Damn.

People who I want to give applesauce to:

Kristine Woods Anna Fine Foer Rebecca Nagle Sima Krtalic Jillian Coratti Travis Christine Jody John Pat Afton Dave Heather The Folks Emily Brian The St. Paul Fundakowski's The Miners Aunt Bonny The Steins Nancy Tudorov Christine Ricks & Timothy Mason Angie Ivanova So, I'm going to have to get about two cases of jars when the time comes. Gotta figure out what size jars I'm going to can in, wide-mouth half-pints, I'm thinking? I'm designing my labels right now. Expect these around New Year's, folks!

Accountable for my things? Pssht, yeah right!

I can't for the life of me find my immersion blender attachment for my Braun food processor. How am I supposed to make smooth applesauce without it? So confused!

Home sweet Twins

I went a little out of budget today getting gosh gifts for the folks I love back home. And then bought $30 on apples to make cran-applesauce. Which is what I'm doing right now, listening to Taylor Swift. About JDate...I've been dissapointed. I'm used to getting chased. But I'm in Blairstown, not Baltimore (despite still being the #1 Baltimore hipster on Google). My desires are pretty specific (I'll e-mail you what's on my profile, mama!), and the population of Jews is sparse. However, I'm willing to wait, and seek, and go on dates. And I know the guys must be afraid of rejection, but I find it really easy to say "yes!" Seriously, I'll give almost anyone a first date! Gas is cheap and my hopes are high! Come on, Jews of Jersey, what's taking you?

Visual apparitions

I have an awful lot to write about, about facilitating, and I am going to make that entry later today or tonight. I'm excited to be heading home to Blairstown, though less thrilled that the temperatures have risen once more.

New Layout

Ta-dummm!

NEWS: Anteaters are cute.

This message is brought to you by the letter E and one lazy Sunday afternoon. More adorable images at old trendhunter article here.

Welcome to my new readers!

I've re-done the header and retired the Thur Broder layout I've had for so long. If you're keeping up with my Twitters (at my old LiveJournal), you're undoubtedly aware of the fact that I've caved and joined JDate. Yes, the paid dating site for Jews. I figure, I live in an area without a lot of those folks, and those are the gentlemen I'd like to date. I'm a 22-year-old relative newcomer to the northwest corner of New Jersey. I just graduated from art school in Baltimore with a degree in fiber and am doing something completely unrelated as a residential experiential education facilitator for middle-schoolers through adults. During the summer I work at what was once my prestigious Ivy employers' camp for disadvantaged youth working on character development with the same Primary Service Population. During the spring and fall I travel a lot in Camden, Newark, and Trenton to reach the same population on their own territory. I live at my work in Blairstown, NJ, in a cabin across a dam and next to a lake. I am a Wilderness First Responder and have taken self-defense classes. I am saving up for a seafoam green Bianchi Milano. I like big sunglasses, skinny jeans, rock climbing, identifying birds, hiking, camping and cooking. I've been a vegetarian for fifteen years. I go to the local bar once a week to get birch beer on tap. It is just that good.

Look at all these crabs!

The boldly patterned pom-pom or boxer crab likes to carry live sea anemones in its claws, brandishing them in defense when it feels threatened. —Photograph by Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore More here from National Geographic!

Miracles are happening in Blairstown!

Update on the cross burning in Hardwick Township, just a mile and a quarter down the road from me. There was a Unity March which I got off of work too late to attend in front of the home. I work with a lot of inner-city kids out here in Blairstown, and it's a blessing the story hasn't picked up the coverage it might have. I have moved all my Twitter mini-mobile updates to an old livejournal, so if you are interested in reading those add http://lenablair.livejournal.com to your RSS feed readers. From here on out to the near future, only full-on real-live 'blogging will be happening on this 'blog. Prom promise. Oh, and the miracles I'm speaking of? Upon returning from working in Princeton and Newark this week, my iPhone battery was draining more quickly than it should have last night. And then I realized that my laptop connection was operating at lightening-fast speeds. Three-G has come to Warren County, and it is as awesome as I've always dreamed! I'm recovering very well from my illness that struck on the west coast. I'm processing my experience at the AEE conference. I'm getting my work-outs in, and feeling okay about my body. There's something I've been putting off for FAR TOO LONG, and I'm working up the courage to bite the bullet. Life post-college for me is shaping up to be pretty great, don't worry too much about me. I'd love to do what I can, and if that means being a late-night sounding-board, I'm strong, let me share that load you're shouldering. And if you need a void to send the ether of your thoughts, I will be the best void I can be. Looking forward to being able to walk and ice skate to work this winter. My commute of 3 minutes will be halved when the lake is solid enough.

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07:03 Actually feeling worse after having slept in my own bed. 07:03 Home sweet twins. 09:37 Sick and sick. 13:51 @lifeofreilly I'm using a sick day today, good luck avoiding getting this illness! It's a doozy! 14:50 Thank you g-d for sporradic absence days. 19:42 This month will be challenging Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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23:52 Goodnight fork, goodnight spoon, goodnight moon. 09:07 At the airport getting ready to leave Portland for Newark then Trenton. 10:20 Wall.E in-flight then sleeping and such. 16:52 Is happy to be back in new jersey, for sure. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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00:38 Working on curriculum with my co's. 00:49 Feeling pretty crummy. 01:05 Is still sick 13:51 Going to hit the exhibition hall soon 13:52 There was a cross-burning in Hardwick Twp apparently. That's my home. 18:09 Ran into the woman who did my WFR workshop. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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23:52 First session of AEE conference on the post-modern student was a little close to home for comfort. 09:48 Did 25 laps in the pool this am. I will be a zombie later today! 13:31 Blogging! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

It's 5 AM here in Vancouver, WA

Intrepid readers, I was awoken while sleeping by my coughing, got into the shower to try and loosen some of the shit in my lungs. I tried to go back to bed and just creaked open the laptop and kept coughing. Not really a problem, if I was staying at the Hilton on my own. Instead of keeping my sometimes-supervisor Heather up through the remaining wee hours, I put on my bra and Five Fingers, finger-combed my moist tresses and here I sit in the Hilton lobby. (Digression: They re-sized women's FiveFingers, where the W40 are a little large for me the NEW W40 fit me perfectly at the heel. They also come in blue and leaf-green with grey.) Yesterday was my first day at my first international AEE conference, and the first session I went to was on the postmodern student, to me the solution to the student that wants to smoke on expedition or bring iPods, I would bring that back to the student. How do you think that will change your experience? That of your peers? And you blend it, saying things like, when I have my iPod on, I tend to have a harder time paying attention to others; how does wearing your iPod affect you? Also, my supervisor Dave recently told me that it is valuable to seek to understand, then be understood, to create a healthy repor and relationships. Coming to this conference shows me where my organization is really quite strong (I was well-trained as a facilitator), and where we are lacking (inter-organization communicaton, well-defined positions, poor utilization of resources at times, diversity of staff and recruiting of alumni). This has very little to do with me, being a peon at the front-lines. I work with students in schools and on-property, and I really make change. However you can train people to be in my position. People need to grow and have experience to hold the positions which are currently open, so there's not a lot I can do to help. As far as conferences go, I think this conference is pretty fantastic, and I am thrilled that The Ivy sent 8 individuals to learn and grow from it.

