tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48274563883679715912024-02-06T23:48:11.348-08:00Life: A True StoryMeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-42383579530258175112013-07-01T09:30:00.005-07:002013-07-01T09:32:57.948-07:00Some Kind of Wonderful. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi sweet friends. </div>
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As you can probably tell, I haven't posted in quite a long time. Due to a season of personal and spiritual upheaval, I've decided to leave this little blog in the past. My heart is tired, but my life is new. </div>
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I am really excited about my new blog, though. You can find me <a href="http://onegreatadventureblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">over here</a>, the author of '<a href="http://onegreatadventureblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">One Great Adventure</a>.' It's a baby blog and is exceedingly new, but please come take a peek and leave a note so that I know you've been there - I would love to follow you all back. </div>
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It's hard to leave this place behind - because I love it. The memories are poignant and bittersweet, sometimes I wish I could just jump into the photographs and say something different, do something different. But I can't, and life just keeps moving right along, with me struggling to keep up. Moving forward, moving on with life is something I don't do well, and quite possibly will never do well. It's always been a part of being 'me.' </div>
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This story is over, but there are many, many more to tell. An ending is necessary and good, wonderful, sweet and broken. Life is full of experiences that keep us moving on, leaving things behind, and drawing us closer to God. Not only that, but He promises to be there every step of the way. </div>
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I rest on that hope.<br />
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-31810042191669562882013-03-08T09:43:00.001-08:002013-03-08T09:43:33.420-08:00four on friday. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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{those last couple minutes before an interview}</div>
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it has been <em>such</em> a busy week. full of interviews, SNOW, moving into my little nashville apartment, and my best friend just flew in from LA. busy, crazy, but oh so good. here are a few moments from my week, and i hope you have a lovely weekend!<br />
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ps: <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/video/archive/2013/03/bay-lights/273741/" target="_blank">check this out</a>! i'm so excited...<br />
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{a snowy drive to work}</div>
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{necklace twisted around your wrist = last minute chunky bracelet}</div>
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{mid-week coffee date with mom+little brother}</div>
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-42329540554144986702013-02-26T03:00:00.000-08:002013-02-26T03:00:15.412-08:00oh, hey nashville.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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soo...on this one saturday, i journeyed into downtown nashville with my camera and a jacket that was not warm enough for the cold. i looked like a nerd because i was by myself, but i got coffee and took pictures and went to a bookstore and saw Abraham Lincoln's signature.<br />
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it was a very successful day.<br />
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{tennessee capitol park}</div>
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{oh hey, nashville. how about you just stand there and look gorgeous? thanks.}</div>
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{a picture that's increasingly horizontal.}</div>
Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-15487061757066029622013-02-25T03:00:00.000-08:002013-02-25T03:00:01.155-08:00sunday afternoons. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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my sweet little camera has been packed up for much, much too long. I miss getting to snap pictures all the time, looking like a total tourist in my own town {except sometimes <i>real</i> tourists think i'm a professional and ask me to take their photos...and i giggle a little bit ;) } after being cooped up sick all weekend and falling in LOVE with the mid-afternoon light, i decided to snap a couple of nerdy shots.<br />
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because sometimes it's fun to get all, 'pretend' artsy.<br />
here's my little love affair with light, courtesy of your favorite amateur photographer.<br />
one day, i hope to REALLY know how to take good pictures in it ;)<br />
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{my mama made this chair all pretty...so talented!}</div>
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{light + light}</div>
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-51542866160287415932013-02-22T03:00:00.000-08:002013-02-22T03:00:04.084-08:00four on friday.<div style="text-align: center;">
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it's that time again...when i get to show you instagram pictures about how amazingly cool my food and hair and pens and clothes are. it's the best app ever, seriously. if you don't have it you should. so here are a couple pictures from my week, and tiny captions to go with. enjoy your weekend, everyone! </div>
