tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46771685680461686242024-02-19T05:54:04.914-05:00hannah c.aspiring journalist // photographer • tennessee roots // international intentionsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522254434532634713noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677168568046168624.post-16285310038632838202015-10-15T15:49:00.003-04:002015-10-15T15:50:01.982-04:00last week's adventures, part five<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, 10.10 - </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">walked through bridgeport, looking for breakfast. snagged some pumpkin pastries from </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/JackalopeCoffeeTeaHouse" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">jackalope coffee</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, decided we were still hungry, walked to </span><a href="http://pleasanthousebakery.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pleasant house bakery</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for a </span><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=scotch+egg&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMIiPf1q5TFyAIVhHc-Ch2ixgIY&biw=1366&bih=643" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">scotch egg</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and mash (jonathan ate a kale/mushroom pie). we headed downtown for a </span><a href="http://www.foodseum.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pop-up museum</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> exhibit about the history of hot dogs (we’re both into food history, so we totally loved it.) then we drank beers on a roof before parting ways. I ventured to a </span><a href="http://www.riverviewtavern.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">tavern</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to eat dinner and watch the </span><a href="https://instagram.com/p/8rWA_QJ9oL/?taken-by=hcpennesi" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">vols beat georgia</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">! after a shot of jameson, my little belly start to ache so i ventured home and napped. we drank wine on the fire’scape and chilled our bones. </span></span></div>
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<b>Monday, 9.21 - </b>waited to learn the details of grandaddy's funeral, volunteered with pastor ben/snagged a giant bag of produce, sat in a hookah bar and watched monday night football<br />
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<b>Tuesday, 9.22 - </b>did a lot of brainstorming at work, made a delicious <a href="http://naturallyella.com/roasted-broccoli-peanut-noodles/" target="_blank">dinner</a> and apple crisp, discussed how early to leave the house the next day for the airport because of the Pope<br />
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<b>Wednesday, 9.23 - </b>rendered my iphone useless, flew to Nashville, hugged papa bear as tight as I could, spent the afternoon surrounded by family/meeting strangers, ate dinner at <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_sCMKgAxBvA/UvY_2hybR3I/AAAAAAAGf_s/DsLyeYMrvuQ/s1600/RYAN'S+ALBANY+GEORGIA+N.+Westover+Blvd.,+Ryan's+Buffet+Grill+Restaurant+Dougherty+County+Albany+GA.+All+You+Can+Eat+Food.JPG" target="_blank">Ryan's</a> and reminisced on all the times our grandparents took us there, drank six free beers with hannah, laid on my bed laughing at <a href="http://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers2/ebook/ImageType-100/1486-1/%7BE258CC05-4F8F-4F1A-91DA-E556F84A388F%7DImg100.jpg" target="_blank">ridiculous jokes</a><br />
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<b>Thursday, 9.24 - </b>celebrated Doug Cather's life all day, tears in my eyes and love on my mind<br />
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<b>Friday, 9.25 - </b>flew back to dc at 6 am, went straight to work, came home to olivia and gabi in my home (!!!), ate a delicious <a href="http://www.elsol-dc.com/" target="_blank">mexican dinner</a>, followed g to u street for a rambunctious adventure, left my credit card in a bar<br />
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<b>Saturday, 9.26 - </b>realized my credit card was missing, was reminded of the beauty of friendship by our Uber driver on the way to the Landmark Festival, listened to a lot of great music (u.s. royalty, the mowglis, daughter, band of horses, wale, miguel, drake), ventured back to u street for my credit card and pizza<br />
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<b>Sunday, 9.27</b> - headed back to West Potomac for day two of Landmark (lord huron, the suffers, tv on the radio, chromeo, the eagle rock gospel singers, alt+j, chvrches, the strokes), walked to the white house, ventured to <a href="http://www.dinerdc.com/" target="_blank">the diner</a> <br />
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<b>Monday, 9.28 - </b>had four creative meetings, didn't read my personal email/did two loads of laundry/miraculously didn't flood the house because apparently we had a leak and laundry was off-limits, laughed with all my roommates in the kitchen<br />
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<b>Tuesday, 9.29 - </b>more creative meetings, started compiling my october playlist, went to <a href="http://satellitedc.com/" target="_blank">dinner</a> with mr. b, cursed the rain, watched the first episode of narcos<br />
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<b>Wednesday, 9.30 - </b>went to my first official house show, meet some new friends, listened to some great tunes/loved the song about <a href="https://strangerinthealps.bandcamp.com/album/honey-if-youre-lucky" target="_blank">the mann gulch fire</a><br />
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<b>Thursday, 10.1 - </b>woke happy and greeted the first october morning (this is my favorite month), more meetings and a migraine, napped for ten minutes/drank coffee when i got home and it vanished, spent time asking important questions with my roommates ("are you following your bliss?" "do you know what your bliss is?")<br />
