In lieu of actually documenting something meaningful about my existence...

INSTRUCTIONS: Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so.

1) What Greg Likes
2) A Blog of a Good Time
3) bee-spot
4) I was told there would be bacon.
5) urbanwanderlust: roving observations of a city girl.


Now... select five people to tag:
1) Diana
2) Jana
3) Barbara
4) Mojo
5) s4xton (this is the... I don't know you, but like reading you, tag.)

What were you doing 10 years ago?

Working second-shift at a nursing home, writing letters every night to a boyfriend who was in basic training at the time, trying to decide on a major, learning my way around Minneapolis again, paying off my first car loan.

What were you doing 1 year ago?

Preparing for a trip to Ireland, saying goodbye to some of my favorite
co-workers who had just gotten laid off, furiously working on my thesis,
realizing I had all my stuff together (including the courage) to finally
get the Essential Sarah back.

Five snacks you enjoy:

1. Really fresh salty nuts.
2. Chunks of high-quality cheese.
3. any variety of fresh fruit (ooh. and pairing #2 and #3 together... genius.)
4. Cascade Fresh yogurt.
5. Right-out-of-the-garden snap peas or green beans.

Five songs you know all the lyrics to:

1. Son of a Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield)
2. Cattle and the Creeping Things (The Hold Steady)
3. Sweet Virginia (Gomez)
4. Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
5. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (thank you, Duke Ellington)
   

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:

1. Create a giant college trust fund for my wee lassie.
2. Pay (all) the bills. Off. And sit down with someone who can teach me how to live debt-free.
3. Buy a massive old house in a picturesque Minneapolis locale.
4. Take extravagant vacations all over the globe.
5. Give the Current more money.

Five bad habits:

1. Overcommitting.
2. Procrastinating.
3. Opening my mouth. Inserting foot.
4. Buying unnecessary pants over my lunch hour.
5. Chocolate.
   

Five things you like doing:

1. Baking. Cooking. Eating fruits of aforementioned labor.
2. Drinking.
3. Crafting. Then giving it away and letting the look on the recipient's face be my reward.
4. Playing outside.
5. Anything having to do with music.

Five things you would never wear again:

1. Neon.
2. Patterned spandex capris.
3. Wet and Wild blue eyeliner.
4. Acrylic sweaters.
5. Pleated pants.
   

Five favorite toys:

1. A 1983 gray Raleigh 10-speed.
2. The KitchenAid mixer.
3. My sewing machine.
4. The PaperSource bone folder.
5. An 80GB iPod.

beaming with pride, and other news.

Fimoculous has a link to a great list: top 10 songs about wonderful cities. But why is Detroit on this list?
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Diana just passed on an article which infuriated me. Apparently the Little House on the Prairie book series (which I had read twice over by the 3rd grade) is getting a makeover, which includes nixing the original Garth Williams' illustrations. Uh, I do not approve. Make sure you read the 10-year-old child's comment about how pictures are more real than illustrations. Great. This is the environment my precious preschool gets to initiate herself into next year.
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Closed loop to Gin and Phonics: Precisely why my faith has been restored in humanity, too. It's just damn cool to know such a quality human being. Besides, the food was amazing. (am I a big flapping dork to say how proud I am that this is about my boyfriend?)
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I'm relatively certain I wore this dress to an 8th grade dance. Why? Why are these disastrous 1980s tragedies reappearing on people?
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Coo! The Walkmen and Kaiser Chiefs will be here on April 21.
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[via Lifehacker] I'd try this neato thing, Grocist. As soon as I can get my hands on a barcode scanner. Yah. Because that's the one thing I need cluttering up my kitchen counter.
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Why the museums in NYC are the best. [via Make:]
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Hmm. As an avid seamstress, vintage-clothing recycler, etc... this got me thinking about my penchant for the 8-dollar old navy t-shirt, and if I should consider reusing before I run out and buy disposable clothes. Fascinating; I never thought about it this way. The green part of me is ashamed.
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Gah. Reason #059483 I'm not a fan of endorsements creeping their way into the arts.
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From the Star Tribune: File this in the WTF file.
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Have I mentioned Tastespotting yet? (warning: don't look at when hungry.)

adulation

I'll take praise where I can get it. But you all should be reading the Current Blog anyway. It's good stuff (let's be real; when does the Current not put out good stuff?)

(in other words, I am completely flattered, delighted, humbled even. This from the Queen of Hyperbole... )

internet crush

I am quickly developing an internet crush on Current blogger Hans Eisenbeis. He's just so darn witty. And a music braniac. Sigh.
(yes, "gigantic dork" comments are always welcome.)

OK, so thank you, CP Culture to Go, for pointing out Pinch TC, a new(ish) blog co-authored by Eisenbeis and Molly Priesmeyer, of City Pages repute. The link above is apparently a beta site... but I think this could be a delightful resource for witty smarm and other goodness about my fair city. Keep an eye on these two... Corey Anderson calls 'em the new Steve and Sharon. Giggle.

Sigh. Now I have 2 internet crushes.

PSA: comments

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