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-74904549521431371042013-02-21T16:28:00.000-08:002013-02-21T16:29:26.222-08:00welcome to the new {nashville} life. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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hey all.<br />
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i've been gone for awhile, like usual. because life is crazy and you have just <i>got</i> to hear what is going on in it. please don't get stressed out. if you get stressed out, then i will get even MORE stressed out, and no one likes a stressed out blogger. it makes for boring posts like this one.<br />
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before i spiral off into 'my life,' i would like to go off on a bunny trail and direct your attention to that picture up there. my best friend took it when i was in africa and laughing in the rainforest. seriously, that's a rainforest. i got drenched. right now i am not even close to a rain forest, but it is raining quite a lot outside and i've ducked into starbucks for a bit. {i hate driving in the rain. hate it.}<br />
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i should stop procrastinating. sooo....the reason i have been really bad at posting is because 'revenge' came on hulu. and i got two more jobs which brings my job total to four {don't get stressed. please}. and..i got in a car accident and the guy didn't have insurance and won't return my calls. i'm moving into my own little apartment on friday. my cell phone bill has tripled. and i'm driving my parent's suburban for the time being, so my gas bill has ALSO tripled {thank god for cheap tennessee gas}.<br />
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i'm sure after that little tirade you will understand the reason for that laughing picture. i kinda need it. as you know, posting is always haphazard on this little piece of internet that i call mine. if you miss me, check out my <a href="http://followgram.me/meg1521" target="_blank">instagram</a>, which i promise is fun, and SOON i will be putting up a facebook fan page for my little blog. i know, i know. let's add another stressor to the pot. fun.<br />
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as for now, i will sign off as your writer, independent contractor, admin assistant, grad student, legal assistant, and finally, your barista. because naturally i have to be able to provide myself with free coffee...and i like talking to people when they have to talk to me.<br />
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oh, nashville. you grow me in so many {extremely painful} ways. thanks for that.Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-45918655008623280512013-02-14T03:00:00.000-08:002013-02-14T03:00:01.361-08:00oh, valentines day.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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do you ever find yourself 'looking back' on valentines day? do you wonder about all the romantic dinners/cards of the past, and wonder why in the world it's not happening this year? or maybe why your husband/boyfriend isn't pulling out the big candy hearts or candles any longer.?<br />
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yeah, i know. been there, done that.<br />
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i've had a couple or really, really good dates on valentines day, and then a couple {semi-depressing} years where the only gift i got was a miniature box of See's on my dinner plate. from my parents. that's a little bit embarrassing, you know? just don't tell my mom.<br />
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this year is one of the 'wane' years. and i'm not going to go on and on, saying how you should just 'love yourself' and 'forget the day.' no, i'll say it. being alone on valentines day sucks. it's not fun, and it's frustrating to remember how much i looked forward to it when my mind was clouded with puppy love, then compare it to the now. i'm not sad about that pink and red riddled day in february. even though i'm single, i actually quite like it. why?<br />
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because i love love.<br />
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it's my absolute FAVORITE to see couples holding hands and all the harried men and women running in and out of the post office with red envelopes. i love seeing the silly valentines day cards in the stores, and the kids pondering what candy to give to their 'special someone' in the grocery store aisles. february just feels bright and happy, even though it is in the middle of the winter. it's the month of love, no matter what kind of love you're feeling. whether you're single (read my post on singleness <a href="http://lifeatruestory4.blogspot.com/2012/10/do-you-look-single.html" target="_blank">here</a>), married, or dating, it's a special day.<br />
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so. instead of being all mopey and crazy about tomorrow, i thought i would show you a couple pictures of those wonderful people in <i>my</i> life. the ones that make me smile, let me cry on their shoulders and laugh until my face gets much too red. these are the people that i am celebrating on that day of love...what about you?<br />
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{little siblings}</div>
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{my sweet college roommate}</div>
