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Shumon K. - Where to begin...

You FINALLY gave me job! I only had to hound you for like a whole year to get it though! Has it really been almost two whole years that we have been together?!?! I love you and my job, but for more reasons than I can say here! :-) I feel so right in this location... I mean, This just feels like a really good fit. I am comfortable (in a good way) and I think I'm doing a great job. I know and love the product and I am great with our customers. Why am I not running the joint? Tee hee hee, Kidding!

Tonight, I'm supposed to go and see you perform at a New Year's Party. I am excited to see you rock out to your creations. It's one thing to see and hear clips on MySpace or YouTube, but to see you perform live is going to be amazing!

Have fun, and I look forward to an amazing 2008 together!

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Rolanda N. - You are by far the bset Spark mom EVER!!!! I miss you so much this year! You were the best help ever! Not only were you hands on, but you were fun and supportive. You had great ideas that were super constructive and easy to use!

I wish that all parents of my sparks were as amazing as you! If I could, I would convince you to join me as a permanant leader of the unit. I miss you in ways that you will never imagine :-) Seriously though, you were a beacon of light in a year that could have been really shaky. I almost quit a couple of times, and stuck it out because of you and your encouragement.

Thank You from me and the girls.

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Jesse V. - Dude! I so had a ticket for you to Modest Mouse!!! I was so bummed that you couldn't get in! Damn events that are sold out!!!

I had a crush on you from the minute I saw you at GC! You were so adorable! I could have eaten you with a spoon! Are there enough exclamation points in this post to make you love Me!!!

Thanks for passing notes with me, and sharing my candies all the time! You are so crazy! I miss you and hope that you are having fun at your new Job! Thank goodness I transfered to Traffic, because Sprint was no fun without you there!

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Breanne G. - Fellow Blogger and cutie patootie extrordinaire. Brea is sometimes too hard on herself. She is a kind and generous spirit, who has had nothing but wonderful words for me in our time of knowing each other. And it's not just me, but her former coworkers shower her with praise (even when she's not there to hear it :-)

I have hope that karma is going to give her an amazing dose of good times and love and friendships because she deserves it. I know she is going to love her chosen career, not only that, but she will excel at it.

Sisters forever in Guiding!

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Carlene B. - Thanks to facebook, I recently hooked back up with you this last year. I have many, many Carlene memories, but My favorite has to be your last couple of days in town before you moved away.

It was the summer between grade 6 and grade 7. I had been in love with B. H. all year, (He had a perm and was soooo cute! He sat in front of me in Mrs Hannah's class), and Carlene, you would bug me that I should just go and tell him how I feel. I was so scared to talk to him that I would chicken out every time I tried. Finally, I remember we were at the pool, and you walked up to him and started the conversation (like any great wingwoman would) and you led me to blurt out that I liked him.

He was kind and gracious (and was dating Chantal, great timing!) and let me down super gently, but after that, B. would talk to me and we actually were kind of friends after that! Carlene, I have you to thank for that. You helped me realize that boys can be spoken to and not just adored! :-)

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Krystin M. - Girl, you are trouble! You were with me whenI bought my first post-breakup "adult oriented entertainment"... and what entertainment it has been ;-)

You are definetly someone I had to meet. I feel like a 19 year old when I'm with you. You have taught me to relax and have some fun! I needed you very much this October, and you were there with fun and distractions to boot! I hope that you have much success in your new job with the dreaded Crown Corporation... You deserve happiness (and you'll be making enough to pay for drinks at the bar for a while!)

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Jesus H. Christ - Happy Birthday! You are one amazing dude! You have had so many people questioning your very existance for centuries. I wonder how you deal with your fame (or is it infamy???)

You are there for me when I need you and there are so many things that I'm thankful for... and I hate to complain but I wonder about the whole "Plan for Me" thing you and your dad have going on though. I mean, really, if I have free will, are you punishing me because I stray from the path, or is it because I stray from the path that I have free will?

Questions, Questions. Any how, I just wanted to let you know that you are special to me and I do appreciate everything you do. I hope today you get what you want for Christmas.

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Amber G. - I know you through your handsome hubby. I wish I was better friends with you though... You are the kind of girl I wish I was more like: You are smart, funny and you know how to have a good time. You are an amazing hostess. You are a fantastic mom and you are simply glowing with this latest pregnency. I hope that we can keep in touch even though our little group is slowly seperating and finding our different paths.

Please remember that you have fans in this world. K. and I are two of your biggest ones :-)

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Becky G. - You are one hot piece of ass! :-) Kidding, I love you for more than that...

