July 2010
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Today is July 26th and today was a good day.
Today was a good day for a number of reasons, but it was an especially good day because I discovered I’d lost enough weight last week to hit my 10-pound benchmark. I know everyone’s probably getting sick of hearing about it and I promise I’m not turning into one of those girls who obsesses over things like this, but seriously? Celebration. On so many levels. One, I feel awesome....
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Today is July 19th and these are some things about...
- Walking out to my Fit, every single day
- This chicken casserole from my mom’s recipe
- New lunchbox! With a ladybug-shaped refreezable ice pack!
- Sick fish on the mend thanks to some betta meds that smell like cough drops
- Dropping another pound this week
- Songs in 6/8 time
- Exclamation marks!
Listen
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Today is July 17th and it has been a good music...
Every year, I put together these mixes that are about the closest thing to scrapbooks that I have from the past six years. Since July and 2010 are more than half-over (today is the 198th day of 2010) I decided it was time to update this year’s mix. I hadn’t been keeping it current because I’ve basically listened to two or three different artists excessively for the entire year...
Good morning, haters.
June 2010
9 posts
Today is June 20th and it is the day before the...
The Summer Solstice occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is most inclined towards the sun at its maximum of 23° 26’. Though the Summer Solstice is an instant in time, the term is also colloquially used like Midsummer to refer to the day on which it occurs. Except in the polar regions (where daylight is continuous for half of the year), the day on which the Summer Solstice...
Today is still June 6th and this a thing I forgot...
While I was weaving the Fit in and out of Nashville traffic last weekend trying to find someone to remove the wheel locks, I came to a stop at 14th and Church. I was sitting next to a beat-up red pickup truck at the light, and I saw the passenger side door open out of the corner of my eye. A person walked behind my car, across the street and onto the sidewalk before I turned to look. She had her...
Today is June 6th and these are some boring...
A week into my June punch list, and I think it’s started out pretty well. I did the gym Monday-Thursday and even though I thought I was going to die on Monday and Tuesday, by Wednesday I was actually looking forward to it—partially because it made me feel like i was accomplishing something and partially because it actually felt good. I think the difference this time around is that...
Today is June 1st and these are the things I will...
- I will exercise at least four days a week: Gym, sidewalk, yoga, cartwheels, whatever. And at least 30 minutes of that.
- I will take my multivitamin every day: Because that’s easy enough, right?
- I will drink at least 64 oz. of water every day: Already over halfway there on a normal day. I just forget to do this most of time.
- I will eat breakfast every day (and eat less...
May 2010
19 posts
Today is May 30th and life is loud.
Life has felt very loud lately. Ideas are loud, people are loud, busyness is loud. I’ve been trying to filter out the noise this weekend and it’s been nice, but it still manages to get in through all the things I have that plug into the wall. I bought the Riceboy Sleeps record yesterday and I’ve had it on a loop for 24 hours now and there are no words (or really even tunes) to...
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WatchMay 365. This was a really, really bad month for 365 and I missed about 12 days. Hoping to get back on the 365 horse in June.
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WatchApril 365. This is the month where I fell off the 365 wagon. I blame the Nashville Film Festival.
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One Week Later
It’s crazy to think that a week ago today the entire city was hunkered down while Nashville flooded and flooded, and then flooded some more. Some of us already had water pouring into our houses or our friends’ houses, much of the damage was fresh and none of us really knew what to do with it all.
In one week’s time, my brain has become this bizarre archive of emergency phone...
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“Media silence means public ignorance, and public ignorance means fewer...”
– Why the Media Ignored the Nashville Flood (via hoopfurthur)
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Nashville Knucklehead: Tennessee Waltz →
I’m sitting at home with my little girl as the Nashville Symphony is giving a free concert downtown. I don’t think it was intended to be free, but the Symphony Hall flooded, so they’re playing in the downtown square.
This came across my Twitter just now: “Symphony just played a kick ass version of tennessee waltz and a lot of folks crying.”
I damn near lost it just reading that. The...
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AGrov.es: Won't You Be My Neighbor? →
Enough has been said about the flood so I won’t go into generalities of that (saving those for a Raven blog post tomorrow), but there is one thing I do want to get out there that I haven’t seen many people talking about.
Your neighborhood.
Tonight, I met up with a few of my neighbors, most of who were complete strangers to me, to hand out food and drinks to folks in the neighborhood who...
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We Are Nashville [Cellblock303] →
But let’s look at the other side of the coin for a moment. A large part of the reason that we are being ignored is because of who we are. Think about that for just a second. Did you hear about looting? Did you hear about crime sprees? No…you didn’t. You heard about people pulling their neighbors off of rooftops. You saw a group of people trying to move two horses to higher ground. No…we didn’t...
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WatchMy flooded city.
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WatchContinuing with the Jónsi love, this video is absolutely gorgeous.
April 2010
21 posts
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Welcome to Your Quarterlife Crisis →
This phenomenon, known as the “Quarterlife Crisis,” is as ubiquitous as it is intangible. Unrelenting indecision, isolation, confusion and anxiety about working, relationships and direction is reported by people in their mid-twenties to early thirties who are usually urban, middle class and well-educated; those who should be able to capitalize on their youth, unparalleled freedom and...
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Wednesday at the Nashville Film Festival:
8: The Mormon Proposition
Symbol
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Tuesday at the Nashville Film Festival:
Contracorriente (Undertow)
Snow and Ashes: No trailer for this one, which is fine because it was terrible. Or at least the 30 minutes that I was able to get through before walking out was terrible.
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Monday at the Nashville Film Festival:
Fish Out of Water
Out in the Silence
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Sunday at the Nashville Film Festival:
OMG WTF Shorts (This is actually the trailer for only one of the shorts in this block, called Welgünzêr.)
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
City of Borders
Cleanflicks
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Saturday at the Nashville Film Festival
Art House
Till You’re Told To Stop
Pickin’ & Grinnin’. (There is no trailer so I’m including this classic video of Uncle Rico because it’s his film.)
Herpes Boy
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Friday at the Nashville Film Festival:
Climate Refugees: The Human Face of Climate Change
Dear Lemon Lima
White Stripes: Under the Great White Northern Lights
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Thursday At The Nashville Film Festival:
Nowhere Boy
Now You’re Being Ridiculous