deery-lou.
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MEOW! This just in...Catwoman is on the prowl in New York City. Check out the link below.
Just where will I end up next is anyone's guess.
stay gold & be well
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Sunday, June 06, 2010
7 deadly sins
deery-lou.
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may 2010's photo theme is now ready for viewing.
check it out: 20 graffiti, 30 days
if you haven't checked out the other themes from 2010 be sure to do so.
april 2010: 20 pink, 30 days
march 2010: 20 religious buildings, 30 days
february 2010: 20 things that go together, 30 days
january 2010: 20 numbers, 30 days
if you're interested in joining the photo group, let me know. just where will i end up next is anyone's guess.
stay gold & be well…
the photo theme for may 2010 is now online for your viewing pleasure
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may 2010's photo theme is now ready for viewing.
check it out: 20 graffiti, 30 days
if you haven't checked out the other themes from 2010 be sure to do so.
april 2010: 20 pink, 30 days
march 2010: 20 religious buildings, 30 days
february 2010: 20 things that go together, 30 days
january 2010: 20 numbers, 30 days
if you're interested in joining the photo group, let me know. just where will i end up next is anyone's guess.
stay gold & be well…
the photo theme for may 2010 is now online for your viewing pleasure
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
reach for the stars
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i so want a strawberry golden oreo blizzard. all i have to do now is figure out where the closest dq is. road trip anyone! just where will i end up next is anyone's guess.
stay gold & be well
Sunday, May 30, 2010
come a little bit closer
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so far it's been an absolutely gorgeous weekend here in the bay area. the sun is out in full force and i even busted out the shorts. i had a late lunch with d&j on saturday at ppq in the sunset. this time around i went with the papaya salad and a lemon soda. so delicious. after lunch, we took a walk along the beach. i've never seen ocean beach so crowded. lots of eye candy to enjoy. today, i met up with butterbean to have brunch at ella's. i had never been there before and was quite impressed. i debated between buttermilk pancakes and chicken hash & eggs with toast. i opted for the chicken hash which was a good choice. it was rather tasty. they had homemade pineapple upside down cake on their menu but i was too full from breakfast that i didn't get any. i should have ordered a piece to go because that's all i can think of now. :) ella's isn't too far from my hood so we decided to enjoy the weather and walk back. we took a slight detour through presido park. nature, sunshine, & good friends. what more could a person ask for. it's been a great weekend so far and i still have one more day. YAY! just where will i end up next is anyone's guess?
stay gold & be well…
Sunday, May 16, 2010
shark
deery-lou.
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miss b & pevil took me out for my birthday adventure part 1. it was a great day spent with two great gals. the day started off with breakfast at brenda's where we had the sampler beignets: chocolate, plain, apples & cinnamon, and crawfish. i'm a big fan of the savory so the crawfish was by far my favorite. as for my actual breakfast, i went with the fried catfish eggs benedict. it was absolutely delicious.
after breakfast, we headed over to amc van ness to check out what movies were playing. we decided on kick-ass. the movie was awesome. definitely not what i expected and thoroughly entertaining. since we had some time to spare before the movie started, we walked down to civic center to check out the asian heritage festival. miss b & pevil sampled some wines and gave me the fancy asian heritage wine glass they had gotten. i took a little taste of the sparkling sake they tried which was pretty good.
we finished off the day with cocktails at toad hall in the castro. mr. d joined us and it was the perfect way to end the day. miss b & pevil informed me that there's one more stop to come in this birthday adventure. they haven't told me where we are going but i'm definitely looking forward to it. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold and be well…
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miss b & pevil took me out for my birthday adventure part 1. it was a great day spent with two great gals. the day started off with breakfast at brenda's where we had the sampler beignets: chocolate, plain, apples & cinnamon, and crawfish. i'm a big fan of the savory so the crawfish was by far my favorite. as for my actual breakfast, i went with the fried catfish eggs benedict. it was absolutely delicious.
after breakfast, we headed over to amc van ness to check out what movies were playing. we decided on kick-ass. the movie was awesome. definitely not what i expected and thoroughly entertaining. since we had some time to spare before the movie started, we walked down to civic center to check out the asian heritage festival. miss b & pevil sampled some wines and gave me the fancy asian heritage wine glass they had gotten. i took a little taste of the sparkling sake they tried which was pretty good.
we finished off the day with cocktails at toad hall in the castro. mr. d joined us and it was the perfect way to end the day. miss b & pevil informed me that there's one more stop to come in this birthday adventure. they haven't told me where we are going but i'm definitely looking forward to it. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold and be well…
Monday, May 10, 2010
satellite minds
deary-lou.
