Reading: “The Unfolding” by A.M. Homes

This was too relatable considering my current personal situation and professional predicament.

“Right now you’re in a very specific moment. It’s called liminal space. You’re in the ambiguous or disoriented phase, also known as the middle of a rite of passage. Part of that is just growing up, but it also has to do with what you found out. Now you’re transforming, incorporating that information into your identity. It can be scary, like free-falling.”

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First of the year! #ASMSB29

I was wondering why I found both Year of the Rabbit or the Year of the Cat

“Kendrick Lamar’s Unconstrained Next Chapter”

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah and joyful holidays to anyone celebrating this end of year 😊

Really appreciate y’all on here!

Some happiness found during the week

Well… December 2022 is officially the worst month of my life and it’s not even football related.

Happy holidays everybody!

Definitely a Metallica type of day today…

Definitely a Metallica type of day today…

Together against the world — allez les bleus! #FiersDetreBleus #ARGFRA

Very happy to see another issue of @adders’ newsletter though very sad that El Musketeer is shutting down Revue 😢

New favorite song alert 🐶 🎧

Starting to think that… Billionaires (with a platform) are bad, actually

Pachinko really hits you in the face (and the guy) like a brick, doesn’t it?!

Ready! Allez Les Bleus! #FiersdEtreBleus #WC2022

Let it snow let it snow let is snowbervilliers

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”Wout Weghorst briefly went supernova”

”What’s your favorite part? Mine is the bit where Cristiano Ronaldo walks down the tunnel, crying.”

”Next, Morocco gets to play its other former colonizer, France, for a chance to complete the re-enactment of its own liberation.”

“Mbappé has been romping through this World Cup with supreme Meryl Streep Doing Community Theater energy—the talent so vast, the stage so small.”

The bandwagon fan’s guide to the World Cup semifinals - The Ringer

Time to really buy local/better:

Europe strikes world-first deal to tax imports based on carbon emissions

Wall Street Journal

Kylian Mbappé almost played for Chelsea

”The letter is typed on AS Bondy headed paper, dated 17 May 2011. It gives permission for a 12-year-old French boy named Kylian Mbappe to attend a four-day trial the following week. Mbappe was on his way to Chelsea.”

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“I was the first female referee in France, the first in Europe, every time the first. I know how to deal with that.”

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