December 2010
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“All that I’m after is a life full of laughter”
– Daughtry
Joyeux Noël
Finally beginning to feel a little festive.
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Julia: We need more time. Greece wasn't built overnight.
Sarah: You mean Rome wasn't built in a day?
Julia: Sure, that too.
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the place of who we are becoming
And so I realized that I had a responsibility to more than just me, and that I was going to have to change. You know, we can do it. I was going to have to change. And I was afraid to change, because I was so used to the guy who only just walked. I was so used to that person that I didn’t want to stop. I didn’t know who I would be if I changed. But I know I needed to. I know I needed to change,...
“Don’t let the bastards get you down
Turn it around with another round”
– Cheers (Drink to That) - Rihanna
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#reverb10 - december 9
What social gathering rocked your socks off in 2010? Describe the people, music, food, drink, clothes, shenanigans.
February 28th, 2010.
Team Canada beat Team USA to win the Men’s Hockey gold medal in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.
The party lasted all day, and all night. The city was lit up. High fives and the hugs were shared with absolutely everyone around you, stranger or...
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#reverb10 - december 8
Think about what makes you different and what you do that lights people up. Reflect on all the things that make you different - you’ll find they’re what make you beautiful.
I spent a couple days thinking about what to write for this prompt. Thinking about all the little character traits that make me unique. But I don’t want to talk about my inability to make a decent batch of...
Take Me As I am - Sugarland
Yeah he's yellin' about my tattoos
But we all live with the scars we choose
They might hurt like hell
But they all make us stronger
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#reverb10 - december 7
Where have you discovered community, online or otherwise, in 2010? What community would you like to join, create or more deeply connect with in 2011?
I feel like, as part of this online writing exercise, I should be talking about an online community. Which exists, to an extent. I have my sweet soul sister Lauren. My Australian mate Caz. I have Peter who writes these phenomenal words and then...
“Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors....”
– William Faulkner
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#reverb10 - december 6
What was the last thing you made? What materials did you use? Is there something you want to make but need to clear some time for it?
I feel a little jock-ish for questions like this. The last thing I made was a snowman Christmas ornament as part of a team activity to hand out to the little kids who come to our games. I had fun and used a glue gun for the first time in a while, but overall,...
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#reverb10 - december 5
What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Why?
In 2010 I let go of the girl who not too long ago, was my best friend. The girl who I’ve now spent years trying to help.
I let go of the girl who’s blatant lies I put up with. Who I would stay up until dawn talking to, only to have her disappear for months the following day. The girl who screened my calls, but who’s calls I...
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#reverb10 - december 4
How did you cultivate a sense of wonder in your life this year?
I made my first trip to Vegas in the spring. I followed that up with a longer trip in August. Being in Vegas, feeling both dwarfed and lit up by the monstrous buildings and the bright lights around me was both wonderous and wonderful. It was a place I expected to hate, but now a place I can’t wait to return to. Taking a bit...
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#reverb10 - december 3
Pick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. Describe it in vivid detail (texture, smells, voices, noises, colours).
February 12th, 2010, sometime around 7:30pm.
The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies had begun. I was in a holding room alongside hundreds of other performers. We watched the first half hour of the ceremony on televisions in our tents, but as soon as...
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#reverb10 - december 2
What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing — and can you eliminate it?
Well. Huh. Hmmmmmm. Thanks, #reverb10, for bringing to my attention the fact that I haven’t written, or really thought about writing, in months. Gooooood-good-great for a girl who went to school for broadcast journalism.
What have I been doing instead? In place of writing? Stuuuuff. I’ve...
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#reverb10 - december 1
One Word. Encapsulate the year 2010 in one word. Explain why you’re choosing that word. Now, imagine it’s one year from today, what would you like the word to be that captures 2011 for you?
2010: Exhilarating - happily refreshed and energetic
Hosting the Olympics will always define 2010 for me. February felt like a dream and definitely contained some of the best days of my life. I was part of...