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{my obviously still madly in love parents}</div>
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okay, everyone. take a deep breath and go listen to some <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9POh4ATtuBw" target="_blank">jackie wilson</a>...oh, yeah. and enjoy this pretty awesome day of love. you can find that warm, fuzzy feeling anywhere, you just have to look <3 </div>
Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-84176666159210706032013-02-11T05:00:00.000-08:002013-02-11T05:00:00.079-08:00thirty-second dance party. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i'm not sure if any of you readers out there are grey's anatomy regulars, but i definitely am. and these two best friends? make me very, very happy. i'm a HUGE fan of dancing when i'm stressed or upset, even though i'm usually alone. or in the car. especially on hollywood boulevard where no one cares and the druggies on the street bob their heads and start dancing, too. it embarrasses my best friend to no end, but hey. life. </div>
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there was definitely one time in africa when i was really homesick...and i danced to reba mcentire for about ten minutes in the bathroom. by the end i was sweating, smiling, and laughing. isn't it funny, how something so simple can make a day just <i>that</i> much better? </div>
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and, it seems like i'm not alone with my 'thirty-second dance party' obsession.. you can catch a few of my favorite 'dancing' moments <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGl3Y1gvv5g" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wwQWyo0J3E" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhbYxXg7p-A" target="_blank">here</a>, plus check out this ultra-cute <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYh9DCN8ads" target="_blank">proposal</a> just because it's flippin' adorable. and it's a proposal, i mean. how can it get any better than that?</div>
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back in high school, i apparently felt the same way. this picture? was taken when one of my best friends and i dressed up in "80's" attire and filmed an exceedingly embarrassing 'dance party' video to the music of pat benatar and the 'grease' soundtrack.' we thought we were pretty cool. and, i mean, obviously we were. just check out our converse knock-offs! ;)</div>
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happy monday, everyone! hope you have a week full of '30 second' dance parties :)</div>
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{the road to the oscars begins now}</div>
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{hope you aren't scared of heights...}</div>
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{can i just live at seattle grace? i'm waay to excited about the MerDer baby...}</div>
Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-58790904978076087402013-02-07T05:00:00.000-08:002013-02-07T05:00:00.221-08:00rookie photographers.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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you know from <a href="http://lifeatruestory4.blogspot.com/2012/09/i-cant-take-photos.html" target="_blank">this post</a>, that i'm no photographer. i'm just not. but that doesn't mean that i don't want to take pretty pictures, and my crazy best friend has been an absolutely amazing model. she's posed on pier 39, random places in san francisco, all over hollywood, in random coffee shops and pretty much with every bit of food she's put in her mouth for the last year.<br />
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with all the pictures i take of her, sometimes, i forget that she is taking pictures, too. i always love taking a peek at my photos after the fact, just to see the crafty/quirky photos that she has taken. here are a few that make me smile.<br />
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she's so cool.<br />
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<br />Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-85933245772128087952013-02-06T05:00:00.000-08:002013-02-06T05:00:13.530-08:00waiting game.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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do you ever feel that you are playing a constant waiting game? does life seem to inch along, just an annoying little road block? that's...kind of where i am right now. it feels a bit like i'm stuck in the mud, confused and worried about where i might end up. i have a dream, but the means to get there are kind of on hold for a bit. sometimes, it's as if all the big things become huge and bulky, they block my view and keep me from enjoying the tiny things, the beautiful little things that i never would have experienced otherwise.<br />
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like snow.<br />
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i've never driven in the snow before, and i've now done it two, let me hear it, TWO days in a row. yeah. i'm proud. at first i was frustrated and annoyed. um, hello? i just moved from los angeles where it rains, like, twice every never and snows even less. the icy, abominable weather made it so i couldn't even open my door, much less separate my windshield wipers from the frosty glass. it took a couple minutes and cold water, after which i got my frosty fingers and bad attitude on the road.<br />
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not a good combo. i promise.<br />
