> My August 7th Journalism camp-type deal is coming up quickly, too, and hopefully I won't get mugged.

...what, you're camping in Central Park or something?

That's me, always the pessimist. Hmm, interesting question. Is it possible to switch from being a near-total pessimist to, say, only being pessimistic 50% of the time, perhaps?

Yes.

I never used to even bother looking for a parking space near the front of the building/store/whatever, because I figured there was little chance there'd be one open when I wanted it. It finally occured to me that that pessimistic attitude gave me absolutely *zero* chance of getting a parking space at the front. So now I look. And some days I even get a front space.

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> Hmm, well, I'm falling asleep. I just wanted to let everyone know I'm still alive. Just in case anyone was worried.

Actually I *was* thinking of you. All this discussion of cheese, and no Den-Kara?
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> ~Den-"you *WERE* all worried, right? lol"Kara

koala"moms ALWAYS worry :-)"