| Brit Gardner ::: Web Developer ::: Dallas, TX

10 May

Standing in line for the wine tasting #
Met my goal of 1 giant corn dog. The rest is just icing on the cake #
At the taste of Addison to try some good food #
@rossbates amen to that #
failed to realize FireCookie doesn’t work with firebug 1.4… not to self: don’t play with new stuff while working on time-sensitive project #
totally forgot about this band… where the heck are the albums I bought of them — Camera Obscura: Hands Up Baby http://dora.fm/gQ #dora #

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