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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