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Three Decades

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So. It’s finally here: I’m Thirty. I should say it until I actually believe it. Ha! I was asking my high school best friend earlier (we have the same birthday, only a few hours apart) Where did the 14 years since high school go?! I mean I swear I remember us fawning over our crushes and calling our group MAPPLERS to signify our first name initials and our crushes’ like it was just yesterday. I can’t believe I still remember that embarrassing detail of my life. But there you go.

Such young princesses (i.e. spoiled brats) we were and believing that the boys in high school were The Shit. And how romamtic it would be to end up at the altar with them! [Blatantly naive Catholic school girls!] Here we are with different people and living such different lives than we could ever have imagined.

I’m pretty sure I’m going to say something along those lines 10 years from now. Still on this blog? Oi.

Life has been so crazy and wonderful and so unexpected that all I can really tell myself is: IT’LL KEEP GETTING BETTER. And I can’t wait for more great surprises ahead of me. Challenges that keep me on toes and ready for the next adventure. Love that will keep me pulling my hair and laughing heartily and attesting to the fact that I’ll do everything all over again without changing anything. Successes in things I love doing. Passion for life and living in the moment.

I guess what I’m saying is, I’m ready to be swept off my feet, 30!

Happy Birthday to me!

Asides

• Blacker Than Black: Researchers Develop Darkest Man-Made Material. "The material, a thin coating comprised of low-density arrays of loosely vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, absorbs more than 99.9 percent of light and one day could be used to boost the effectiveness and efficiency of solar energy conversion, infrared sensors, and other devices." #
• Here's a Directory of BC Farmer's Markets. If you're in the area, Granville Island has theirs on Thursdays. #
• A few years ago, a good pal of mine mentioned that the guy she was dating was a 'biker'. (more...) #
• FYI: FDA clears Florida and California tomatoes #
• At least it feels like it is to me as I help out a few friends promote their businesses. How I ended up with almost all friends who run their own shows, I do not know. Birds of the same feather flock together? I guess. (more...) #
• 10 Investing Books Recommended by Warren Buffet #
• US Airways to cut free snacks on domestic routes. It's starting to feel like a guessing game of, "What's gonna go next?!" #
• With the use of a GPS device, Erik Nordenankar drew a self-portrait on Earth: "My pen was a briefcase containing the GPS device being sent around the world. The paths the briefcase took around the globe became the strokes of the drawing." Brilliant. [~found via kottke.org] #
• I know this all too well: Gray Hair Moments for Designers [comics] #
• Stretching your dollar: How to Feed Yourself on $15/week. #