Lowest on the Totem Pole

I think that even as of a few months ago I felt like I was always apologizing, I was, to draw from some old symbolism of my own, a fetus. Incapable of doing almost anything at work on my lonesome. And you know, even before I was born I still had my built-in partner-in-crime, my twin sister. Today, I realize that there are a lot of things I am able to do as someone who primarily works with our primary service population that my supervisors can't do. There's a lot of change and good I make, and that's one of the reasons I can't for the life of me worry and fret over politicians--I make change at a grassroots-level. That's what I am lucky enough to get to do for a living. I have so much to learn. I mean, my brain isn't even fully-developed, I'm still a teenager in there. Connections are still being forged. And even though I don't help interview summer staff, or write the June training schedule, I still get an awful-lot of self-determination in my position every day. I get to make suggestions, set precidents (like sending things in PDF), and share the knowledge I do have with my colleagues. It's not a whole lot, and I am in awe 99% of the time at the experience, knowledge, and common sense held by my co-workers and supervisors. There are also unique things I bring to my work. Coming from art school, having the ability to sew, having the ability to design publications and format files into portable documents to e-mail. I like that there are some things uniquely mine, and yet so much of what I am experiencing are things that all my colleagues have experienced, too. And they can't just tell me what they learned, because that's not how lessons are best learned. I have to experience these things for myself. Sure, there are growing pains, and times I feel incompetent or out of my element. I also need to have faith that my colleagues wouldn't put me in a place that I would flounder. Oh, also, I have to get in shape and do more backpacking. Totally do-able. I didn't think I could ever swim the 550 but I have that thing nailed (even if my breaststroke form is TERRIBLE). As frustrating as the stubborn streak that runs in my family is, that's the same stubborn streak that helps me accomplish challenging tasks. I might WANT to give up on them sometime. And some days, I do. But I'm a pretty tenacious person. I don't have anything against me like half my kids have against them in the inner-city. Woosah.

No-Fail Fundakowski-Feldman Lemon Bars

My parents recently sent me a whole Priority Mail box of lemons, and prior to my backpacking trip I made a batch (cooked a little longer at a lower temperature for both chewyness and durability and because the power went out in the process). Lemon bars, after all, are a combination of carbohydrates, simple sugars, bright, bold flavors and pure fat--perfect for any cool-weather camping or backpacking expedition! Without further ado, my parents' no-fail recipe: No-Fail Fundakowski-Feldman Lemon Bars makes one jellyroll pan or 9 by 13 pan, makes around 40-50 cookies Crust: 1 Cup (1/2 lb.) butter (or margarine) ½ Cup confectioners sugar (you can go 1/3 c confectioners then remaining sugar in the raw if you like the crunch like me) 2 Cups flour 1 teaspoon salt (optional, my addition) Topping: 2 Cup sugar (or, 1 1/2 C. turbinado sugar, 1/2 C. white sugar if you like the crunch of the big crystals) ¼ Cup flour 4 Eggs 6 Tblsp. Lemon juice (1/3 C. plus 1 T.) Very outer rind of 1 – 2 lemons, micro-planed if you have one, grated if not 1 tsp. Baking powder pinch-dash salt (I go dash, recipe says pinch) Powdered sugar for dusting the top (1/4 c) Coat 9x13 inch baking pan or jelly roll pan with non-stick spray or margarine and preheat oven to 350º F. Assemble crust; cut butter into sugar and flour mixture (or food process for great ease!). Press crust into 9 by 13 inch coated baking pan. Bake at 350º for approximately 20 min. or until barely browning (your nose knows when the crust can come out!). While baking, beat eggs in large mixing bowl; If using raw sugar or turbinado sugar cream in sugar at this time to give it a little more time to incorporate. add all but lemon juice and rind and mix until smooth and creamy. Finally add lemon juice and rind. Pour on top of baked crust and return to 350º F oven for 25 minutes or until top is set. Dust with confectioners sugar and cut into bars when cooled and set. Bite-sized bars work best, no matter what size the bars at Starbucks are. Keep all the chewy edges for yourself, give away the ones that look nice but are inferior in texture. Store in airtight container with wax paper between layers of cookies. These freeze very well.

And now, for singing cake.

See you in 4 days!

Some people may be surprised to hear that I've never been backpacking before. I am in the car heading to High Point, New Jersey for work. I am hoping I can catalogue the trip well enough to relay in a fun and interesting way. I am thinking really hard about starting a facilitation weblog, if only because I would love to do some presentations at AEE regional conferences, and I think it'd be a great way to roll those ideas around the Internet. Part of me wonders if there are any collaborative blogs or groups of experiential educators who write. Getting carsick, gotta stop. Back on Sunday!

