{"id":184,"date":"2009-10-20T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theutahhostage.com\/?p=184"},"modified":"2009-10-20T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-20T22:30:00","slug":"updated-i-will-not-let-twitter-ruin-my-good-mood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theutahhostage.com\/?p=184","title":{"rendered":"*updated* I will not let Twitter ruin my good mood."},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">Overall, today wasn&#8217;t that great.<\/p>\n<p>I attended two hour-long meetings that were a complete waste of time (but they were shorter than the hour AND A HALF that they were actually scheduled for, so there is that), talked to the secretary of an attorney who can&#8217;t seem to get it through her head that they ALREADY GOT THE DAMN CHECK (gotta love Payroll, right?), and got extremely frustrated with my problems getting on &amp; viewing tweets (wonder if Brizzly is going to be blocked here at work soon too&#8230;..possibly and then I&#8217;ll REALLY be screwed).<\/p>\n<p>I got a break, though, when I was talking to her about her about her day. We were getting ready to say goodbye, when all of a sudden, OUT OF THE BLUE, she says, &#8220;I love you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And it sucks bcuz I can&#8217;t tweet it.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><strong>Update<\/strong> &#8211; And by &#8216;her&#8217;, I mean my daughter. I guess Twitter flustered me more than even <em>I<\/em> thought. Great. NOW I&#8217;M AN ADDICT! Does that mean it&#8217;s time for TA. Noooo, not T <em>and<\/em> A. TA. Twitterers Anonymous.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overall, today wasn&#8217;t that great. 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