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Wow! I can't believe it's 2012. So much has happened since I posted last- I think I'll just post some pictures to highlight the last six months (most recent pics first).Brandi making a funny face- Hollywood sign in the background.California Adventures!Mouse ears!Tower of TerrorSkating in Cincinnati on Thanksgiving.Petting a penguin at the Cincinnati Zoo- a dream come true.Elephant- Cincinnati

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The best word to describe Omaha is cute. It's not big, but it's far from little. It's clean, people are friendly and helpful, there's a lot of green space, some cool neighborhoods, and a world class zoo.Wicked!Like Buffalo, there are sculptures of Bison all over Omaha, but unlike Buffalo, Bison actually once lived in here.There are reminders of Omaha's pioneer heritage around every corner- this

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We pulled out of Buffalo last week and headed west towards Omaha. We stopped in Cleveland for the night and visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the next morning.The building, designed by I.M. Pei, houses such treasures as Janis Joplin's psychedelic Porsche:Our next stop was Des Moines, IA, where we checked out the state capital before heading on to Omaha:

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Ok, I have a confession to make. I didn't hate Buffalo. Sure, half of the buildings downtown are vacant, Main Street feels like a ghost town sometimes, there's creepy carnival music playing from speakers on the street, the weather is disgusting, and there are images of Bison everywhere despite the fact that Bison have never lived anywhere near Buffalo. But there's something about Buffalo that

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Since Niagara Falls is only twenty minutes from Buffalo, we went there. Like everybody said, the Canadian side is much better than the American side, but I thought it was worth it to go to both sides. There was a couple who asked if we would take their picture in front of the falls, and of course we said yes and asked if they would take one of us afterward. They sat up on the rail and we

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We always try to stop a couple times while traveling between cities to break up the drive and have a little fun. On our way from Ft. Lauderdale to Buffalo we stopped first in Savannah, GA. We spent the night in the Hyatt overlooking the river and woke up early (9 am is really early for us) to go for a run along the river front and through Savannah's palm and oak lined streets.We showed up

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Last week we ventured down to Everglades National Park to see if we could find an alligator or two. We stopped first at Royal Palm and went on a short hike on the Anhinga Trail. We found ourselves merely feet away from dozens of sunbathing alligators... and lots of birds too.We then tried our luck hiking through a "hammock" forest but got chased out by a swarm of mosquitoes (the bugs

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We've been in Florida now for almost two months. The drive from Appleton, WI was long but pleasant as we watched the snow turn to rain and the temperatures gradually rise. We made pit-stops in Indianapolis, Nashville, Chattanooga, and Atlanta, but the highlight of the trip was a stop we made at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. Mammoth Cave is the world's longest cave system with

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Appleton was snow and Superbowl:Orlando was Disney and wigs:Ft. Lauderdale.... beach:

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We've been in Wisconsin for a week now. We spent last Monday night and most of Tuesday in Milwaukee- it's probably a nice town, but it's hard to tell for sure when its 16 degrees outside everybody is hibernating in their houses. We did stay in a pretty cool hotel though, called the "Iron Horse". It was converted from an old warehouse and a had an industrial feel to it, but managed to be warm

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Two of my favorite books are set in Chicago- Native Son by Richard Wright and The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. One of my goals while I was here was to reread both of these books. I finished Native Son last week and enjoyed it just as much as I did the first time, if not more. It's the story of Bigger Thomas, a young black man living on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s- a time when

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Well, its been two months in Chicago and now it's time to move on. I've written about a lot of the things that I've enjoyed about this city, but here are a few more:Deep dish pizza- not my favorite crust but the over-abundance of cheese makes up for that.Jabarritos- a steak sandwich between two fried plantains created by Chicago's Puerto Rican community.The Chicago Cultural Center- a nice place

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Buckingham Fountain may be more spectacular during the summer, but you can't ride the seahorses then.

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My mom and Cheyenne came to visit last week. They were only here for two days but we were able to do so many fun things! We saw Sue- the world's largest T-Rex fossil- at the Field Museum, watched Wicked, ate deep dish pizza, and stood on a glass platform 103 stories above the city at the Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower). Here's the view:Although I've been skydiving and hiked

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The Art Institute of Chicago has free admission the entire month of Chicago. I usually can't spend more than two hours in an art museum before I start getting bored so this has been really good for me because I've been able to see the entire museum in several short sessions. Here are a few highlights:A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Le Grand Jatte, Georges SeuratWater Lilies, Claude

