Northern Downpour: Archive

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Slightly Stressful

2.19.12 // Study schedule for the day. This week: —three papers (1 page, 5 page, 25 page) due —three exams —lotsa reading —getting my first two rounds of allergy shots EDIT: instead of getting two shots, twice a week, I have to get two shots three times a week :( —boyfriend going on a work trip to Florida —seeing Seth Meyers on campus Busy, busy, busy!

Feb 20th

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2.14.12 // Homemade Valentines are my favorite Valentines!

Feb 16th

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2.14.12 // Valentine’s dinner! Homemade fettuccine alfredo with peppers and toast :)

Feb 15th

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2.11.12 // Scooby Doo, hoping for a scrap from dinner

Feb 14th

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2.11.12 // Tyler and Lizzy

Feb 13th

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2.10.12 // more allergy testing. This time with real shots :(

Feb 12th

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2.3.12 // P.F. Chang’s for Jason’s birthday dinner. SO good.

Feb 7th

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2.5.12 // Birthday boy :)

Feb 6th

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1.31.12 // UK vs. Tennessee, 69-44.

Feb 1st

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1.22.12 // traffic lights on Nicholasville Rd.

Jan 31st

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Allergy testing

Wanna see something kind of gross? Last Friday my sister and I got allergy tested again, since my nose has been running since August and she’s always getting sick. The last time I got tested was right before I started college, and then I had a ridiculous reaction to the testing. This time was no different. So the way they test you is to mark lines on your back or arms and then make tiny...

Jan 30th

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1.24.12 // self portrait

Jan 25th

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1.22.12 // Harrodsburg Road in the morning

Jan 24th

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1.22.12 // Held up in traffic

Jan 23rd

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1.22.12 // Driving

Jan 23rd

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An Open Letter to College Professors on the First...

Since this is my eighth semester in college I feel as if I’m qualified to say a few things to college professors concerning their behavior on the first day of class. I know that not everyone has been going to college for four years and that for some students this is only their second semester and they might still be adjusting to college life, but I believe even those students would agree...

Jan 12th

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LotR: 5 Lovable Yet Hate-able Characters

With the new year comes the final Lord of the Rings blog post in our series. You can check out our previous posts, 5 characters we love and 5 characters we hate if you need to catch up. I’ve recently begun reading Tolkien’s The Silmarillion and it’s been interesting learning about the history of Middle Earth. Maybe Peter Jackson will make a movie about it next? For now, here is...

Jan 8th

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“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making...”

– Neil Gaiman

Jan 2nd

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LOTR: 5 Characters We Hate

It’s been a while since my first LotR post, so if you need a refresher, here is my list of 5 characters we love. Since writing that post during finals week after (re)watching all three of the movies I should note that I managed to watch Fellowship once more in the same week, and Two Towers on TV in this previous one. I’d say that makes me a serious nerd. It also makes my boyfriend...

Dec 26th

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Stuck in a Dating Rut?

Well my friend Matthew can help you out. He recently finished writing his second eBook, entitled “Ready-to-go Dates: The Cure for Dinner and A Movie.” It’s really a great guide for finding new and fun things to do with your special someone. And wanna know something cool? I edited this eBook for Matthew, and I edited his previous eBook (Sticky-Note Love). It feels...

Dec 15th

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LotR: 5 Characters We Love

It’s finals week at UK and my roommates and I have accidentally rewatched all of The Lord of the Rings movies. As a result, we’ve come up with three helpful lists about the characters that you may or may not approve of. These are mostly my opinion, with some help from Amie and Danielle. (Spoiler alert: if you haven’t read the books/seen the movies this post might ruin important...

Dec 15th

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Twins (Sort of)

Sources for Cary & George You really can’t deny there’s a likeness. The Good German was on AMC while I was getting ready this morning, and I couldn’t help but think of Cary Grant whenever I saw George Clooney. They look very similar!

Dec 12th

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Jason: I wouldn’t trade anything for you. Me: Um… Jason: I said that wrong, didn’t I? — When boyfriends are sick

Dec 11th

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Dec 11th

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Dec 11th

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Dec 11th

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Dec 11th

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End of the Semester Reminder

This is a nice reminder for these last two weeks of school. I feel like as long as I stay calm, cool, and organized, I’ll be just fine :)

Dec 7th

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Dec 6th

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Some of My Favorite Guys

My family was in Lexington yesterday to celebrate the birthdays of three of my cousins and one of my aunts. Their birthdays are scattered through the end of November and into December, so we usually always clump them together. Actually every birthday on my mom’s side of the family can be clumped with another, except for my dad’s. But anyway, here are some happy party goers: The...

Dec 5th

Dec 2nd

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Dec 1st

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Nov 26th

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Post Thanksgiving

My family and I spent Thanksgiving at my great aunt’s house with most of my mom’s side of the family. It’s been so nice being home the last two days. For the past couple of years my mom’s had me make my grandmother a personalized calendar with family photos for Christmas, so every Thanksgiving I have to take new, up-to-date photos of everyone. These are just a few from my...

Nov 25th

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Thanksgiving

source Have a happy happy day!

Nov 24th

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Nov 23rd

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Nov 22nd

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Jon Hamm

source Over the weekend Jason and I watched Bridesmaids again. I could possibly argue that it’s funnier the second time around, but either way there’s never a dull moment. We started watching Mad Men over the summer after we saw Bridesmaids for the first time (not because of it) and I think I must have forgotten all about Jon Hamm’s role as Kristen Wiig’s obnoxious...

Nov 21st

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Nov 19th

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Nov 18th

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My Childhood

source (I know this is the British version of the movie cover, but go with it) Ten years ago yesterday this movie debuted on the big screen. And little eleven-year-old me was going nuts, I’m sure. I’m so thankful that my fourth grade teacher read this book to us and got me immersed in the wonderful world of Harry Potter. I’m very excited for my brother and sister (who love the...

Nov 17th

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Red skies

I’m so glad my camera has a sunset setting, otherwise I’d never be able to capture beautiful pictures of the sky at twilight. This was taken on Jason’s parent’s back porch. I’m lucky enough to get to enjoy plenty of Sunday afternoon and evenings there, eating great food and bonding with his parents and brother. This was a pretty bonus this past weekend :)

Nov 16th

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It's Not Your Turn

source I’m going to be honest: I love Christmas. But you know what else I love? Thanksgiving. I also quite enjoy November in general, so I always feel kind of bad when people are all, “Halloween’s over, now we can put up our Christmas trees!” If you’re one of those people, I hold nothing against you. I simply choose to wait to get into the Christmas spirit until...

Nov 15th

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6-word short stories →

cinderellainrubbershoes: For sale: baby shoes, never worn. -Ernest Hemingway Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time -Alan Moore Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses. -Richard Powers The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly. -Orson Scott Card Longed for him. Got… The only one I’d seen before was Hemingway’s. I’d say writing an interesting...

Nov 14th

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