Tenessa Gemelke

The kind of person who remembers to put the hyphen in hip-hop but forgets to put on deodorant. (she/her)

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@mulegirl My 11YO son said, “You pay attention, figure out what is important, and then make it happen.”

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@Tubes Serious 4th grade book report vibes

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@Tim_Walz Am I too late?!

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@TimWalz is at the fair!!! Trying to make this dream come true!

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@GovTimWalz is at the fair!!! Trying to make this dream come true!

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@Caissie I loved the astrology convo, plus knowing you got to experience Tim Walz this week! (You’ll always be a Minnesotan in my heart.)

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My phone mysteriously played podcasts all night (instead of just one episode), and I woke up to @Caissie interviewing @cmclymer—both my imaginary best friends on the internet!

Thanks for leaning into the possibilities, you two joy nuggets.

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@melanie_seibert @CartoonsHateHer I actually had a blast! Obviously the elaborate hair and makeup weren’t for me, but I loved the new clothes. (I still shop exclusively at thrift stores, though.)

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@AngryBlackLady My dad would make the entire Thanksgiving menu again sometime in the spring. “If we all agree this is the best dinner, why make it only once a year?”

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@UnwinderH (I realize I’m blurring lines between genres—I mostly meant to say that the fringes are now very mainstream.)

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@UnwinderH I took a class in college called “The Future in Fiction.” The professor couldn’t get clearance for any class with “sci-fi” in the name.

I do think things have changed since then. Comic books used to be marginalized to nerd culture, and now those stories OWN the box office.

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@LizHackett Turns out the oak boards and bag salads were the friends you made along the way.

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@UnwinderH I am begging every human in your house to please never change.

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@UnwinderH Hello, you are me now!

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@UnwinderH This is so much better than capitalism. Dan got to kinda do this for a few years. Money is the worst.

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@UnwinderH I am a total laggard, so I usually let the rest of the internet figure it out, and then Grandma Tenessa wanders in late.

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I didn't really LEAVE this place, but I just kinda gave up one day. Anybody still out there?

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@RonSexsmith I saw you for the first time in Manhattan at the South Street Seaport, approximately 2002? Your songs just keep getting better the more I listen to them—from the old favorites to the newest covers. Thank you for many of my dearest soundtracks.

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@rosamund I’m glad you are fine, and please know that you are allowed feral screams with ANY emotion in the meantime.

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- Enroll in a Title 1 school

- Get into the predatory lending business

- Become an ectopic pregnancy in Texas
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Why does this make me feel seen?