tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33890076800205161962024-03-08T00:48:56.637-05:00musingsMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.comBlogger337125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-85075471078943351422011-06-13T22:52:00.002-04:002011-06-13T23:14:20.365-04:00TransitionsSo! After much deliberation and a slightly neurotic persistence to make a confident decision, <b><i><a href="http://packet.tumblr.com/">I've decided to switch to Tumblr for the summer</a></i></b>. As stated earlier, I'm fond of its very-photo oriented layout and endless themes to choose from, along with its simplicity. In short, this is basically a summer gift to myself (I only just re-remembered how exciting it is to create a new blog with a new username with a new start and a new design) and I'm not planning to abandon Blogger anytime soon.<br />
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What I couldn't figure out, though, was how to keep <i>musings </i>equally updated. I dug around to find that forwarding verbatim posts is more commonly known as spam (oops), so my solution will likely be a form of post redirection using screenshots and possible excerpts. I'm not sure if I'll stick to this, and how often I plan on doing this (perhaps weekly recaps?), so everything is malleable.<br />
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I'm super excited--hopefully this isn't "feeding my internet addiction," as someone dear to me noted, but rather a fun way to explore a different blogging website and to satisfy my fleeting design wants.<br />
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Thus, without further ado, my new blog (pristine at the moment!): <a href="http://packet.tumblr.com/">packet</a>.<br />
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(And let me tell you, it took forever to find a simple and unused one-word url username. Kind of really random.)<br />
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See you there! :)<br />
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Psst...do you notice any design changes? I found a really interesting website, <a href="http://www.stiqr.com/">stiqr</a>, that allows you to do easy edits. I'd still like to learn how to properly code (my Neopet homepage days are over and my knowledge then was scanty as is), but I think this is just such a great idea! I'm actually not sure if any of the things I added (image/link, especially the font, at the top and a fixed sidebar on the side) work on PCs, as it doesn't appear on my iPhone web browser either, but nonetheless, I'm a huge fan. And all right, that's all I have to say!Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-33184365402132181432011-06-12T23:58:00.002-04:002011-06-12T23:59:54.694-04:00Shabd<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mzheng/5826827621/" title="Shabd"><img alt="Shabd by mixed alternative" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5312/5826827621_7563506e83.jpg" /></a><br />
<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mzheng/5826827621/">Shabd</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mzheng/">mixed alternative</a> on Flickr.</span></div>New summer pack...I'm in love with this thing. I did get a bit of dirt on it today at Lums Pond (grad party times two, today! We brought Abu, it was an interesting first-time experience for both him and us), but I think I'll live. It's adorable and just the perfect size and I was so hesitant about the color (this [-] close to getting my default color, grey, but decided to stray a little) but it has turned out to be absolutely perfect. Wheee!Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-67706138043915152142011-06-12T23:57:00.002-04:002011-06-13T00:00:29.536-04:00Amber<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mzheng/5827367918/" title="Amber"><img alt="Amber by mixed alternative" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3450/5827367918_1f4c6dbbd0.jpg" /></a><br />
<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mzheng/5827367918/">Amber</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mzheng/">mixed alternative</a> on Flickr.</span></div>Accidental shot from my beach trip :)Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-12623903471615372722011-06-12T01:01:00.001-04:002011-06-12T01:02:31.457-04:00while i'm waiting,I'm considering opening a Tumblr for ease of writing/styling. I love my Blogger and want to keep it and everything on it forever, but I just can't resist the endless, simple Tumblr themes that my current "carrier" lacks. Ah. Perhaps there's a way I can split up and redirect my blogs depending on what I'm using them for and when I'm using them? Like a seasonal thing, or annual thing, or stage-of-life (i.e. grade school, college, whatever comes after that) type of organization system? I'll have to look more into it, but as of now I am more than tempted.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-47555211803904587382011-06-11T21:18:00.001-04:002011-06-11T21:18:13.994-04:00lazy daysI'm back from the beach! Well technically, I got back yesterday...there's a long story I could tell you about how my dad accidentally broke my air conditioning while trying to make sure it would be in pristine condition for the trip, but I'll hold back (mostly since it's too early to joke about it. It was almost as unbearable as that one time I was on the bus leaving Sainte Anne's in Nova Scotia, en route to the airport, where the driver--who, mind you, has his own little comfy fans--somehow did not notice that he had the heater on full blast and not the AC, thus causing all of us to overheat-->faint-->fall asleep (I kid you not), confused of why it was so hot...until this one brave soul crawled. I repeat, crawled, up the aisle and informed clueless mister chauffer that we were literally toasting...actually, I'll admit that that particular experience was probably one of the worst in my life. So driving to the beach and back without air conditioning was very bearable in comparison, though my eardrums hate me from the highway wind...<br />
