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"What is up with the world.&amp;amp;nbsp; This city is just settling down after the wettest day in New York history since 1977.&amp;amp;nbsp; Everyone looks sticky, sickly and stressed-out.&amp;amp;nbsp; Both my new apartment, and my parent&amp;#x27;s building, had flooding issues.&amp;amp;nbsp; The whole gang was up most of the night dealing with one thing or another.&amp;amp;nbsp; I was so consumed with towels and buckets that I didn&amp;#x27;t even turn on the news till noon, when I learned about the Virginia Tech tragedy.&amp;amp;nbsp; Awful. There are no words. Also, not that my love-life has anything to do with such unspeakable events, but.... I&amp;#x27;m single again. Just so you know.&amp;amp;nbsp; I wasn&amp;#x27;t going to say anything.&amp;amp;nbsp; Then I was going to say everything.&amp;amp;nbsp; But I want you to be up-to-date.&amp;amp;nbsp; I mean, after all we&amp;#x27;ve been through.... Bottom line:&amp;amp;nbsp; It didn&amp;#x27;t work out. It was mutual and amicable (as everyone says). I hate breaking-up, but it wasn&amp;#x27;t that bad. I guess it would be classified under the &amp;amp;quot;moving in different directions&amp;amp;quot; category.&amp;amp;nbsp; I&amp;#x27;m doin&amp;#x27; just fine. Plus, contrary to my last break-up, I&amp;#x27;m living in NYC, not Los Angeles. For me, rebounding is better here. There are distractions (aka: GREAT GUYS) everywhere.&amp;amp;nbsp; I&amp;#x27;m currently IM&amp;#x27;ing with someone I&amp;#x27;m seeing later this week....he keeps writing: Where should we go? Whatcha wanna do?&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; It&amp;#x27;s like, I don&amp;#x27;t know, I don&amp;#x27;t care, I&amp;#x27;m exhausted, I&amp;#x27;m flooded, I&amp;#x27;m frizzy, I just left a funeral....YOU PLEASE PICK.&amp;amp;nbsp; I mean, he&amp;#x27;s sweet and I&amp;#x27;m just being a bitch, so whatever :). Thought I&amp;#x27;d say goodnight w/ a pic of me, absorbed in pure bliss, at SNL this weekend. Because even though the world suffered a senseless act today.... and the city looks like a slew of wet rats.... and I&amp;#x27;m a poor man&amp;#x27;s Carrie Bradshaw (again), I&amp;#x27;m trying to keep my smile up. If not for myself, for anyone out there who needs it. How did today&amp;#x27;s news affect you? Hope everyone is safe and sound. xx Alyssa "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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