Using inspiration from The Faces' “Oh la la” here are ten things that make me wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger ( Read more... )

When I fell in love with Charlotte Hammond it was because of her wit and then later because of the way I wanted her to love me back. We had declared our friendship equal parts old friends who "sat on their park bench like bookends” and fourteen year old girls on crack, her words. We meet in the seventh grade, I was scary fierce with a too tight ( Read more... )

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The list I am about to write seems like a cliché in itself. With the most “important” years of her life over, girl uses new found wisdom to write a biting saga on lessons learned. That’s hardly the truth and I’m sure many people agree that high school is not the thing of epic proportions that movies like to picture. Yet, it’s hard to ignore the ( Read more... )

I think I have decided indefinitely that I need to have a roommate next year. This conclusion came after I created this:


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I drove home today listening to Raffi's Baby Beluga tape cassette courtesy of Jon's Hanukkah present. I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed Raffi's rendition of This Old Man as well as his original song Water Dance, a lovely tune accompanied by the dulcimer, button accordion, penny whistle, long-neck mandolin, and guitar.


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I put on my vest and returned to Valley National Bank this Saturday. In between helping customers and reading chapters of the Centaur, I decided to compile descriptions of my coworkers ( Read more... )