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I've missed you, Livejournal
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Haven't posted in over four months. My bad :)
I turned 29 a week ago. I had a get together the night before at the Chocoate Bar at their new location downtown next to the movie theater. I felt like it was an appropriate venue for a late 20's birthday shindig. Chandeliers, white leather furniture and an upper level. Now that's classy ( Read more... ) -
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My grandmother has never seen a photo of herself as an infant. Because of this she used to lament that she must have been adopted, (despite the fact she and her two brothers are all light-skinned, formerly red-headed Black people who share the same sarcastic Mona Lisa smile that shows up in photos.) She also hasn't seen many pictures of her own ( Read more... ) -
San Francisco/Fisherman's Wharf
One of the best things about living in Reno is the proximity to the Bay Area. After visiting with my boyfriend's family at his aunt's home in Yuba City he and I took a drive down to San Francisco and spent a couple hours at Fisherman's Wharf. We passed Boudin's and watched the bakers making sourdough bread dough and I froze my fingers taking ( Read more... ) -
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So there's this dude that works at Trader Joes who, for at least the last three, maybe four years, goes out of his way to get my attention. And by attention I mean he does that creepy, head-to-toe-body-scan-while-standing-right-in-front-of-you move. You know, the move made even worse when the guy tops it off by trying to meet your eye at the end. ( Read more... ) -
I was a bad girl at the McDonald's
Any time my top slips and the least bit of cleavage shows my mom or grandmother is there with a sideways glare, a gasp, or a frantic "Fix your shirt!" to regulate my moral fiber.
It's the burden I carry having H-cup boobs. A really heavy burden.
I've been been fighting the battle for self-acceptance since I was 13, when I became pretty much fully ( Read more... ) -
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It's too damn warm and sunny to be almost Christmas. This time two years ago we were knee-deep in snow facing sub zero temperatures and this week the average high is 50 degrees leading up to Christmas. I think it irks me because this mild weather will reinforce the tourist's myth that we live in a perpetually hot, barren desert here in Reno. Hell, ( Read more... ) -
HOORAY!
This Friday evening, I'm going to see the Nutcracker Ballet ( Read more... )
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