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It's about to get real up in here.
About 10 years ago, I created this LiveJournal to share my experience with adoption and reuniting with my biological family.
I've decided to resurrect this journal with the same goal.
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Wardrobe Necessities for the Arctic Tundra of Philadelphia
It's cold in Philadelphia. Today's high is 27 degrees. Wind chill makes it feel like 13. Saturday has minus signs in front of it.
I considered making this post a Buzzfeed-style round up of all the cozy things in the universe I'll be layering all over myself this weekend, but let's be real.
This is all I'm actually going to wear:
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Oh hi guys.
I'm almost 30, now. Also, I'm married.
Also, the Philadelphia Daily News, Upvoted, BabyCenter.com, Daily Mail, SJ Magazine, and more wrote about that time my six full-blooded siblings and I reunited after being separated for 25 years, adopted by different families:- In L.A., 7 Not-So-Strangers Are Finally Together (Philadelphia Daily News)
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Snow Day Mix
It's snowing in Philadelphia. It's snowing a lot. It's snowing so much that all the portmanteaux containing "snow," "apocalypse," "armageddon" and various combinations of all three ("It's a Snowpocageddon!") aren't funny anymore. It's snowing so much that I had to make a mix for it.
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Snapshots of My Recent Life
Cell phone documentation of the past two days (click on the thumbnails for a full view):
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Song Mix Sundays #2: Nihon no Ongaku
I first discovered Japanese pop/rock in high school when I downloaded an mp3 of Ayumi Hamasaki's "Forgiveness" from a random music blog. I turned into a Japanophile and never looked back - I started watching anime, I studied the language for 3 semesters in college, and I built a rather impressive personal catalogue of J-pop and J-rock.
While a lot ( Read more... ) -
Song Mix Sundays #1: Summer Songs
I have two music-related addictions: Discovering new artists and sharing the songs that I love with my friends. Since I love sharing music so much, I've decided to start a weekly post of some of my favorites, focusing on a new theme each week. Some you might already know, others you may not. This Sunday, it's my Top 10 Summer Songs.
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This Is Why I Can't Have Nice Things
So there's this radio station that was pretty popular when I was in high school. They played the only quality selection of alternative rock in the region. They got booted off the air in 2005 when I was a freshman in college leaving a genre-sized hole in the hearts of music lovers and soft-rock haters everywhere.
There are few things in life that I ( Read more... ) -
Top 10 Things I Never Though I'd Do
10. Kiss a boy ( Read more... )
