You know how it is – you sit down to write a blog post about Thanksgiving and then the next thing you know Christmas has come and gone and it’s almost 2011. I’m not really sure if a recap of the past few weeks is even possible – especially not right now while I’m just thoroughly baffled that tomorrow is the absolute last day of 2010. I don’t normally get a lot of time to reflect this time of year –...

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Nine years (and a few weeks) ago I was baffled by the idea that my favorite book was going to become a movie. That had never happened before – this book that I had been obsessing over for weeks, and had learned to role play because of, was going to come to life. Another year I remember standing outside a movie theater with two of my best friends having our picture taken by my mom. I have no idea what happened to those pictures (the...

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So we signed the lease on the new apartment yesterday. It’s sort of a bittersweet affair – I’m glad to finally have some space that will be all my own, but since freelancing has become sort of a full time gig, it sort of has me a little nervous. We’ll be moving in with basically nothing to start with, and while I love to cook the prospect of starting from scratch is a little daunting. No flour and sugar and spices. No...

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Ah, November. How are you? It’s been awhile. This time of year usually brings to mind two thoughts – firstly, OH MAN IT’S ALMOST CHRISTMAS (paired with, naturally oh-man-I-need-to-start-working-on-Vault-Christmas-Stuff) and secondly (unfortunately) – Great. Time to steer clear of the internet. It’s NaNoWriMo time. I hate NaNoWriMo, and not for the task of “Oh no, writing 50,000 words in a whole month!”...

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Ah, Halloween. This year is my first time ever giving out candy, and it’s enjoyable despite having to get up every four or five minutes, and despite having a headache – which is making the whole getting-up-and-going-downstairs-and-talking-to-people thing a bit hnngh, but such is Halloween. I’m kind of disappointed by the sheer volume of store-bought costumes… and, naturally, the amount of...

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