April 2011
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Day 9 - Pet peeves
• Poor grammar and spelling. I am not a nit-picker, as I used to be, and I willfully ignore some rules of grammar that I find irritating or cumbersome. That said, overall, I am still far too observant of English language rules to be friends with most people. Hah! No, really, what it means is that I hide their FaceBook posts and don’t read their blogs. We can still be buds in real life. •...
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March 2011
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Day 8 - Three things that you want to say to three...
To be frank, there isn’t much that I could say here that I wouldn’t (or don’t already) say to the people in my life. I guess there are occasions where I bite my tongue because no good can come of opening my mouth — but then why would I put those things on the internet for public consumption? So what I’m saying is, these letters likely won’t be very interesting....
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Day 7 - Do you read? What are your favorite books?
Oh yes, I read. My favorite books are by my favorite authors: Kurt Vonnegut, Ray Bradbury, and Tom Robbins. Of course, I like a great deal of other authors, too. I recently enjoyed “The Red Tent,” I really love Eugenides, at least all I’ve read so far, and one of my lesser-known favorites is Thisbe Nissen (whose short story collection has been a love for over 8 years; I re-read...
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Day 6 - What band or musician is most important to...
The true answer to this question is Hoots & Hellmouth and Northern Liberties — because Hoots & Hellmouth contains some of my best friends and has given me amazing memories, and my partner is a member of Northern Liberties. If you’re asking more generally, as in what musician or band I’ve never met is most important to me, I would probably given yet another asshole answer...
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Day Five - Five Places I Want to Visit
1. A country in Asia. 2. A country in South America (in particular, one which grows coffee… so Brazil or Colombia). 3. A Central American coffee farm — Costa Rica would be effing incredible. 4. I have never been to Canada and I have friends there, as well as it being a “neighbor” to my own country, thus: Canada. 5. The Gulf Coast states, which I haven’t visited at...
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Day Four -- The Meaning Behind My Tumblr Name
I chose the online moniker “janeanger” when I was a sophomore English major at the University of Delaware. The year was 2002. I chose it after recently enrolling in a women’s lit class. One of the first authors we studied was a person (most likely a woman, but there is no absolute answer to this question) who published under the name of Jane Anger. The name is likely a pseudonym,...
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Day Three - Your Day, In Great Detail
10:20 a.m. — Kevin woke me up around this time and informed me that if I wanted to go to brunch, we should get moving now. I jumped in the shower, did my hair and make-up, and we were ready around the same time. Kev drove us to Honey’s Sit-n-Eat, which I adore, and I had two eggs over medium, potato latke, challah toast, and veggie sausage. He had the frito pie, which you really have...
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Day Two - 10 Likes and Dislikes
I bet you can guess which list is likes and which is dislikes without me labeling them. 1. Bonfires. 2. Flea markets, antique malls and thrift stores. 3. Down comforters. 4. A really perfect cappuccino. 5. Leather boots. 6. The smell of the beach, basil, cilantro, sandalwood, vetiver, anise, my mother, the cologne worn by my first love. 7. That one bus driver who does the early morning driving for...