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Julie & Julie by Julie Powell
Julie & Julie by Julie Powell

It’s the summer of 2010, before construction wiped out the little forest standing outside our window. A tiny plot just behind my building, left untended to grow all it could, taller than my 4-story walkup. We still had cable then too, with the Starz + Encore channels being my choice of entertainment, my mom and I enjoyed the 90s blockbuster reruns what can I say? It was lunch, or maybe dinner, (summer break blurred my days a bit) and Starz was airing last year’s hit ‘Julie and Julia’.

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Honey bee
Honey bee

Imagine you’re me, you get up and go to work, click clack at your desk, join a meeting, get up to use the bathroom, you go to wash your hands and only after lathering the soap into your palms do you realize that there’s a honeycomb printed on the new soap bottle. You’re (I’m) allergic to honey…..

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Adapting to 25
Adapting to 25

I’m 25 now, and it feels no different from 10, 15, 20. They were all significant, because zeroes and fives mark milestones or whatever, and this one is hitting me the same as any other. I’m another year older, and my brain is apparently done growing (but I was born 8 days late so maybe it was done a few weeks ago…). I was able to take the day itself off and spend it all with my partner around the city, he took to me to museums and parks and lunch at our favorite ramen spot. My mom sent me an edible arrangement that we demolished as soon as it arrived. All in all, a good 25.

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Honey bee
Honey bee

Imagine you’re me, you get up and go to work, click clack at your desk, join a meeting, get up to use the bathroom, you go to wash your hands and only after lathering the soap into your palms do you realize that there’s a honeycomb printed on the new soap bottle. You’re (I’m) allergic to honey…..

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Adapting to 25
Adapting to 25

I’m 25 now, and it feels no different from 10, 15, 20. They were all significant, because zeroes and fives mark milestones or whatever, and this one is hitting me the same as any other. I’m another year older, and my brain is apparently done growing (but I was born 8 days late so maybe it was done a few weeks ago…). I was able to take the day itself off and spend it all with my partner around the city, he took to me to museums and parks and lunch at our favorite ramen spot. My mom sent me an edible arrangement that we demolished as soon as it arrived. All in all, a good 25.

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Julie & Julie by Julie Powell
Julie & Julie by Julie Powell

It’s the summer of 2010, before construction wiped out the little forest standing outside our window. A tiny plot just behind my building, left untended to grow all it could, taller than my 4-story walkup. We still had cable then too, with the Starz + Encore channels being my choice of entertainment, my mom and I enjoyed the 90s blockbuster reruns what can I say? It was lunch, or maybe dinner, (summer break blurred my days a bit) and Starz was airing last year’s hit ‘Julie and Julia’.

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