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<b>Friday, 10.2 - </b>didn't go to work, replaced my iphone and black jeans, had the most perfect family dinner (+neill) of salad, gnocchi/roasted vegetables, couscous and chocolate cake (and too much booze)<br />
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<b>Saturday, 10.3 - </b>lounged. a lot, left the house to grocery shop but otherwise remained pantsless all day, was disappointed by UT's third loss, laughed at the russian man's jokes<br />
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<b>Sunday, 10.4 - </b>still pantsless, still happy.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522254434532634713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677168568046168624.post-71723629554197831042015-09-22T14:36:00.003-04:002015-09-22T14:37:21.549-04:00last week's adventures, two<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Sunday, 9.20</b> - woke to crisp weather and a kind note, made pancakes, checked out </span><a href="http://communityforklift.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Community Forklift</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, bought delicious peaches/tomatoes/muffin, napped, went to Smoke & Barrel for some </span><a href="https://instagram.com/p/75d1fcvQn3/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">bomb bbq</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, sang along to the entire Of Monsters and Men concert</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522254434532634713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677168568046168624.post-74908172797768806302015-09-14T15:01:00.004-04:002015-09-14T15:02:06.399-04:00last week's adventures<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">frenchboy told me he was underwhelmed by my post yesterday, so I'm here to appease him and anyone else who actively cares about what happens in my life. I let you all down last week with no selfie-sunday post, I know, please forgive me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Monday, 9.7 - </b>talked about weird stuff with Hannah,<b> </b>enjoyed Labor Day festivities at Liv's house, said goodbye to my family, got on a plane in Nashville, got stuck in Charlotte, <a href="http://hannahcather.blogspot.com/2015/09/tuesday-morning-in-airport.html" target="_blank">slept on the floor</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Tuesday, 9.8 </b>- got back to DC, napped, worked a bit, made a delicious collard greens/sweet potato/coconut milk soup that was a lovely <a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9c/96/e6/9c96e6dada13695fac07f1484ec6e154.jpg" target="_blank">chartreuse color</a>, finished reading Gone Girl (have any of you read that book!? <b>so intense</b>. I need to watch the movie now.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Wednesday, 9.9 </b>- finally went back to the office after being out for five days (whoops), listened to <a href="https://youtu.be/Wz5R1rmxzIs" target="_blank">Oh Wonder</a> all day (couldn't stop dancing), went to DC Bike Party, drank PBRs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Thursday, 9.10 </b>- curated my first internet email to my best friend (maybe one day I'll share the things she and I send to one another), continued dancing at my desk, drank wine with roommates while making dinner</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Friday, 9.11 - </b>sent positive thoughts to those affected 14 years ago, did a lot of brainstorming in the office about very exciting things (stay tuned), <a href="https://youtu.be/E5R0aov2M28" target="_blank">wil'ed out</a> on the way home in the car with Leyla, drank too many margaritas with my housemates, went to an awkward party (tried to make it not awkward, didn't work)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Saturday, 9.12 - </b>put on a rain coat and went to the farmers market, started preparing for the pot luck, volunteered at the DC State Fair (I worked with the honey judging), ate leftover pie from the competition, listened to the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/without-lighting-up-dcs-pot-farmers-show-off-their-harvest-at-fair/2015/09/12/711703a4-57dc-11e5-8bb1-b488d231bba2_story.html" target="_blank">Best Buds judging</a>, helped finish preparing food for pot luck, ate too much, drank too much wine, had a great time celebrating Ilia</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Sunday, 9.13 - </b>woke up and cursed the wine consumption, went to Great Falls Park with Alison and Sam for an adventure walk, bought bread and goodies from another farmers market, napped, went to Adams Morgan Day with Leyla, ate delicious Indian food, listened to a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqPh_HmfN4E" target="_blank">trombone/drum ensemble</a>, sprawled in bed and watched some Orange is the New Black</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">xo, hc</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522254434532634713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677168568046168624.post-91180152459509014112015-09-13T19:22:00.002-04:002015-09-13T19:22:31.855-04:00selfie sunday no. thirteen <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh heavens, this week was a doozy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think I always say that, but life is just so full.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My home feels comfortable, my relationships are growing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm happy as can be with what the universe is giving me.</span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522254434532634713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677168568046168624.post-4838185345360765392015-09-10T18:30:00.000-04:002015-09-11T17:32:33.033-04:00tuesday morning in an airport<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">xo, hc</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522254434532634713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677168568046168624.post-7554017265585521222015-08-30T22:24:00.001-04:002015-08-30T22:24:11.365-04:00selfie sunday no. twelve*southern belle accent*<br />
I tell you what, this week wore me out.<br />
