Amber L. Carter's Blog, page 9
October 1, 2015
{Prehistoric Amber} Girl from the Northwoods About Town: Bayfield Apple Fest
Every fall, this part of the country becomes brutally divided by the most divisive of events. Neighbors regard each other with suspicion…friendships end…brother turns against brother…parent casts out child…all because we are each forced to make a choice. Bayfield Apple Fest, or Stone Lake Cranberry Fest? Which is so silly, because the answer is obviously Bayfield Apple […]
September 30, 2015
Protected: Super Serial, You Guysssss
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September 14, 2015
The Online Dating Diaries: The Most Upfront, Honest, Forthcoming Dude on OKC Who Doesn’t Want You To See His Face
The very first time I created an online dating profile – waaaay back in 2004, fools, and look who’s still in the game! #cries – I made what I thought was a very wise decision to *not* include a photo with my profile. I was really into this thing called “personality” back then, and I […]
September 11, 2015
On Book Reviews & Knife Fights
A couple weeks ago, a woman I don’t know gave a less-than-great rating for The Middle of Nowhere. Even though Adult Me knows to stay calm and that everyone is entitled to their own opinion and that other people really love the book and hey, maybe she doesn’t like books with strong female leads and […]
September 10, 2015
{Prehistoric Amber} The Summer of Suck
It’s been The Summer of Suck. And I’ve got to get out of this place. In the early and mid summer mornings, I would break out of dreams due to the sun burning hot on my bare legs, white light pouring in from the skylight. I’d open my eyes and stare at the ceiling, feeling […]
September 9, 2015
Because My Favorite Color Is September
Yesterday was a day of celebration. The Pumpkin Spice Lattes at Starbucks came out! And yeah, I know there’s a ton of awesome coffeeshops in Portland other than Starbucks and I fully plan on exploring/supporting/patronizing them above and beyond Starbucks, but the Pumpkin Spice Latte is a THING of Starbucks, so I’m getting it at […]
September 8, 2015
{Reality TV Recaps} The Avenue: Season 1 Episode 1
A handful of months ago, I took a deep dive into the world of Willam Belli’s Beatdown (as detailed on Episode 23 of Pizza Rainbow!), where I discovered Gregory Gorgeous*, who, thanks to his wildly popular YouTube channel, was given his own Canada-based reality TV show called The Avenue (which I also talk about on Episode 11 of Making Good Choices […]
September 3, 2015
{Prehistoric Amber} The End.
Last Monday was an odd day. The morning and afternoon were blissfully warm and breezy, and my mom made a comment that this was the last day that would feel like summer. I kind of huffed a little in response. We always say that, in the Northwoods. We are quick to make declarations on the […]
September 2, 2015
Greetings From Portland.
Listening to: Two Coins by City & Colour Staring down at the mountain ranges that rose up from below my airplane window, I thought about how I had waited a long time for this. How, tired and disillusioned by my first year of college in Chicago, I printed out a picture of a group of guys […]
August 27, 2015
{Prehistoric Amber} Committed To Sparkle Motion
Checking the time on my phone, I closed my eyes, took a deep breath in, and threw the covers back. I sleep better now, now that I’ve changed around my room. “I needed a new perspective,” I told my roommate earlier this week, when he walked into the Penthouse to find my furniture in the […]
