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The Weekender is a great round up of weekend events — many free or low cost — from Fairfax County parks, libraries, rec centers and more!

I’m finally watching and feeling ok enough to watch BTS’ Yet to Come performances from 2022. I don’t know what they knew back then or how much was already planned, but I want to believe they knew then that ARIRANG was the best that was yet to come.

I’m so jealous, I almost want to work in DC again to earn this title.

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I have a theory that ARIRANG has been a part of #BTS' long-term plan from the get-go. In my latest article, I discuss the relevance of the album title with an ethnomusicologist, as well as Korean elders who lived through trauma and found comfort in the folk song song.👇

This is Bowie. He overheard you talking about his rubber ducky jacket. Jealousy is a disease. Hopes you get well soon. 12/10 (IG: bowiethegoldenbear)

One day of using my newly activated Capital One Discover bank card and it’s been rejected twice …. 😡 So disappointed that I’m going to need to get a new bank

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Pity the poor local news social media manager who chooses to run a photo of fewer than all seven BTS members along with its localized story on the upcoming world tour.

Mentally preparing myself for BTS ticket-buying by recalling the nightmare experiences of nearly every kpop concert I’ve seen since 2021.

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Attempting to use Groupon’s AI customer service chat. 100 percent confident this will not go well.

I’m on an Amtrak line in Illinois, and it is superior to the Northeast lines.

Can this trend spread to device remotes and cell phones?

Turning away from the Kennedy Center sadness, good art continues and can be found anywhere you want to look.

Of all the things I imagined I would do post-Election 2024, I never thought I’d need to block the KenCen on Facebook.

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Thanks to the IRS MATH Act, the IRS must now explain mistakes in plain English, show any adjustments, and put your 60-day appeal deadline front and center. It will be a major upgrade from previously confusing notices.

I haven’t been to the Regal in Springfield Town Center since at least 2018 and wow it has really gone down hill. The recliners used to be luxury and now they are falling apart and patchy. So sad. I miss my AMC A List subscription.

All of communication is about trust. If you don't realize that, you're playing the game wrong

The Berlin, Germany, train from the airport to central station is so, so quiet and smooth. No track noise at all.

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This is so funny

Election officers have been working at least 12 hours (set up begins at 5 am to open polls at 6 am). Two more hours of voting, and then at least 2 hours of more closing the polls until we then leave. I have one Diet Coke and one Red Bull left.

So far today I have helped 4 first-time teen voters with their same-day voter registration!

After many years as doing this, I finally remembered to bring a seat cushion for the many hours of sitting on the metal folding chairs during Election Day poll working

Happy Election Day! Polls are now open at 250+ locations until 7 p.m. NOTE: You may only vote at your assigned polling place. Details, including how to look up your polling place: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news/guide-to-election-day-2025

Election Day! Excited to once again serve as an election officer / provisional ballot specialist for @elections.fairfaxcounty.gov

Bonding with the kids (boys and girls) who visited about their favorite Saja Boy or if they were more a Mira, Rumi or Zoe was better than giving out the candy. It’s not my IRL kpop faves but still fun.

Me playing “golden” and “your idol” while handing out candy and telling the kids, yes I like these songs too.

Offended to see beer and wine sold in a Pennsylvania gas station because back in my day this was not a thing!

I’m a native Pennsylvanian, but it was only after 20+ years of living in DCish, mostly Northern Virginia, that I finally made it Gettysburg.

How long can I skim past the headlines and photos and live in denial about what happened to the WH?

I love preparing for any kpop concert in my near future, but I’m locked in when it’s time to focus on Seventeen.

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

My dog’s only worry is that his beloved soccer ball broke. If only we could swap lives.

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Today I did a FEMA workshop on sending out emergency alerts, and it was so nice to hear how everyone feels a sense of dread when pushing “send,” worried about a misspelled word or wrong number.

Perhaps one of them found the debit card that fell out of my pocket during an architectural tour boat ride in 2019.

“In Bed With the Right” is one of my go-to podcasts to help make sense of the many voices and views. But their Project 1933 episodes are so good and could be a podcast on its own. Chilling how history and the consolidation of power recycles.

Seen at the entrance of my local library

Same, Frankie. Same.

Post-Election Day working and too tired too sleep so I’m watching Legally Blonde 2. Hope it holds up well 20 years later!

The room clapped for a first-time voter. 😊 I love when it happens.

I made the same dumb mistake I make everytime that I prepare to work an election: I bought so-called healthy snacks to get me through the many hours.

Keep this away from my fyp

The annual dog swim by @fairfaxcounty.gov park authority gets better every year. Bruno and Maybel have the best time in their own ways.

I am a Fairfax County loyalist but First Friday in Manassas is one of my favorite events. Live music and DJ everywhere you go, sidewalk bars, food kiosks, stores open late and games. Kid friendly! Dog friendly! Every time I visit, I want to move here.

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