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The Life and Shenanigans of Courtney Birst

Tagged, again. Dammit.

So I recently got tagged by Helmet to do another damn meme. Much like Helmet, I’m not a huge fan of memes, but still feel obligated to do them when tagged. I blame my mother for this disgusting desire to please people.
So the meme. At first it seems relatively simple, for it’s a list of [...]

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Crossing ‘Em Off!

Without even trying or realizing it, this weekend I crossed off an item from my To Do In This Lifetime list. Usually items on this list are crossed off with fanfare and occassionally a bit of planning - afterall, one can’t simply decide to run a marathon and then the next day complete it. Nope, [...]

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New Writing Gig

I am very excited to announce that I am now writing for a marvelous website called My It Things. Essentially it’s a site where I can write about the things I love - be it food or clothing or technology or damn near anything in between. And because I can write as little or as often [...]

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With These Two Legs…

A few days back my friend Amber gave me a call and said, “We need to talk races.” Her objective of the conversation: to determine the races I had on my calendar and compare them with the races on her calendar so we could pair up as many as possible.
Running has become so important to [...]

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Ireland, how I wish to experience you…

Everyone who knows me knows I love to travel. Hell, anyone who reads this blog knows I love to travel. On my infamous To Do In This Lifetime list it even states as much: “See the world!!”
This weekend my friend Jen and I went to see the movie P.S. I Love You - a movie [...]

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