*end irresistibly charming accent*<br />
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It was a doozy. One for the books.<br />
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I went on a couple of dates with pleasant company. I attended my first happy hour gathering where there were three Hannahs, two of whom were celebrating their birthday that day. It was my second week of work, and it actually felt like work. I bonded with roommates over garlic and kale. My best friend made a very, very important decision, and though overwhelmed, I couldn't be more proud of her. I shared a pitcher of sangria with a new friend, who I met at Bonnaroo and now call a neighbor. I made photographs I was proud of. I flew to Knoxville for my dear friend's birthday (and the outlandish party he threw), and enjoyed being around my people.<br />
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and now I am home.<br />
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Ready for another week of who knows what.<br />
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Songs you should play: 4th and Roebling, Young Blood and <a href="https://youtu.be/d1N49GXKyD4" target="_blank">Funeral Beds</a> by The Districts, Prisoner and Losers by The Weeknd, and We Were Here by BOY<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522254434532634713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677168568046168624.post-2998795823748220772015-08-23T22:36:00.002-04:002015-08-23T22:59:00.009-04:00selfie sunday no. eleven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"What do you do?"</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Where do you work?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Did you move for a job?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I sigh a little bit every time, at the predictable inevitabilities. Then realize I'm just as curious about them, so I stifle the sigh. *breathe in*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I work with a nonprofit called Food Recovery Network," I tell them (whoever they are.) And depending on how engaged they seem, I'll either stop there and smile or continue my explanation. Since you're here, I'm assuming you're curious, so I'll just keep going? You can always stop right now, in case you actually aren't interested. But boo on you. Why are you even here? Just kidding, thank you for being here at all. We all appreciate your existence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">FRN is a national organization composed of 150 chapters, each of which is located on a college/university campus. Those students are fighting food waste and hunger in their communities. They work out a plan with their campus dining providers to take leftover foods to local soup kitchens/churches (or things of that sort; there's quite a variety.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As a member support fellow, it's my responsibility to check in monthly with 31 different chapter leaders to make sure everything is going according to plan. I exist to encourage their efforts, push them to reach new goals and act as a liaison between them and the national office. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My desk, in the national office, is situated between two other ladies named Hannah. In fact, it's not an individual desk but half of a two-person desk that is a section of a square where eight of us have computers. There's another grouping of four computers and two independent computers. So right now there are 14 of us in the office. A 15th person might be on the way. I'm not sure. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We work 40 hours a week. Isn't that crazy? I have an actual adult Monday through Friday 9-5 job. Except, only kind of. My supervisors decided, once upon a time, to instill a "Flex Friday" schedule. That means that I get to take every other Friday off, assuming I make up the four hours some other time in the two-week period. (I think that math is correct. I'm still not convinced I understand the system.) We have meetings and send emails and color coordinate our calendars and eat lunch together and groan simultaneously when the Internet stops working. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm thrilled to be at FRN. Really, truly thrilled. It seems like the most wonderful stepping stone between graduation and whatever the future holds. I suspect in nine months — when the fellowship ends — I'll be more equipped to make career decisions. Because I'm still not sure why I didn't pursue journalism.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I thought I wanted to be an editorial magazine photographer (or editorial assistant or anything in magazines.) I spent my last year of school assuming my future was headed in that direction. Pete Finch and Hannah Margaret Allen were my role models. Then, on somewhat of a whim, I attended the Food Waste and Hunger Summit in Athens, Georgia, and everything changed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For years, my life goal has been to always be able to feed the people I care about. Note the symbolic photograph of a pot of soup as my "selfie" this week. When I learned of all the initiatives doing just that, my focus shifted from magazines to feeding strangers. And as much as I miss working at a daily newspaper and being the editor-in-chief of a magazine class, I'm 100% satisfied knowing that tomorrow I'll sit in an office as part of an organization that embodies my life goal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">xo, hc</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">ps: if you have any questions, shoot me an email: hannahcatherr@gmail.com</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">pps: if you want to listen to my favorite song of the week: Lady of the Desert by Rayland Baxter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522254434532634713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677168568046168624.post-89712388534605326612015-08-16T15:39:00.002-04:002015-08-16T15:41:54.192-04:00selfie sunday no. tenI have a pet mosquito.<br />
