Just as I’ve been questioning whether it’s the best idea to blog by my real name, weary that my real-life identity may be a little too exposed for comfort, what do I ultimately do? Put my picture in my header, of course!
Welcome to the new, even more self-glorifying michellewoo.com. Oooooooh. Preeeeeeeetty.
It’s now more of a [...]

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Matt says I shouldn’t write about this because it will forever classify me as a dirty girl, but I don’t really have a classy reputation to lose, so I shall tell you.
WE HAVE FLEAS!
(You’re judging me, aren’t you?)
It’s gotten to the point where I can’t believe Matt is here at my house, sitting on my [...]

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It’s been a long week, man. Making a magazine is hard. I am majorly drained. Yaaaaaawn.
Yes, we felt the earthquake. I was at work when things started shaking. Our boss announced, “Everybody outside!” and we all ran for our lives into the parking lot. I guess that’s our official emergency plan. A little scary, I [...]

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I’ve been really grumpy the past couple days. It’s partly a quarterlife thing (who am I?), partly a failing economy thing (mama needs new shoes), partly a female thing and partly an I AM CURRENTLY LOOKING AT A CRACKED LAPTOP SCREEN thing.

See?
I don’t know exactly how this happened. I don’t think I stepped on it. [...]

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- The fact that I can feel a swelling urge to hear Leona Lewis’ “Bleeding Love” just one more time, and then turn to any station on the radio and lo and behold! KEEP bleeding. KEEP Keep bleeding.
- Sausage McMuffins with egg. Why are you so delicious?
- Nail biting
- Not setting my alarm clock [...]

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Located at the top of the Palos Verdes hill, Matt’s backyard is an amazing spot to see fireworks. We got to see almost every show in the L.A. area. Look, there’s Santa Monica! The Home Depot Center! Wilson Park! Disneyland, maybe? Hermosa Beach! Wow!

This is what war must look like. Only not as pretty.
It was [...]

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Today was a happy day. We wrapped up the magazine on Friday so this has been the first weekend in a while that I haven’t had the word DEADLINE orbiting around my head. I feel fresher. Like a little bird flying into a cloud. Matt and I watched like five hours of Planet Earth on [...]

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From Chicago Tribune’s HeadCandy blog (Go Kevin!):
A Modern Day Romance

This is life.

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So I feel like I’ve been posting a lot, but I feel like haven’t written much here in a long while. That won’t change tonight as it’s late and I’m tired and I’m just not that into you (website you). BUT that will change someday because I miss using my brain to write stuff. It’s [...]

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Father’s Day. Rose Hills Memorial Park.

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