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as taylor swift tried to calm me down (thanks, girl), i watched as the snow fell from the car in front of me. it was...neat. and different. it didn't just fall to the ground, but swam in swift curlicues, fluttering just a breath above the road. like little fairy wings, a bit of natural glitter. i don't want to sound silly or cliche, but it was a bit magical. as the sun broke over the rattling, empty trees, it lit up the frost and made the whole world sparkle.<br />
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it took a little bit of God's creation, a small piece of wintery beauty, to make me smile. life wouldn't be an adventure if we got to the finish line quickly,right? it's in the magic of a moment, the sweetness of those unexpected twists and turns, that make it worth living.<br />
<br />Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-12697428159327676902013-02-05T05:00:00.000-08:002013-02-05T05:00:14.053-08:00sweet baby faces. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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this is kind of a "bleh" blogpost. well...not really. but there's just a lot of pictures that i just have to show someone before i burst! baby faces? bay area baby faces? honestly, you know you can't resist.<br />
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a couple of months ago (thanksgiving), i had the chance to meet up with my aunt and uncle who make their home in alameda, california. in case you don't know where that is, it's an itty-bitty island in the san francisco bay, right <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=alameda,+ca&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x808f80d8f2cf1595:0x66ff99cf60016f14,Alameda,+CA&gl=us&ei=mx8PUYLPK5Om8gSKzoDABw&ved=0CKYBELYD" target="_blank">over here</a>. they have two darling little ones, lydia and baby georgie, and they're expecting another one any minute now. i. can't. wait.<br />
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-39867238638837487252013-02-04T05:00:00.000-08:002013-02-04T05:00:00.782-08:00long distance. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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the move from LA to Nashville has been rough. i would be lying if i said it wasn't. i miss the warm weather and the fast pace of <i>everything, </i>the way the 170 highway dips into stunning views of hollywood/downtown. that one iconic sign on the hill, the ocean, the palm trees and the need for sunglasses. a place to call my own, lemonade on melrose, ice cream in brentwood, movie sets and my best friend. i know, dorky, hey?<br />
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i almost titled this post, "two weeks in tennessee," because just fourteen days in, I was ready to head back out. nashville is full of sweet people and home cooking, but the rough edge and beauty of that one city i left? it's hard to forget. for now, i'm a long distance best friend, a long distance california girl, and a long distance LA lover. i've promised myself a year in nashville. one year to upend this city, to explore chicago (only seven hours away!), pop down to new orleans or springfield or birmingham, visit the civil war sites (i'm a closet history buff), and take advantage of all the free country music i can.<br />
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for now, i'm in a city where johnny cash sang, where he fell in love with a lady named june. where patsy cline crooned, and elvis danced. this is music city, usa. not los angeles, not san francisco. but nashville. it's been a battle to recognize that if i spend all my time mooning over what once was, i'm never going to appreciate the beauty of what <i>is.</i><br />
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excuse the short post, everyone. but it's about time i put a little 'california' in tennessee. care to join me?<br />
<br />Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-85112734844505078482013-01-31T05:00:00.000-08:002013-02-03T18:12:06.751-08:00nashville = change.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="line-height: 19.18402862548828px;">i'm a california girl, born and bred. and this is the country. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.18402862548828px;">(omg. this is the country. take deep breaths, deep, <i>deep</i> breaths...)</span></div>
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it's awards season in LA...and i've been watching movies non-stop. kind of. isn't it funny how millions of people get excited because of someone's...<i>acting ability?</i> at least for me, i've never seen anyone hold a party for when the winner of the nobel/pulitzer prize is announced. it's as soon as the SAG awards/goldenglobes/oscars roll around that the popcorn gets popped and the dress analysis begins. <div>
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maybe it's cliche, and maybe it's a little bit silly. but i can't wait to host an oscar party, one day when i finally get the chance to watch it on my own tv. this amazing blogger <a href="http://cupcakesandcashmere.com/five-things-14/" target="_blank">did it so well</a>, that i think it will be fun to have one of my own. thus, lots of thoughts about movies, and what makes a movie good. is it really the acting? or is it the story? the characters and the setting and the script writing? or, is the value of a movie simply in the eyes of the beholder?<br /><div>
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i mean, i have a few favorite movies. it's such a form of excitement to love/learn from/enjoy quite a few that tell stories about: </div>