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08:22 Coughed up solid matter just now. Gross. 15:12 I love this conference! 16:15 What seemed fantastic in theory was in experience anticlimactic. Story of my life? 22:06 I love Fat Tire pale ale twitpic.com/kepd Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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00:38 I feel full of joy tonight, and feverishly optimistic. 13:34 Riding the bus in Seattle, heading to the park and then later the Japanese tea garden. 15:00 What the eff are these red fruits? twitpic.com/k6zm 15:57 Seattle Japanese tea garden after lunch, then Portland and the Association for Experiential Education conference in Vancouver, Washingto ... 21:18 @christinericks nope, sorry :( 21:22 Leaving north Seattle for the airport, quick Japanese tea garden then marshalls for another blouse and Portland-bound. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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01:23 I love you kevin smith! Can't wait to see all the DVD extras from Zack and Miri Make A Porno! 04:46 just got home and is waking up in less than 2 hours to pack and get to LAX. 06:28 Yo where did this sore throat come from?!? 09:34 @allogagan1025 voting is teh sexy. 09:35 Is feeling a smattering of sick, anyone she made out with should run, not walk, to take some Emergen-C. 10:05 My internets aren't working at the airport and I feel really pretty ill. 10:20 Witty repartee for the win. 10:37 Getting on my plane soon... Should be a pretty full Flight. Boo. 19:13 Is sick like a dog at this juncture. What a lame way to spend my break. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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05:26 Loved Wicked. Going to go home and fall asleep watching Californication. Love you all. 12:53 Lost her nalgene at the gym yesterday. 15:40 Prop 8 ads all over in socal...no on 8!!! 15:56 Put my iPhone earbuds through the wash--the sound has never been cleaner! 17:22 @emiwenis mom says stop texting at work and talk to your boss. 17:25 Need to tell him what u need to b able do u r job as In mentoring not that u r. Supervisor makes you feel stupid. Boone can make u. Feel ... 17:25 your interpreatation. 18:49 Changed my flight for direct to Seattle 19:11 Loads of yes on 8 protesters at moorpark and janns. Asses. 21:39 @ emiwenis that was mom 22:12 I love my mentor Randy, hard to believe it's been six years! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

The announcement you've been waiting for.

Just in case you're waffling, I want you to know that I voted for Barack Obama absentee for the 2008 election. And we should lower the voting age so these kids can, too.

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11:07 loving the new season's episodes of Californication at the folks house On Demand 16:34 Heading to orange county to see the twin then heading to the Pantages to catch Wicked. 17:05 @christinericks when ya heading to Seattle? 17:08 @emiwenis do you play frisbee? 21:22 Going to see Wicked with the twin 22:41 @christinericks I will be in Seattle on the 4th and 5th 23:10 Intermission! Wicked reminds me of college. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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00:29 Mending 02:46 Has smelly feet from her very smelly merrell Mary jane's 04:48 Packing climbing harness just in case I can hit the thousand oaks gym...I can sleep on the first of my 3 flights. 16:09 Landed safe and sound in Portland, waiting a few hours to catch a direct flight to lax, get to see my folks! 16:24 I love that the bar had tons of vegetarian options for lunch, getting a black bean burrito at Laurelwood in PDX. 19:57 @joeybenavides oh noes!!! What's the word on the phone!? Do you have 8 or 16? Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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03:22 @joeybenavides I was all about the taxlo as a freshman and sophomore, dance cooly in the shadows with a drink for me! 20:12 Packing packing packing! 21:30 Mmm, packing is laaaaame! My nails look good though. Where is my Patagucci dress? Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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22:08 is blogging, reconciling her expense account, and packing to finish in Camden tomorrow, whew Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

Long time no blog!

I don't want to dwell too long here (in this little text box) because I just don't have time. I put on some weight and I'm working on that. I'm not the person who becomes anorexic because I put on a few pounds, but when winter hits I do not feel like being very active. My climbing level is 5.6-7. I've taken on swimming laps to prepare for the qualifying 550 that I couldn't do in June. And I can, indeed, swim it without stopping. There's less yoga and more time in cars and eating in restauraunts, which is working against me an awful lot in my challenge to lower my caloric intake. I literally haven't been hiking in ages. Another challenge that has arisen is my relationship with my new supervisor. Why is that a challenge? Because I don't exactly have the best track record of working with supervisors. I have not always been able to articulate the support I needed. RIGHT. So the GOOD thing I wanted to blog is that I am about to visit my folks for a SUPER short period of time, hopefully get to see my friend Jonathan as well, and am hitting a Association for Experiential Education conference, which should be pretty much mind-blowingly fun and re-energizing. Washington State here I come!