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Okay, I'm rambling. Anyway, what I wanted to say was that the beach was beautiful, although the water pretty chilly, and that it was such a fun day/evening/half day spent there with some of my senior friends and some random other people, and I finally understand why Americans have this huge beach house-mentality. Because I have caught the same mindset. Must go down there again soon.<br />
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However, today was spent clearing up some misunderstandings (number three within the last two days, in fact), being upset about missing outdoor park painting as a result of the third misunderstanding, heading out to a delicious brunch at Hank's (which was also close to the outdoor painting venue, so a good/weird/bad thing), visiting a small organic market close to home for the first time, beating the Elite Four minus the Champion in Pokemon White, taking a nap, making delicious summer rolls for the church Bible study potluck and mooching off the ingredients, eating some more at the potluck, coming home and beating the Champion, finishing uploading/catching up on photo albums for Facebook (I somehow feel incomplete when I'm not caught up. It's strange and slightly OCD, though I'm getting better), uploading a few to Flickr/starting the endless process of editing late uploads, and writing this.<br />
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Summer is awesome, to be totally colloquial and brief. I feel like I've been productive since I read and do this photo sorting thing and don't spend all my time online but sometimes watch ABDC episodes to see Chachi dance...but overall, it's been nice. I am slowly giving up on the prospect of a job--anyhow, my summer is actually pretty filled up--and should begin writing an actual to-do list before June slips away.<br />
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In the meantime, I love these lazy days.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-53595487306288177872011-06-06T23:33:00.001-04:002011-06-06T23:33:26.588-04:00bizarreYou know you've changed when good architecture inspires you more than pretty pictures of skinny people.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-56888819203038133662011-06-06T01:53:00.000-04:002011-06-06T01:53:47.157-04:00revertI think I'm going to start physical journaling again. Not sure how often or how long I can keep this up; it's always a sporadic thought that inspires me to use my Quo Vadis. I also have no idea where to buy them in the U.S., which will be a problem since I wanted to get another QV planner for college instead of succumbing to the Moleskine army.<br />
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We'll see, I suppose.<br />
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I also just made a chai-strawberry-mango-cherry smoothie, but I always down these things before I take photos. There's a little cup of leftovers in the fridge; perhaps I'll take a shot of that? Or just make a new batch, yum.<br />
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Hi, 2am.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-3759589888960441622011-06-04T18:51:00.001-04:002011-06-04T18:52:18.746-04:00graduated!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4TpBo61DyHM" width="640"></iframe><br />
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Somehow, I made it. And I love this song; lyric irrelevancy aside, it's so uplifting. I just fell asleep and woke up to it :) and now I'm just soaking up the last four years...wow.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-89127431004292722372011-06-03T18:37:00.001-04:002011-06-03T18:38:25.720-04:00cheese & spinach<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk107/elaborated2/blogger%20est%20012211/food/photo-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk107/elaborated2/blogger%20est%20012211/food/photo-2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Yesterday's food adventure! It's not actually all that exciting since I didn't make it from scratch, but this marks my first official time cooking ("cooking") this summer. Cheese and spinach ravioli, one of my favorite quick-fix dinners. I believe it's from Costco, though I could be mistaken?<br />
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Sorry for the iPhone photos--I was going to fetch my DSLR, but was too hungry to make the trip. Excuses, excuses...hopefully I can get better at this! It's so odd, treading in this unknown area of blogging.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-71388953709346006572011-06-03T18:30:00.000-04:002011-06-03T18:30:27.742-04:00favoritesProfile view count is currently at my favorite four-digit number! And related but not really: 120!!! Not going to last; totally ephemeral, but pretty cool nonetheless. My wart needs to fall off so I can start running. I also don't know if I want to apply for jobs or not (called around 10 places today and I have a decent chance of getting something so long as I try...). If not, I'm going to be devoting most of my summer to the gym, repainting and cleaning my room/the house, reading, photography, and cooking--I want to work on a food blog! But then again, even if I do get a job, I'll probably still be doing all those things, just a lot less than I'd like. But then again again, I'm fairly lazy so there's a chance I won't even do those things without a job. And I'm still going to be tutoring consistently over the summer (senior preference, yay) so it's not like I'm completely without income...although getting a job would be nice for my parents...I wish we lived closer to the mall so I could apply to places there...meep.<br />
