tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75094457917100800952012-01-26T21:22:41.180-05:00Kali.Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14607354885734695631noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509445791710080095.post-60645404261285980162012-01-13T14:40:00.000-05:002012-01-23T14:44:43.865-05:00

So friends, I will be hosting a blogging event at Jervis Public Library, located on North Washington Street in Rome, on Jan. 23 at 6:30 p.m.! We will have two of our RO bloggers there as well. I will talk a little bit about why you should create a blog and how to maintain it, keeping fresh content coming frequently. Kind of ironic considering I've been terrible about it myself, but hopefully

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I have had the pleasure of living in Central New York for my entire life. I've always appreciated that we get to experience the four seasons in all their glory. The colors of fall, the snow in winter, the blooming flowers in spring and the sunshine of the summer. But without a doubt I will find a way to complain about the autumn winds, winter blizzards, spring rain and summer humidity. And I

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I know, it's been over 3 months since my last post. I solemnly swear to write when I remember at least once a week from now on. But back to the topic of this post, my newest obsession: The X Factor. It's pretty much a way cooler and more diverse version of American Idol. One of the finer things we've copied from the U.K. thanks to Simon Cowell. For those of you who haven't been watching...

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I haven't been on a real vacation in a while. So I've decided that when I go on my upcoming vacation to Florida in August, I'm going to make a checklist of things I want to do so I don't A.) regret not taking advantage of my experience or B.) get bored. Keep in mind I only have a solid 5 days to work with and it's a family vacation, so most of these activities are pretty PG. But here it goes in

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I just recently came across an article from the Wall Street Journal called 'The Divorce Generation', which at first I thought was going to be depressing and disheartening, but of course I went ahead and read it anyways. Ironically, it was quite the opposite. The woman who wrote it was describing how those in her generation, Generation X, are known for having lived through their parents divorce.

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Having just celebrated how great our country is on July 4 with fireworks ablaze and flags flown high, I find it ironic that today I'm as disappointed in it as I was proud yesterday. Casey Anthony was today found not guilty of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, who she failed to report missing for 31 days, by a jury of her peers. I'm not going to throw around accusations although I

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RFA Graduation 2006. Five long years ago. As surreal as it seems, I've officially been out of high school for five whole years. Whoa. I don't really feel any different. Yeah, I graduated college and got a big-girl job, but I'm assuming most of my fellow graduates from the RFA Class of 2006 have done the same, right? Well I was gossiping with talking to a friend of mine recently about people

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So listen - I'm generally not a political person. I don't rally for or against issues although I do have strong opinions on them, and I couldn't tell you the logistics of how government works if my life depended on it. I can, however, tell you details of all the politician scandals over the past few years...but I digress. With the Assembly's recent passage of the gay marriage bill, it is

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I've always been the type of person that likes to drive to clear my head. I've spent many a Saturday making a few mixed CDs, filling my tank, and driving around with no destination. This has always been therapeutic for me, serving as a much needed opportunity to sort through my thoughts or forget them in general. Even with gas prices steadily creeping upwards of $4 a gallon, I'm feeling the need

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I have been a loyal Verizon customer for about six years now, and I generally have no complaints. I started out with a simple model flip phone, moved on to the Alias and then to the BlackBerry, which I currently use. When I first bought my BlackBerry, I was amazed by what it could do. I could read e-mail, call, text, keep my calendar updated, and check Facebook all from my phone. It was

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We'll be live blogging from the 36th Annual Rome Home Show all day today. Guests and vendors will be posting about their favorite exhibits, the coolest swag they received, and and all the new businesses they've learned about during the show. Check here for updates soon!

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I am not embarrassed to admit that to this day, I still watch Saved by the Bell– whenever I’m awake early enough, that is. I dare you to find a kid who grew up in the ’90s that didn’t watch Saved by the Bell and can quote/summarize at least 10 episodes. Just like young girls today have to choose Edward or Jacob, we had to choose from Zack or Slater. (Team Zack, all the way) No matter where I go,

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Photo via the-tattoo.com I received a text message from my college roommate a few days ago containing a photo of her second completed tattoo. I was green with envy. Our senior year of college my roommate, let's call her Elouise for anonymity purposes, was the first of the three of us to muster up the guts to get a tattoo. As I sat through the appointment with her (which she took like a champ)

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No worries guys, I'm still alive. It's been far to long since I've written a post - my sincerest apologies. This being my first year out of college, it's been rough not having 'breaks' from school after thankfully having them for the past 17 years. Thanksgiving break, Christmas break, spring break, summer break...all welcomed and much needed throughout the years. I have a few friends who work

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Via www.superlovehouse.com I totally still used to watch Saved by the Bell every morning and was fooled into believing I would hit high school and find my wonderful Zack Morris. I learned, I as I think most of us do, that old school "high school sweethearts" aren't as prevalent as they used to be. Ya know, way back in the '90s. Apparently, nowadays, 1 out of every 5 people in a new committed

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I can barely contain my excitement. Seriously. Is it November yet?

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I've come to the realization that this September, for the first time in my life, I will not be going "back to school." Now this isn't necessarily unfortunate, but it is weird. Very weird. Today, in fact, would be the day that I would normally be moving back to my Albany apartment gearing up for the first day of the semester on Monday. When I graduated in May, I was absolutely, 100 percent,

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I've lived in New York my entire life. The greatest thing about the northeast is that we experience all seasons in full force....but the worst thing is also that we experience all seasons in full force. The past few days, as you know, have been disgustingly hot and sticky. This is the part of summer I hate. I don't like going outside and feeling like I'm in a sauna I can't escape. I hate waking

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As I've previously talked about at length, I get bored easily. For the past few years my friends and I have developed a game called Truth or Truth.Well, 'developed' is probably a strong word considering it's basically Truth or Dare for lazy people. It's fun to just sit around with friends and not have to bother with "I dare you to run outside naked," when you know that no one sane is actually

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When I was an awkward fourth-grader back in 1998, two things were painfully true. 1.) I wore stirrup leggings...regularly. 2.) I was completely obsessed with Hanson. And I mean obsessed. I remember spending hours taking the staples out of  Bop Magazine posters so I could plaster them all over my walls. Let's all take a trip back in our 10-year-old minds. For nostalgia's sake: Ah the

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I have been back in Rome for almost three weeks now, which is just about the amount of time it takes to get bored around here. For the past four years I've been living in Albany while going to college, and just coming home for summers and short breaks. Without fail, every time I hit the two or three week mark, I've seen my friends and had some fun, and then I start to get bored. Albany isn't

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I thought there would be a point in time when I would stop finding television shows about high school entertaining, but somehow, that point hasn't come yet. One of my biggest guilty pleasures is Fox's hit show Glee. Let's face it, the concept is genius. Pair a dramedy set in a high school with musical numbers from Queen to Lady Gaga, and you can attract almost all women ages 7 to 70. They also

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