• AudreyJack
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      • Username: AudreyJack
      • In response to: "Who are you?" A young reporter, looking to find her niche in the world of writing.
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    • My future home, ideally...

      • My image of an ideal home has shifted as I've grown up, but the desire for a wraparound porch has stayed constant. I have always wanted a nice, deck-style patio that circles the entire house. Around my teenage years, I think, I started to see it with an array of plants: vines cascading down the bannister, tall leafy plants and bright flowers in the bed on the ground, below the porch, and a large deck area in the back, semi-shaded, on which to relax and hang out should I ever invite anyone to my future home.

        For the longest time, I wanted to live in the city or a suburb. Lately, a bit more rural setting has become attractive. Not necessarily middle-of-nowhere, totally-removed type of setting, but a place with some grass and space for my future dogs to move.

        While I imagine my porch wrapping around a two-story house, I'm not sure that is something I want to deal with. However, it may not be as difficult as I anticipate (would definitely keep my legs in shape, at least, with as often as I float from bedroom to kitchen to living area during the days and nights).

        Inside my ideal home, it is spacious, but still a little cozy. I like hardwood floors and a bit of an airy, country-ish vibe in the decor. Accents of whites and blues and dark wooden furniture draw my attention in a home, though currently in my apartment lifestyle, black wrought iron is what I like in my decoration.

      • answered by AudreyJack on 02/21/2013
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    • Blogging for release

      • I very recently got started with the blogosphere. To me, it's a journal entry that is available for anyone to read. Since I was very young, I found writing to be the best way to express and release my negative feelings. While most of those writings are very private, the anonymity of posting online is somewhat freeing. There's that small chance someone I'm angry at may read it, and not know I'm referring to them. Or someone who has been through a similar situation can share their advice based on their experience.

        Of course, first you need followers so... if you're bored, check me out? :-)

        http://awesomeaudrey11.blogspot.com/

      • answered by AudreyJack on 02/14/2013
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    • The smell of coffee

      • Though I'm not a fan of the taste, I have always liked the smell of coffee. When I was in elementary school, my dad would get up early for work. When he would make coffee and use the last grounds in the can, he would bring me the empty container just to smell.

        I didn't develop a taste for coffee until late- or post-college. I'm only slowly gaining it, but only when accompanied by a ton of flavorings that dull the bitterness of the coffee. But I will always associate it with those early-morning moments.

      • answered by AudreyJack on 11/25/2012
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    • It's totally you.

      • I'm not sure it was a friendship that "had" to end, but I certainly saw it as one that was toxic to my life.

        I had a friend in college who kind of hit his third "strike" shortly after I graduated. I was coordinating with some of my friends to join me in a week on the coast - a graduation gift from my family. This particular friend waited until the night before we were to leave to tell me he had to be in another city for several days during the week, and could someone give him a lift back to his car (we had to coordinate carpooling). After much frustration and about ten minutes to think, I uninvite this friend to the beach house. It was not his first time dropping major planning-relevant news at the last minute, and I was honestly not looking forward to his attitude for a week.

        Shortly after I dropped this news on him, I get a message from another friend of mine whom I had not invited to the coast for other reasons (namely, her job requirements) asking about the plans. When I went back to confront the original guy, he responded with a simple "We're going to have a nice long chat." I responded that we would not, and proceeded to try and do some damage control with my other friend, who was not upset. She said she had a feeling something was going on when he messaged her, and she understood why I didn't tell her.

        The night resulted in him losing at least two friends on Facebook (a big deal in college). I offered him a final chance to explain his behavior, why he tried to turn one of my closest friends against me, and he never did. One response is not long enough to explain all the stuff this friend put the people who tried to help him through in the last two years I was in college, and leaving school was a good time for me to leave his BS behind. I don't wish him ill, but I do hope he learned how better to treat people after I cut my ties.

      • answered by AudreyJack on 11/25/2012
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    • Favorite Far-Apart Cities

      • If I could make whatever city I end up in next to Nacogdoches, my college town, I'd be extremely happy. I would be close enough to college amenities I could probably still get away with using (don't look that old yet!), but also near whichever large city I settle down in and all its shopping, restaurants and population.

        I've been a bit homesick for the Piney Woods, even though I only spent four years there. The area I'm in now doesn't have nearly as many trees and has a much larger population of apathetic people.

      • answered by AudreyJack on 07/08/2012
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