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the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE_X2pDRXyY" target="_blank">heartbreak of poverty</a>. </div>
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the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTUvX_pYNBM" target="_blank">fragility of young love</a>. </div>
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the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOarssJWHhI" target="_blank">power of hate</a>. </div>
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the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzx5STfb54k" target="_blank">sweetness of friendship</a>.</div>
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the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4RJYlSgDKM" target="_blank">spontaneity of the unplanned life</a>.</div>
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the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWyH_twcMl0" target="_blank">disjointed solidarity of family</a>.</div>
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the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIgY20n3n0Y" target="_blank">beauty found in a mistake</a>.</div>
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and...i can't wait to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=uE-2g_PsWc4&NR=" target="_blank">watch this one</a>. if you have, tell me how it is. because i'm extremely excited. </div>
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{{ps. i'm tired of michelle williams being jipped out of an oscar. i mean, seriously!?!? (check her work out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-b48Aj8zkg" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oiY7W7nDeE" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yPzc_REvhU" target="_blank">here</a>)}}</div>
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-62112920070883626922013-01-15T08:00:00.000-08:002013-01-15T08:00:07.188-08:00hello, from cape town!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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there are only a couple days left in this summery/lovely/gorgeous place called, 'africa.' it's been filled with penguins and flamingos and lions and zebras, strange words, unimaginable poverty, the exhumation of my own first world ideologies and the majesty of God's creation. it was a <i>huge</i> step of faith to actually buy my ticket, and take my california-girl self to one of the most exotic places in the world. God has truly blessed me with a wonderful trip, one that i got to share with my best friend from college, a trip that lasted weeks and weeks and made me more aware of the world that exists beyond my own.<br />
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i'm off to go enjoy my last couple of days of holiday in <a href="http://www.capetown.travel/" target="_blank">cape town</a> {in case you're wondering, <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cape+Town,+South+Africa&hl=en&ll=-32.082575,23.774414&spn=11.921631,24.960938&sll=-17.14079,10.986328&sspn=52.123778,99.84375&t=h&hnear=Cape+Town,+Western+Cape,+South+Africa&z=6" target="_blank">this</a> is where it is, and i also spent LOTS of time <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Falls,_Zimbabwe" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Harare,+Zimbabwe&hl=en&sll=-17.894461,25.928421&sspn=0.209424,0.390015&t=h&hnear=Harare,+Zimbabwe&z=11" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bulawayo,+Zimbabwe&hl=en&sll=-17.82922,31.053961&sspn=0.419002,0.780029&t=h&hnear=Bulawayo,+Zimbabwe&z=11" target="_blank">here</a>}. blogging will resume once i get to my new home in nashville, tennessee, and after i give all my siblings hugs and African candy :)<br />
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the last day that shan and i were in harare, we finally were able to carve out a bit of time to serve at an orphanage. it was something that i had set aside to do, but with christmas and victoria falls and days and days of travel, it just got put off. there are many in the city, and with a couple of inside connections and the kindness of shan's parents, we were able to make an appointment to pop in. that's why, on a humid, rainy afternoon we made our way to the Hands of Hope orphanage, only a couple minutes away from her home. </div>
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all of the children, nine girls and two little boys, were abandoned on the streets of harare, zimbabwe. due to widespread ignorance birth control and the violent oppression of women bred by the <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Understanding-Shona-Culture-of-The-Shona-Tribe-of-Zimbabwe&id=2573822" target="_blank">shona</a> culture, it has become increasingly difficult for families to support the excessive influx of children. many try to self-abort, which results either in the mother's death or retardation of the child, and babies are abandoned as early as minutes after birth in many different places around the city. as heartbreaking as it is to find a little one, it's just as difficult to think of the painful choices that mother's are forced to make to keep their large families afloat. </div>
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in all honesty? i wish that we had been able to come to this special place much earlier. i would have loved to spend more time with those sweet little baby faces, to make the guarded looks of the older girls melt into smiles and give more than i received. while we were there, the girls put on a barbie cartoon entitled, "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1092053/" target="_blank">Barbie as the Island Princess</a>" {you can see them watching above}. they were so excited. they sang along to the whole of the pirated dvd's soundtrack, lyrics twisting around the theme of a lost home, and a quest for family. the irony of video, and their rapt attention, piqued a sense of understanding and hope that i didn't expect to find. </div>