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Our relationship is not healthy. As I scratch at one of the ten bites on my body, I plot her death. Sure, she may not be the source for all of the itchy discomfort, but she needs to be squished. Why did she have to leave her extended family on the porch and move into my space? The chances of a tasty treat are slim, considering there's only one person occupying the bedroom versus all the people walking through the front door. "GO EAT SOMEONE ELSE" I mumble, aggressively, as she somehow manages to miss my swat. Where did she even go!? Sneaky mosquito.<br />
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You're not here to read about my mosquito mistress? You want to know what's happening in my life? Huh, that's weird. But, I mean, alright. Like, uh, I guess I can clue you in.<br />
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It's been a week since I packed up the car and drove 10 hours to DC. I pulled up in front of the row house on Kansas Avenue, where three of my six roommates greeted me with smiles and helped unload my stuff. (I dunno where the other three were, they aren't assholes, just busy bees.) <a href="https://instagram.com/p/6QcEDKPQgv/?taken-by=hannahcather" target="_blank">My bedroom</a>, aka Miss Mosquito's haven, is the first one on the second floor. You take 12 squeaky steps, then three less squeaky steps and my room is on the left. The windows face south, and there's plenty of room for activities. I couldn't ask for a better place to rest my head each night for the next 12 months. (Except something tells me I'll be doing a lot of traveling this year, so maybe not eeeeeevery night.)<br />
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Y'know when you move and you get that "in a new bed" feeling? You fall asleep imagining the potential of your new life, and you wake up surprised by your surroundings. That's probably one of my favorite feelings. It's why I like to travel so much. Each morning this week, I woke reveling in that newness, overjoyed by the possibilities. I did my best to get out, to explore my surroundings, so here's a bulleted list of my adventures (cuz dat grammar wuz 'bout to get ruh-dic-uh-lus):<br />
- joined DC Bike Party and traveling through the city with 1,000 people<br />
- played in a ball pit with a giant, surrounded by chaotic children<br />
- walked through the zoo and indulged in confectionaries<br />
- cut about three inches of hair off<br />
- ate chicken feet (woa) and pork belly at Eat's Place, a "food incubator and restaurant accelerator"<br />
- sat on a porch, listening to songs about Bernie and Jesus <br />
- rode my bike to the grocery store<br />
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It was my last week of summer. It felt like an entire summer in seven days. It was the best way to transition to this new life, which is something I've done three times: starting college, studying abroad for six months and now this. Knoxville was easy; I had a crew of friends and classes to take. The move to Utrecht needed some bravery. I carried a suitcase and my curiosity across the Atlantic Ocean to a culture that marginally resembled my own. It only took a week to learn to not walk in the bike lanes and to say "dankjewel" after buying groceries at Albert Heijn, but it never truly felt like home. Maybe that's because it never was going to be home. I didn't mind.<br />
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With those two transitions behind me, I knew I could take on DC. The conversations I overhear are predominately in English (but also in Spanish and French and Chinese and a slew of others because this city is international.) There's cell service everywhere (except for in the metro tunnels.) The social opportunities are limitless (but I don't feel guilty for watching all of True Detective.) Basically, there are a lot of ways that I feel in my element, even if I'm not 100% sure what this element is.<br />
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This is a photo of my latest tattoo. (It's still healing, so it looks a bit wonky.) I don't normally share my new ink with the internet, but I'm making an exception for this one because it's very, very dear to my heart. There's this wonderful woman named Olivia who is full of life and kindness and laughs and overall greatness. Liv brightens any room she enters, and she protects her friends with a fierce loyalty. I have no memories of life before her — she's been my neighbor and one of my best friends for 20 years. That's a really long time, so we decided to commemorate our friendship with "biff tatts." She has a matching one that's just a bit smaller on her back. My house is on the right, hers is the left.<br />
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These two houses mean a lot to me. They connect me to someone I would die for, someone I care about with my whole heart <i>aaaand</i> to all the other people who matter to me. I love people in Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Washington, Oregon, Montana, California, Australia, France, Germany. I love people all over the world, but not one of them is in DC with me. Surely one day I'll say "I love you" to someone in this city, but until then, I'll keep looking at these houses and sending love all over the globe.<br />
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xoxo, hc<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522254434532634713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677168568046168624.post-8161715925988060662014-11-05T10:51:00.001-05:002014-11-05T10:51:46.002-05:00important words<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><strong>What’s your advice for photographers?</strong><br />To try to
connect the questions you asked—the question of too many photographs is
interesting; the only way that I think people can really make a
statement or do anything that’s of any value today is just to not lose
their personality. That’s what I think is happening. I see in
photojournalism, you look at all these websites, even the agencies, and I
don’t know about you, but I can’t tell one photographer’s work from the
other. It’s just a flood of people who been influenced by the
generation that came before or whatever it is, and they look the same.
