Addendum to Body Clause

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I hereby demand DNA confirmation before I will believe someone is dead.

I barely know Mark, but I am very, very, very glad that he's alive. I think I shall sign up for a Marathon in his honor.

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Hey, I know a guy at school who can get us Dixie Chicks tickers for this weekend.

interested?

(and being not-dead is a good thing).

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Hey, I used to like them. When though?

(I've always figured not-dead was a good way to go through life.)

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Saturday in the city. we could make a day of it. Celebrate Mark's not-deadness.

(the alternative is not something I care to think too much on)

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I'm scheduled to work a half-day, but I could go after lunch maybe? Around three? That'd give me time to get pretty after my run.

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but with traffic and dinner and whatever, we should really leave earlier.

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Two? I can always just jump into the van in my bathrobe and do make-up and clothing there.

What time would we get back? And where do you want to eat?

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Tabby, you're beginning to worry me. I see you run at night too and a marathon?

If I can take a day off and relax, you can too.

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Between Las Vegas and the dinosaurs last year... I was tired of being slow and useless. Being back on the team is important to me. Staying in shape is part of that.

Okay, give me half an hour to throw myself together after work. But no Italian! Italian goes straight to my butt no matter how much I run.

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Sure, trying to lose the baby weight was the same way, but don't overdo it and hurt yourself either. The key to moderation...is moderation.

Fine. No Italian. There's a Lebanese place near the concert. I've never had Lebanese. Have you?

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... No. That seems rather unbelievable, but true. Now I'm curious. Are the Lebanese spicy people? Or would they be more the grape leaves and hummus type?

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grape leave and hummus I think. at least according to foodtv.com and yogurt dressings.

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As I said to Julio, DNA confirmation takes at least five days and tends to need a sample from a close relative, like a parent or sibling. We didn't have the time or the sample (hell, Mark doesn't even talk about his family) so we had to go on the rest of the evidence. Like the iPod embedded in the body.

Can we leave it at that now? It's not like we went through the grief process for shits and giggles, you know.

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I think you're missing the point here, Amanda. Everyone is relieved that Mark is alive. Are you the only one allow to celebrate that? No one's saying that you did anything wrong. Get over yourself already.

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It'd be easier to see it as people being relieved if there were less demands for solid proof of someone being dead, like we were trying to trick people or something.

But point taken. Go, celebrate, I'm off to the hospital.

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Christ, how do you get through the day with that chip on your shoulder?

They're not demanding anymore than Betsy was demanding chocolate mint cookies. It's just a twisted expression of thank god he's not dead. Call it reverse gallows humor.

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Again, as I said on Julio's journal, my parents were on on a plane that sank into the ocean, in pieces, and their bodies have not been recovered. To allow myself to believe that they are alive would not be the proper way for me to view what happened. The chance that they survived such destruction, although perhaps not impossible, is not likely at all.

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I don't think I want to run the marathon with you, but can I tag along with you while you're practicing? :) I need to get back into a regular exercise schedule. :)