You are so much fun to party with. You are what I used to be, (and what I'm slowly building myself back up to). You have a free-spirit and a happy heart. You make everyone around you happy just by being you! You are the life of the party and you don't even try!

I adore you and your nature. I wish you trillions of kisses from all the hottest guys and free drinks every Thursday at the 'Branch! XOXOX to you!

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Shawna F. - You are the only famous person on my face book.

You are so teeny, I hate you! I've seen you eat too, I mean it's just not fair! :-)

You are such a sweet person. You have this amazing attitude of "everyone just have fun and let's get along". I want to be more like you. I hope that I can own as good a soul as you do someday.

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Brad M. - The Hockey hair that stole my heart! You were not just 'a rebel' you were "The Rebel" in our eyes.

Here's something that you will never hear admitted ever again: Remember that night that the Red van (Chuckwagon) got pulled over in front of your house, (you were having a rebels party, we were too chicken shit to attend), and me and my dumb-ass girlfriends got hauled into a cop car in front of everyone at your party?

We orchestrated that whole manuver to get your attention. You were kind of a bad boy, and we thought you would like "bad Girls" so we got Charlene (the cop) to pull us over and take us away in the cop car. Tara was friends with her, so she laughed at us, but she did it.

It kinda worked though, because on Monday morning, you actually talked to me and asked what we had done to have the RC's pull us over, and take us away in the back of the crusier...

Man, I was so in lust with you Brad! It was just the skates I think... But what a weird season that was...

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Aimee - I found a picture of you in a shoebox when I was packing a few months ago and I really want to track you down. We went to Girl Guide camp a million years ago and we were "best Friends". Pen pals forever... Somehow though, our letters slowed and soon there were none.

I wonder what you are up to now. You could be anyone, doing anything, anywhere! I am imagining you with a really exciting career, you are probably someone really important. I just remember having the best times with you back when we were kids. I hope that you remember me with as much fondness as I do you!

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Tyler D. - You were my boss for a minute and then you were my boss in a totally different setting for another minute and then you disappeared :-) Well, not really, but I never see you anymore.

I see your lovely wife more than I see you. Not that I have a problem with that :-)

You were a fun guy to work with, both times, even though they were short lived. Catch you at a Blood Lines show soon!

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Kara R. - Where to even start? You are like a sister to me. We fight as much as me and my real sisters do! :-) I could never fight with you like you do with your real sister though... You two are vicious!

You are so cute with Rene right now. I hope that this is the one for you. He is so good for you. I want you to be happy sweetie!

This is being written just a couple of days after you and I had a chat in Kim's living room at like 1AM where we talked about boys and life and breakuups and crap like that. I hope that you can give me advice like that again someday. I am really feeling fucked up by this whole situation I am in, and I love that I can tell you stuff that I can't even tell your sister! You are a totally impartial voice of reason. Please stay like this forever! Love you Sister!

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Jordon L. - I see from your facebook that you are a big wig in the T.O. I knew from my first conversation with you that you were destined for greatness... You were this quirky, cute guy who didn't belong in Assiniboia. You are bigger than that town could handle. Plus, you had this amazing truck. it wasn't all new and flashy, it was this vintage beast that suited you. it didn't quite fit in with all of the other "trucks" in the student lot.

I wish that I'd had the nerve to kiss you that night at your grad party... Did you know that? I really wanted to kiss you. You gave me a ride back from the farm, and you were parked in the street in front of my apartment and we hesitated for a few seconds (but it felt like hours) and I really wanted to lean over and kiss you. That is one of my only regrets in this life. I call a do-over! Where's Doc Brown and that damn Delorian when you need it...

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Debbie G. - I met you briefly in HMV one fateful day, but we bonded in a very serious way! You have to be one of the neatest chicks I ever met. I know so little about you, it's all superficial fluff, and yet, I still adore you in a totally heterosexual love kinda way!

Next time you head to S'toon, please hang out with me! Briana can come too, I'm not going to be all possessive or anything :-) Call me sometime, we can chat about stuff and things.

Kinda creepy...

Tonight, I babysat for Becky and Jerry's Cutie Patootie Kiddo Emma, and when they got home, we decided to dig into some Tarot cards...

Now, I'm all for 1-900 #'s and websites that use the disclaimer "for entertainment purposes only" but this freaked me out...

I asked the question "Why did my Relationship end?" but I kinda didn't just focus on that wording, but the word "fail" also... This led to a very strange/cool/goose-bump-inducing reading that left me with more questions but also some serious introspective stuff...