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06:21 Whole foods banquet for breakfast care of the Ivy. 11:02 Nose to the grindstone, my 6th grade debreif really got away from me. 18:49 @christinericks you are my hero babe 19:13 Free upgrade to a suite! Sweet! 20:53 Myung ga delicious korean banquet in Cherry Hill, NJ. They are sooooo kind there! twitpic.com/iuhf Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:13 is pretty much dreading going swimming at the Princeton Y because it means driving the company car in the rain. 08:29 I actually swam! 11:01 It is snowing and sticking in big picturesque flakes at the Ivy! 14:31 My AT&T keeps turning off my. Twitter updates. No, Twitter, nothing wrong with my phone, thx. 14:40 @joeybenavides Is it an iPhone thing, perhaps? Twitter phone updates turn off randomly? Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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01:54 Got off of the phone with a dear friend. Getting up in a few hours to drive to the cities, maybe play some p-diddle. 10:01 @baltimoregal I am at Princeton university today!!! 13:08 Caught up on owing money, Princeton parking ticket and student loans. 17:56 Designated driving it up and getting ready to grab some great Italian food, hopefully. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:45 Weird dream with hillbilly hardware store, people getting spanked, someone giving birth, and me ruining someone elses preserves 14:21 It will be a long day at work, but I am being super productive so I cannot be upset. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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17:37 Writing curriculum is hard, I just want to utilize Project Adventure resources at hand. Got van trained today, did alright, fo sho. 17:39 Getting pumped about the association for experiential education international conference in November. 21:03 Mailing in my ballot tomorrow! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:43 Up nice and early to go work at the camp nextdoor. 13:39 Few more hours at the camp nextdoor. Not a bad way to make a buck. Met some neighbors! Invited for beer! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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12:13 Working in Trenton with my charter school kids. Can't wait till it is over so I can go home to twins. 15:38 Dehydrated from the day in classrooms. 21:42 Seriously going to vote tomorrow, also cannot feel my nose, working adjunct nextdoor in the am. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:09 Eleven hours of sleep have vastly improved my feelings about working with my in-school supervisor. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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00:07 Totally forgot to eat today. 06:46 The level of cozyness in my cabin is correlated directly to the difference between temperature beneath my blankets and outdoor temperature. 18:31 Making trouble for myself at work, oh lawdy. 18:35 My feet are cold- had a good frost last night! 19:33 Go go gadget hibernation! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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23:18 I sleep with too many computers. 23:40 Totally remembers now how it is hard to fall asleep. But she will try! 09:40 Picked a horrible day to go lap swimming...fainting and taking a header at the doc, 2 days in a row climbing, and now this? Masochist much? 09:40 What a week. 10:16 Absentee ballot recieved! I think I will vote today... 10:38 @christinericks warren county, nj is where I am voting this election. 13:02 Going swimming for sure. Dread. 15:01 Freestyle and b 15:10 600 yards later, heading home. 16:09 Got my kittatinny maps in Water Gap, cider and fudge. 16:17 Home sweet home. That was a ton of swimming. What to do for dinner? 16:49 Found my master resume on the hard drive in my car. Trying to keep it down to a page--it's difficult. Gosh that RCA descript was LONG!!! 19:09 @christinericks ewwwwww, Baltimore. 22:29 Is thinking, if it is the thought that counts, she's thinking too. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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09:29 I am very excited about being at the miner house today. 11:31 Home sweet home. Doing laundry, cleaning house today, organizing gear. Thinking about going camping tonight except I need a rope to bear ... 11:31 ack to borrow. 12:40 Wonder if I am going to get to go camping today. 15:14 I need to go swing dancing sometime soon. 17:31 Bored out of my mind. Folding laundry, watching Shallow Hal, cleaning. Not camping out because I need more Jersey friends. 17:34 Scrabble app is okay, a little easy. 19:03 @christinericks Sounds super productive, miss you! 20:31 It is one glorious fall night here in the Delaware river valley. Except for the NYC light pollution to the se. 20:51 Needs more power...more DVDs of Home Improvement, too. 22:41 Fresh sheets and working on Lolcards-lol based debreif cards Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:19 Ow shoulder 09:52 Going to play some wii this morning and then run some laundry. 10:55 Finally visited a Doctor in blairstoqn, got my Adderall and Prozac for the winter. 15:08 I need a climbing partner boo! 21:53 I love my faux fam! 21:55 Passing out from climbing two days in a row: 6's & 7's are my new project. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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14:02 @miacross awesome, you??? 14:32 @emiwenis I've passed out in the Dr. Horrible giant armchair! 14:34 @lifeofreilly I will be in socal November 1-3, want to climb?? 15:17 168 pounds!?! Are you serious!? 15:34 Just had a vasovagal episode at the doctors office, reacted to a vaccine. Fell on my shoulder. Dignity bruised. 20:13 Mfainting is 20:20 Fainting is an unusual reaction of the human body. Do animals Twitter. 22:50 massive bruise on my shoulder is making sleeping difficult Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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20:05 Boo debates. Watching A Little Romance, recovering from a short hike and having a beverage. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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15:43 Leaving Newark for Blairstown. Tried culaloo to rousing success. My 8th grade class is too small. My 6th are great though. 22:40 I love my co-workers...weird Blairstown fire dept. run-in post artichokes. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:59 Is regretably getting up and packing for the Ivy. 12:39 Ivy architecture constantly blows my mind. 21:57 You've Got Mail will almost certainly be my favorite rom-com forever. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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12:10 @christinericks Would you like to visit today @ some point? 16:13 Damn the rams! 'Skins lost by a nose. 18:23 is somewhat frustrated at the moment. 19:35 Traffic on 83 to York. Bittersweet leaving Baltimore. 22:12 Fifty minutes from home sweet home. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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16:11 Getting ready to make some appearances in Baltimore! 19:06 Eta Bmore 8:30 Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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23:19 Frick so frakking awake!!! Boo post-fast coffee! 08:19 Working with my participants from Trenton in Blairstown today! 21:03 is forgetting that her iPhone is in her locker. 21:03 is watching King Corn and enjoying campfire smells and autumn breezes. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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21:44 New hair for a new year! twitpic.com/fdyk Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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11:24 Tell me what state Palin is from? Alaska. No, you tell me yourself, John Oliver. 17:20 is hoping the heebs all over have a meaningful yom kippur and an easy fast. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:33 Dreamed the old room-mate from sophomore year lost a p cord at the climbing gym. 12:18 Ivy today! 15:21 Meeting in one of the colleges at the ivy, beautiful. 17:21 Ivy to east orange. 21:03 The twin and I are both at work on sites and staying in hotels tonight. Funny, no? Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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05:40 Spent all night waking up with frigid toes. Decided to get into my sleeping bag and am much happier. 22:42 Made of Honor with Leann and cider. Pretty good. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:02 -9 Ax 06:08 Finishing up in Camden today with my charter school. Working this weekend, climbing later? 11:01 Dressing like a teacher is less sexy than I imagined it. Oh well. 12:52 Wish I could have a tweet-up in Warren County, NJ. Unlikely. 21:42 Brown rice requires the patience of a saint. Home sweet home at Twins. 22:21 watching Prairie Home Companion special features with a hot bowl of paneer makhni in front of a fire. So blissful right now. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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02:21 Thanks for being a pain at getting my tax exempted, Buy N Large! Finally, bed at the hotel 15:33 A student asked politely if I was pregnant today. No, but thanks for asking. 15:40 @emiwenis "I don't mean this to be an ign'ant question" is a good way to preface a potentially insulting question of a stranger. 21:43 "I don't mean this to be an ign'ant question" is a good way to preface a potentially insulting question of a strange person. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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05:23 Seven jeans, heading home to pack for my work in the cities. 19:31 Working in the cities beginning tomorrow, today was hectic. Sleeping in cherry hill tonight. 22:18 Check out @miacross for your Californication fix if you don't have Showtime. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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09:53 Services. Jonesing for my car, which is getting a new Toyo tire. Oh Matrix. 16:13 Steve & Barry's was okay, grabbing some pomegranites Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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07:37 Has no idea what work will be like tomorrow. 11:44 Jammin' to my tunes - TLC Waterfalls. Got some norah jones and Sarah barielles too. 14:18 Is making bean burgers for a. parve meal tomorrow night. P Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

D'Oh!

I must have hit a curb or something and got a bubble in the sidewall of my tire! Going to get it fixed tomorrow before I head back to B-Town. And so the cost of auto ownership is upon me. Ouch, $150. L'shana tova to all my fellow Israelites who are celebrating the New Jew Year tonight.