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Last year I made a resolution to do Bikram Yoga two times. My friend, Belle, did it quite regularly and had invited me to go several times. She always talked about how amazing it was and how great she felt afterward so I thought it would be a good thing for me to try. I thought that twice would be a good commitment because I think it's generally a good idea to try things twice, even if the

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My dad is considered a world class snowmobiler. I, on the other hand, am not, but I do try to go snowmobiling with my family whenever I have a chance. While I was in Idaho for Christmas, my dad took my mom, me, and my little sister, Cheyenne, snowmobiling in the mountains on Christmas Eve. It was the perfect day to be out- the snow was fresh, the sun was out (despite the valley being covered

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Many years ago, when I was just a kid and my grandma was much younger, she shared Jenny Joseph's poem, "Warning," with me. It's the one that starts: "When I am an old woman I shall wear purple/ With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me./ And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves..." I think my grandma was beginning to experience the sense of social freedom that can

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One of the only buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire of 1871:

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I don't think I'll ever understand why ballet shoes have to be the same color as their wearer's skin. I'll also never understand why coloring such a small shoe makes such a large mess. At least it's in the bath tub.

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I checked out the Tribune Tower the other day. It's a neo-Gothic skyscraper that is the home of the Chicago Tribune and marks the beginning of the "Magnificent Mile." Also, the basement was the set for the batcave in The Dark Knight. The lower levels of the building feature rocks, bricks, and other artifacts that Tribune reporters have collected from around the world. Here are some pics of

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I just read "On the Death Sentence"- a review by John Paul Stevens of David Garland's book, A Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition. Justice Steven's provides a good overview of the book and a compelling analysis of the death penalty in America. I have always been uncomfortable with the death penalty- as I think most people are- because of the sheer finality of it

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Lake StreetMonument With Standing Beast

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Napoleon and I made Christmas cookies and we were inspired by this woman to document the occasion:

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The sun finally came out, so I thought I'd get out and see the city with a fresh blanket of snow. These photos are from Millennium Park, along the lake shore, and from Grant Park along Michigan Ave.The Jay Pritzker Pavilion- designed by Frank Gehry.Cloud Gate- also known as "the bean"- designed by Anish Kapoor.The bean's navel.Reflection.Magdalene.

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Chicago was teeming with drunk Santas on Saturday for the annual Santa pub crawl. Too bad I don't have a Santa costume.

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The other night we saw "Traces" from the Seven Fingers- a circus company based out of Montreal. The show was stunning to say the least. It featured seven artists performing some of the craziest acrobatics I've ever seen. I was sitting next to Jackie Burns, who plays Elphaba in the national tour of Wicked, and amazes audiences nightly by how powerfully she sings "Defying Gravity." She was so

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This is the building that is directly across the street from our apartment:A couple of days ago, Napoleon and I were noticing how the awnings look like tire tread when Napoleon said, "Is that a duck?" It took me a second to figure out what he was talking about, but then I saw it too:I said, "Yes, that is a duck. A dead duck." I pulled out my camera to take a picture and as I was zooming in I

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We made it to Chicago on Monday and I'm loving it! Last night I explored the river-walk and took pictures of some of Chicago's iconic architecture.The Wrigley Building.The Wrigley Building with the Tribune Tower in the foreground and the Trump International in the background.NBC Tower.Me in a reflective ball thing.The lower level of the Michigan Avenue bridge.Bell on the Michigan Avenue

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Thursday night I was headed to work. I left my apartment, making sure to lock the door behind me. As I walked down the hallway of my apartment building I realized that I had forgotten my car keys. I turned back to go get them and then thought... SHIT.... Like most people I keep all of my keys together on a key chain, which means I was locked out of my apartment. I had heard that it is

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My great grandma (we call her Nanny) just turned 92 years old. Despite her age she is still as fun as ever. She recently got a new dog- a white poodle named Dakota. A few years ago she adopted a stray cat- which she named Dakota. About the same time that she adopted the cat, her black poodle that she had had for about fifteen years passed away. Its name was Dakota. She had it cremated and

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I've been out of the closet, or on my way out at least, for over two years now (yeah, I'm talking about the "gay" closet). These two years have been more challenging than any other period of my life, but they have been equally invigorating and rewarding. For the most part, I have been quiet about my personal struggles and feelings during this time, only sharing them with a few very close

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So, Dawn and I went to Wendover for the first time yesterday. I can't believe I've lived in Salt Lake for over five years now and I had never been there. To be honest though, there's really not much to do there. There's nowhere to shop, not much to see- I'm not even sure that there's a movie theatre there. I was impressed by the overwhelming amount of neon lights in the Montego Bay casino. I

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So yesterday, instead of writing my paper that was due today, I spent most of the day watching Lost. I'm so addicted- I started watching it online and now I can't stop. I'm on season three now- I just watched the episode where Locke blows up the submarine. Pretty intense stuff. I've decided that procrastinating makes me work more efficiently- I watched Lost all day instead of doing homework,

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So every February in the great state of Alaska hard core snowmobilers gather for the Iron Dog- a 2000 mile race across the state. The defending champion (and four time winner) is Todd Palin, husband of Vice Presidential hopeful Sarah Palin (who I'm not very fond of). Well, this year he's going to have some tough competition from none other than my own father, and snowmobiling legend, Bret

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I went bridge jumping for the first time this summer with Mu and Nae. Notice the sexy farmer's tan.