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On another note, graduation is tomorrow! And I would be watching the Script tonight, but I promise I'm already over that. I do, however, need to figure out what to do with my hair. And totally irrelevant-but-not-really: I think we're going to get sushi afterwards tomorrow! Real sushi, and not at a buffet (although a Minados trip is mandatory and in the makings). How exciting! :) :) :)Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-70075117981324054812011-06-01T19:49:00.000-04:002011-06-01T19:49:18.190-04:00unregretsNot going to see the Script on Friday...multiple reasons, but ultimately, although it would be the best graduation present and my parents had already approved this last-minute offer, I'm deciding against it.<br />
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It's sort of killing me since I love the Script as of late, but there will always be other opportunities :).<br />
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Meanwhile, today was graduation practice and I have a feeling we are all horribly unprepared, but that's the beauty of it, no? Our class has never been one to over-prepare and winging it seems like the best possible solution. I love the elevens. It's definitely bittersweet saying goodbye. And I'm listening to <i>For the First Time</i> again so it's not helping much.<br />
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Also, Spring Retreat went well. We had YLF and something about how Francis Chan says it's appalling to say "you're my favorite speaker" clicked. Our speaker, Thomas Wong, was fantastic, but ultimately, FC is right--all glory to God and how He works despite our shortcomings. Being able to speak with my roommate, the only female filling our post-college adult gap in the church...that was also very eye-opening and quite a nice experience. I'm excited to see how God changes and works in me in college, though that's not to say I get to ignore the present-day situations. But it really does feel like a new start, a reality check.<br />
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Anyway, prayer meeting in a few. I'll end here. It seems like a chapter of my life is closing...and it really is.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-10114017738497641952011-05-27T12:03:00.000-04:002011-05-27T12:03:26.448-04:00dee oh en ee<img src="http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk107/elaborated2/blogger%20est%20012211/Photoon2011-05-27at11572.jpg" /><br />
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See that? It's a 77. WHICH IS WHAT I GOT ON MY PHYSICS FINAL!!! You may be thinking--wow, how pathetic! She's so excited about getting a D. BUT LET ME TELL YOU A STORY. IT'S FOURTH MARKING PERIOD SENIOR YEAR >>> WAIT, SENIOR YEAR IS NOW <u>OFFICIALLY OVER</u>...BUT ANYWAY, with a full-blown case of Senioritis and with a calculated, necessary target score of 75, I HAVE BOTH MET <i>AND</i> EXCEEDED MY GOAL!<br />
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Who has a B for the year?! Who absolutely CANNOT get rescinded from Cal?!! (Okay I don't want to speak too fast, but this definitely means I am beyond the safe zone! :)) WHO IS SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW?!<br />
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Me :).<br />
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Bye bye, high school...it was nice knowing you, and I'm sure I'll miss you, but in this moment, I swear I'm infinite. PoBaW reference. You know it.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-22093282530621630802011-05-25T13:55:00.001-04:002011-05-25T13:56:55.405-04:00gold<img src="http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk107/elaborated2/blogger%20est%20012211/Photoon2011-05-25at13522.jpg"><br />
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Peach/yogurt color + Del Sol sparkles = gold?!<br />
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The Del Sol nail polish is actually supposed to apply as silver, but I guess since I haven't used it in so long and it's been two years since I bought it, the original sheen has since faded. It's actually a strange greenish color, but when dried, turns pretty :).<br />
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Probably going to take today or tomorrow's 365 focused on my nails, hehe.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-28201785949651484172011-05-25T02:10:00.001-04:002011-05-25T02:10:34.939-04:00???Need to figure out how to import my CalMail to Apple Mail.<br />
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Need to go to sleep.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-37793669315345776782011-05-25T02:05:00.000-04:002011-05-25T02:05:32.393-04:00fact #12Sometimes, when I'm bored, I go to my Blogger archives and click on the past year's correlating month. I hope to one day have decades (okay, this is a stretch...five years, maybe?) of memoires sitting here for me to digitally sift through.<br />
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What a wonderful thought.<br />
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Also, I borrowed <i>Tale of Two Cities</i> and <i>Great Expectations</i> today. Look how my reading choices have matured! Although, to be honest, <i>GE</i> was included in <i>TTC</i>, and I probably won't read it this time around, so...Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-32819406703385462802011-05-24T19:52:00.001-04:002011-05-24T19:53:41.473-04:00lethargyToday consisted of:<br />
