Obsessions

  • After moving back to the Seattle area last year, I decided I wanted to volunteer at Seattle Humane. I was fairly “broken and bruised” – literally and figuratively – after pursuing a music career in NYC for six years, and I had a gut feeling that focusing my energy on a greater cause would be…

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  • Well, fellow footy fans, France is your new 2018 FIFA World Cup champions! Congratulations to “les bleus” for winning what had to be the most underwhelming final match I’ve ever seen. And well done to Croatia for making it this far. Despite a rather anticlimactic finish, I have to say this year’s World Cup was…

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  • For whatever reason, I feel like more people have been bitching about the Christmas rush this year than usual. I totally understand that not everyone gets all “holly jolly” during this time of year for various reasons; but when those reasons include things like “not wanting to spend money” or “it’s so stressful finding the…

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  • I don’t remember the first time I read Running with Scissors. It was definitely within the last eight years, and I think I borrowed it from someone else. I forget. All I know is after I finished the book, Augusten Burroughs became one of my favorite authors, and I immediately purchased and read his follow…

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  • In case you haven’t figured it out, I love Christmas. I’m not like Molly Shannon’s character in The Santa Clause 2, but it’s definitely my favorite time of year. And, like many people, my favorite Christmas pastime is trimming the Christmas tree. As a tradition, my mom buys me a new ornament every year (sometimes,…

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  • Ever since I first watched my first episode of Seaquest at the age of seven and learned what marine biology was, I knew I wanted to be a marine biologist – or at least learn as much about the topic as I could in my spare time. Being born in Hawaii and growing up swimming…

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  • Color Away Your Stress

    Feeling exhausted after this week? Yeah, me too. So I’m gonna hold off on addressing the country’s events for now (but trust me, it’s coming) and just blog about something simple and random – coloring. I love to color. Maybe it’s because a big part of me is still 5 years-old, but I was super…

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