The Muppets

One of the highlights of my Thanksgiving weekend was going to see The Muppets with my sister. I loved it. Jason Segal (and Disney) did an amazing job. I think Jim Henson would have been happy with how The Muppets turned out. Many of the articles and reviews of The Muppets characterized the movie as [...]

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Christmas Cookies 2011

Unlike previous years, when I was chomping at the bit waiting for the Christmas season to begin, I am not really feeling Christmas this year. It just seems like a lot of work and a lot of money, and I would probably rather go take a nap. I am already feeling ready for Christmas to [...]

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Faceless Characters

I am trying to finally pull myself out of the new job daze (given that I’ve been in my “new” job for nearly a year, so it’s not actually “new” any longer) and write more. I’m not doing NaNoWriMo this year, but I am excited to get back to writing fiction. The most exciting thing [...]

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The Outfits Spreadsheet

People like to mock me for it, but I’m pretty sure that’s because they’re actually jealous that they didn’t think of it first. One stressful aspect of my current job is that attire matters a great deal more than it did at my previous job. I am not a clothes person. I am terrible at [...]

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My New “Choir”

Speaking of performing, I have “joined” the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra. I discovered this marvelous group when Murray Gold, dreamy composer of Doctor Who’s music, tweeted a link to DWFO’s latest production. I am a huge fan of the music on Doctor Who, so given that DWFO includes vocalists, I couldn’t help but ask to [...]

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High School Musical

Over the weekend, I went to see my high school’s production of “The Wedding Singer.” A girl in my dance class is in it, and that seemed like a good excuse to revisit the past. Additionally, the girl who was in the show is so awesome that my sister and I both wish she were [...]

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Apples

Today, I am getting ready to go out of town to a wedding, so I have to be quick. A coworker recently shared a phrase with me that is basically the best, most true thing I have ever heard. In fact, I now share it constantly because it is so applicable to all areas of [...]

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Dancing x2

A recent development is that I am participating in a second dance class at my studio. My teacher asked for volunteers from my regular class, because the second class was down in numbers a bit. My sister and I decided to go ahead, both to get in better shape, and because they were dancing to [...]

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Getting Overly Sentimental About a Fictional Character

I was JUST ABOUT to go to bed, and then I remembered that I was trying to post in my blog every day in November. I needed a topic, and right quick, and given that tonight was NBC’s Thursday comedy line-up, of course there was someone who immediately came to mind… Ben Wyatt, Human Disaster, [...]

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Getting Overly Sentimental About a Grocery Store Chain

After years of driving to Cincinnati and Indianapolis and Chicago in order to go to Trader Joe’s, they have finally opened a store in my city. It opened last Friday, and I am a little embarrassed to admit that when I walked inside the store, I teared up. It had been a long time coming. [...]

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