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07:47 is aching from working out but is determined to hit the y and finish making dumplings before heading to Allentown, PA. 09:48 Sex And The City movie and Run Fatboy Run equal a delightful weekend. Shopping for a new swimsuit, dropping by Steve & barry's for high ... 20:56 Made dinner for the faux fam. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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23:06 We have decided that spooning is one of G-d's greatest gifts to mankind. 07:27 Really enjoyed the film last night. 10:15 Cutting a new footprint/ground tarp for my Missing Link. 11:41 My sweet new tarptent---what do you think? twitpic.com/dg21 Now all I need is a friend to camp with me. 11:56 Maybe looking for new jeans at kohl's. Maybe hiking? 13:47 Out of sunglasses, 3 new pairs at Target on the way to the JCC 15:08 Some very attractive Heeb guys at the Swanky JCC! 20:27 Few things more disheartening than loads of dishes from delish homemade gyoza and nobody to share the task with. I need more friends in ... Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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16:06 Just in time, had a friend up for 18 hours, cleaned, watched movies. Just my 2nd visitor in blairstown. 19:33 Sex & the City & dinner with Christine. Romantic, I love it. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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09:34 Oh boy my shoulders: good climbing though. 09:36 Driving to the Ivy. 10:04 2.5 hour commute 10:21 @ryanatmghwom I am not a fan of the overuse of Reply All buttons. Especially 'thanks' to the OP. 19:31 Quickly realizing I can hardly swim, laps at the ivy. 19:50 Grabbing dinner c/o work on the way home Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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07:37 twitpic.com/ctaa Good fall morning!!! Climbing tonight!!!!!! 21:33 twitpic.com/cwmk 22:37 Hoping the iPhone power holds till morning. Swimming at Princeton before work at 11. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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09:56 Need some environmental education activities to do with my Montessori kids tomorrow. Hall! 21:10 Oh The Bugle, how I love thee, john Oliver. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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10:27 Big band and driving in PA. 13:11 Going shooting 14:27 Shot a .22, .45, .357, .22 long 14:30 Getting milk from the dairy which you can smell the cows from. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

The Post In Which I Own My Prejudice.

I had two different groups of participants to facilitate this past week. The first were a group of high school peer leaders (seniors) from New Brunswick, NJ, where 400 students began in their class and just 175 will graduate in June. The second were from a wealthy private school in Manhattan. The first group was at my place of work to get stuff done; they chose their co-leaders for the year on day two of three. The ninth grade Manhattanites were in Blairstown to "bond." When New Brunswick left, I knew each and every name, and the colleges they were applying to. I knew where they worked after-school, what got on their nerves, who had a tendency to lead and who to follow. Of the second group, I couldn't tell you names. Didn't retain the neighborhoods, save one Hoboken and one Spanish Harlem in the bunch. The girls were nice, but easily distracted. They're young, 14. They also have been to more foreign countries (mine: 0), go on vacation every summer, attend camp for weeks on end, and prefer salad to fast food. Most of them. Some are on scholarships, but overall these girls were a challenge for me. I didn't grow up poor. I was in the upper-middle class in the suburbs of D.C., living in a house that was practically palatial. But we bought our piano used from the neighbors down the street. We grew our own vegetables, tomatoes, strawberries. I split wood with a sledgehammer and bomb, for crying out loud! Prince George's County, MD was (is?) the capital of Afro-American wealth in the States. White flight led to being half-white when I was six and 85% black by the time we moved when I was 16. I relate more to the kids who came in the beginning of the week, minority-majority students who often needed to overcome gang and drug culture from D.C. as their families escaped into the suburbs. I went to schools where the stalls could be looked over, where there were parenting classes for the teen mom's-to-be, where a student once had her head bashed in by a sink behind my high school. And so, even though I'm sporting a hipster scarf like the Manhattanites, and faced few obstacles to graduating high school, applying for then atttending college, I don't feel the same as those girls. I feel jealous, angry, unsophisticated, and befuddled: how do I challenge you? What are your struggles? And how do I help you get something out of experiential education? A question I'm working on answering at the moment. To be fair, October through May I will be working in my schools with our Primary Service Population, "underserved urban youth," who are the groups who I find easier a repor with. I've experienced racism as a white person, and it wasn't fair, it didn't feel good (though I'm happy I've had the experience of being a minority, if it makes sense). It's not fair to pass that prejudice on to my own pale students now. It's not appropriate, logical, or productive.

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21:11 enjoying starry skies & campfire food with my coworkers. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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05:47 Dreamed about my old dean of student affairs and caulking cabin slats. 05:55 Setting up ropes soon. twitpic.com/c6vf 16:31 Commuting 16:41 Going climbing in Bath. Chucked around a frisbee as a warm-up. Saved a chippy from my supervisors' cat. 20:35 Climbed the heck outta myself. Carpal tunnel region is sore, and I am Freaking hungry! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:53 Salt in Northern Nj on 206 was a great great great meal. Gastropub for the win!!! 06:57 Sad without my New Brunswick seniors, Manhattanite ninth graders coming this morning from the private school. 20:02 Oh lake 21:12 @Emiwenis Sorry sis I was stargazing with my participants, hard job at work. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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07:40 Always loses her first aid kit at the beginning of a program. 19:36 twitpic.com/bvki 19:44 Great day, great kids, lots of laughing. What is made then sold, not used by people who buy it, and used by people who can't see it? 19:47 I dunno either, I riddled for 3 hours today and got this in return!! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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05:23 Awake at an ungodly hour 08:43 Eating cream of wheat, washing clothes. 21:16 I think I love this group. They are some sweet kids from New Brunswick. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:48 Heading into the city!!! 08:18 I love not pumping my own gas in the Garden State. Such a luxury! 08:50 Waiting for the train at Dover. 09:25 New plans: Ghada Amer @ The Brooklyn Museum after The Met. Back by 3? 14:08 Get me out of this city NJ Transit!!!! 14:13 @emiwenis I do not get paid enough to airlift vegan food from the city! Out of that humid crazy city, hooray! 15:34 Has to peeeeeeeeee! 19:47 Climbed the poop out of myself in Bath. Reward is veggie burger from BK! And sleeping like a rock. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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20:57 Birch beer and licor 43, salad and fries. Weeks ovah! 20:59 Heading to the metropolitan museum of art tomorrow to check out the Asian art. Should be great! Then climbing in my new harness. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:58 Setting up high ropes this morning with Afton 18:37 Got my new gear! Hate lavendar for a sleeping bag. Harness is sexy. 19:48 Sunday? 19:48 New size 10 harness hardly fits! Oh boy the new bag is great, ugly but great. The harness is technical, skinny, shiny, and new. No climb ... 22:26 Awake!!! 22:28 @emiwenis my day starts at six, setting up ropes for the days activities. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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05:53 Work in the morning-lots of great things. Blogged today! 19:32 She who dies with the most gear wins! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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09:54 Day off!!!!!! 13:03 Ah, home improvement how I love thee. 15:38 Emily your job is great every day is different! Great job! 16:32 Car is fine to 16:32 To Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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07:05 Heading up to the ivy then Trenton today. 09:31 Severe weather for the two hour ivy commute. 13:08 Wants a jersey boy to listen to smodcasts with and keep her warm in rural Delaware valley 18:52 Indian food for lunch care of the ivy. Dinner too. Just got my ivy expense visa. Yes! 20:07 Long day over, quiche maybe for dinner? Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:47 Enjoying my laptop until I am without power today-no water! Well water, replacing the transformer on property and all. 16:21 I love my job. 21:10 I am thankful for having come up in a family rich in traditions. What are yours? 22:31 Why is fools rush in the best romcom ever? Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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00:22 Why is it so damn hot in my house!?!?!?? 05:37 I think I can I think I can I think I can 07:22 Work! Hooray! Gosh the sun on the lake was beautiful today. 07:22 Aa 07:23 Beautiful morning. 19:43 Any Jews in jersey have a place for me to worship kol nidre and neilah? Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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09:16 Last day of my weekend, spending it in Allentown. 13:19 I love some michael berkowitz! 15:09 Is almost. 17:15 Draft complete! 19:15 I make people want to read 10th century japanese writers 22:52 Has one piece of advice for her fellow young people: good old fashioned handwritten thank you notes. With stamp, zip code, whole 9 yards. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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09:36 Apple geniuses are hot. New iPhone! 10:04 ˙ʇsod ɹǝʇʇıʍʇ uʍop ǝpısdn ʎɯ sı sıɥʇ 11:08 @drhorrible <3 the album, hooray! Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is #2 album on iTunes. 13:30 Spent $300 at REI online. Sleeping bag, pad, tent, harness, 'biner, ATC. I am pretty darn excited about these things. 15:47 I love that the pillow book of Sei Shonagon is equally relevant to today's readers. 1000 year old chick lit. 22:21 looking for a date near Blairstown, damnit! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

