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(last picture from 2011)

wowee! it's been almost a year since i last updated this bad boy. a lot has happened since then, so i think it's time for another a-z to catch up...

a) tara susan anley

b) a quarter of a century old

c) been living in the great city of chicago for four months now

d) forever mending broken hearts (maybe it's time to give the little guy a rest!)

e) slowly and clumsily learning how to bake (and getting paid for it)

f) in dire need of a dentist. who needs teeth, really?!

g) currently in possession of four bicycles

h) consistently tardy

i) learning emotional self control

j) trying to be better with words

k) currently trying to read "on love" and "the zookeeper's wife" - been trying for three months now

l) painfully nostalgic. still working on that time machine

m) lucky to have friends that will pitch in and buy me a shot of malort for breakfast

n) living without power in my bedroom for four days and counting now...

o) finally a fan of the office

p) making my way through all the seasons of the wonder years. been waiting for this forever!

q) still haven't shipped any of my belongings from san francisco. please shoot me.

r) lucky to have the best mama!

s) can't swim or ice skate

t) terrified of airplanes, but needing needing needing to fly

u) in need of a bailey hunter robinson horse head tattoo

v) in possession of a 1933 chicago worlds fair good luck token

w) commuting about 9 miles a day for work

x) waiting for snow so that sledding can take place

y) constantly overwhelmed by how shitty people are

z) still trying to make the most of things

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i was reading back over past entries, and i realized that a) it's nice to have reminders of what you and your life used to be like and b) lately i haven't been getting excited about things, or dreaming enough, or putting positive magic out into the universe, and that needs to come back. so i think i'll try and write a little ditty here and there and keep the spirit of online narcissism alive!

for cross reference purposes, here's my new year's resolutions for 2012...

- stay in touch with people who are important to me, and be better about responding to people when they reach out.

- stay calm through anger and hurt, and not let it overwhelm me. “this too shall pass.”

- be impeccable with my word (thank you four agreements)

- hang out with friends more

- change situations that i’m not happy with (if i can) “if you don’t like the life you live, change it now it’s yours”

- try to be the best person i can be, even when others aren’t.

- drink less.

- try new recipes

- be strong

- keep my room tidy

- start keeping track of incoming/outgoing funds

- punctuality

- spend less time on the internet.

- worry about my life, not the lives of others

welcome 2012, let's fucking do this!

xo