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this request was presented to me at work today:

pull 9,000 active panelists from the canadian panel into 10 provinces. within each of the provinces, separate panelists into the following 3 groups -

1. households with a 13-15 year old.
2. households with a 16-17 year old.
3. panelists 18 or 19 years old.

i initially intended to approach this job just as it was presented to me. i would pull the panelists into the 10 provinces we usually consider for canadian studies and then separate those panelists into each of the 3 groups.

i gave the request some thought, however, and decided to try to approach it a different way.

the syntax for pulling each of the first 2 groups is a buttpain. although i could type each group's syntax once and then copy/paste the rest, there's still a risk of error when you copy/paste annoying syntax 18 times.

the syntax to pull from a province is much simpler. it's so simple, really, that copying/pasting it isn't even a necessity.

i decided to pull 9,000 panelists into each of the 3 groups first. then i separated those panelists into the 10 provinces. less risky and much less annoying that way. i was proud of myself.

i know that's pretty lame, but it has been a while, so there.

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is nose-picking a territory staple when your therapist pees standing? i'm asking seriously here. to be honest, it made me a little uncomfortable. i'd rather focus on my default feeling of worthlessness and how it's ruining my relationships than dreading the third showing of dr. a's fingernose tango.

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i had some time to kill between putting my laundry in a washer and hurrying it into a drier/dashing off to therapy. i decided to kill most of that time at taco bell. as i was eating i thought about a similar solo taco bell journey which took place in the initial period after i moved to long island. while sitting in the same seat on which i now found myself, i saw gina's beetle pull into the parking lot. i forget if she called the apartment and kim told her i had run for the border or if she drove by and saw my car. looking back made me think of how the most exciting part about moving to long island was living so close to friends (without splitting rent) for the first time since college.

i hope i haven't given long island the newton treatment by allowing its perks to be blinded by my longing for the past.