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1. Wendy
   

   I had no idea you were a skater-girl!!

   14 Aug 04 at 11:55 am #
2. jodi
   

   i am a total skate betty. haven’t you ever heard me wax poetic about Dogtown and Z-boys?

   14 Aug 04 at 12:25 pm #
3. Wendy
   

   Totally! But, um, I’ve never seen it… BUT! I just added it to my Netflix list.

   14 Aug 04 at 2:38 pm #

Even Here We Are

I'm Jodi Chromey, a writer who lives in Minnesota. This is the story of my life. You can reach me at jodi@iwilldare.com.

• Things I Want to Tell You

  • Can't stop listening to "Who Were You Were Thinking Of" by Jeff Tweedy. Sing it with me, "who were you thinking of when we were making love last night? Was it a good-looking stranger or a close friend of mine. . ." [+]
  • You would think that if they were getting straight As they'd know the damn difference between loose and lose. GAH! [+]
  • Sadly, many of these t-shirts would probably fit me too. T-Shirts My Ex-Boyfriends Would Wear in a More Honest World. [+]
  • Yeah, I know there are problems with the comments timing out and giving an error message. I'm working on it. Never fear, the comment is still posting, it's just being really annoying in the process. I hope to have this fixed ASAP. I believe it's fixed. If there is still a problem, it's probably your fault and not mine. Kidding. Kinda. [+]

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• Reading 2008

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  • Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America
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  • America America (review)
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  • The Ghost Writer
  • Secret Lives of Great Authors (review)
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  • I am the Messenger (podcast)
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  • Things That Fall From the Sky (review)
  • The Learners (review)
  • Rock On (review)
  • Bang Crunch (review)
  • Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (podcast)
  • Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (podcast)
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  • Post Office (review)
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  • Self-Help (review)
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  • Away
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  Books Read 2002-2007

• Minnesota Reads

  • 6 questions we always ask — Ben Kimball
  • Book Links: Lazy authors, Catcher’s relevance, and Flowers in the Attic
  • All the Sad Young Literary Men [sound the same]

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