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Back in March, I went to Kansas to sort through my childhood things and help my parents get their house ready to sell.  While I was there, I found an old jewelry box full of various plastic beaded bracelets, butterfly rings, earrings with no mates, and many, many necklaces whose thin gold chains were knotted…

If you’re regularly on the World Wide Internet, which most of us are, then I’m sure that you’ve already seen these two videos.  But if you haven’t, you should: two of the most influential songs from my childhood, brought to life in a new way.  Both made me all teary eyed. Sometimes I wonder what…

Netflix has made it easy for me to discover and watch some lesser-known documentaries – so while I love the popular “Spellbound” and “Young At Heart” (seriously – see them both! Your heart will sing!), I’ve unearthed some other gems that you should know about. “American Teen” A film crew descends on a high school…

Me: “Don’t you want to roll your eyes at people who don’t know the difference between stationary and stationery?” Him: “It’s an easy mistake – the only way I remember it is that e goes with envelope.” Me: “I remember it because e goes with letter… which, now that I think about it, is a…

Over the weekend, I dreamed that I was on an “American Idol” style reality show.  I was one of the final two contestants, and I was sweating bullets – which is awkward when one is wearing an evening gown. The moment of truth came.  The host made the announcement: “And the winner is… ANNIE PARSONS!”…

On Saturday, I had an idea: “I should go to Forever 21!”  This always sounds like a good idea – cheap clothes, cute ruffles, trends that will go out of style tomorrow but you must have them today, etc.  However, upon my arrival at the front doors, I was reminded of the cold, hard truth…

My life is really awesome.  And if I were the F-bomb using type, I’d throw one of those in: my life is really F-ing awesome.  I LOVE my life here in Nashville. That said, I’m feeling overwhelmed with everything going on – and yes, that is a monstrous understatement. I have a new job that…

Emma is a very cool place with very cool people. But on Sunday, PZC asked me, “So, now that you work at Emma, are you going to be one of the effortlessly hip?” “Um… no, probably not.” “I know,” he replied.

This is the day – the day that I re-establish myself as a contributing member of society.  I am uniting myself with the ranks of the fully employed. After 19 months of instability, I start at Emma this morning. I have no idea what to expect – except that it’s going to be good.  Whatever…

Yesterday, I worked Ye Olde Temp Job until about 3:30, and as I was walking out to my car, I thought to myself, “Tut tut, looks like rain.”  I was wearing a white button-down shirt, and decided against a stop at the grocery store, because what if it rains?  And my shirt becomes see-through?  Kroger…