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1) Waking up at 10am<br />
2) Eating omelette brunch with my mom<br />
3) Re-starting <i>Alice in Wonderland</i> in French<br />
4) Reading myself to sleep...then waking up at 2pm<br />
5) Eating chai ice cream and looking up rain shoes/Berkeley weather<br />
6) Going to a foot doctor and treating that <i>thing</i> that's been on my foot for a year+<br />
7) Reading some more<br />
8) Playing Pokemon while observing the bao zi-making process<br />
9) Dinner<br />
10) Flickr-ing<br />
11) Blogging :)<br />
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Probably going to head out with my mom to drop of some bao zi at Pastor Wu's house? I've slept so much today (and blown my nose too much) and this blanket of drowsiness keeps weighing me down, so I want to go outside. Must start studying physics for Friday, too...it feels like summer!Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-78819161019528941962011-05-24T02:15:00.000-04:002011-05-24T02:15:19.444-04:00routineFights always end in truce.<br />
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I swapped the pink color scheme for a green one...I'd like to learn and re-learn what I used to know about coding and someday make my own layout. Maybe even from scratch?<br />
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Now that school's done, I'm going to start cooking. Hopefully I'll document what chemical reactions occur on this page. I was thinking while catching up on one of my many overly-neglected Bloglovin' subs, that if I ever study abroad, I want to fully document it with photo and text. I'm thankful that this online journaling comes fairly naturally to me at this point. May it be useful in the future!<br />
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Sleep.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-16909922916018109692011-05-23T23:22:00.000-04:002011-05-23T23:22:01.262-04:00fact #11So basically, Facebook owns me based solely on the amount of photos I have on there...not even bad pictures, just pictures of my life and day-to-day nuances. It's scary. But I can't stop.<br />
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Waiting for the day FB gets outdated and I proceed to re-upload everything to the next big social networking system...except at this rate, I don't think it'll ever happen (I hope. Too much life already invested in Zuckerberg).<br />
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Wheee.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-13720066246726054502011-05-23T19:41:00.003-04:002011-05-25T13:56:11.520-04:00last official day...<img src="http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk107/elaborated2/blogger%20est%20012211/Photoon2011-05-23at19363.jpg"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My shoes for graduation finally arrived! The Alexa by MMK :) super psyched, except that they're a tad bit big so I have to stop by Nordstrom when bringing the other pair back (I bought my dress and shoes in twos to ensure correct sizing...as long as returns aren't a hassle, doing this has given me more peace of mind than ever before, yay) and see if they possibly have the next size down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ready. I can't believe I'm a graduating high school seniors. It's been four years. I'm done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm done. :)</div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-37393351041266735862011-05-21T01:36:00.004-04:002011-05-21T01:36:48.157-04:00fact #10I always want to go shopping because I constantly browse online (like right now), but when I do go in person, I never want to buy anything. Dilemma.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-3744604661839076272011-05-19T23:56:00.003-04:002011-05-19T23:57:28.506-04:00fact #9I was thought have a form of dyslexia for some time when I was younger...my piano theory teacher noticed that I had a difficult time comprehending lengthy test questions and often read things wrong. To this day, I still make fairly notable slip-ups of the sort, though I've taught myself to just be more careful and slow in my skimming. I feel like I could have been properly diagnosed, but my parents aren't ones to drive their kids to a doctor when something has a possibility of being wrong. Brute force correction goes a long way.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-72785362397180574442011-05-19T23:53:00.001-04:002011-05-19T23:53:12.104-04:00fact #8I'm passive-aggressive. Sorry. I really try not to be.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-24524759519539157462011-05-18T22:27:00.003-04:002011-05-18T22:27:39.551-04:00fact #7Seven and thirteen are my favorite numbers. I like twenty-seven a lot, too. And just plain three.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-24899311490518973662011-05-18T22:26:00.003-04:002011-05-18T22:26:37.930-04:00k1,000! Yay :)Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389007680020516196.post-433836768113486832011-05-18T00:43:00.002-04:002011-05-18T00:45:26.145-04:00do something each day that makes you uncomfortable<a href="http://www.upload-mp3.com/files/291692_aaelt/Revelation%20Song.mp3">RS</a><br />
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I'm flat and sharp simultaneously (is that even possible) and the vocal range of this song is a strain, especially when sitting. But God loves me so it's all good! :)<br />
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Going to sleep now.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15909085331321926726noreply@blogger.com0