So, the only thing for me is to look for people who have maintained
their personality. It’s not so easy to do because people don’t want you
to. But in my life, you are who you are and you keep going on it.</span><br />
- eugene richardsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522254434532634713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677168568046168624.post-53651409793982248072014-11-03T00:47:00.000-05:002014-11-03T00:48:19.551-05:00spoon lickin' good<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, I, uhm, did something fun for my self-directed project...</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522254434532634713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677168568046168624.post-2413436163466263012014-08-22T13:11:00.000-04:002014-08-22T13:11:09.591-04:00"no. 1 rule: always photograph head coach"You wanna know what's weird? Standing on the sidelines of a football practice field wearing a band tee, a thrifted (and below-knee length) vividly patterned skirt and deteriorating Keds is weird. Feeling like an "artsy outcast" and staring at sweaty, muscular men is weird. Listening to Butch Jones shout in a secret language which is projected across the field is weird. It's all very, very weird, but I loved it.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522254434532634713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677168568046168624.post-90528441196250696172014-08-20T16:37:00.000-04:002014-08-20T16:37:30.816-04:00wwiw?<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today was the first day of my last year of school *woooo* It's been 20 days since I came home/moved back to Knoxville, and I'm starting to miss Europe more and more. Here are some, some of you can put two and two together and guess the country, but the challenge is the city. xoxo//hc</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These two open-faced sandwiches were eaten in Budapest. A little shop stood next to the hostel and sold a wide variety of the petite bites. I definitely stopped by for multiple breakfasts after devouring these two delicious things my first morning. On the left is what the lady explained simply as "aubergine." As a fan of eggplant, I went with it. The other one was an obvious choice: smoked salmon with dill. They both tasted fresh and thoughtfully put together with balanced, bold flavors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And the song of the week is one of alt-j's new tunes. There's no backstory. It's just groovy as hell:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, I've been back in America for about 80 hours now, and it feels real weird. My brain's a bit dead, so I'm going to launch right into this week's bits. Oh! and I had an idea: to add a food snapshot to these posts. Maybe this doesn't make sense outside of my brain, but I was thinking if I have a selfie, a list, a food and a song, that makes "s.l.f.s." which basically translates to "selfie s(unday)." ...right? Let's go with it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The uplifting/optimistic vibe of the end of this song coincided perfectly with the arrival of my plane in Nashville. I'm glad it was the last tune of my travels.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522254434532634713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677168568046168624.post-32646465586057142612014-07-27T16:36:00.000-04:002014-07-27T16:36:08.333-04:00selfie sunday<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Emotion overload. Millions of thoughts at a million miles a minute. Budapest impressed me in the first two hours and has yet to let me down. Staying here for four days was a good decision (that I made a month ago, haha.) The weirdest part, what I'm trying to stifle in order to appreciate what's going on around me, is the fact that I come home IN FOUR SLEEPS. DO YOU HEAR ME PEOPLE!? <b>FOUR</b>. My life will be Tennessean and American and Knoxvillian and college and RA and Daily Beacon and old friends and new friends again. It's overwhelming in the best way possible. But yea, here's a selfie, a list and a song for you:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>These boots carried me through 13 countries, this dress was snagged at a Finnish flea market, the bracelets and bag are mementos from different cities and I'm holding a piece of kürtoskalács, a Hungarian pastry. The only thing that's missing from this ensemble of things that describe me right now is the watch my best friend gave me (I forgot to put it back on after the Turkish bath.)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Comfortable beds after a sleeping on a ferry floor and (on another occasion) a seven-hour night bus ride. I wouldn't call either of those nights restful in any way, but hey, sometimes you gotta get where you're going and it ain't easy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The opportunity to see Auschwitz. This is a place that I have imagined visiting since I first started learning about the Holocaust. It was as surreal as I expected it to be. