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Living in Toronto and learning at York. I'm a little bit of classy and a little bit of trashy.
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I once cried while watching a girl try to wakeboard on MTV's Made
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Learning to tie a tie
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Realness, anything totally unique
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Scouring the internet is one way, but letting the cool things find me seems to work best.
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Whatever's on the cover of the Sears catalog
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3+ cups of coffee
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My 30th birthday with a live performance by Alicia Keys
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Handmade Hybrid Apparel
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Tattooing Robots
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