{"id":99,"date":"2006-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toybox\/2006\/05\/13\/post-349-distractions-and-attractions\/"},"modified":"2009-08-08T15:11:52","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T23:11:52","slug":"post-349-distractions-and-attractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/05\/13\/post-349-distractions-and-attractions\/","title":{"rendered":"post 349 ~ distractions and attractions\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellpadding=\"5\" border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"110\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000E1ZBHM\/ref=wl_itt_dp\/102-5311854-1469733?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;colid=39Z7N1216B0JR&amp;coliid=I131ZJUIOT6TZ7&amp;v=glance&amp;n=5174\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/B000E1ZBHM.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V56246507_.jpg\"><br \/>\n&#8220;Operation: Mindcrime II&#8221; (2006)<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><b>post 349<\/b> ~ distractions and attractions&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>tuesday, may 9<\/b> ~ finally bought the $50 divorce-forms kit for us to look over&#8230; only $400 more for convenient third-party preparation and court-related fees&#8230;\n<li><b>wednesday, may 10<\/b> ~ got confirmation that my 1800flowers.com order arrived at my mom&#8217;s house on the east coast&#8230; yep, early to get the 20% discount ;)))&#8230; then later that morning, while jen was asleep, her mom came over to pick up some stuff for the store, and when i asked her &#8220;how are you doing?&#8221;, she suddenly broke down in tears&#8230; sad to see a mom cry like that&#8230; but she has to keep a strong face for her daughter; can&#8217;t force someone to stay if she wants to leave&#8230;\n<li><b>friday, may 12<\/b> ~ this morning, called our bank to start the process of refinancing our home&#8230; cashing out jen&#8217;s share of the home equity, resulting in a near-doubled but manageable $1400\/month payment&#8230; the transaction should close in about a month&#8230;\n<li><b>distractions!<\/b> ~ otherwise, i&#8217;ve been distracting myself with TONS of DVDs and MP3s&#8230; including the anime &#8220;eureka seven&#8221; and &#8220;fate stay night&#8221;&#8230; the japanese sci-fi film &#8220;returner&#8221;&#8230; the gorgeous &#8220;memoirs of a geisha&#8221; (halfway thru the DVD)&#8230; PLUS music from the &#8220;fate stay night&#8221; anime OST, &#8220;ah! 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