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only in japan…
just where will i end up next is anyone's guess.
stay gold & be well
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only in japan…
just where will i end up next is anyone's guess.stay gold & be well
Monday, May 03, 2010
automatic
deery-lou.
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so much done in the last couple of weeks, so little time to write about them. here's a quick rundown of what my last couple of weekends consisted of: mass consumption of cheese at a birthday gathering, drinks at the eagle, brunch at the ramp, quality creative time, etc.
on a different note, d&j returned from their asian vacation bearing belated birthday gifts for yours truly. there's nothing better than asian treasures. among them was this super cool bunny bag.
the boys know how much i love bunnies and i love my new bag. they also surprised me with a very special birthday present: my very own marble tile with birthday message that's going to be placed on the base of the big buddha statue in thailand. how awesome is that! just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well…
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so much done in the last couple of weeks, so little time to write about them. here's a quick rundown of what my last couple of weekends consisted of: mass consumption of cheese at a birthday gathering, drinks at the eagle, brunch at the ramp, quality creative time, etc.
on a different note, d&j returned from their asian vacation bearing belated birthday gifts for yours truly. there's nothing better than asian treasures. among them was this super cool bunny bag.
the boys know how much i love bunnies and i love my new bag. they also surprised me with a very special birthday present: my very own marble tile with birthday message that's going to be placed on the base of the big buddha statue in thailand. how awesome is that! just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well…
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
too nice to talk to
deery-lou.
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shrinky dinks! need i say more.
just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well…
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shrinky dinks! need i say more.
just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well…
Thursday, April 15, 2010
omegaman
deery-lou.
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on april 10, 2010, i turned 40. yes, 40. i have a hard time believing it, especially since i feel like i'm still in my 30s. a lot of people have asked me how it feels to be 40. honestly, i don't feel any different & turning 40 didn't bother me at all. age is just a number, it's all about how you feel on the inside. i embraced 40 with open arms, just like i did 20 & 30 before it. i personally feel that i look better now than i did a few years ago.
i had an awesome birthday weekend with good friends. on friday night, i had a small gathering of work friends/friend-friends at my new favorite bar/restaurant farmerbrown. i managed to kickback a few bring the beet back cocktails or as we were preferring to it later as turn the beet around. saturday it was off to golden gate park for a picnic with close friends. it was a tad chilly but that didn't damper our festive moods. i also got to catch up with an old friend from high school. i couldn't have planned a better weekend. thanks again for all the birthday wishes & for helping me celebrate my birthday. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well...
Friday, April 09, 2010
hold you down
deery-lou.
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i've been thinking about my mom a lot lately. i can't believe it's been a year since her untimely death. there's not a day that goes by when i don't think of her. thoughts of her always come to mind while i'm riding muni to and from work. there are a lot of things i wish i had shared with her. i'm just thankful for all the wonderful memories i do have which seem to make my days brighter. sometimes at night, while i'm laying in bed i fear that i will forget what her voice sounds like. but then i close my eyes and i can hear it in the distance. the sound of her voice is something that i hope i never forget. memories are a wonderful thing and i'm so glad i have so many photos of her to help me remember them all.
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i've been thinking about my mom a lot lately. i can't believe it's been a year since her untimely death. there's not a day that goes by when i don't think of her. thoughts of her always come to mind while i'm riding muni to and from work. there are a lot of things i wish i had shared with her. i'm just thankful for all the wonderful memories i do have which seem to make my days brighter. sometimes at night, while i'm laying in bed i fear that i will forget what her voice sounds like. but then i close my eyes and i can hear it in the distance. the sound of her voice is something that i hope i never forget. memories are a wonderful thing and i'm so glad i have so many photos of her to help me remember them all.
not too long ago, i had googled my mom's name and came upon a tribute page for her on tributes.com. apparently, someone [i'm not sure who] had submitted her obit and they created this page. i was amazed to see that some people had left comments under the memory book section. it was really great to read what they had to say about my mom. since it's the anniversary of her passing, i thought i'd share this page and encourage those who would like to leave a comment to do so. click here for the page. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well...