How many blueberries?

I survived my first foray into canning as an adult a few weeks ago. My co-worker/friend Christine and I, along with fellow co-worker Nancy, all picked wild blueberries in some harrowing mosquitoes off of the Appalachian Trail. I also canned some Shiro plums (read: the very pretty bright-yellow Japanese variety) with lemon. More pectin as thickener next time, but overall it was a very pleasing experience. We picked for 4.5 hours, yielding 18 jars of what I am calling "Wild Organic Free-Range Blueberry Jam" from the hills of the Delaware River Valley. Truly a feat considering how tiny the wild berries were, I think. I also deemed it was time this month to invest in a new climbing harness, a tent, sleeping bag, and pad of my own. I paid all of this month's bills already, and October will be lean for me to save up for my Association for Experiential Education conference in the beginning of November, which will be around $750, we think.

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23:55 Duchovny's hank is a character that grows on ya. It's the dirty jokes. 00:09 Duchovny's character is a little gay, too. 00:39 I really love Californication. A lot. There's a lot of Apple love there. I am a fan fan fan. 00:59 I love the company by myself in Twins. 01:24 in my cleaning, messing up my sleep schedule 02:06 The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets. Rupert Brooke 02:42 Wants some Berger cinnamon twists and is missing her home of the past four years. 03:09 Goodnight world 18:56 Boo! Without me there are no true business dinners! 18:58 @baltimoreGal don't go ruining the upperclassmen entertainment by telling frosh not to wear miniskirts! 18:59 About to spend $250 at REI outlet online. Tent, harness, ATC, 'biner, sleeping bag and pad. 19:07 I took public transit 19:08 Yo ask mom she knows 19:11 Why is my twin @emiwenis twittering about IUD's to me? Matters of the crotch are not public convos. 19:13 @emiwenis wanted to marry horse as a child. 19:15 @emiwenis more where that come from sister 20:39 I bet everyone loves watching the twin-sparks fly between us, sister-mine @EmiWenis . Thanks for the AAA membership facilitation! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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11:45 It's now officially my weekend! 13:45 Got my first Outdoor Action Princeton shirt for the upcoming program. 17:06 Renting a movie to clean to tonight. 19:47 Fools gold and cleaning, wish you were here. 22:48 Californication is a strange strange life-meets-art. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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15:09 Six swamped canoes later...I love my all-male group of HS seniors. It's good to be a woman 15:14 I can has long weekend please? 19:34 Taking a friend to the train station! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:18 I spent all day at the Great Allentown Fair yesterday, and my iPhone had a run-in with my sunscreen. 06:19 My iphone is supple and protected from UV rays, but the sound is not working. This is very bad in a phone. 08:31 Phone is doing okay, has sound, now I realized my keyring for work is not on my keys. Bummer. 09:23 is irresponsible with physical things. People, great. Things, not so good. 20:30 The iPhone has a crack, o noes! Will be okay. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

Whoops.

Two more days in the rice, the speaker eaked out a little sound this morning. Headed off to work from the Miners.

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05:17 Spent the night at the miners house, back to blairstown this am. 12:06 Off to the great Allentown fair! 13:08 twitpic.com/9bhf 13:10 I love automated car washes. twitpic.com/9bhn Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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07:47 Different shoes are making tolerable the bruise. 10:49 I love free shirts. 13:50 Staff end-of-season banquet time! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:15 Snores all night long when she sleeps out, likely. Breatheright strips maybe? 06:26 Sunrise in the forest, waking kids up in 5. 17:13 Long day at work, lovely day to sleep in my own bed. Can't wait to shower. 18:21 Stepped on a rock and brised her foot badly. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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01:37 Awake- what I get for going to bed at nine. 02:01 Slicing a sugar baby melon in my insomnia 02:41 Still aesir boo! 08:13 Gardening this morning, good luck little tomatoes! 17:51 Ghleer 21:48 Gets surprisingly good reception at lakeside campsite. Wanted-BF who likes a girl who smells like campfire. 21:54 @joeybenavides I am camping about 200 paces from my house on a lake c/o a new jersey ivy. I'm at work right now. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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07:16 thinks that she is worth it. If you can't make the time, somebody else will. 19:14 Fiber 19:15 Lost $25 I owe someone this morning mAybe in my laundry? 22:31 Found the twenty five bucks, thinking about life, love & the cosmos. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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20:20 Wow, Undercover Blues is the best film ever, every time. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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09:22 Going wild blueberry picking today then making one batch of shinro plum preserves and one of blueberry. I smell like tomatoplants ^_^. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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07:31 Fall comes early in the delaware river valley. Brrrr! 20:50 Gardened, making plum preserves this weekend. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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14:38 ZOMG my twin has a boyfriend! 14:40 Someone tell me why the $400 I used to pay bills yesterday is still in my account? Also check my twitter bg. Rocks. 14:44 mid-day break, when I finish tonight I will write papers. Long story. 20:28 Making' me sad, Love Actually. 22:33 I build great campfires. Please let me not find trash tomorrow at the campfire circle. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:34 Even now, at 22, my mother still makes the best care packages ever. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:51 Slept 14 hours. 08:29 Breakfast on the lake, lemon curd. I love my job. 12:23 Doesn't even feel like today is a work day. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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09:32 Facilitating with a disabled teen today, should be a learning experience. 17:02 I really have to work on my clarity in facilitation. 20:12 Oh boy those Newark kids really loved that campfire. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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20:06 Wall-e yes again! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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16:11 Is done with meetings for the day, huzzah! 16:59 Loathed microsoft exchange 20:20 Project pride presented at pbc tonight. It was really great. Work tomorrow, I love working support. 21:07 Yay Lego star wars! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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23:37 Lots of hiking, sleeping at my cousin's aunts' house 17:57 PPo means more freedom, hmos manage you 19:42 Such a busy weekend! Making baba ghanoush at faux dams. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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00:26 I earned this birch beer! 00:28 Picked up my co from the girl scout camp last year, so good! 06:32 Awake awake awake. Hanging out with my siberian friend today then Aunt Jan, Uncle Rick, cousin Annie later. twitpic.com/7bwa 14:08 Rain let up- hike! 15:19 At Catfish Tower on the Appalachian Trail twitpic.com/7d4t 15:25 Blueberries! 15:51 twitpic.com/7d7m Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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12:33 Black bears seem never as much like naughty labradors as they do when digging through the garbage. 16:31 Wanted: boy friend under whom I can tuck my frigid toes 18:22 Putting together my outdoor first aid kit. That is repacking the one I bought. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

