A California Girl in Kansas

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6th Jan 09

Texts from my mom

The fact that my mom (who still uses AOL) has figured out text messaging continually cracks me up. Check out our latest exchange...
Mom: So you liked our video?
Me: Mom, I loved it! I made everyone I know watch it. I told them it would explain a lot about me!
Mom: You're not the only outrageous one in the family?
Me: Ha! I come from a whole family of nuts! Dennis [my step-dad] made me laugh so hard, I was crying. I watched it three times in a row.
Mom: He was really getting into it!

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3:26 PM

My day just got even more interesting...

Someone created an ICT Gossip Girl twitter account.

I’ve been mentioned twice.

Let the cringing begin.

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QUOTE

5th Jan 09

“ I’ve never known anyone who embraces their own ridiculousness quite as effectively as you do. ”

— Dan to me.

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1:52 PM

If we are friends on Facebook, go to my profile NOW and watch the video my family posted on New Years.

Do it.

It explains so much…

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QUOTE

11:42 AM

“ I didn’t get to see Rock of Love: Tour Bus - but I bet it was bad. I will still watch it though. I mean, what else do I have to do? Learn a new language, read a book, meditate? Yeah, right. ”

—

My awesome friend Jana.

This is why we get along so well.

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VIDEO

10:23 AM

In case you were wondering what you missed out on by never seeing The Pirate Movie (seriously, I think there are only three of us who have), I present you with the greatest ending to a movie… EVER.

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PHOTO

10:18 AM

Did anyone else catch Confessions of a Teen Idol on Vh1 last night?

I don’t know who I was more excited about seeing - Jamie Walters (aka Ray Pruitt), who left me humming “How Do You Talk To An Angel?” all night long, or Eric Nies who, at some point after the first season of The Real World, hosting The Grind and appearing on various MTV Real World/Road Rules Challenges, turned into a new-age Grizzly Adams, or Christopher Atkins, best known for starring alongside Brooke Shields in The Blue Lagoon (but he holds an extra special place in my heart for his role as Frederick in The Pirate Movie, my favorite childhood flick).

Hosted by Scott Baio, the show beats the hell out of the uber-skankfest that is Rock of Love: Tour Bus.

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9:56 AM

I braved the first session of Shocker Fitness at 5:45 am this morning...

… and there’s a good chance that I will be unable to feel my entire lower body in approximately two hours.

Also, I threw up afterward. Is that supposed to happen? Has it really been THAT LONG since I put in a good, hardcore workout?

(Unfortunately, yes.)

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4th Jan 09

So, how white are you?

This is the Complete List of Stuff White People Like. I bolded what I like. I am shockingly white, apparently.

#119 Sea Salt

#118 Ugly Sweater Parties

#117 Political Prisoners

#116 Black Music that Black People Don’t Listen to Anymore

#115 Promising to Learn a New Language

#114 America

#113 Halloween

#112 Hummus

#111 Pea Coats

#110 Frisbee Sports

#109 The Onion

#108 Appearing to Enjoy Classical Music

#107 Self Aware Hip Hop References

#106 Facebook

#105 Unpaid Internships

#104 Girls with Bangs

#103 Sweaters

#102 Children’s Games as Adults

#101 Being Offended

#100 Bumper Stickers

#99 Grammar

#98 The Ivy League

#97 Scarves

#96 New Balance Shoes

#95 Rugby

#94 Free Healthcare

#93 Music Piracy

#92 Book Deals

#91 San Francisco

#90 Dinner Parties

#89 St. Patrick’s Day

#88 Having Gay Friends

#87 Outdoor Performance Clothes

#86 Shorts

#85 The Wire

#84 T-Shirts

#83 Bad Memories of High School

#82 Hating Corporations

#81 Graduate School

#80 The Idea of Soccer

#79 Modern Furniture

#78 Multilingual Children

#77 Musical Comedy

#76 Bottles of Water

#75 Threatening to Move to Canada

#74 Oscar Parties

#73 Gentrification

#72 Study Abroad

#71 Being the only white person around

#70 Difficult Breakups

#69 Mos Def

#68 Michel Gondry

#67 Standing Still at Concerts

#66 Divorce

#65 Co-Ed Sports

#64 Recycling

#63 Expensive Sandwiches

#62 Knowing What’s Best for Poor People

#61 Bicycles

#60 Toyota Prius

#59 Natural Medicine

#58 Japan

#57 Juno

#56 Lawyers

#55 Apologies

#54 Kitchen Gadgets

#53 Dogs

#52 Sarah Silverman

#51 Living by the Water

#50 Irony

#49 Vintage

#48 Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops

#47 Arts Degrees

#46 The Sunday New York Times

#45 Asian Fusion Food

#44 Public Radio

#43 Plays

#42 Sushi

#41 Indie Music

#40 Apple Products

#39 Netflix

#38 Arrested Development

#37 Renovations

#36 Breakfast Places

#35 The Daily Show/Colbert Report

#34 Architecture

#33 Marijuana

#32 Vegan/Vegetarianism

#31 Snowboarding

#30 Wrigley Field

#29 80s Night

#28 Not having a TV

#27 Marathons

#26 Manhattan (now Brooklyn too!)

#25 David Sedaris

#24 Wine

#23 Microbreweries

#22 Having Two Last Names

#21 Writers Workshops

#20 Being an expert on YOUR culture

#19 Traveling

#18 Awareness

#17 Hating their Parents

#16 Gifted Children

#15 Yoga

#14 Having Black Friends

#13 Tea

#12 Non-Profit Organizations

#11 Asian Girls

#10 Wes Anderson Movies

#9 Making you feel bad about not going outside

#8 Barack Obama

#7 Diversity

#6 Organic Food

#5 Farmer’s Markets

#4 Assists

#3 Film Festivals

#2 Religions their parents don’t belong to

#1 Coffee