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1 July 2004

Scary!

The most totally spooky thing just happened to me. Out of boredom I Yahoo searched my name (Number 8 for Mynna by the way!) and then searched Minna, which is what most people know me as. Here's what I got.
The search for Stanford senior Christina "Minna" Sandmeyer ended Friday evening when the body of the missing student was found in Palo Alto's Foothills Park. According to police officials, a visitor to the park found the body approximately 50 yards down an embankment. Sandmeyer's identification, journal and bicycle were found nearby. No note was found. Authorities are completing the investigation, said Dan Ryan of the Palo Alto Police Department. Ryan said that the death appeared to be a suicide. Sandmeyer, a 22-year-old civil and environmental engineering major who planned to return to classes in September after a yearlong break, had last been seen July 13.
And everyone knew her as Minna...
Big deal you say? Here's what spooked me out. This happened in July. It's July now. She was 22... I'm 22! I mean, hello, can anyone else see the spookiness?

4 comments:

  1. That would have freaked me out too. Out of curiousity, I also searched the internet for my name. I got no results, is that good or bad? lol

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  2. Mynna : think of it this way - your last name isnt Sandmeyer, you arent at Stanford and you arent a civil and envt engg major! feelin better? :)

    on a discordant note, im sorry about the delay in sending the code to you. promise you will get a mail in your inbox by tonight. and i have suitably edited your comment too! :)

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  3. hiya April, i cant believe that you didnt get any results, er, i mean, assuming that 'April' is what you searched for! :)

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  4. I thought it wierd too Hima but I got mostly calendar stuff.

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