The moment

The moment you suggest your product/lifestyle/service is hip and contemporary, it is neither. New article on hipster culture in AdBusters. Hiked seven miles yesterday, getting friends tonight at the train station, tomorrow more outdoor sport with my friend Angie. Doing great at the new job, feeling great about ending out a tough tough week. Today I'm just trying to get a ton of cleaning and neatening up done because I'm getting some roomies come the mid-month, all the women staff members will be moving into the other half of my house, so the bathroom and kitchen areas need to be spotless and ready for company. I'm excited to have some company, but I do love having my own side of the lake. I can't believe how hard it is for me to find some company here in Blairstown, New Jersey. Most guys aren't my age, and I'd love to get into the city a lot more, meet more people. I miss my blogging a lot, my art a lot. My professors, my school. It's strange to be out here alone on this big blue ball.

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09:52 I love sleeping thirteen hours straight. 10:03 I am off through Tuesday! Hooray! 18:09 Hiked seven miles with Afton and Nancy and ate wild blueberries all the while. I <3 the Delaware Water Gap. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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20:16 Has gotta stop jumping in lakes so long as fall is in the air. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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05:58 Setting up the climbing wall nice and early. 20:37 Because this group has permissive chaperones the past three days have been escalating nightmares. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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06:10 Driving home from Allentown 20:01 Long ass day. First time facilitating without a co. Harder than I thought. Home sweet home in twins . Happy as a clam. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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13:07 Wow today is Sunday already!?!?!?!! 19:26 Heading out soon. I hate saying goodbyes, even for a bit. 21:32 Fireworks off pa 30 east hmmmm. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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15:15 FInally saw the new x-files film. Ban shipper scenes ftw, chris carter. 15:16 Bad 'shipper scenes that is. 17:01 Is disappointed by the lack of good cases at the apple store. I need another solution! 17:03 @emiwenis they are also lame and have no belt clip 19:21 Licor 43 and He'brew will make tonight a good one. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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23:27 Lost her phone somewhere over the 274+ acres at work, which is fine 'cause she's getting her iPhone in the AM 11:11 iPhone hooray! 16 gigs of well-designed joy! 14:20 I heart my phone saber. 17:55 I hate you 30 west! 19:51 I love you hampden and Asian taste! Hooray Baltimore! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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10:44 angry at my body and thinking about getting some tix to the Baltimore Improv Fest, thanks @BaltimoreMD 10:49 working on the EcoFrisbeeGolf course: Water set. 10:53 I love seeing some gang tags on water bottles in the morning. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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21:26 Bloods crips and kings are by far the hardest part in working with inner-city youth. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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15:01 Quake centered in pomona california five something. You okay @emiwenis ? Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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13:19 Congrats to miss @christinericks on finding a full time job at MICA. Hooray benefits! 15:01 Quake centered in pomona california five something. You okay @emiwenis ? Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

I caved.

I laid down $300 for a 16 gig iPhone today at AT&T in Allentown, and I'm excited for the prospect of actually getting service at my house. My current case preference is a Treadz case by iFrogz, and I'll be getting a new pair of headphones next week, something rugged, to go with it. I'm several thousand in the hole, what's a few hundred, it seems? As I work longer at Princeton, I'm looking forward to paying off the credit card bill with whatever remains after monthly expenses are calculated, it should take me a year and a half, then it's saving and paying off the car early from there.

What is....

Are there any mensches out there who know the yiddish word for a "pack rat" or someone who always has lots of bags full of schach (stuff)?

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16:46 @baltimoregal ravenous squirrel was for artscape oh seven sorry! 22:22 Spent all day picking up trash on the delaware river and scoping out hot guys; did good job picking up trash. BTI 2nite. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

Finally took photos of my new home!

I hope you enjoy this slideshow that I made of my new place of work and employment. Ta-dumm! I told y'all I'd do it!

Apparently, I Blogged too soon

Two nights ago, a juvenille black bear who lives in the Delaware Water Gap area hit the car I was riding in. I have no explaination for this, and I must admit that I have a hard time working it out in my head myself, but that bear ran right into Afton's passenger door, and upon leaving the Blairstown Inn, our favorite drinking hole with A-Treat birch beer on tap, we saw the true extent of the damage. There was no mailbox nor trash can. It was a bear. Today I am actually taking photos of the place where I live, hooray! Especially my garden, which grows quite well these days. I'm spending all day in ipod land and cleaning and organizing. Best three days off ever. Except for that bear thing.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

I've been to several parties hosted at the Monster House done in Mad Scientist theme, which is home to my friend Jonathan, his adorable dog, and several roomies. So run, don't walk, folks, to this miniseries web-vent, which you now have some great trivia for, the thing was shot in a house in Encino, CA, that I've been to.

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08:54 Note to self- closest jersey transit station is mount arlington station. 15:03 Back from new york city heading home for the afternoon 15:11 Went to the metropolitan museum of art and saw the superhero show. It was great if slightly vapid. 15:38 Why do i not have a date this weekend? 17:42 @baltimoregal word thanks for the heads up! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

I have yet to be eaten by a bear.

Even in the center of the western world, New York City, I find a little bit of heaven barefoot in the grass in Central Park, chomping on a Snow Cone. As I relaxed on July 4th, Independence Day, with my faux-family in Allentown, PA, I came to the realization that I long passed my own "independence day." And yet, somehow, I am still not entirely dependent. I find myself relying on others now more than ever, now that I am part of the Real World. This morning I woke up thinking I was driving someone just 45 minutes away to a NJ Transit stop in Dover. Shortly thereafter I found myself in Newark on a train to New York City, without earphones, wireless card, or cellular phone. I'm heading back out on the subway to Penn Station just as soon as I can remember how to get there and rest my toes. I spent $4 on the ticket to NY, $2 on the subway, and $5 on the Met (don't go to see the Tara Donavan piece, it's unimpressive at best, and if there were more air currents in the room it might be a little more lively.) Artscape is going on in Baltimore, and here I am, miles away and a world apart from all I know and love, and I'm doing just fine okay at that. ...And now, just hours later, I'm back on the porch of my cabin, Twins, enjoying a hazy late afternoon and watching the young phoebe's that nested atop my porch light hawk and hover in pursuit of some unlucky flies and such. Drinking white birch beer and enjoying the midsummer breeze, I've got to say that New Jersey, thus far, has become quite good to me.