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these are little girls, little boys, that have big dreams. i asked them each their names, what they wanted to be when they grew up. one, blessing, wanted to be a "big manager". leona dreamt of being a lawyer, another of a teaching profession and one simply desires to be a mom. hands of hope truly does breed home within the hearts of their children, they give each the leg up that they need and attempt to provide them with a home and sense of community that would have otherwise been lacking. God has a plan for this teeny orphanage, and each of the precious lives within.</div>
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i can hardly believe it's 2013. the years seem to pass so fast, leaving little trails of broken memories behind. usually, i get all nostalgic and moody around the 31st. but here? there was really no time. i guess africa just wrings that out of you. i was too busy seeing my FIRST wonder of the world {victoria falls}, getting a wicked sunburn, playing with lions, taking pictures of baby monkeys, laughing with my best friend and enjoying the sweet hospitality of her family. i must say, 2012. you sure went out with a bang. </div>
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2013 has quite a few promises, as well. living in nashville, leasing yet another apartment {but much cheaper than LA, thank heavens!}, being near my family again, beginning graduate school, applying to MFA programs, maybe seeing my first country music star ;) i can't wait to hang out with my mama, find a new job and write my heart out until my best friend moves to tennessee in may. {i know, i know. i'm pretty lucky.} alright, 2013. last year left some big shoes to fill. you ready? </div>
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it's been awhile since my last post {i feel like i am always saying that...}, but there's a reason. as always. <br />
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i'm currently in harare, zimbabwe, with my best friend and her sweet family. it's strange. my first time out of the country has also coincided with a trip to africa, a place that i never thought i would visit. in all honesty, i'm a bit excited that this was my first experience on my own. i didn't go to london or paris or rome. i didn't take on the beauty of another first-world country, didn't pace the streets of italy or switzerland, but went somewhere that's different. real. i ran straight into the fire {as everyone here keeps saying}. part of me, even now, can't believe i actually did it. i always thought africa was too exotic, too strange and far-fetched. i thought that life was so radically different that there was no way a born and bred california girl would ever be able to relate. <br />
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ah, yes. isn't it great when our preconceived notions are smashed to little bits and pieces? today marks my tenth day on an entirely different continent, and i must say. <br />
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wow. <br />
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sorry for the lack of embellishment. putting 'africa' into a string of sentences and jumbled up letters is proving to be one of my most difficult assignments. it's as if the paper is insatiable, it eats up my words with a ravenous, gaping mouth that always waits, ready for more. there aren't enough words to explain the poverty and the pain, the huge smiles and sweet baby faces. food prices that are sky high and yet glean so little, and the strangeness of a country whose government, quite simply, doesn't work. <br />
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africa isn't just 'the lion king' or, 'cry, the beloved country.' it's green and huge and the skies stretch for miles. the dirt pathways along the roads are packed with children and businessmen and mothers holding laundry and babies on their backs, wrapped up snug and tight. africa is a sprawling flea market and smells that make me wrinkle my nose and pirated dvd's that make you want to laugh and cry at the same time. handcarved <em>everything</em>, mismatched clothes and checkers games played with a few odd coke bottle tops. <br />
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it's strange to come from america and realize how blessed my family is. just because of a life lottery, i was born to parents in one of the most beautiful states in the land of the free. i have always been taught to dream, and to fight. don't have the money? get another job. want to go to college? work hard, get a scholarship. in zim, there is no opportunity in your work. there is no chance. your life is determined by your parents and your place of birth, both of which are extremely stringent. you are either white or black. rich or poor. you take the lot that you're handed and make the most of it. sell fruit in the streets, fake a disability. beg for money that will put food in your children's mouths, if just for one more night. <br />