Sunday, April 04, 2010
when i die
deery-lou.
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it's a rainy easter weekend here—sigh. i spent my weekend in concord visiting the brockway-huegel clan. luckily, i got to escape most of the rain although it wasn't as warm there as i had hoped. as always, my visit with the brockway-huegels is always good. i had cocktails with scott on friday night & then with heather on saturday night. the rest of the weekend was spent going to an easter egg hunt, shopping with heather, walking the hills, playing with the boys, relaxing [at least trying to], & reading bedtime stories. can't wait until my next visit. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well…
Monday, March 29, 2010
let me in
deery-lou.
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"who's baby are you?" because i can. enjoy.
just where will i end up next is anyone's guess.
stay gold & be well
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"who's baby are you?" because i can. enjoy.
just where will i end up next is anyone's guess.
stay gold & be well
Sunday, March 28, 2010
42
deery-lou.
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yesterday, i spent a very relaxing day in dolores park with pevil & d. it was a gorgeous day. it felt really great to feel the sun beating down on me. however, the morning got off to a rocky start with 2 new students not being able to find their host moms at the airport, but once that crisis was solved i was able to kick back and relax. even though i piled on the spf 30, i still somehow managed to get red. go figure. before heading home, we stopped off for some cocktails at toad hall in the castro. they have an outside patio which is a perfect spot for afternoon drinks. i finished off my evening at misty's. she had an impromptu wine/cheese gathering. it was a pretty awesome saturday if i do say so myself. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well
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yesterday, i spent a very relaxing day in dolores park with pevil & d. it was a gorgeous day. it felt really great to feel the sun beating down on me. however, the morning got off to a rocky start with 2 new students not being able to find their host moms at the airport, but once that crisis was solved i was able to kick back and relax. even though i piled on the spf 30, i still somehow managed to get red. go figure. before heading home, we stopped off for some cocktails at toad hall in the castro. they have an outside patio which is a perfect spot for afternoon drinks. i finished off my evening at misty's. she had an impromptu wine/cheese gathering. it was a pretty awesome saturday if i do say so myself. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well
Sunday, March 21, 2010
mohammed
deery-lou.
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I read this great tribute article this morning about margaret moth, a cnn camerawoman, who died today. She sounded like a true pioneer & an amazing woman. Along with the article, which can be found here, there were two videos from a documentary made about her "fearless: the margaret moth story". She said something in the video that really stuck with me, "I think life's sort of like a game of tennis. You have no choice over how that ball comes to you, but it's how you hit it back that counts." Just where will I end up next is anyone's guess.
stay gold & be well…
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I read this great tribute article this morning about margaret moth, a cnn camerawoman, who died today. She sounded like a true pioneer & an amazing woman. Along with the article, which can be found here, there were two videos from a documentary made about her "fearless: the margaret moth story". She said something in the video that really stuck with me, "I think life's sort of like a game of tennis. You have no choice over how that ball comes to you, but it's how you hit it back that counts." Just where will I end up next is anyone's guess.
stay gold & be well…
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
problems
deery-lou.
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i love pam! i'm almost embarrassed to admit it but i'm very tempted to watch dancing with the stars for the first time because of her. it is pam, afterall…
just where will i end up next is anyone's guess.
stay gold & be well…
Sunday, March 07, 2010
song of the disposessed
deery-lou.
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cookies!!
are awesome
– as seen written on someone's backpack while riding the 38L muni to work
just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well…
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cookies!!
are awesome
– as seen written on someone's backpack while riding the 38L muni to work
just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well…
Saturday, March 06, 2010
alarmed
deery-lou.