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One of the gaurds at the jail called me "buddy" the other day. It was very strange. Buddy is a name that's appropriate for nephews or your best friend's kid brother, but not so much for grown men at work who you don't really know. Apparently, though, I don't really look much like a grown man (despite being 6 foot 3 inches tall). Today at work I mentioned that I'll be starting school on the

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Ryan snuck away to the Philippines early Sunday morning. Actually, it was a pretty public event. It put any LDS missionary farewell or homecoming I've ever seen to shame. Anyway, just as Britney Spears has foretold, he can sneak away to the Philippines, but we will still want a piece of him. At least there won't be pictures of his derriere in the magazines (although, some may show up on facebook)

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This morning I woke up craving French toast, but wasn't really looking forward to waiting for each piece of toast to cook, and getting my hands all eggy from dipping the bread. Then I had this really great idea- just scramble the French toast. It makes cooking eggs a hell of a lot easier so I imagined it should work with French toast as well. I tore up 5 slices of whole wheat bread, cracked 4

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My mom got a new job- she's a funeral planner. I guess it's kind of like being a wedding planner- only different.

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My brown friends (the pinoys) invited me to a photo shoot last week for diversity reasons. Check it out:

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Marriage advice from Nanny Balling (my super sassy great grandma who I absolutely love to pieces): Don't marry people because you feel sorry for them!!

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If you've never winked at yourself in the mirror, you should. I did once and discovered something new about myself- I have a mole on my right eyelid. I had never seen it before because I generally have both of my eyes open when I look at myself. I suppose that girls who wear eye shadow may be more aware of what their eyelids look like, but I would suspect that the majority of non-eye shadow

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This is what I ate for lunch yesterday:

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My family got a new puppy- her name is Molly Brown (originally it was Otis, but they changed it). She's just about the cutest darn thing I've seen in my entire life, but she has really sharp puppy teeth and she likes to bite.

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The other night while I was hanging out in the break room at the jail, one of my coworkers pointed out to me that there was a loose cookie in the vending machine. She also mentioned that there had been a loose Hershey bar too, but it had somehow managed to fall and she picked it up. She recommended that, if I were to give the vending machine a big shove, I may end up just as lucky as she. Well,

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Apparently, I'm perfectly proportioned. On Christmas my family had a little measuring event. It turns out that my wingspan is 72 3/4 in. and my height is 73 in. Pretty good if you ask me.

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So I got myself a little summer job- it's actually kinda fun. I am a wagon driver at This is the Place Heritage Park. Its kind of a crazy place, but I like my job. I get to be outside with the horses all day and give rides to goofy people and there annoying children. Oh, and I have to wear a costume. Yesterday I drove a team of mules instead of horses. I've decided to place mules into the

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I'm really excited because the title of this post rhymes! But that's beside the point. The other night at the jail the gaurds suddenly ended class and locked all of the prisoners up in their cells. Immediately the prisoners (it was ladies' night) came up with a story to explain the lock up. A new female prisoner had smuggled some dope into the jail with her. Well, she got scared that she would

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I bet you can't guess what this ones about? Yup, that's right- I locked my keys in my car again. The second time in a two week period. I went to a concert in Park City (Nas, in case you were wondering). About half way through the concert I realized that I had my camera and my wallet and that was all. We grabbed a wire hanger from the coat check girls and attempted to break into my Jeep. I

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As a missionary in Georgia I learned how to eat grits with butter and salt (yes, it is something that must be learned- it is completely unnatural). This morning I made myself a bowl of grits for breakfast. I put in a spoonful of butter and was about to sprinkle salt on top when something inside of me began to protest. After a few moments of hesitation I reached on top of the fridge, grabbed

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Last night I locked my keys in my car- on purpose. When I go into work I usually empty my pockets of everything I don't need- cell phone, chapstick, gum, etc. Everything that I can't take into the cells I have to lock up at the check in desk at the front of the jail, so I usually just leave as much in my car as I can. Last night I emptied my pockets the same as usual- cell phone, chapstick, spare

