Life Lessons

Here's another gem of a draft from December 2015

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*No matter how hungry you may be, never order more than one menu item from Filiberto's
*If it's a holiday, holiday eve, or holiday weekend, give yourself twice as long to travel across town.
*Yes, there can be too much blue cheese in a cobb salad.

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I obviously had the idea to add onto this list whenever I learn a valuable life lesson. It's too bad I stopped at just three SUPER important thoughts ;)

What to pack when you travel:

I found this Draft from November 2015

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Sunglasses (if you wear regular prescription glasses, look into getting transition lenses, this will leave that much more space in your pack)
Hair ties
Headband (pulls back greasy hair, great in hot weather, great for washing the face) Think about cutting the sleeve of an old t-shirt. A headband like this takes up almost no room at all.
Camera (+batteries)
Underwear for women: Target sells a great line of super lightweight thongs and panties. These can be easily washed in a sink and dried (if not overnight) in the side pocket of a backpack.

For colder climates:
Ultralight down jacket
Wool socks

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I am definitely laughing out loud right now. Who do I think I am? A travel blogger? Nope. I didn't get very far down the list, but should I have discarded this draft? No, so here it goes on my blog which will somewhat embarrass me.

RESIST MEDIOCRITY

I found this short tid bit that I started writing sometime back in May... I don't remember doing this but it's been sitting in my draft folder (along with other gems) so I should probably just put it out there for the world.

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I can't believe it's been over a YEAR since I last posted. I guess I got all tore up about the presidential elections and lost any ambitions of doing anything meaningful since everything seems hopeless. Every day I am more and more appalled and less and less stunned by the bafoonity of Donald John Trump. End of rant.

I woke up today from some crazy and beautiful dreams. My dreams are always incredibly vivid, very unreal, and so exciting. I feel emotions to the tenth power. It's exhilarating. I hope to document a couple of them, but not on the blog. Sometimes they get inappropriate for younger audiences (not by choice, mind you). I blame it on my "unconscious" rather than my "subconscious."

Then I woke up with this song in my head from 1989. Soul II Soul "Back to Life (Back to Reality)." As well as having regularly occurring dreams, I consistently wake up with songs in my head that I haven't heard for years. I'll usually go to the computer in the morning and look up the corresponding music video. Since it's always a song that I haven't heard for a long time, the video is always weird and entertaining.