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00:05 Canoe expedition tomorrow two nights three days! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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21:04 Cliffs dairy maid then home. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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19:32 Lost in reading whoops! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

This is a very serious post.

Bears dancing in the woods from David Cho on Vimeo. via ZoomDoggle.

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09:22 Got stung by bees on my neck yesterday, survived the PUPP kids who are amazing and intelligent, quick and bright. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

Neighborhood News

So this week I've seen speckled and spotted salamander, also a rabid raccoon and my first bear, dozing in a tree. This morning one of my co's Nancy spotted a bear in the tree by the dining hall, about 200 feet away, which we soon realized was a mama and two adorable monkeyesque cubs, wreaking havoc on this poor tree! It was lovely! And that's the latest news on this end!

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02:56 Going up to princeton this morning! 10:23 Wow, two more hours of human resources to go through in princeton. 11:27 Done, getting my parking permit and tiger card then doing lunch with the princeton office. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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Things I would like to buy:

New climbing harness (and lots of other gear) using my pro-deals. Since I'm now an outdoor professional! Yes! New headphones, retro-style. Slipcovers for my couch and love seat. Leopard & a bigger hard drive from my friend.

I don't have a title for this.

Whew. Let me tell you, it's already been a busy weekend, and it's only Sunday. Friday night I had Shabbat dinner in Allentown, PA, and I hit the home & garden center and Target for more athletic wicking bras and tops and plants for our newly-delegated garden. All said and done I spend a little over $200, most of it on the C9 Champion gear from Target, but I got some very nice racer-backed tops which will serve me well over the course of the summers and at the climbing gym. I even got a blue one, a color I don't wear often and I'm not sure why because it brings out my eyes. Also, I got a small hydration daypack which is big enough for a rain layer, a sweater, and a couple field guides, as well as 2 litres of water, which is way better than my old jansport bookbag that got me through four years of high school. One of my co-workers and I decided to pool our respective lands and garden together. We have asian hot peppers, roma tomatoes, early girl tomatoes, cukes, watermelons, canteloupes, beans, and more in the ground. Her dad came up and tilled the soil, and I gardened barefoot, the soft earth between my toes and bringing back memories of working the garden with my mom when I was a kid. Christine and I were ambitious, we packed it in tight and I do hope that it proves slightly successful before the end of the growing season, as it is somewhat late to be planting. Tomorrow I'm heading up quite early to Princeton's campus to do the Human Resources thing. I'm also dropping off a ton of CPR and AED training supplies at our 350 Building, which houses also Outdoor Action, the outdoor club at Princeton. I've never seen an Ivy league school, so I'm pretty excited about that, even as I'm happy to NOT have had that experience for my four years of undergrad. Looks like a friend or two will be coming up to visit me in the next month. I've got to file two time off requests, one for a long weekend, one so I can do the doctor-dentist thing here in NJ. I also have another day off on my way because I'm missing the one everyone else gets tomorrow. Each month I get two paid vacation days, and I think two paid sick days? I'm also signing up for insurance tomorrow, which is exciting. I've never had my own insurance before. Photos as soon as I can, really. Oh! Also, I saw a rabid raccoon and a real live black bear before I got my t-shirt and frisbee at the completion of staff training (I hate frisbee cause I'm bad at it, but I'm getting better). It was a fitting end! Today I'm cleaning up my house before driving to Allentown.

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00:07 Saw a napping black bear in a tree today and a rabid racoon covered in flies and approaching people in the middle of the day. Shabbos di ... 00:44 Got awakened by copious fire trucks off of tilghman. Back to bed. 04:53 Gardening tomorrow then sunday night in allentown before doing the princeton hr thing on monday. 07:49 Laundry in progress need a couple more sports bras for camp from target then plants and heading back to blairstown to garden with christine. 08:05 Also i want to get an iced tea maker. I have so much tea! 16:26 Planted a garden full of veg today! Yes! 18:16 Feeling like i miss colorado a whole lot right now. I'd Really like to see a wild grizzly bear. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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What the heck!?

Why didn't anyone text message me to tell me George Carlin died!?! I am disowning all of you as friends. This news has me visibly saddened.

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22:11 Got a mezuza as a housewarming gift from my parents as well as a new chai necklace. i'm blessed to have the parents i do. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

Hello from the porch of the main lodge!

Gosh, I missed 'blogging! Those who have tried to reach me will understand that I have very crappy reception here, and internet doesn't go all the way to my front porch so I am largely disconnected. Still, I'll try and update you all on my new job. Of course, this 'blog is not just for you all, it's my own catalog of daily life for my future self, and it's primarily that reason that makes me realize how important it is to keep blogging. Today I hope to take a bunch of photos of where I live for you all, as well as of the new car (and plates!). Oddly enough, I didn't get a registration sticker for my plates at the MVA in Newton yesterday, so here's hoping I don't get pulled over anytime soon. Also on the agenda for today is figuring out whether or not I can swim 550 yards in the lake in an unspecified amount of time. It's actually cool and humid out, so not the best day for getting in the lake, but I'd rather not waste time tomorrow that could otherwise be spent on the ropes course learning high elements if I can't do the qualifying swim. Also, my hair is in my eyeballs, and I am signing up for insurance next Monday.

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12:00 Got my title and car registered with new jersey wildlife plates In newton. 12:38 I feel so disconnected from the world. 12:40 If you think your walmart is nutty on the weekends, you should try mine here in newton north new jersey. 12:42 Hitting Panera for lunch and internet! 14:23 Thinks everyone should come visit her in the country. I've got beds galore. Camp magpie! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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12:26 Hey i'm coming down to baltimore tonight should be there around ten. What will you be up to? 19:48 Now i recall why everyone hates kmart. On my way from allentown after a stop at the miner house. 21:19 Call ya when i get in should be in two point five hours. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

It's crazy, like training schedules always are, but it;s beautiful here, I have a cabin to myself and it's massive, the shower sucks and of course there is not as much down time as in other jobs, but hopefully this evens out with the fall's schedule. I'm sitting in a pavilion being sneaked up upon by a vast quantity of geese, and also I am going to learn to bear-bag, FINALLY. I'm missing a few comforts of home but not a lot, and I'm eager to strike a balance where I am happy healthy and well-rested. Tonight is the last night in my new home for the next four nights, I am super excited to be able to sleep in my own bed again when that is all over. Downloading the interwebs via google reader for its consumption in-cabin.

