Category Archives: I am a sap

P/30

By serene | Published: April 1, 2010

Knowing that someone has the potential to succeed is beautiful, but when you get to watch that person come into real success, it feels like the world is right and the stars have aligned and fate feels a little more believable. When I caught wind of Patrick Tafoya’s restaurant being written up by the San [...]

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Anniversary photo post.

By serene | Published: March 30, 2010

Where: Alexis Hotel, downtown Seattle When: Last Week Why: To celebrate a one year wedding anniversary. Well that, and I’m a sucker for a nice hotel.

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Mi familia

By serene | Published: March 28, 2010

My beloved, lifesaving, hero of a Grandpa turned 78 yesterday. He beat his oncologists diagnosis of terminal lung cancer taking his life within the year. He still has the spunk and sharpness that I expect from him. Though he has no hair and lost considerable weight, his stubborn Careaga ways have beaten all the odds, [...]

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Busy bee

By serene | Published: March 16, 2010

I’ve been too busy with finals to properly thank you all for lifting my spirits about my hair-tastrophe. (Oh, sleepless nights make me think I’m soooo witty!) Anyway, this is not a proper gift, but I figured I’d share a song with you all that should inspire the fiercest of booty-shakin’.

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File under: Vanity is overrated

By serene | Published: March 7, 2010

I am not vain, I swear. I really don’t care much about my appearance, just as long as I am comfortable. But I have had a lingering feeling that my long hair was boring. I decided to get it dyed. Being a poor college kid, I thought I’d get it done on the cheap at [...]

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Big Pun

By serene | Published: January 11, 2010

“I ain’t a player, I just crush a lot.” What rang true in 1997 still rings true today. It’s as if Big Punisher crawled into my head/heart space, and whittled my modus operandi down to a simple phrase played over a run-of-the-mill generic 90s beat. (Though I will be the first to admit that I [...]

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HHG

By serene | Published: January 1, 2010

In the perpetually swelling and inspiring nerd universe there is a demigod named Neil Gaiman. The man wields words like swords and has birthed some of the most important cultural texts (Coraline, The Sandman, Fragile Things, et al.). The meringue on this bespectacled nerd pie is that he once graced the stage of The Colbert [...]

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Boner List

By serene | Published: December 13, 2009

It’s cold, sucky, and generally unpleasant. Here are things that are the antithesis of all that nonsense. 1. Y: The Last Man. A plague kills off every man on the planet, except for one schwing-worthy Yorick Brown. This may appeal to every comic-reading, feminist-identifying, or generally rad girl you know. Or anyone else, really. It’s [...]

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Present

By serene | Published: November 26, 2009

On this blue-gray morning, with the light pitter-patter of raindrops overhead, I am shedding the memories, the regrets, and the wishes. I am here, present, and overwhelmed with gratitude. A holiday without a name (for I cannot shed my political views, and cannot celebrate the killing of American Indians and their culture), but definitely with [...]

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Update-adoodle

By serene | Published: October 6, 2009

Quick list-style update: 1. LSAT was super, insane difficult. 8:30 am? Not my bag. Neighbor playing loud music until 3 am? Fail. 100 nervous, anxious people seated in one room? EPIC FAIL. 2. Classes this quarter should be interesting, as long as I can keep up on my reading load. Indigenous feminisms, Mass Media Law, [...]

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