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A promise to have a pen pal and to see her again in less than five years. I'm still not really okay with the idea of Henni living in Finland aka really far away.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. The irony of "plutonic" describing a relationship better than "platonic". Still laughing at that awkward evening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some of you know that I used to listen to the album <i>For Emma, Forever Ago</i> every night in my bedroom as a teenager. While it's no longer an every night occurrence, I turn to Bon Iver when I need comfort in an unfamiliar dark room or when I want to block out the sounds around me in hopes of catching some sleep. The ferry and the night bus definitely called for this man's voice, but the weirdest thing happened: I kept waking up half way through this song which is the last one on the album. Typically I play the album once and sleep washes over me before I even hear this song, but on those nights, I restarted the album multiple times. And the line "there's a black crow sitting across from me/his wiry legs are crossed/he is dangling me keys, he even fakes a toss</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">" made me feel helpless. It was the strangest sensation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And now you all know me a bit more than you were really bargaining for. Sorry about that. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">xoxo//hc</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522254434532634713noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677168568046168624.post-12273305134165995482014-07-13T15:10:00.000-04:002014-08-03T22:43:01.234-04:00selfie sunday<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, I'm not dead. A cold has got me sniffling and sneezing, but dead I am not. The extended internet silence comes from a desire to enjoy the company of my people and sunny weather. Can you blame me? The Netherlands, Ireland, England and even Finland shined sunshine on my cheeks. Nobody wants to squint at a computer when they could be squinting in the sun (something I've gotten pretty good at; all my sunnies are broken, and I haven't replaced 'em.) I'll surely be playing catch-up with images/thoughts from Europe for the rest of forever, but that just means the memories will keep on giving. And maybe the "post-Erasmus" feelings will never sink in. With all that said, I present this week's selfie sunday and a half-assed promise to deliver one again in seven days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am absolutely diggin' Lord Huron. Their album has been on repeat during most of my travel time; it's catchy and folksy and the lyrics pique my curiosity This track gets stuck in my head, but oh-ho, I can only remember five words. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522254434532634713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677168568046168624.post-32660352535416320312014-06-22T10:13:00.004-04:002014-06-22T10:13:55.530-04:00Perhaps an unnecessary apology<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've been wondering if anyone out there misses my blog posts. Do I need to apologize for my laziness? Well, not so much laziness as a matter of preoccupation. Take one part summer time and one part exchange ending and you've got a Hannah who wants to spend more time with her friends than on the internet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">xoxo//hc</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522254434532634713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677168568046168624.post-50504245563039528142014-06-04T11:31:00.001-04:002014-06-04T14:17:53.026-04:00where was i wednesday?<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh, hey. How's it going? Did you know - it's June. HOW DID IT GET TO BE JUNE!? I'm trying to remain calm, cool and collected, but really, I'm a bit overwhelmed that five months of the year already disappeared. Poof. Just like that. The housemates and I are tip-toeing around our approaching departures, doing our best not to discuss it. Siiiiigh. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, I've been home for a week. While it's nice to not be constantly on the move, I miss the feeling of regular adventure and awe. It's rainy and cold here in Utrecht, and I'm dreaming of the warm sunshine. These are from my travels - I've been rather stationary after returning (can you blame me?) <a href="http://hannahcather.blogspot.nl/2014/05/where-was-i-wednesday_21.html" target="_blank">Last week</a> I was in Bern, Switzerland. As I mentioned, Mom lived there when she was a young adult. It was such a pleasant surprise to realize that my hostel was within walking distance of her old apartment. Maybe some of you will recognize the rustic hues and cobbled streets, but I avoided images that would give anything away - I'll share those later.</span></div>
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xoxo//hc<br />
PS: I leave for Istanbul on Friday! Wut.<br />
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