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just this afternoon, i was watching a young girl, maybe five or six, lead her mother along the dangerous meridian of a busy road. the woman was {supposedly} blind, and they were begging for money, next to a man with cell phone airtime stuck in the papery bark of a tree branch. i asked my best friend {shannon} how people could live like this. with no hope for something better, no dream for a life beyond zimbabwe. i felt claustrophobic, almost, and my heart broke for this sweet little one, working when she should be painting pictures and laughing on the playground. shan told me, quietly, 'megs, this is their life. you don't have to hurt over it, because they aren't. this is their life, they work their job, they struggle and overcome, and they're happy. just because it's not your life, or the life that people have in the states, doesn't mean that it's not a good one.'<br />
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africa is family, pain, love, anger. it's high fences and no electricity. distrust, hard work, a lack of hope and sense of closeness. africa is abstract and ugly and beautiful and heartbreaking. it's someplace i couldn't create any expectations for, because it simply supercedes them all. <br />
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africa is. <br />
africa, isn't that different. <br />
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-34835733547845074192012-12-07T04:00:00.000-08:002012-12-07T04:00:06.265-08:00four on friday.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: center;">{early morning light}</span></div>
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yay! it's time for four on friday! i haven't done this in awhile, so i'm kinda psyched. this week, i thought i would regale you with the millions of instagram pictures that take up residence on my super cool new iphone. (i know, i know. i followed the crowd. sue me.)<br />
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here are some photos from this week/lastweek/lastmonth. i haven't been on here for awhile, so cut me a break! ;) hope your week was absolutely fantastic, and have a happy weekend. i'll see you all on monday. (ps: i will not say ya'll, i will not say ya'll...)<br />
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{freshly painted nails and a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/125001476X" target="_blank">new book</a>.}</div>
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{an old photo of mine edited with <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/afterglow-photo-editor/id573116090?mt=8" target="_blank">afterglow</a>...so fun!}</div>
Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-46950816321981626552012-12-06T04:00:00.000-08:002012-12-12T22:46:22.808-08:00hollywood hills. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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if you guys have been reading my blog for awhile, you know that i love my little home in LA. when i first moved down here a couple years ago, though, i was a bit more hesitant to enjoy the smoggy place that's home to movie stars, high taxes, and sunny days galore. honestly? i'll always be a san francisco girl at heart. you can't get past the nostalgia of childhood, and the sweet memories i have there are priceless.<br />
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that doesn't mean LA hasn't squeezed it's way into my prejudiced heart. i'm really struggling with the idea of leaving...and it's hard to think that i won't be able to pop down sunset blvd whenever i want to.<br />
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i love the hollywood hills and mulholland drive, brentwood and tiny coffee shops and adventures with the crazies on the streets. i love driving down hollywood blvd late at night and looking at the lights and laughing with friends. i've gotten stuck in oscar traffic and visited studios and film sets. i've spent the morning in hollywood, the afternoon on the beach and the night in downtown, run into celebrities and driven a stick shift up hills that rival my city by the bay.<br />
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i laugh at tourists (sometimes) and know all the back roads. i've attended book signings by my favorite authors, been stuck on the renowned 405 freeway for hours and can recite hollywood trivia with the best of them. this is my home. yeah, you can criticize california for our ridiculous amount of debt and crazy-daisy politics that keep us bound to high taxes and expensive living.<br />
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it's in LA that i've really bolstered my love of writing, where i met people that had a sweet bit of faith, and told me it was possible. newfound friends/professors encouraged me in the smallest ways, and people here work <i>hard.</i><br />
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<i></i>you come to LA with a dream...mine was to be a writer. to gain experience and find a story to write. in a place that's made up of artists, it's not difficult to find inspiration. i came to LA with a dream (like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ubwvycDfq8" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12sZRItGcYE" target="_blank">here</a>), and with a couple rejection letters, sturdy criticism and the hardness for heated debate, it's well on it's way. this is a city of dreamers, and you can't get out untouched.<br />
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i'm leaving, but maybe you aren't. and all i have to say to you?<br />
welcome to hollywood. what's your dream?<br />
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{drivin' the back roads}</div>
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{fall}</div>
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{my pretty best friend on our favorite route in the hills}</div>
