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Bat-Eared Foxes. They are amazing because they are like half bat, half fox, which are two of my favorite mammals. I went to the zoo with my friend Mark yesterday and we visited ALL the animals and I talked a lot about each and every one. Thank God he's okay with it.
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Twitch Plays Pokemon. I can't even. This is just so amazing; basically 70,000 people are all controlling the one playable character in Pokemon Red in an anarchical system where they type in commands. It seems easy enough, but when EVERY SINGLE PERSON is typing in a different command, it kind of...takes Red forever to do anything. At all. I occasionally play (but usually become infuriated and I don't have time for that shit, I have a life...ish), and usually check in anytime I'm on the computer just to marvel at the progress they've made or to laugh because they're still stuck on Route 9. One of my favorite things about this entire experiment is the mythos created by it. Here's a great article describing all of the political, religious, and hilarious elements this game has created. I love it.
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Macaroni and cheese. I have had entirely too much mac and cheese these past few days. I've had the creamiest, tangy version complete with bits of crispy bacon and tiny slices of tomato from Corner Bakery, the homemade macaroni cooked right in front of you at the zoo and drizzled with homemade cheddar cheese sauce, topped with shredded cheese and bread crumbs, and my favorite Annie's white cheddar macaroni and cheese, where I pretend to eat tiny sea-shells and drink pomegranate limeade alongside the meal.
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Re-discovering old poetry and prose from college and reading through it while I pack. Lord, is some of it bad. But others I actually find funny or clever and insightful. This is why I like to keep all of my old sketchbooks and journals.
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My new saw-whet owl mug I painted! I love it, I'm so glad I went for the realistic look instead of just painting it cute colors. I did get to incorporate mint on the inside and on the bottom, plus I wrote the latin name for the saw-whet along the rim, so I'm incredibly happy with it!
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Spring sunsets, the promise of what's to come. It's been beautiful the past few days, and it's going to continue being good weather for the next couple of days. I have to pack for them (ugh), but hopefully I can get out to the lake and into the mountains during these spells!
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Paint Nite, lavender lemonade martinis, and my new owl friend Martini! Paint Nite is a super cool local event where an artist hosts around twenty painters and different bars and teaches them to paint! We went to an event where we painted owls! Mom named hers Horace, Donna (my aunt) named hers Agatha, and I named mine Martini in honor of the delicious martinis I was drankin! I got pretty crunk and so I chose a weird color scheme for my owl, but we're friends now. Also I was pretty much bffs with the artist teaching us how to paint, since she'd come into Color Me Mine previously to paint.
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Already having found a place to live in Texas. It's taken away a lot of stress (well, hopefully it works out and someone isn't living in my room when I get there...), plus I get my own bathroom! YES!
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Going out to lunch and shopping with my Oma! We've been trying to plan this Oma-granddaughter date FOREVER and finally got around to it! We went to Trio for lunch and got focaccia paninis with pesto aioli and bacon on them, as well as red pepper and potato soup, and then went shopping for clothes. I got a lot of pairs of paints since I am almost out of wearable pants (plus some PANTS for the new job!), a black sweater with golden dinosaurs on it, and then got some DQ before heading back home. It was a six hour long festival and Oma was exhausted.
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and my favorite
Sweet cockatiel noises. I love them so much, and my bb boy ♥
Other great things
-Disney movie nights with Gabi
-Morph from Treasure Planet
-Pie Pizza cheese pull-aparts
-alcohol
This is moving week! Time to get packed up and my last-minute chore list crossed off! As well as spend as much time with friends and family as possible, as well as in the great outdoors of Salt Lake. Ready...set...GO!
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