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22-year old selling her virginity to pay for graduate school? (hit to marko)
Okay, top 5 thoughts:
1.  What?  Did I read that right?
2.  She’s waited 22 years and NOW she decides to SELL it?
3.  Mmm… that’s definately playing to your assets…
4.  I wonder if it would be getting as much press if she weren’t a very beautiful [...]

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There was an interesting post on YPulse the other day regarding new trends in the younger generations.  Some things I found fascinating:

It’s no longer a valid argument to say studies show cohabitation increase your risk for divorce.  Newest studies have found that women who cohabitate with ONLY their future spouse before marriage actually have a [...]

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Interview

Since I’m writing about Thirteen Reasons Why, I thought I’d link an interview I recently found on the YPulse Site.

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*Spoiler Warning: Though I don’t get into TONS of plot details, I’m not trying to write a “read this book please” account, but an account of the elements that would help me decide whether this book is appropriate for middle-schoolers”
Side 1
Likes:  We really start to know our suicide victim and our narrator
Dislikes:  Even with the [...]

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I have been trying to read through several of the young adult fiction that Mark O. has suggested on his blog this past year.
Recently I began reading Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher.  It’s basically a book told from the point-of-view of Clay.  In it, he receives 7 cassette tapes from a past-love, Hannah, who [...]

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Summer Camp 2008

Summer Camp was one of those things I missed out on when I was a youngster.  I went to one week of camp and I think it was in-between my 5th and 6th grade years.  I went to a music camp at Epworth Springs (it was Methodist, in case you couldn’t tell by the name) [...]

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This past weekend a small group of leaders from the Jr. High ministry at my church went on a retreat to dream big about the future of the ministry.  It was amazing.  There are times that I can get pretty frustrated with planned brainstorming sessions.  It can seem like forced creativity and focus and sometimes [...]

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