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-<p><a href="https://songwhip.com/helenstellar/io" target="_blank">&ldquo;Io&rdquo; by Hellen Stellar</a></p></blockquote>
+<p><a href="https://songwhip.com/helenstellar/io" target="_blank">&ldquo;Io&rdquo; by Hellen Stellar</a></p>
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 <p>As I wrap up my thirties and still look about half my age I&rsquo;m reflecting on my life. I&rsquo;m reminded of things that make me feel younger this week.</p>
 
 
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 <p>Let&rsquo;s focus on one of the best examples: DJ Burns Jr. This guy is wonderful. Not only is he a large presence on the court at 6'9&quot; but he is larger than life in real life because he&rsquo;s always just beaming with delight. In between plays on the court he&rsquo;s often smiling, laughing, dancing on the sidelines. He has an infectious joy for life that you can&rsquo;t help but catch even just watching him on TV. It&rsquo;s a bit like the sanguine happiness of the fictious Ted Lasso.</p>
 <p>&ldquo;Why not us?&rdquo; became our slogan on flags, banners, shirts, and chanted everywhere throughout Wolfpack nation.</p>
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-<p>I recognize that &ldquo;Why not us?&rdquo; was first used by <a href="https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2021/02/why-not-us-north-carolina-central-university-mens-basketball-from-executive-producers-chris-paul-stephen-a-smith-to-debut-as-part-of-new-the-undefeated-on-espn/" target="_blank">NC Central in ESPN&rsquo;s docuseries The Undefeated</a>. This phrase itself isn&rsquo;t something that copyright law can cover as far as I&rsquo;m aware since it&rsquo;s too generic by itself. It&rsquo;s why you cannot copyright a slogan like &ldquo;We sell the best today&rdquo; but &ldquo;BestBuy&rdquo; has their logo trademarked. One is just using common words, the other is using particular words/styles that are registered to only be used by the company. Anyways, I think it&rsquo;s always good to respect and recognize the original source to attribute.</p></blockquote>
+<p>I recognize that &ldquo;Why not us?&rdquo; was first used by <a href="https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2021/02/why-not-us-north-carolina-central-university-mens-basketball-from-executive-producers-chris-paul-stephen-a-smith-to-debut-as-part-of-new-the-undefeated-on-espn/" target="_blank">NC Central in ESPN&rsquo;s docuseries The Undefeated</a>. This phrase itself isn&rsquo;t something that copyright law can cover as far as I&rsquo;m aware since it&rsquo;s too generic by itself. It&rsquo;s why you cannot copyright a slogan like &ldquo;We sell the best today&rdquo; but &ldquo;BestBuy&rdquo; has their logo trademarked. One is just using common words, the other is using particular words/styles that are registered to only be used by the company. Anyways, I think it&rsquo;s always good to respect and recognize the original source to attribute.</p>
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-<p><a href="https://songwhip.com/the-cure/lovesong2001" target="_blank">&ldquo;Lovesong&rdquo; by The Cure</a></p></blockquote>
+<p><a href="https://songwhip.com/the-cure/lovesong2001" target="_blank">&ldquo;Lovesong&rdquo; by The Cure</a></p>
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 <p>I&rsquo;m incredibly grateful for my partner, and the more time I spend with her we often both wish we had known each other when we were younger.</p>
 <p>And there&rsquo;s just numerous reasons that we met at the perfect time and things wouldn&rsquo;t have been as great if her and I met in high school or college for instance.</p>
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 We coulda got so high
 Now we&rsquo;re here, it&rsquo;s been so long
 Two strangers in the bright light</p>
-<p><a href="https://songwhip.com/the-revivalists/wish-i-knew-you" target="_blank">&ldquo;Wish I Knew You&rdquo; by The Revivalists</a></p></blockquote>
+<p><a href="https://songwhip.com/the-revivalists/wish-i-knew-you" target="_blank">&ldquo;Wish I Knew You&rdquo; by The Revivalists</a></p>
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 <p>So we&rsquo;ll focus for now on sharing the joys of being together now. And one of those things really reminded me of the times when I was in college since I&rsquo;ve moved across the county to be closer to her. While setting up my new living space I&rsquo;ve got a great sit/stand desk that I&rsquo;ve tried to cram into a small room with some other furniture already in there. That really takes me back to the shoebox dorm room I shared with my best friend Andrew in Sullivan hall or the apartments I stayed in. Having to Tetris(🧱) the furniture and things to make it work, years before people discovered tiny houses and the art of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Kondo" target="_blank">Marie Kondo</a>.</p>
 
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-<p><a href="https://songwhip.com/blink-182/whats-my-age-again" target="_blank">&ldquo;What&rsquo;s my age again?&rdquo; by Blink-182</a></p></blockquote>
+<p><a href="https://songwhip.com/blink-182/whats-my-age-again" target="_blank">&ldquo;What&rsquo;s my age again?&rdquo; by Blink-182</a></p>
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 <p>Amara and I both have had some tough times and difficult challenges in our lives. That&rsquo;s why we often intentionally spend time doing things that may seem childish to some but bring a lot of joy to us. Beyond not apologizing, I&rsquo;m going further to suggest you should try this too. There&rsquo;s many too many discouraging, bleak things these days to always focus on those. So I&rsquo;d been thinking for a while about doing Go-Karts as a fun date and just a fun activity and ended up inviting two couples of friends to join us for a birthday party at Frankie&rsquo;s fun park.</p>
 
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 <p>So whatever brings you joy, life, curiousity, and wonder be sure to prioritize seeking it in your life. There&rsquo;s plenty of time to reflect and criticize the hardships of life, but for now we&rsquo;re celebrating the abounding beauty in life!</p>
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 <p>How do you do it? You make me want to live again.</p>
-<p><a href="https://songwhip.com/hot-chip/how-do-you-do" target="_blank">&ldquo;How Do You Do?&rdquo; by Hot Chip</a></p></blockquote>
+<p><a href="https://songwhip.com/hot-chip/how-do-you-do" target="_blank">&ldquo;How Do You Do?&rdquo; by Hot Chip</a></p>
+</blockquote>
 
           
           
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