I got lots of insight from the reading, but I don't know if I'm ready to share the details here with Y'all... not yet. This was so mind-blowing... (for lack of a better term...) as Becky kept flipping cards over, I got more and more into my own head. Anyone who knows me, has an idea of why this frightened me... :-)

I realised that there were many reasons why it failed, but also there are many reasons why it wasn't a failure. It helped shape who I am to become. I can't get to the final card, the Ace of Swords, I can't be the Queen of Wands, without my whole past experience...

I have more questions that I'd like to explore like that. It was not so much just "the card;s tell you what they tell you, but it was very What do I see in the cards. I like that side of this whole experience.

Plus, afterwards, I met up with Nicholas and we went to Walmart at 2:30 am to go buy me some new stripey sheets! I figure that it was a great end to a great day!

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Rhonda C. - First, I am so proud of you for quitting. You deserve so much better than they were giving you. You are an amazing chickie and you have talents that were wasted on that booth for far too Long.

You are an intense chick :-)

You and I need to go on a singles cruise together and seriously "rock the boat" if you get my drift :-) Just follow my lead, and we can have all the guys in line for us, like we are a midnight buffet or something...

Seriously girl, get online, check out the tickets and we'll do it! I swear! Use your triple gold star status, or whatever you have now, and get us a deal!!!! :-)

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Dan T - When I think about you, 2 things come to mind: "Ahoy Ahoy" and the sweet stench of pot.

What a strange journey we have had. You were Trav's roommate when He and I first met, and now, you were that last person that ever caused us to speak. Moving into my own place last week was scary and strange, and now, even more awkward than it had to be because of you. Thanks for that. I admit, I was apprehensive about getting the furniture from you, because I didn't want a scene, but with everything that has ever happened, I guess a scene was inevitable.

You are a good guy, Dan, and had things been different, I could see us being friends for a long time. I hope that you have a good life. I will probably never see you again. Good bye and honestly, good luck. Sincere best wishes for everything.

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Tasha - Girl, you are a hair goddess! You make me look super hot! You take my mess of hair and do something amazing every time I sit in your chair! Today, you took a disgusting mess of bleached blonde and made it super hot! I met Nicholas today after you finished my gorgeousness, and he was speechless! He thought I looked AMAZING!!!

Girl, you are worth 3 times what you charge me! Give this girl a call @ Deja Vu on Broadway! Folks, She is the hair Queen!!!

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Jason E. - My favorite gay! :-)

You are such a sweetheart. I don't know why you were ever with K... I was a better choice for you, and I'm not even a dude :-) Seriously, I hope that you find a love that sets your soul on fire. You deserve that and so much more! You have a pure heart. Your kindness and love for your friends shines through all of your actions.

Plus, You are so super hot! I wish I was a gay man, so we could makeout. Well, I guess we still can :-) I have love for you friend that will NEVER die! Hugs forever!

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Tristan M - Baby boy, I cannot believe you are 5!!! It seems like yesterday, you were a teeny infant in the highchair playing with magic mud in our basement suite! It has been fun watching you grow up and become the little man you are today. I adore seeing you interacting with your Mom and Aunties. You are this shy, and coy troublemaker. You will break hearts someday. Aww, heck, you already do :-)

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Barbie D - (I refuse to call you Barb. You are always Barbie to me!)

What can I say about you? We were the best of friends, we were the worst of friends. It was almost Shakespearian, our drama that happened in the years 1999 - 2001.

I can say that you seem like a great mom now. Your daugher is a beautiful girl and I hope that you have finally found your Mr. Right. We witnessed way too many Mr. Right Nows for each other back in the day...

Here's to everything that happened in the Apartment on Edinburgh. May the memories of "Grandma", "Mom", and you, our "Baby" live on forever. Also, Here's to the great staff of the 7-11 at the corner of 8th and McKercher who had to deal with our Slurpee runs in the middle of the night. :-)

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Elizabeth S - I met you at a Rebecca St. James concert. You were crying, I was crying, and we bonded. (Back when I was a baby fundy-in-training) You were such a neat kid. You were a little younger than I was, and you thought I was so cool. I thought you were innocent, and I liked being in your aura of goodness. You made me feel like a better person by association.

The Fundies that I was hanging with were kinda judg-y and You never were. I liked that. You were a genuine person and I sincerly miss that.

It was YEARS later, when I had the hots for Cody, that I realized that you and he were cousins. If I had been more persistant and more proactive about that situation, we might have been related :-)

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Holly K - You are the kind of girl I used to be. You are always looking for validation. You moved across not only our country, but you moved as far south as you can in the States too to make a boy happy.

