Kelsey Timmerman's Blog

August 18, 2009

I am sick of looking at me.

I just scrolled through 600+ photos of me to select a few for my new Press Kit page. It was my first photo shoot since my high school senior pictures.  Maybe I'll print out these photos and on the back I'll write you a personal note about how much fun we've had these last four years and how I know we'll keep in touch because we are totally BFFs.  Or maybe I'll just select the goofiest photos and post them  below.

Brian MacDonald of MacDonald Photography shot the 600 pho

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August 14, 2009

Optimus Prime Would you pay $4,995 for Optimus Prime?

That's how much he's going for on ebay. This makes me happy because I own this action figure already. Sure, he isn't in the box and he has swapped a little paint with the Deceptagons. But still, it's about time the world realized the value of Transformers. Although, I think we've over-valued them a bit.

Even if my Optimus Prime were in mint condition, I would not sell him. Not because I have some sentimental attachment to him (I do), but because I woul

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August 12, 2009

Readers of  "Where Am I Wearing?" will no doubt recognize this story about my visit to a blue jean factory in Cambodia.  Of course, the book wasn't accompanied with an over abundance of hand gestures. Enjoy!


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August 10, 2009

And I complained about the hard plastic seats at my school that would stick to my legs in the summer time.


Mosquito Coast SchoolSchool is in on the island village of Kokata, Honduras (2005)



While there I taught the kids to play baseball.

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August 7, 2009

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I've heard about authors saying that releasing your book to the world is like becoming a new parent – all that excitement and anxiety.

Since my book and my first child were separated by little more than one month, I believe I have a unique perspective on this and I'm prepared to make the definitive statement on the matter:

Releasing a book is nothing like having your first child. I suspect, if I would have been the one doing the pushing, sweating, and contracting for 23 hours, I would be even mor

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August 6, 2009

Bill Clinton has got it.  And by it, of course I mean the Most Interesting Man in the World Syndrome.

Jon Stewart on the Daily Show:

The man hopped on a plane to North Korea, freed a couple of ladies, and got back in time to watch the season finale of So You Think You Can Dance!  You know who he is…


He's The Most Interesting Man in the World

Bill Clinton is the Most Interesting Man in the World

And here's the whole segment:


The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
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August 5, 2009

Do you know where Lesotho is? I'll be honest, I don't.

I do know that it's in Africa. I look it up on Google Maps every time I wear my favorite corduroy pants that were made there. But I just can't seem to commit to memory where in Africa Lesotho is.

"Lesotho" doesn't seem like a real name of a country to me, but more of an assassin's name in the StarWars. Each time I try to remember where exactly Lesotho is, I start imagining what the assassin would look like: how far his eyes are apart; the ty

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August 3, 2009

Yesterday I cracked open a Dos Equis.

Why?

Because it was a rest day from my marathon training (ran 12 miles yesterday) and I'm a total sucker for their "The Most Interesting Man in the World" commercials so I bought a 6 pack.

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Have you ever met a traveler that acted and talked as if he or she was the most interesting person in the World?

If you mention kitty litter, they've got a tail about their trip in the Ukraine.  Mention a hat and they'll rundown a list of

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July 31, 2009

The other day I got an amazing email from Sina Li, a Clothing Design student at University of Minnesota who was born in Cambodia.  She read WAIW? and enjoyed it, which thrilled me.  Her sister works at a garment factory and Sina almost did before coming to the United States.

I asked her to tell her story and she did so in the comments of this post, but I thought I would share them here, too.  Thanks for Sharing Sina!

My journey from Cambodia as a sweatshop worker

This is for Kelsey asking me to wri

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July 30, 2009

Annie gave me The Look that I've become all too familiar with…

You're doing what?

I saw it after college when I moved to Key West. I saw it when I told her about my plan to go to Bangladesh because my underwear was made there.

She had just returned from a full day of work and was smartly clad in her office attire. I was still in my writer's uniform: shorts, ratty T-shirt, and barefoot.  I looked like her jobless, thirty-something, live-in mooch.

"I've committed to running the NYC marathon and raisin

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