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Meals with Loved Ones

Remember a time when: you enjoyed a particularly delicious meal. Who was with you? I have a few! 1. The Cheesecake Factory with mom; I just graduated from college. 2. Before that, a friend treated us all to this ritzy Irish pub uptown. 3. I don't remember, but

When did you feel loved?

Last night I was curled up in the couch corner for some quality reading time. My nesting partner came in from the cold, did his thing, and settled down not far from me to do some studying of his own. He put on Lo-Fi HipHop Beats to Study To, because

Think back on your most memorable road trip.

It would be cheating to re-iterate my most recent Costa Rica trip, so I'll mention my very first one instead. It was a worthy endeavor: we were to go to Jungle Jim's International Market and return with a cooler or three of awesome food and drinks

Shooting 101

I partook in a class about, well, shooting guns. It'd been in the back of my mind for quite some time now, and I've finally stopped putting it off. Saturday found me at 9:05 AM bundled up but ready to listen and take a lot

What is the greatest gift someone could give you?

This is absolute nerd/Virgo/turbonerd behavior, but I like gifts I could use. Useful (subjective) gifts, like appliances. No lie, one of the most favorite things I ever received was an electric kettle-- gifter just had to right the wrong of my heating up water in the microwave. I

A Day Early.

Typically I'd schedule things for Thursday, but... it's New Years! I've had some time to reflect. Daily Breakdowns are listed on the official KuchuQwanzaa website. Umoja/Imani I keep in my heart the person that passed away earlier this (last) year. They were so

Trading Recs

I love my eReader! I have the Kobo Libre2, and I take it practically everywhere. I grew up with this sage advice, and thanks to technology it is even easier to follow it: Always carry a book with you. I do a lot of waiting. In the DMV line? Partner

Vacation!

For someone that hasnt been on a plane in yesrs, I was pretty calm. ... well, my normal amount of calm. being thrown into unrehearsed situations tend to throw me, so i was flailing through the checkin and security lines, apologizing profusely. Awkward really rough drafts aside, I really needed that

Another one for the binder.

I like making my salads fancy. Here's a recent one; it had artisan (fancy green and purple) lettuce baby spinach and arugula mint leaves green onion carrot (matchstick/shredded) radish, thinly sliced strawberry Spices included black pepper, basil, parsley, and garlic (dried and minced). I chopped and sliced

I LOVE THIS SHIT: Customizing Your Gender (or not)

So for funsies, I'm making a pronouns.page account and when I'm not looking up the unfamiliar terms, I'm wrapped up in the nuances of * agender * neutrois * nonbinary * gendervoid * genderqueer And. So. On. I love noodling over stuff like this. This is why I

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