Has run out of witty title lines.

I'm eating leftovers from yesterday's lunch, and just got off the phone with a guy who I'm a big fan of, a vegetarian and veterinarian's son, basically me with a penis. He did a semester in NOLS during college and was an environmental studies major. He's Jewish. I like those things about him. What I don't like is that he lives in Connecticut, and that is not very close to my corner of New Jersey. It's a great distraction though, and makes me want to clean my house, so those things are great. I am currently studying from some books to work on my packing skills. I spent my weekend being told that my torso is too short, and packing and re-packing a pack that doesn't fit me that well. Their contents are sprawled all over my house, and I pack- and re-pack and read and re-read the passages that are recommended. Oh, and I don't "get" business casual. Can anyone help me figure these things out? Why are leggings under a skirt a no-go? Do I have to wear hose? How do other young professionals find the clothes that not only imply their professionalism but also still feel comfortable, like clothes you belong in? More specifically, WHERE do you get this clothing?

One thing after another. NYC is a no-go.

Tag on the side of BofA building near Newark Penn Station via Tom White's post on photography lot. So, yesterday I was supposed to go into NYC with my supervisor and three of my co-workers to present a demo session of our in-school experiential programming to students at a middle school in uptown Manhattan. We left Blairstown, New Jersey at about 8, plenty of time to make it to Burnet Street School in Newark by 10 AM. We roll up to Burnet at about 9:30, traffic was a breeze up 80 and Dinah, my supervisor, joins Christine and I after a couple minutes in the Astrovan (work vehicle). This is a burgundy Chevy Astro Van named Carmine. So who is Carmine? The Astrovan! Perfect! Dinah lets C & I know that Andrea, one of our co's, started up from Camden to Newark and didn't feel well so she went back home, so Christine would be delivering the demo with Stephanie. I'm driving since it's early and I'm a morning person, and Christine and Dinah are just shooting the breeze regarding a Monday training at the rock climbing wall with our community-based facilitators and some full-value contracts they were working on. I'm applying my makeup sitting in front of Burnet waiting for Stephanie to arrive. At about 9:45 we get a phone call from Stephanie, who is stranded with a flat tire in Elizabeth, NJ, about 10 minutes away. We're running early, so we head off to meet Steph and see if we can't offer some assistance. We get out of the Astrovan right next to Stephanie's Saab 90S and she doesn't have the jack for her car. Our Astrovan's jack is too big and won't even fit under the jack point. I get on the horn with AAA, we're still running early so we could make it to the school in Manhattan by 12 noon. While AAA is on it's way, the guy from across the street where there's an Airpark Valet Parking service (we're very close to NWK international airport) who drives up and he's got a jack and a pneumatic drill so he changes her spare tire like that! Stephanie's daughter arrives and since the tire's changed she gets ready to go when...I turn the key in the ignition and Carmine does...nothing. So, Stephanie's daughter pulls out the jumper cables and we get a little juice but no-go. By the time AAA gets there Stephanie has parked her car with fresh donut, brought our supplies into the Astrovan, her daughter's left after trying to jump the battery and we're all slack-jawed at my ineffective starting of the car. The guy from AAA hops out and is confused that there's no SAAB with a flat but an Astrovan in need of a jump, and he gets to work, trying to jump it a 2nd time. Keep in mind this whole time my supervisor is just noshing on organic cheese puffs and saying "If we get going in the next 60 seconds...5 minutes...10 minutes, we can still make it!" and laughing and smiling (which definitley helped relieve the stress of the situation!) Now, in the past two weeks I had a similar problem with the other Astrovan not starting after filling her up with gas, and I had to drip charge the battery of our Big White canoe-trailer-towing van after I left her lights on so I am not having the best of luck with the vehicles lately. I can only think that Dave is going to kill me. He gets nothing, Carmine, she's dead as a doorknob. So, we put everything into Steph's car (which has a donut on it) and I call AAA for the second time (I only get 4 calls a year, thanks Dad!) about the AstroVan, which will need to be towed. Clearly, we were not meant to go into NYC. I stay with Carmine as we get towed to a service station. Dinah, Christine, and Stephanie follow in her Saab. In those three miles, the Saab starts smoking. Stephanie pops the hood and her radiator hose is completely busted. George at the service station takes in our fallen Carmine and lends Stephanie a roll of electrical tape so she can make it back from Elizabeth to Newark and then to Stephanie's house in Highland Park. We go out for some amazing Spanish food outside the Ironbound, and Dinah drops us off at the Rockaway Mall where Afton comes and rescues us, taking us home. We arrive back in Blairstown, sans Carmine, at about 4:45, check in with our supervisor Heather, and peace out of the office, exhausted despite having done no actual work all day sans some driving.

