FINALLY getting shipped out…but that’s only the frames. They still have to be sent to the lab to get the lenses put in.
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Over a god damn month I’ve had to wait for these $584 glasses. Supposedly the frames are popular and they were back ordered. Well, not my problem. I didn’t even want new frames, they talked me into it. I wanted cheap frames, they talked me into these. If they’re such a popular pair, why couldn’t they warn me that it would take so freaking long to get them? How long does it take to put lenses in? Great timing doing it right before Christmas too when the offices will of course be closed.
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Hey maybe I’ll get them in 2008. I wouldn’t be so pissed off if I hadn’t been wearing shitty glasses for the last month because America’s Best gave me shitty lenses and “lost” my original lenses. It wouldn’t be so bad if the current eye doctor would offer me some money back or at least a coupon for another visit. Some type of compensation would be nice because this is just shitty service. I was told November 30th. It’s way past November 30th. If we didn’t call, I’d probably never get my damn glasses.
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So now I’m stuck wearing my crappy 3-year-old lenses for god knows how long. I have to bring my head up close to the monitor just to read. I have to squint to read my book. Driving is a blast. I’m getting headaches hourly, taking them off doesn’t help much. It’s an over all crappy situation and I’m pissed off.
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$584! Shitty eye doctors and crappy customer service! I don’t care if it’s not their fault the frames were back ordered. Don’t sell someone who doesn’t want frames a pair that are back ordered! Don’t sell someone back ordered frames who has been wearing the wrong prescription for the last 3-4 years! Sell them frames that will be there in 7-10 days so they can go back to having normal vision and not eff it all up by wearing three pairs of shitty glasses in one month.
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I better have them before 2008 comes along.

I just started reading P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern. I’m no more than 5 pages in and I’m already envious of Gerry and Holly’s relationship.
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I don’t know if it’s because I can picture Gerard Butler as Gerry (thank you previews) or because I crave that type of relationship and I really don’t have it as much as I think I do.
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I think Gerard Butler has something to do with it.[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=YTy2EYqc9BA]

I can’t help but be annoyed with some of my fellow Chicagoans.
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This morning Chicagoist ran an article about one of the Red Eye’s columnists. In a nutshell, they don’t like his sexist attitude or contradicting articles.
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The real fun part is in the comment section where everybody bashes the Red Eye and it’s readers.
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A handful of people said they automatically deduct 10-20 IQ points from anybody they see reading it.
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Hey Ska, welcome to Chicagoist bro! I’ve always only deducted at least ten points from any one I see reading it, but thanks for raising the bar, 20 points it is!
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And I like how every one who reads the Stupid Eye lies about the reason why they read it,sudoku/cross work puzzels my A$$
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Like “Not_another_username” said “I wouldn’t pick up a Red Eye if there was a hundred dollar bill attached to it.”

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First of all, that really shows maturity and intelligence on their part. Secondly, most of the articles in the Red Eye are AP articles found in every paper - every where! Aside from the few columnists, every story in there in an AP article. So they should be shunning anyone who reads the Trib, Sun-Times, etc. Thirdly, it’s a free newspaper. It sits by the doors by the L and people grab it because they need something to pass the time in the slow zones. I think it’s ridiculous that now I’m not only judged because I’m: a woman, white, short, canadian, a student, young, casually dressed, but now I’m judged because I flip through the Red Eye in the mornings? Jesus.
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I’ve said that Bostonians are snarky and New Yorkers are rude (no offense - these opinions were based on first impressions and don’t reflect on any of the bloggers here) but I swear Chicagoans are some of the most ignorant people in the country. We have this holier-than-thou attitude that just doesn’t fly with me. Just because you read “A Tale of Two Cities” and fill out the New York Times crossword puzzle in pen doesn’t make you better than me. You probably still pronounce “library” as “liberry.”
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This morning there was a cute woman on the Ye Old Blue line. I got on with a homeless dude accompanied by his unheartwarming smell and a dirty large sack containing all of his earthly possibles.
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Two seats were left, one next to the cutie dressed like a banker, the other next to a grungy woman reading a book. The cute women looked at me with pleading eyes that said please sit next to me so I want have to sit next to the homeless smelly man. I looked, saw a Red \’96Stupid- Eye in her hands, and passed her right by to set next to the women reading the book, it was The Brothers Karamazov! Right before I got off the train I complemented her on her selection and she smiled.
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Boycott The Stupid Eye and shun all who read it!

