{"id":5806,"date":"2015-06-22T07:28:51","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T11:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=5806"},"modified":"2015-05-29T11:33:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T15:33:50","slug":"leetta-1995-cause-i-was-inspired-by-laughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/06\/22\/leetta-1995-cause-i-was-inspired-by-laughter\/","title":{"rendered":"LeEtta 1995 ’cause I was inspired by laughter"},"content":{"rendered":"

I could not keep my composure while reading The Teen Years: 9 Cringe-Inducing Realizations | Wait But Why<\/a>, because it is so spot on and hilarious.\u00a0 And because I am human and all humans like to think they are different, and perhaps not as ridiculous as everyone else is even though they are, I dug through my stack of old journals for your enjoyment…<\/p>\n

\"1995LeEtta\"<\/center>I remember being excessively proud of this Jester poem when I was 15.\u00a0 That memory caused me to laugh out loud and scan this for ya’ll above any other poem in this multi-color pen monstrosity.\u00a0 It is not the worst thing in there.\u00a0 The green inked companion poem in this picture isn’t even the worst thing in there.\u00a0 I can only embarrass myself so much.<\/p>\n

I also found LeEtta circa 1997 while I was looking.\u00a0 I include this ’cause I actually like it and it seems much more than two years different, to me at least.<\/p>\n

\"1997LeEtta\"<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I could not keep my composure while reading The Teen Years: 9 Cringe-Inducing Realizations | Wait But Why, because it is so spot on and hilarious.\u00a0 And because I am human and all humans like to think they are different, and perhaps not as ridiculous as everyone else is even though they are, I dug… Continue reading LeEtta 1995 ’cause I was inspired by laughter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[207,55],"class_list":["post-5806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-nostalgia","tag-writing-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6508,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/11\/16\/items-i-love-by-leetta-on-etsy\/","url_meta":{"origin":5806,"position":0},"title":"Items I Love by LeEtta on Etsy","author":"leems","date":"November 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Curated by LeEtta Schmidt on Etsy Source: Items I Love by LeEtta on Etsy","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"etsyfavs","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/etsyfavs-600x472.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/etsyfavs-600x472.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/etsyfavs-600x472.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5235,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/08\/13\/mapping-a-name\/","url_meta":{"origin":5806,"position":1},"title":"Mapping a name","author":"leems","date":"August 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"You ever spend a really long time just to get a visual, or organize a huge amount of information for your own personal digestion?\u00a0 And then you do nothing with it.\u00a0 Well, welcome to mine. 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