Valentine's Day

I was going to go on a date Sunday, then came to my senses regarding driving down to Baltimore after a date in NYC and Josh and I met up Saturday night (after I picked up new hiking boots at Campmor in Paramus), we went to a bomb Vegetarian restaurant in Greenwich Village called Gobo, then we hit Smalls, which is a live little hole-in-the-wall jazz club for a really lovely set. I had a really amazing time and am looking forward to seeing this guy again soon sometime! Other than dating, I've been swimming my 550 in preparation for the summer and also I am breaking in my new hiking boots and practicing carrying around a backpack full of stuff for the work expedition that's in a couple of weeks. Did I mention I hate swimming and can't wait until it's over and done with, my lifeguard cert? I was also blessed enough to go work in Trenton this week, and I was so excited to see them! Yesterday one of the children who came up to PBC with the Donelly Initiative and was in my group for a week earned his shirt at Foundation Academy, meaning that he proved himself to be a part of the school community. This is a student who often finds himself in a yellow shirt and on the bench, who thinks he knows all the answers, but I cannot help but love him, he's so smart and clever and vibrant. It made my week to see Frederick wearing a Foundation Academy shirt.

Dates and Dar

I have a lot of great people in my life, and I am thankful for those people. However, so many of my friends from school are starting to, or have already moved on. And here I am, getting ready to take one last class, waiting with baited breath on pending student loan applications. As I sit and type this, off to the southeast cotton-candy pink clouds reflect the sunrise across the field behind my home. I am starting to meet more and more people, and that's a great thing. Though the first date is an ever-vexing event, games of Scrabble and sharing the planetarium of stars outside my house break the ice fairly easily. Still, I wonder what you all are up to. Working at Urban Outfitters? The Apple store? Getting ready to move to the big, bad city? Will things always feel this way? I have a 10-year plan, but G-d doesn't give a damn for the best laid plans, much less those of mine. Also, if you like folk music, you probably already know Dar Williams. I didn't. Check her on Pandora, you might be surprised.

As much as I love my job...

I adore being a facilitator. There's always room for improvement as a person and employee, I'm with a lot of people who give feedback that is consistently coming from a caring and thoughtful place and given with love, and I can concentrate on the differences I make in the lives of young people instead of the horrors going on in the world. And then here is a big AND (because when you say "but" you are negating what you just said). And despite all those great things, I am dreading going to work a little this morning. I know I'm getting a Memo of Concern on finishing my degree, which just sounds terrifying. Though I was told last week that I am qualified for my job, I still am always worried that I'm about to be sacked. The recent hardship is that I need another Art History class to finish my degree at MICA, and with another one of my co-workers starting grad school, this is not what my employer needed from me; Unlike C's classes, that MICA class is not in the evening or on a weekend, it's smack in the middle of the day and amounts to 12 hours a week just commuting and sitting in Bunting, much less homework or field trips. So, as I prepare to brave the snowy world outside my door, I am sharing my resolution with you all: I resolve to be like the farmer in my understanding of Karma, that I will create good Karma for being thankful for whatever happens to me, as that is the only thing that could have happened in that space and time. And I know that I need to get my degree, and that PBC wants me to do that but, flatteringly, still needs me. Now you all know what that Damn. image was about last month. I made a mistake on my degree plan, I need an art history class, but I am still happy and healthy at my current job, where I intend to be for the next few years.

Video of a house moose.

You tell me this isn't the most amazing thing you've seen. I have so many technical questions about how they keep the moose from tracking in mud...where does he go to the bathroom? How does he get on with the household pets?

My old iPhone wood look even better on your nightstand.

Holy white iPhone for sale on CL! http://tinyurl.com/77zya5 E-mail to bid (or just to be entertained and vote Best of CL) ♥ L. Also, since you watch my blog or are my friend or a friend of a friend I will even mail the thing to you because I'm sweet like that. (Yes, I will make a real post since my ambiguous Damn. post but I'm still working on smithing it just right.)

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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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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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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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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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