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<br />Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-73750355618231099172012-12-05T04:00:00.000-08:002012-12-06T21:14:25.930-08:00birthday in the city.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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a couple of weeks ago, i celebrated my twenty-first birthday. with a whole lot of family in nashville and friends that are far away, my dad decided to make his way down from northern california to celebrate. to say the least? i was excited. it's nice to drive around los angeles in a bmw instead of my college kid jalopy, and i got to show dad all of my favorite places in the city.<br />
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dad treated at the <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1004">bonaventure</a>, where i had my first drink (a lemon drop martini!) and got to patter around in my favorite sky high heels. the hotel is gorgeous, by the way, and stuck right smack dab in the middle of downtown. i have an old friend who always wanted to go, and they spoke of it highly. when i realized that there was a restaurant, i just couldn't resist. the cocktail lounge slowly revolves, so you can see the whole of the city. it was amazing. sweet and simple, just the way i like it ;)<br />
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i'm very thankful my dad decided to take a whole weekend off of work to spend time with his displaced daughter. this california girl is now excited to see the <i>whote</i> family again, when we can all hang out together in that place called nashville. such a sweet daddy, huh? :)<br />
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{dad's a big fan of hollywood...}</div>
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{we clean up pretty good, hey?}</div>
Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-37551559504175026372012-12-04T04:00:00.000-08:002012-12-04T04:00:06.900-08:00it's autumn in LA!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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{there's a storm a'brewin over my pretty city}</div>
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los angeles is a very sunny city. It's bright and big and crazy, wacky and hysterical and eclectic...and it also <i>finally</i> welcomed autumn in december. crazy, hey? as you can tell from <a href="http://lifeatruestory4.blogspot.com/2012/10/is-it-autumn.html">this post</a>, i was a little frustrated way back when because it was much too hot. well, november just had to die a slow, heated death to give way to the pretty-ness that is: december. </div>
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is it still fall in your neck of the woods? i'm seeing pictures with snow/christmas trees, and i can hardly believe it. time really does fly. i have nine days to soak up some rain, some pretty la sunsets and hollywood crazies, before my life gives way to summer again, all the way over in africa. a bbq for christmas? bring it on.</div>
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{leaves}</div>
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{love love loving the dark clouds}</div>
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Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-28062147855658943902012-12-03T04:00:00.000-08:002012-12-03T04:00:01.976-08:00i'm baaack....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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oh my heavens. oh wow. i haven't blogged in two weeks...and it feels sad. there's nothing up on this little piece of the internet other than a picture of my hands on a keyboard.<br />
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um, not fun.<br />
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that's why i've planned a bunch of neat posts for the rest of december. (can you believe it's december?!?!) there's going to be some dreaming, a little DIY, packing heart attacks and an impending trip to africa. christmas is coming and i'm leaving the country for the first time and leaving my pretty little california. needless to say, there's so so much going on in my life. you're going to hear lots, so get ready! ;)<br />
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i can't wait to revive my teeny-tiny place that i love.<br />
see you tomorrow!!Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com7100 W 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA34.0522342 -118.243684933.6312602 -118.87539890000001 34.4732082 -117.6119709tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827456388367971591.post-75850055668147012882012-11-14T04:00:00.000-08:002012-11-14T04:00:11.395-08:00A week too late. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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oh, everybody. i have been a bad blogger lately. for some strange reason i thought, "well, meg. you're going to night school and work a full time job and serve at church and are in the middle of moving and celebrating your twenty-first, so why don't you start a membership with NaNoWriMo?"<br />
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ah, yes. i'm so intelligent sometimes.<br />
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long story short? the reason i'm not blogging is because i'm stuck writing 2,000 words a day to beat out 50,000 words of a novel by the end of november. as much as i love each and every one of you {and your comments!}, it's going to be a bit slow here in this end of the woods.<br />
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i'm writing a story.Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041241803699414003noreply@blogger.com5