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If you want to know what the title of this blog refers to you'll have to ask me in person (I try to keep this at least PG-13). It sums up my recent trip to San Fransisco better than anything else. Last week I went to SF with a group from the U for the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. It was pretty fun. Among other things, I ate Cuban food, went to a presentation on posthumous

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Last Monday was Dawn's Birthday and Ryan and I went to the Stephen Marley concert with her at Club Suede in Park City. At one point, before the show started some enormous Polynesian fellas were being a little frivolous. One of the guys grabbed me and gave me the biggest bear hug I think I've ever had. I was completely helpless and I even thought that he might squeeze me to death on accident.

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Last week was spring break. Highlights included:-Soaking up UV rays at Lava Hot Springs. The water was too hot, but the sun was just right.-Being asked by a Filipina (who is about as dark as is humanly possible without being a native African) if she had gotten any tanner.-Accompanying Danny and his girlfriend to Arches National Park (yup, I was pretty much a loner).-Listening to the mice howl at

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I decided to check out my family history the other night so I went to the family search website and typed in the name of my maternal great great grandpa. I discovered that someone has been really busy doing genealogy. 41 generations back I discovered a man named Charlemagne. I thought, HOLY COW! so I kept looking. There were all kinds of kings and queens and dukes and counts and emperors.

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I just read a press release from BYU that VP Dick Cheney has accepted the invitation of the First Presidency of the LDS church to speak at BYU's commencement on April 26. While I will not protest his right to speak or the right of the First Presidency to invite him, I will say that I believe it was a bad move and I'm happier than ever that I chose to go to the U of U instead of BYU- at least my

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My last companion on my mission was a big Tongan fella who loved to eat, gamble, listen to music, play football, and do push-ups. We helped out at the local Boys and Girls club a couple times a week, which consisted mostly of playing pool with each other and the kids. Apparently it isn't fun to play any kind of game unless there is some kind of wager. Well, since we were missionaries and we

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Preston, Idaho is a nice little town. Its were I grew up and lived for the first eighteen years of my life. Last night I decided to see what kind of information was on Wikipedia about my hometown. I discovered that someone has been having fun with Wikipedia's edit feature. Among other things, I learned that Preston was settled by Greek pioneers, the film "Pearl Harbor" was filmed there, and

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There's something about being told that your sexy that does great things for your ego, regardless of who says it. Monday is ladies night at the Salt Lake Metro jail. Its the night that I get stuck in a room with about twenty female inmates. I have never met more frightening women in my life than some of those women that I work with on Monday nights. I'm pretty sure that they would bite me if I

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The other night, Danny and I were bored so we had a little bit of fun with the Google directory. We ended up calling Arnold Schwarzenegger. Turns out that he doesn't actually answer his phone, nor does he take messages. However, you can voice your opinion to an operator if you would like.

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For those of you who aren't intimately acquainted with the intricate details of my everyday life, here's a good place to start: I have a job. I spend four evenings of the week at the Salt Lake Metro Jail, teaching, tutoring, and giving tests to inmates. As an employee of Granite School District I get paid from the state tax revenue- so remember to pay your taxes so that I don't have to get laid

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The other day I walked into a bathroom in one of the buildings on campus and was immediately caught off guard by something not common to men's restrooms: talking. And not only that, but the person doing the talking was in a stall! I immediately noticed that both of the stalls in the bathroom were occupied and I jumped to the conclusion that guys in the two different stalls were talking to each

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Is it possible to have a romantic experience with someone that you are not in the least interested in romantically? Apparently it is for some people. I had such an experience once (at least the person I was with at the time had such an experience- I'm not sure what kind of experience I had). It all happened one moonlit night in the ancient city of Alexandria, Egypt. I went out to eat with a

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Apparently ice cream isn't the only thing being flimped lately. Mint has also been flimped.

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Here is a quote by Barack Obama:You want a fight, President Bush? Let's fight to make sure our so-called allies in the Middle East, the Saudis and the Egyptians, stop oppressing their own people, and suppressing dissent, and tolerating corruption and inequality, and mismanaging their economies so that their youth grow up without education, without prospects, without hope, the ready recruits of

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My roommate J.R. (yes, that's an alias) has been flimping ice cream lately on a fairly regular basis I believe. This is the most recent flimping that I am aware of.

