IDENTIFY
I didn’t grow up with a computer. I remember the first day I played Oregon Trail in school. I collected AOL free trial CDs that came in the mail and used them to decorate my bedroom walls. I passed real handwritten notes in class. Basically, this article sums up my adolescence.
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CELEBRATE
It’s my birthday today! We’re visiting friends in the Twin Cities to celebrate the big three-two with ice cream cake, cocktails, and Cards Against Humanity.
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BUY
I can’t tell you how much I adore Rachelle for letting me know about this dress. I was devastated (not an exaggeration) when the extra small, small, and medium didn’t work out in the original AG Jeans x Alexa Chung version of the dress. Even though the silhouette is supposed to be baggy, I didn’t look carefree and flirty. I looked frumpy. Not a look I’m going for at $200. This one, however, is perfect. There’s less fabric, so it hangs straight down instead of billowing out to the sides. Ignore the weird synthetic fabric blend on the website. It’s 100% cotton. I went with a size small.
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LEARN
Amsterdam reduced flight noise from Schiphol Airport with land art.
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SHUN
This is the worst. I don’t know about you, but I’m in total agreement with this response. I mean, really, who wants VPL?! Normcore has gone too far.
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ANTICIPATE
Serial!
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First, Happy Birthday Astrological twin. And yeah, I can’t wait for Serial. The dress I may have to get too. And hell no to granny panties! Have a great weekend!
Hope you have a wonderful birthday weekend!
I used to LOVE Oregon Trail—I remember my brother and I spending hours playing that game. I’ll have to check out that article! xx
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Have a great birthday!
And in response to the granny panty vs thong debate, I think the issue is that there is still this perpetuation of what a woman should or should not wear, only this time it seems to be woman vs woman. Those in favor of g-ps think we shouldn’t wear thongs because they’re designed to appeal to a man and we can be sexy in fuller coverage. Those in favor of thongs think we should ditch vpl and let ourselves feel sexy in less. (I’m generalizing broad stroke here…) Both groups want women to feel sexy and comfortable. I think as women we should embrace that sexy feels different for different people. And what is comfortable is different for different people. Wear whatever underwear feels most comfortable for you and makes you feel sexy for you. Both articles seem to shame those women who wear (gasp) the other kind! And I think the empowerment both sides seem to seek comes from recognizing we can choose how and when we want to feel sexy and we get to define that. Ok, rant done 🙂 Happy Birthday again!!
Peace, Sarah
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Thank you for pointing out how unnecessarily sassy I was being about underwear. You’re right, sexiness shouldn’t be defined by a pair of panties. To be honest, I wasn’t even thinking about the sexiness factor with either pair. I was thinking about how clothing falls over them. (Always with the clothes! 😉 )
Oh no! I didn’t mean to imply you were being too sassy! I really appreciated your sharing the articles and found them interesting reads! Thanks so much for sharing! (And now that I’ve sufficiently used exclamation points on all of my statements, I will end this comment.) Peace, Sarah (!)
Have a great birthday girly, happy you love the dress and I cannot wait to see it on you. I cannot wait for serial to come back.
Happy birthday, I hope you’re having a wonderful day!! I loved the article about the “oregon trail generation”–that was me too and I SO identified with everything it said! Love that dress too!
Yes, AOL cds! It seems so strange and almost hard to remember why you ever needed them in the first place (other than cool bedroom decor). Hope you had a very happy birthday! And I too an in defense of thongs. Sorry, but who needs VPLs and wedgies? And my underwear is for me anyway. Men are more concerned with taking it off.
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