I worry about you because I like you and I hope that you are happy way down there in Texas. I wish that I could go to your wedding. I know that Kelly and I would cause trouble. The two of us on foreign soil = disaster!!! :-)

I wished that you were more approachable when we worked together. You got nicer after you quit. Maybe that's because you were happier away from the booth of doom...???

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Jared F. - Ahh, Funkja, my Christian Rock God!

(is that sac religious to say Christian rock God?)

You are indeed a beacon of morality in my small world. I actually think to myself, WWJT? What Would Jared Think? If it's going to be bad, then I don't do it. It's that simple. You are an amazing man, and I am so lucky to call you a friend. I enjoy our chats about music and movies. You are going to beat me soon if I do not clear my schedule for some Boondock Saints though, aren't you? :-)

I was lucky to have the chance to get to know you at work, and I hope that you call me soon to watch some amazing cinema, and have a chat about life and What Jared Would Do.

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Shaun S. - You were Tera's boyfriend for the longest time, and if it were not for her, I probably wouldn't have felt as comfortable around you as I did. You were the kind of guy that made me nervous. You were self-assured and confident, and I was used to guys like Zab, who did what they were told.

You were the Drama King. You had every starring role that was offered, and you were really good too. I remember our Charlie Brown days fondly, and I always will :-)

I was kinda pissed though, that you told a bunch of people that I was easy. I am still not sure what the whole story was, but you and I both know that I never did anything with you, EVER! We made out a bit that night in your basement, but then again, who didn't make out in your basement... and then your MOM drove me home, so that was AWESOME! (Not really, but I like to keep up the enthusiasm around here.)

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Josh W.B. - I wish you'd call. I miss you. Chrissmukkah will not be the same if you don't call me or send me an email.

You and your wife seem to have simply vanished and I am saddened by the loss of your friendship. I remember one of the best nights of my life was spent with you both and a pound of bacon. That sounds gross, but that bacon party changed my life.

That night was the beginning of the end of my marriage, not because of what we did, but because of how I felt. I have many thanks to you for that. You are one of my best memories ever from the Midtown Plaza. I miss you and Tif more than words can describe.

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Karlee S. - You were a complication :-)

You see, I really liked your brother. A LOT!!! And then when you moved in and became a roommate of mine, it was really hard for this 20 year old to conceptualize having your brother sleeping over in my room and having you sleeping directly on the opposite side of the wall... Kind of a mood killer... :-)

You were a great roommate though. You taught me some guitar chords and you taught me about modern punk music, and you were really fun to hang out with. I should have never moved out of our house to go live with "that stinky boy" as you liked to call him. (Even though he wasn't really stinky... I have no idea where that name came from?) Sorry we gave you the tiny room, it's just that the logic still sticks: Tiny Girl, Tiny Room. Makes sense to me :-)

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Justin P. - I think that it's truly hilarious that your last name is extremely close to the word pervert. You must have turned into one simply because of the name. I actually think that you feel trapped in that personality because you have been such a perv for so long now that if you changed your persona, people would have a hard time accepting that you really are a great guy!

I have seen the real Justin slip out a couple of times in Traffic when we were talking and I like that guy a lot. Why can't you be more like him all the time? He is polite and caring and he has nice things to say.

I hope that things keep going good for you with your new lady friend, Justin. just try to not be such a perv all the time, ok?

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Briana H. - AKA: Brian A.

Could everyone please stand and raise their glasses, I'd like to make a toast. Here's to Briana. The girl who brings caffeine to me when I need it,, who is always ready to talk about boobs when I need to, she is quick with a smile and a high five, she can shake her groove thing to JT and Jamiroqui with equal fervor, and the girl loves her some Anne Hathaway.

Everyone, to the funnest girl at the HMV (who isn't me!), Briana!

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Stan R. - You were one of Trav's best friends and that made you one of my friends too. I always liked you best I think. You were funny and you were smart... too smart actually. Why did you waste that brain? You could be running the world (I'm sure that you will someday).

When you called Travis that fateful day to "come and LOOK at the puppies" you knew that he's be bringing one home. I knew as soon as we got there that I had lost the battle and we were getting a dog. Tika is a great dog, and I can't believe I just typed that... but she is. Still, I was super pissed though when he put that animal in my car to bring her home. I remember looking in the rear view mirror as I drove back into the city and I saw you and the dog in the back seat. Neither of you could look me in the eye :-)