Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 08:53:22 -0500 Subject: organized posts, added profile, started makefile --- ...-21-dancing-the-shag-and-the-new-lion-king.html | 91 +++++++++++++++++ .../2019-07-28-i-finally-found-a-drink-i-like.html | 92 +++++++++++++++++ posts/life/2019-08-11-marrying-my-best-friend.html | 74 ++++++++++++++ .../2020-04-10-the-obligatory-covid-19-post.html | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++ posts/life/2020-04-10-wedding-photos-are-here.html | 102 +++++++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 468 insertions(+) create mode 100644 posts/life/2019-07-21-dancing-the-shag-and-the-new-lion-king.html create mode 100644 posts/life/2019-07-28-i-finally-found-a-drink-i-like.html create mode 100644 posts/life/2019-08-11-marrying-my-best-friend.html create mode 100644 posts/life/2020-04-10-the-obligatory-covid-19-post.html create mode 100644 posts/life/2020-04-10-wedding-photos-are-here.html (limited to 'posts/life') diff --git a/posts/life/2019-07-21-dancing-the-shag-and-the-new-lion-king.html b/posts/life/2019-07-21-dancing-the-shag-and-the-new-lion-king.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..692a132 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/life/2019-07-21-dancing-the-shag-and-the-new-lion-king.html @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + 53hornet ➙ Dancing the Shag & Two Left Feet + + + + + +

Dancing the Shag & Two Left Feet

+ Not all of my posts are huge, and they probably shouldn't be. Amy and I + had a really great time yesterday at Two Left Feet Dance Studio, + learning more about how to dance the Carolina Shag in preparation for + our wedding (which is in less than 20 days)! An enormous swing band is + going to play all of our favorites from the brass band/swing era, and + one of the easiest dances to do to that music is the Shag. I wrote a + paper on the Shag a few years ago for school but never actually learned + how to do it. The steps are simple for us to remember and it's easy + enough to add flair or mix it up so we look like we know what we're + doing during our first dance. +

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+ We also got out to see the new Lion King remake and I can honestly say + it was worth it. If anyone's a Lion King purist, it's Amy. It's easily + been her favorite movie since she was a toddler, and to see it + tastefully redone almost 25 years after it was first released was + thoroughly enjoyable. There were minor alterations to literal sentences + in the script that all added some context to things that were always + kind of assumed in the original (clarification on Scar's backstory, + etc.). I did however feel like they were trying to throw Beyonce lines + the way a middle-schooler tries to turn a 500-word paper into a 700-word + paper. Regardless, it's definitely re-living the classic, not re-hashing + it. +

+ + diff --git a/posts/life/2019-07-28-i-finally-found-a-drink-i-like.html b/posts/life/2019-07-28-i-finally-found-a-drink-i-like.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..447c454 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/life/2019-07-28-i-finally-found-a-drink-i-like.html @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + 53hornet ➙ Finally Found a Drink I Like + + + + + +

Finally Found a Drink I Like

+ Anyone who knows me even slightly well probably knows that I don't + drink. And it's not out of moral obligation or anything like that. I + just plain can't stand the taste of alcohol. So it's no surprise that my + entire family has been trying to throw different alcoholic beverages in + my direction to see what sticks. +

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+ But it finally happened! I finally found a drink with alcohol in it. And + not only did I not gag, but I genuinely enjoy it, think it tastes great, + and mix it myself. +

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+ It's called Blackberry Cream Soda. It's just blackberries, + ginger ale, and spiced rum. It's darn good. And it's going to be the + signature drink at our wedding, whatever that means. All I know is I can + finally order something at a bar and that's cool by me. +

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+ Behold, Blackberry Cream Soda +

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I Married My Best Friend!

+ It was an inexplicable mixture of joy and butterflies getting to marry + my best friend. It was truly like a dream come true, so much so that it + drove me to tears multiple times. Now that we're on our honeymoon, it + feels simultaneously like everything and nothing has changed but I think + that's a good thing. +

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More to come!

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Obligatory COVID-19 Post

+ We're alive! All three of us: Amy, Clementine, and myself. We're doing + what we do best and that is being hermits with zero social contact. + That's pretty okay by us though because it lets us slow down from all + the fast-paced life changes we've made in the past few months. +

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+ In January Amy and I bought a house! We couldn't have done it without + the wonderful help of everyone who gave us wedding gifts. We got a nice + little standalone place in Suffolk, much closer to where I work and + centrally located for Amy's tutoring business. We spent all of January + painting and prepping for the big move. Late January and early February + were all moving and unpacking and trying to get back in the groove. + Since the outbreak, we've been using the extra time at home to finish up + all the move-in projects we wanted to: finishing painting, putting up + shelves, hanging pictures, and rewiring electrical outlets. +

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+ Amy also finally got the chance to pursue her dream job: she started up + her own private tutoring business. She's been working hard with clients + all over Hampton Roads, from college students all the way to + first-graders. Business was booming before schools closed but I know + she'll bring it back once things have returned to normal again. No + worries though, she's spending this time helping William and Mary handle + remote operations and students in need. She's also [supposed to be] + writing her master's thesis so she can graduate in May but you know how + it is. +

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+ We're also working through a family illness, which adds difficulty . We + expect a speedy recovery though and we're really excited for that. + All-in-all, we're really enjoying our lives as a happily married couple. + It's been about eight months now and I've enjoyed every minute of it: + the glad, the slightly stressed, and the overarching worry as the world + took a strange turn. But we're looking forward to a good Summer now. The + weather has turned nice -- really nice -- and Clementine is forcing us + to get outside. She's in love with her nice, big fenced-in yard and + refuses to come in after catching hoops most of the time. +

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Stay safe, smart, and sane!

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Wedding Photo Debacle

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+ At long last we have all of our wedding photos together! Unfortunately a + large portion of the professional ones were lost during editing but + we're extremely fortunate to everyone who took pictures throughout the + festivities so we have more to share! We hope you enjoy flipping through + them as much as we did! There is also a collection of the photos we took + while we were on our honeymoon on Mackinac Island, MI. It was an + absolutely magical place and truly the experience of a lifetime for us + to run away there. We're in contact with our videographer, who's working + on the final cut now. +

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+ Everything is available at the links down below. You can scroll through + the photos, view them in fullscreen, and even download them or share + them elsewhere. We hope you have as much fun flipping through them as we + did! +

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