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08:36 Packing on up, heading out in the next hour. 12:01 Speeding to sonic in ephrata then allentown then blairstown! 19:23 Made it to blairstown! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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10:53 Goal is to be out of here by late tonight to avoid the need to use air cond the whole way up to allentown for the pm. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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03:02 I has a car! 14:48 I can has nap now? 15:06 Last adderall script till i find a doc in new jersey. I've got to get some rest now though. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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00:51 Laundry and packing not sure when i'll be back down tomorrow from getting the new car. 01:17 Is trying to be in bed by 3ish. 05:08 Back from new jersey with a license! Hooray! 05:09 Freaking useless got hardly anything done i'm going to bed tomorrow i've got to move as much as possible but who knows what will get done? Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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14:03 Shit i have to go to jersey today! 17:12 If there is a god i will be able to get my new jersey license. Please pray that my proof of insurance counts as my part 3 identification ... Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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09:45 @lifeofreilly you know how it is, what with copious amounts of blood and all that good stuff. 09:46 buying presents for myself and others on threadless during the sale. Today I will be packing, two immense piles: car vs storage. 11:14 @baltimoreMD we still need more flexcars in the city though. 13:24 Getting hollered at on penn ave. 20:34 Hooray new LEGO indiana jones game! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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13:03 Nap then doc then homework. 15:43 @christinericks as long as it doesn't interfere with seeing indy later. 17:56 I went from having two obligations on my social calendar tonight to nothing. 20:51 My crotch is a battlefield. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

Yo!

Props to Dani for getting plugged on design*sponge for her helvetica poster! I've got less than a week left here in Baltimore, I'm planning to head up in a day or two to get a PA or NJ license, pick up the new car, and all that good stuff. NJ may be easiest but I have no proof of residency anyplace other than california, which is somewhat annoying. Also annoying is getting insurance squared away, which I certainly want for picking my car up. If you want to see me before I go, please let me know your preferred activity and visit in the next day or two. I am leaving on Saturday, sleeping in Allentown, and will be at camp Sunday morning. For the first week, through June 14th, I'll be spending a lot lot lot of time outdoors and won't have cell and internet access. I assure you, I won't be dead. To shoot me PHYSICAL mail, please post to: My Name c/o PBC 158 Millbrook Rd. Blairstown, New Jersey 07825 Telephone messages may be left at (908) 362-6765 This address is good through the fall for me since I will be around all summer. I am expecting amazing care packages.

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00:14 R kelly trapped in the closet with the guys, tons of birch beer of light and dark varieties. Sweet tea too. life is sweet. 11:46 Motrin here i come. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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23:17 @lifeofreilly tell marc i send my love! 00:37 Not sure if the lithuanian dance hall is my scene but i'm happy to be among friends. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

Hooray!

I picked a car yesterday! It's a white Toyota Matrix, and is in Allentown, PA now, where I'm using the Miners household as a permanent address. I have to go up sometime next week to get my PA license so I can get the car titled at the dealership. "The PBC encourages visits by friends and family of staff members. Visitors' access to Center facilities will be determined by the needs of the program(s) at the Center at that time. All such visits must be approved by the Program Coordinator(s) or his/her designee. Visitors must check in at the Main Office in Egner Lodge. S/he will be issued a visitor’s badge to be worn conspicuously while on Center property." That means you all! I'm moving in a week! Also, I went to Sonic, and it was everything I ever dreamed it would be. Really.

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12:26 Looked at two cars today, bunch more to go. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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01:41 I love the lucasarts LEGO games and i'm not ashamed to admit it. Back to bed before i miss my midterm in the morning! 07:28 Freaking chilly out this morning! Big plans to go out dancing tonight at sonar. Who's in? 08:13 @christinericks want some soup later? 08:42 @emiwenis i'm super jealous of my twin sister who's heading up to geology field camp via some of the most beautiful parts of the us from ... 10:42 Sunscreen in my eyeballs. 11:19 Oh wait, dancing is tomorrow night. 12:16 One more week in baltimore! 13:53 Anyone want to go on a car test driving adventure? In allentown pa? 15:06 Road trip to allentown! 17:14 Road trip to sonic! 21:37 Bought a garmin but not a car. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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23:17 Goodnight moon. 06:46 Weird dreams all of the time 08:46 I'm up :( boo 09:04 This is the only class at MICA that i have consistently gone to looking like i'm wearing peelays. That's as casual as art school gets. 18:56 Studying for mid-term. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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11:27 Dead mice on counters gross me out. 11:45 Where you going in pg, @RENEEpie 11:50 @RENEEpie good luck with that! Check out commuter connections, too. 12:34 Livin my life like it's golden. 12:38 I ate a mango popsicle and now my lips are numb. 15:42 Kia rio 5 door! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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10:39 I kept getting woken up before i went down a 13 story slide in my dream! How frustrating! 13:50 Auto loans suck. At least i have a job that pays room and board. Still not fun. honda element and toyota matrix are front-runners. 18:46 Writing a paper and perhaps making vegetable dumplings slash gyoza. 18:48 Can't wait to go to my department tomorrow morning and tell them i am hired! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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00:09 I am more than okay at the tavern 01:11 H20 and sleepytime stat. 09:37 Sushi for breakfast! 11:00 This is all your fault, mt. Royal tavern! 13:09 I want pasta from pizza hut. Also, i feel much better now. 16:07 Heading to the walter's in chase's car. 18:07 @ReneePie please tell me there are pictures! 20:33 Date date date if i don't twitter by midnight then send out a search party! 21:56 Home in bed, called my date over early since i felt sick. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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12:40 Caught up on sleep! Finally! Now for homework and packing! 12:41 I wish i had some more stoop or moth or this american life stories to listen to 15:01 Getting on my bike! 15:02 Hitting the bakery outlet and superfresh. 15:52 Downtown superfresh smells like cookies! 16:29 Sold my bike for 85 bucks. now to save up for a new six hundred dollar one! 21:10 I made sushi! Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

I'm a working girl!

I got the job in Blairstown for Princeton!

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00:53 75 percent done moving. Finishing tomorrow after my 1:30 interview. 11:04 I really want to see the new indy flick, but not as much as i want to play the new LEGO game based on it. 11:24 @anandthakker & @reneepie If you love This American Life, you will also like The Stoop: tinyurl.com/6kulpz (also on podcast) 11:24 And also, @anandthakker has an OKCupid account! 11:48 @ReneePie I believe @anandthakker 's OKCupid profile outed Anand as "Single." 12:10 Oh man i am napping before my interview this afternoon. I wish there was a couch for me to lay on in my apartment. 13:59 Interview then finishing moving! 14:17 IS MOVING TO NEW JERSEY IN TWO WEEKS! 14:35 I got the job in new jersey! 18:04 Celebratory pizza with the fake fam. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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09:14 We just got onions in art history class. Use wisely and for great justice. 10:29 Fourth interview with princeton tomorrow Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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08:01 Class in an hour. I need coffee stat. Just said goodbye to my parents :( i survived four years at MICA! 08:44 Class in 17 minutes. 11:34 Have to go back to bed when i get out of class. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter

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23:12 Roommate is moving loudly in spanish with her family tonight. I am without a laptop at the moment. Interesting. 23:38 Goodnight world, just 12 hours till graduation almost! 02:50 Returning the rental car boo :( 02:59 Oh right reminder to self return films to epfl tomorrow am 05:32 Weird cat lady dream. 06:50 Hooray for graduation day! 09:12 Waiting for princeton hr to call- they should have 12 minutes ago. 13:31 Graduating! 14:49 I mean, they tell me i'll be graduating. There are over 500 people getting degrees today. Also, my prez is adorable in his silk regalia. Posted every 24 hours by LoudTwitter