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this week flew by. did it even happen? i was quite busy with teaching, doing my ac duties, & taking students out on excursions.
on monday, i took a group of student to the sfmoma who just so happens to be celebrating their 75th anniversary. most of the exhibits were geared to their anniversary, 75 years of looking forward. there were three exhibits: the anniversary show, focus on artists, & the view from here. i think i enjoyed myself more than the students seeing that they were waiting for me to finish. i discovered a lot of new artists as well as rediscovered some familiar ones. with a mixture of paintings, sculptures, photography, etc., there's a bit of everything to get the artistic vibes flowing. some highlights for me included: jackson pollock's male + female; mark rothko's tentacles of memory; david parks' bathers; clyford still's untitled; bruce conner's looking glass; robert rayschen's scanning and untitled [that had an image of jesus]; arshile gorky's tracking down guiltless doves; paul klee's fast getroften; & barry mcgee's picture wall. the list could go on but i don't want to bore you too much. i also apologize in advance if i misspelled any one's name.
i was particular intrigued with nicholas nixon's brown sisters. this is a series of photos capturing the brown sisters, one of whom is his wife, since 1975 . it's quite fascinating to see how people change over time.
there was always a piece in the pop art section that i liked simply because it was of jaclyn smith. yes, i'll always be an angels fan. i forgot to write down the artist's name. it was an image of jaclyn taken from a tabloid that was blew up and the eyes had been cut out. the headline read, "jaclyn smith says..."
yesterday, i took a small group to see alice in wonderland in 3-d. as much as i wanted to love this movie, i felt that it was just ok. my expectations of the 3-d effects were quite high especially after seeing avatar but instead of amazing me they simply left me empty. the story itself wasn't that bad but again being a tim burton film i wanted so much more. it's definitely entertaining but not worth viewing in 3-d. some of the students had a hard time understanding it because of the accents. the best part of the movie was whenever helena bonham carter appeared. she's an amazing actress. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
be well & stay gold
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this week flew by. did it even happen? i was quite busy with teaching, doing my ac duties, & taking students out on excursions.
on monday, i took a group of student to the sfmoma who just so happens to be celebrating their 75th anniversary. most of the exhibits were geared to their anniversary, 75 years of looking forward. there were three exhibits: the anniversary show, focus on artists, & the view from here. i think i enjoyed myself more than the students seeing that they were waiting for me to finish. i discovered a lot of new artists as well as rediscovered some familiar ones. with a mixture of paintings, sculptures, photography, etc., there's a bit of everything to get the artistic vibes flowing. some highlights for me included: jackson pollock's male + female; mark rothko's tentacles of memory; david parks' bathers; clyford still's untitled; bruce conner's looking glass; robert rayschen's scanning and untitled [that had an image of jesus]; arshile gorky's tracking down guiltless doves; paul klee's fast getroften; & barry mcgee's picture wall. the list could go on but i don't want to bore you too much. i also apologize in advance if i misspelled any one's name.
i was particular intrigued with nicholas nixon's brown sisters. this is a series of photos capturing the brown sisters, one of whom is his wife, since 1975 . it's quite fascinating to see how people change over time.
there was always a piece in the pop art section that i liked simply because it was of jaclyn smith. yes, i'll always be an angels fan. i forgot to write down the artist's name. it was an image of jaclyn taken from a tabloid that was blew up and the eyes had been cut out. the headline read, "jaclyn smith says..."yesterday, i took a small group to see alice in wonderland in 3-d. as much as i wanted to love this movie, i felt that it was just ok. my expectations of the 3-d effects were quite high especially after seeing avatar but instead of amazing me they simply left me empty. the story itself wasn't that bad but again being a tim burton film i wanted so much more. it's definitely entertaining but not worth viewing in 3-d. some of the students had a hard time understanding it because of the accents. the best part of the movie was whenever helena bonham carter appeared. she's an amazing actress. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
be well & stay gold
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
shimmer
deery-lou.
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check out this video of kirsten dunst singing the vapors turning japanese. she's so cute!
just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well…
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check out this video of kirsten dunst singing the vapors turning japanese. she's so cute!
just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well…
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
crabtown
deery-lou.
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i went to the shanghai exhibit at the asian art museum on saturday with d&j. the exhibit was pretty good although i wish it was a bit larger. the special exhibits at the aam always seem to leave me wanting more. perhaps that's a good thing. there are a few pieces that stood out to me:
mawangjui, by liu dahong
a corner of the city, by li hua
wandering eyes giving way to wandering thoughts, by wu youru
morning sun rising over the sea, by wu qingyun
plum blossoms under the moon, by tao lengyue [by far my favorite]
and then there was an area rug: rug with crested crane design
i tried to find some photos of the above paintings/rug online but didn't have much luck. two of them [wandering eyes giving way to wandering thoughts & mawangjui] are visible here. if you're in the bay area or are planning a trip be sure to check the exhibit out. it runs until september 5.