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Well, I've been doing really good at staying away from political issues in my blogging, but most people who know me very well, know that I tend to have somewhat strong political views. After looking at the candidates who are running for president in 2008 I've decided to support Barack Obama as the best candidate for president. Some of my fellow Mormons may be disappointed that I'm going for

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I just talked to my aunt Jamie- the one who is arranging my marriage. I'm going to Malad on Saturday to have the date of the century. I called Jamie to tell her that I would be there at about six o'clock. Her response was: "What?? We were expecting you a lot earlier than that. Don't you know that you can't fall in love on a short date? It takes long dates!!" I'm not sure what I've gotten

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If you have read my previous blog entitled "My Fondest Dreams" you will know that I tend to put more faith in fortune cookies than I probably should. This all started about three years ago. One rainy fall afternoon I locked my keys in my car over on the west side of town (Rose Park). I found a cop and asked him for some help, but he said that he couldn't help because of liability issues. So

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I've had the same pair of glasses for about six years now- which might be a world record. I've never had any troubles with them until just recently I noticed that one of the screws is loose. So today I was messing around with it and popped it out, which wasn't supposed to happen. The screw landed on the floor and is now lost among a jungle of carpet fibers. Considering the fact that glass

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My aunt Jamie, who is one of the funniest people I know, has been working very hard to arrange a marriage between her nephew (me) and her niece ( who is not my cousin). This situation officially became scary when my aunt left me a voice-mail that said something like: "Zac, you better be excited cuz I've got your wife picked out." Well, it looks like things are starting to come together and we

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I just got my hair cut by an obese lady with oxygen tubes in her nose. She was definitely not your average beautician. After asking if I wanted dreadlocks, she proceeded to simultaneously cut my hair and sing "I'm your angel, baby, let me rock your cradle." When she was done she asked me if I was glad that she had cut my hair the way I told her to and not the way that she thought would look good.

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I saw an interesting statistic in Harper's Index: the chance that white American women worry about becoming bag ladies is 1 in 2. The chance that African-American women worry about becoming bag ladies is 1 in 3. Why are women so worried about becoming bag ladies? I don't think very many women actually experience being bag ladies during their lifetime, and anyway, would it really be that bad?

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Don't you love it when people ask you a question about a "hypothetical situation" thats so obviously real that your answer begins with, "I think you should....." That happened to me today. After I began to answer, the person who had asked the question decided that if she re-asked it and switched the genders of the people in the story that it would make it "more" hypothetical. All it really did

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I need to find 15 people from Qatar who speak Arabic. If you are Qatari please let me know.

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The last two nights I have been watching the new season of American Idol just like the majority of American TV viewers. At first I actually felt like a bad person for indulging in entertainment that exploits the embarassment of other people. But then I realized that America has a problem with delusionality. I think that sometimes we focus too much on pursuing our dreams whatever they may be.

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This year I went all out with the MLK JR. Day celebrations. It started last week with a performance of Angela's Mix tape starring Eisa Davis on Tuesday. Wednesday I went to the lecture by Angela Davis and decided that I don't like prisons (I'm not sure what to do about that, though). Friday was the MLK Commission on Human Rights luncheon at which the President of Spellman College in Atlanta spoke

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I am writing this blog to officially confess to myself and the world that I am an official sign-up-aholic. I am aware that this is the first step to recovery. I've had this problem since I was in high school and I signed up for the French club, the German club, the Civic club, Jazz band, Pep band, Cross-country, track, school musicals and plays, choir, wood shop, seminary, ballroom dance, hike

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So its New Year's Eve and I am at the Holliday Inn in Ellensburg, Washington listening to the UB40 version of "I Got You Babe", wishing I had a "Babe", and writing a Blog. Pretty exciting, huh? Well, its more exciting than you think, because I've discovered that I have a really strange, superstitious side to me. I generally tend to not be superstitious at all, but for some reason fortune cookies

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I recently read an article about the life and music of Tupac Shakur that really fascinated me. I've been reading quite a bit about him since then and made the discovery that he was incredibly talented outside of being the king of rap. He wrote a lot of poetry and a book of his poems has actually been published. The book is called The Rose That Grew From Concrete. Here is the poem that the book is

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I think I spent more money playing arcade games this week than I ever have in a given week. Actually, it was only one game- Dance Dance Revolution. I think I spent about $2. I've never really been into arcade games or electronic games of any kind until my friend Julia enticed me to start playing DDR with her at her apartment using a playstation and DDR pads. I slowly progressed from the beginner

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I suppose that I should use this first blog to explain what it means to be flimped. To be honest, I don't think it really means anything, but some linguist back in the seventies proposed that it would be impossible for a language to have a verb 'to flimp' where 'to flimp something' means 'to kiss a girl who is allergic to that thing'. For example, if I were to flimp whiskey, that would mean that

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