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Thirteen-year-old Brianna Hendrickson just earned the admiration of parents across the nation (while inspiring countless, "Why can't you be more like . . . " statements), and her exploits had absolutely nothing to do with academic, athletic or artistic achievements. Hendrickson, a Brooklyn native, earned $50,000 by vanquishing all competitors at this year's LG National Texting Championship.
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Each year, LG holds its National Texting Championships in New York City, and SMS fiends gather from around the country to battle for thumb-dexterity supremacy. This year's champ, 15-year-old Kate Moore of Des Moines, Iowa, took the title, but her path to victory was not without some serious obstacles. Literally. LG, in a nod to texters' dangerous tendency to multi-task, forced contestants to run ...
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I'm, like, okay with being a little crazy.
The time, energy, words, weight lost, nails bitten, scabs picked and nights I've struggled thru for this are easy to judge from afar, right?
Things I won't miss about being a freelancer: incorrectly estimating my taxes and owing a ton of cash at the end of the year.
So pissed at @thomashouston right now for not reminding me about James Blake last night.
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