when we had finished exploring the museum, we headed over to little saigon for lunch. none of us have eaten in the area before so we just randomly picked a spot. we choose bodega bistro where we had a delicious green papaya salad with beef jerky called nom as an appetizer. let's just say, yum! i couldn't stop eating it. as my entree i had the beef stew pho which was pretty good. there were some mystery beef pieces floating around that kind of scared me but i ate it any way. the flavor of the soup was outstanding. i'd definitely go back.
later that evening i met up with some friends in the castro. we ended up having a sort of pub crawl in the 'stro hitting such spots as moby dicks, bar on church, trigger, & the cafe. things have definitely changed since the last time i've been to some of these spots. the cafe was packed with the ladies. one of them ended up grabbing me for a little bump & grind session. it felt like early college all over again when my friends & i would spend our saturday nights at barbarella's getting down to the 80s. some of the girls and i would do a little dirty dancing back then. fun times! just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well…
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i went to the shanghai exhibit at the asian art museum on saturday with d&j. the exhibit was pretty good although i wish it was a bit larger. the special exhibits at the aam always seem to leave me wanting more. perhaps that's a good thing. there are a few pieces that stood out to me:
mawangjui, by liu dahong
a corner of the city, by li hua
wandering eyes giving way to wandering thoughts, by wu youru
morning sun rising over the sea, by wu qingyun
plum blossoms under the moon, by tao lengyue [by far my favorite]
and then there was an area rug: rug with crested crane design
i tried to find some photos of the above paintings/rug online but didn't have much luck. two of them [wandering eyes giving way to wandering thoughts & mawangjui] are visible here. if you're in the bay area or are planning a trip be sure to check the exhibit out. it runs until september 5.
when we had finished exploring the museum, we headed over to little saigon for lunch. none of us have eaten in the area before so we just randomly picked a spot. we choose bodega bistro where we had a delicious green papaya salad with beef jerky called nom as an appetizer. let's just say, yum! i couldn't stop eating it. as my entree i had the beef stew pho which was pretty good. there were some mystery beef pieces floating around that kind of scared me but i ate it any way. the flavor of the soup was outstanding. i'd definitely go back.
later that evening i met up with some friends in the castro. we ended up having a sort of pub crawl in the 'stro hitting such spots as moby dicks, bar on church, trigger, & the cafe. things have definitely changed since the last time i've been to some of these spots. the cafe was packed with the ladies. one of them ended up grabbing me for a little bump & grind session. it felt like early college all over again when my friends & i would spend our saturday nights at barbarella's getting down to the 80s. some of the girls and i would do a little dirty dancing back then. fun times! just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well…
Saturday, February 20, 2010
fish
deery-lou.
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here's a mini-conversation i had with two students after noticing them standing in the hallway & sensing that they wanted to ask me something but were too shy:
me: can i help you?
[places hand over mouth and starts giggling]
student: is castro dangerous?
me: dangerous? not at all. it is the gay neighborhood, though.
[the girls are still giggling & one of them is hiding behind the door]
me: i used to live in that area and i think it's pretty safe. what are you looking to do there: dinner, a club, meet people?
[the girls are still giggling, mostly due to be embarrassed.]
student: see gays!
me: like at the zoo...
i talked to them a bit longer trying to convince them that it was safe to go there. you knows why they thought it was dangerous. oh, sweet, sweet petals. not sure if they actually went. the one girl is in my class so i'll ask her on monday. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well…
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here's a mini-conversation i had with two students after noticing them standing in the hallway & sensing that they wanted to ask me something but were too shy:
me: can i help you?
[places hand over mouth and starts giggling]
student: is castro dangerous?
me: dangerous? not at all. it is the gay neighborhood, though.
[the girls are still giggling & one of them is hiding behind the door]
me: i used to live in that area and i think it's pretty safe. what are you looking to do there: dinner, a club, meet people?
[the girls are still giggling, mostly due to be embarrassed.]
student: see gays!
me: like at the zoo...
i talked to them a bit longer trying to convince them that it was safe to go there. you knows why they thought it was dangerous. oh, sweet, sweet petals. not sure if they actually went. the one girl is in my class so i'll ask her on monday. just where will i end up next is any one's guess.
stay gold & be well…
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