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If someone doesn’t want to sit by me on the train because I’m holding a Red Eye, fine! Stand for all I care. Gives me a spot to put my bag.
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And for Chicagoist to say the Red Eye needs to be held to a higher standard…well I have to agree with one of the comments I read:
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It gives us a chuckle when we read that Chicagoist is calling to hold Red Eye to a higher standard.
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Remember Chicagoist, just because you give the source of a story a “HotLink” doesn’t make you a journalist.

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Stop being idiots.

I’ve been out of the Maroon 5 loop for a while now. Only recently have I begun YouTub’ing (yes that’s a verb now) their videos and downloading their songs. Their new album has some really great tracks on it in my humble opinion.
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“Wake Up Call” has been a favorite of my iPod lately. It took me until tonight to search for the video and boy am I glad I did!
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Explosions, murder, boobies, guns, booties…what more could one ask for? I’ll take sexy lead singers for $1,000 Alex.
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I believe Mr. Levine gets dreamier with every video. He’s always very…ah what’s a good word…sexual in his videos. He’s always making out with some boobtastic chick. I’m not sure what it is about his spiky hair, skinny frame scruffy face. Maybe it’s just his voice? It’s unique. Or maybe he’s just a delicious piece of man meat? Whatever tickles your fancy.
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I’m not sure I’m a huge fan of the concept for the video, but I’m okay with seeing him being all wondersexyful.
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[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=lPYZgwbqJ2Q]
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He’s even fantastical when he’s playing the role of heartbroken stud in Won’t Go Home Without You.
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Such versatility! Okay I know, I’m really reaching here. But c’mon! You gotta admit he’s at least a bit attractive.
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Makes Me Wonder is also pretty damn nifty in my book. Levine. Bouncy dance. Bow tie. Seriously, the best 3:47 of my life. Okay I’m exaggerating. It’s a catchy song! I’m pretty sure there is subliminal messaging and it’s causing me to write this gushing post about him. I’ll step out of 1996 and grow up again….after I tear down all the posters of him on my wall.
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…I kid, I kid. I have pictures of monkeys and anatomy crap on my walls

Glad to see the new mommy-to-be Lily Allen is preggers and still smoking. Way to show you’re mature and responsible enough to bring a child into this world. At least she’ll have enough money to pay for this kid’s therapy.
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Ashlee Simpson’s new song/video for “Outta My Head”:
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[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=L1_KpDbZGIg]
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Honestly, I kinda like it.
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The other Simpson is no longer welcome at Dallas Cowboys’ games after QB Tony Romo played the worst game of his career. Jessica sat in the stands wearing a pink #9 jersey cheering on her man. Apparently the boys in the locker room believe she’s causing Romo to lose focus.
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Hey, I’m okay with that. Kick him off the team and send him over to the Bears.
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Today I received my donor card for body plastination! Most people probably would not be excited about this. But ever since Bodyworlds came about I’ve been on the track to donating myself!What’s nice about it is if at any point during my life I change my mind, all I have to do is submit a written request. At the moment I don’t see that happening. Whether I’m used for plastination, or just as a cadaver, skeleton, whatever…I’d be happy.
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I bought the book P.S. I Love You this afternoon. Mostly because Gerard Butler is on the cover! ::swoons:: But in all seriousness, I’d kind of like to see this movie. But I have to read the book first.
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Now if only I had the proper glasses so I could read it! That’s right! Those new glasses I paid $584 for before Thanksgiving have yet to make their way to my face. They were supposed to arrive November 30th, but obviously, it’s way past that date and I’m still waiting. I’m actually quite bitter about that. I returned my lenses from America’s Suckiest Glasses today so I’m back to wearing the 2-year-old lenses. They’re giving me headaches and making reading very difficult and uncomfortable! Not cool!
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I updated my LOL Cats page. Go look. Laugh. Love.
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Thank me later for the giggles.