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Glitter on my skin, under my sweater.
So, um, am I supposed to be spending my twenties rewiring my brain? Like, is that the general standard for this time in life? Because that's pretty much what I'm doing. Here's an overextended metaphor:
Childhood: Grow wires, connect them to things.
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I'm gonna live forever!
I wrote a big post, but then decided it was too weird/boring. So here's the highlight:
"Maximizing my talents" earned me the number 27 spot on the Metro 100 List. Which is like...the 100 things to love about Minnesota? Or 100 cool things in Minnesota? Or...100 things in Minnesota? But check out the sweet photo they took of us:
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Getting rid of stuff
An example of why it is difficult for me to get rid of things:
Paul & I are sorting through sheets we've been storing in the closet. Many of them are from COLLEGE-- XL Twin sheets. And as they drop from my hand to the donation bag, this thought process blossoms:
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Paul & I both had a dream last night about fish identification tests. As in, some kind of school test wherein we had to identify various ocean fishes. In both his dream and mine, I totally kicked ass at it.
Creepy: How did we both have the same bizarre and specific dream on the same night?
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Beauty sleep.
It has been clear for generations that the best way to prepare for a sort of important photo shoot is to get no sleep the night before, work a long day at work and show up kind of sweaty and/or rained-on. So, why deny the wisdom of the ages? That's my plan for tonight's photo shoot for Momentum. I'm going to smize the hell out of this thing.
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Bugbites.
Okay, here's what I've been doing in the last 17 days:- Saw Lady Gaga live (in full zebra-print outfit)
- Saw the Broncos play the Vikings in awesome pre-season seats
- Went to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH
- Ate at the Warsaw, IN Steak 'n Shake not once, but twice in three days
- Visited Rachel & Fernando in their amazing apartment in Chicago
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Relocating.
Vox is closing down. I assume this is due to their unfriendliness to non-Voxers, terrible interface, and obnoxious desire to cover every surface of my blog with "VOX ROCKS YOUR DAMN FACE OFF AMIRITE". They have conveniently provided me with a way to export my existing content & vanish the blog without doing a lot of work. It's the best thing ever!
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Bachelor pad
Paul has been out of town, so I've been living it up, bachelor-style. Monday I took tap class, ate three ears of corn for dinner and stayed up writing way too late. Tuesday's grand plans for productivity, were, somehow (I blame YouTube) destroyed by the show CalifornicationWTF? Has anybody else seen this show? I had barely heard of it and next ( Read more... ) -
On Vox: Camping again!
Srsly, three weekends in a row spent in my tent = happy Tara. I've kind of got my heart set on a winter camping trip (Anybody in? Minnesota what? I can promise no mosquitos!) and a backpacking trip on the Superior Hiking Trail.
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On Vox: BFAB.
Paul and I went camping this weekend at Minneopa State Park. It was exceptionally rainy, then very hot, then even hotter and then we went home. I was bitten a bit and sweated a lot. S'mores, steaks, and corn on the cob! We ended up car camping due to various park system reservation problems, so we were totally lazy and even brought a BIG cooler ( Read more... )