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Given the fact that Google is a search company, why is it that there is no way to quickly search through the addons for the personalized homepage?

It’s supposed to be much cooler for the rest of the week, which should make it much easier for me to pack up everything I own in this apartment (which lacks air conditioning) and move it across the street to my next apartment (which also lacks air conditioning.)

Anybody free on Saturday night or Sunday morning?

A few weeks ago, shortly after the Big Hair Ball, my watch died. I’ve been wearing it for probably three years, and I still like it. The black leather band was screwed to a kind of black mini-cuff that wrapped partially around my wrist, and the heavy silver face was analog without any flashing lights or giant digital numbers. It was almost perfect except that I always wished the cuff went all the way around my wrist.

I’ve been trying to save money lately for tattoos and accessories for my motorcycle, so I haven’t really been interested in replacing it. The watch was originally about sixty bucks from Fossil, and I figured I could just replace the battery for a lot less. Getting around to that was taking a while, though.

This Sunday, I went to the outlet mall for some much-needed work clothes. I’ve been wearing basically two pairs of pants, and I didn’t have anything lightweight enough for summer. I met Drea and bought a few things (just what I needed – still trying to save money) and then decided to visit the Fossil outlet. Drea told me I couldn’t go in because I would spend money, but I assured her that I would only walk out with a pair of sunglasses and maybe a new wallet, a couple of items that I also desperately need. Still, I couldn’t help but look at the watches, and of course I somehow found the perfect one on a table near the door. It had a chunky black cuff for a band and an analog face with nothing flashing. I was sad that I had to leave it, but I stuck to my word.

Drea had to go to a bachelorette party in the Wisconsin Dells this weekend, so she drove up last night to celebrate my birthday and do some apartment shopping in Ames today. We had a few drinks and dinner, and went back to my place, where she asked if I wanted my present. This is where I learned a few things about my girlfriend. I said of course, and she said, “Okay, well it’s hidden in your room.”

WTF? Hidden in my room? I looked around and realized that it wasn’t much of a trick. I’m a messy guy, and you could probably set something on my desk without me noticing it.

Not there. Not on the bookshelf. Not under the bed.

“I thought the cat might mess with it there,” she said. Smart girl. In my desk drawers? No… behind the door on my desk! It’s a computer bay, and the computer in there hasn’t been turned on in over a year. It was genius. “Be careful getting it out, I had to put it on its side.” I reached in and pulled out a little gift box that was slightly too full to be folded shut.

The first few items aimed to get me back for a few things. I always make fun of Drea for being nearly blind, and the first thing I pulled out was a pair of reading glasses. And, uh, turns out I might need them. Also, you know those cheesy door decorations that RAs put on your dorm door before you get there? She made me one. She loves those things. There was also a sheet of colorful star stickers so I could show my appreciation for awesome things. And then-

-there was this box that said Fossil on it. I couldn’t believe it. I opened it up, and it was the watch with full cuff and analog face, the same exact one I had picked out on Sunday. Drea hadn’t been in my room since Memorial Day weekend.

“When did you get this?” I asked.

“I stopped at the outlet mall on my way here for the Big Hair Ball and then hid it in your room because I wasn’t sure if I would be able to give it to you on your birthday.”

“Wait, you mean you bought this watch and hid it in my room before the battery even died on my other watch?”

“Uh huh.”

And that is how I found out my girlfriend is a time-traveling demon.

It’s my birthday on Friday! From what I can tell, people are busy and missing this weekend, so I probably won’t throw a party. However, if anyone wants to go to Ocean’s 13 on Friday or hang out on Saturday and pretend it’s different somehow from every other weekend, let me know. I’m all about it.