{"id":73,"date":"2004-09-02T12:04:43","date_gmt":"2004-09-02T19:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/blog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2004-09-02T12:04:43","modified_gmt":"2004-09-02T19:04:43","slug":"stranger-than-the-stranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/2004\/09\/02\/stranger-than-the-stranger\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger than the stranger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"storycontent\">\n<p>So I found out this morning that<br \/> swing dancing is on Tuesday nights.<br \/> Now I have to wait a week, but at least<br \/> it doesn&rsquo;t conflict with the poetry readings anymore.<br \/> The reading last night went swimmingly;<br \/> about 10 people read, including myself,<br \/> and every reader was worth listening to.<br \/> It&rsquo;s good to remember that there are<br \/> other people out there, writing poetry; doing this thing.<br \/> Sometimes I forget.<\/p>\n<p>I got a G-mail account today, which makes me happy<br \/> because stupid AOL bought Mailblocks, and<br \/> I figure it&rsquo;s only a matter of time before they ruin it.<br \/> What with Google owning both Blogger and G-mail,<br \/> I&rsquo;m now completely dependant on them<br \/> for my two biggest internet addictions.<br \/> Go go gadget Google.<\/p>\n<p><em>To Emily:<\/em> I&rsquo;m sorry about mixed messages<br \/> and vapid arguments.  I&rsquo;d really like us to<br \/> interact positively.  I&rsquo;ll wait to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p>&ndash;<\/p>\n<p>In the employment world, a temporary position<br \/> opened here at St Martin&rsquo;s in the Advancement Office<br \/> (I don&rsquo;t know what that is, but okay), doing data<br \/> verification 20 hours a week.  It&rsquo;s a job that lasts<br \/> 4-6 weeks and they&rsquo;ve pretty much already hired me<br \/> (just need to work out the schedule).<\/p>\n<p>That should help the old pocket-book for a pinch.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I found out this morning that swing dancing is on Tuesday nights. Now I have to wait a week, but at least it doesn&rsquo;t conflict with the poetry readings anymore. The reading last night went swimmingly; about 10 people read, including myself, and every reader was worth listening to. It&rsquo;s good to remember that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,19,22,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}