• Youth, Change, and Being Fearless

    At risk of alienation: I graduated from high school as a valedictorian. One of 14, in a class of about 500. We all had a perfect 4.0 GPA and took at least 5 AP classes (I recall taking closer to 12, in case you thought I was trying to be…

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  • Rating Crochet Projects Done in My First Year

    Nothing is for sale because if it was it would be like, $500 and I won’t sell anything for that much until I’m famous and inevitably ridiculous. If $500 is nothing to you, please hit me up. I’m selling. I started crocheting in April 2025 and thanks to a sufficient…

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  • Becoming The Thing I Feared The Most: A Sports Fan

    Part 1: The Sports Family When I was in 5th grade, a classmate that I had a minor crush on invited the entire class to his house for a Super Bowl party (if anyone’s counting, this was 2011, the Packers defeated the Steelers 31-25). Naturally, knowing nothing and caring very…

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  • my best books of all time

    It’s always “Annalisa, what do you recommend? What have you read lately?” And never “Annalisa, I loved all your recommendations, here’s $100.” Do better guys… If you know me, you’ve probably heard me talk about these books before. What’s wrong with having favorites? I still tried my best to get…

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