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A quick overview. A lot happened to me between the years 2017-2019. In 2017, two units ruined all the hard work I contributed as a university employee. Reflecting on it, the job I worked at one ...

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From: https://analyticalessaysblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/17/trutori-tori-finds-her-voice/ The nitty gritty is starting to appear when watching episode 3, “Tori Finds Her Voice.” In a therapy ses...

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From my blog: https://analyticalessaysblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/17/trutori-the-truth-comes-out/ I learn from “The Truth Comes Out” about how Tori has a difficult time grappling with this happeni...

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From my blog: https://analyticalessaysblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/17/trutori-the-fairytale-falls-apart/ When TruTori came out in response of Dean McDermott having an affair with Emily Goodhand on ...

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Alan Rickman. Michael Collins and Something the Lord Made. Most of all, Harry Potter. My co-worker told me this morning that he had passed away, and I freaked out. Completely freaked out. It wa...

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When Leonard Nimoy died, I was heartbroken. I was exposed to Star Trek because my mother watched it. Not like she watched horror films and television shows, but she did watch science fiction and ...

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Earlier today, I read an article on the Salon, “My Christian Virginity Pledge Nearly Destroyed (http://www.salon.com/2014/08/10/my_christian_virginity_pledge_as_a_child_nearly_destroyed_my_life_p...

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Hi, Friends: I know. I have been missing in action for over three months now. A lot has been happening, and there is a lot of good news I want to share. Yet, there have also been so challenges ...

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Congratulations to me! I am officially engaged. Rupert surprised me with the ring this afternoon when I came home from work. I did not even noticed that he had the ring on his finger. Then, he ...

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am an awkward black girl as well. And on top of that, a black feminist nerd. But recently, I feel like there are others out there like me or similar to me. Issa Rae is one of them. While reading...

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I cannot say enough, as a writer, that the way writers use language is extremely important. Understanding how to use language is critical to the success of being a writer. If a writer does not ha...

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When my sister and I connected to Skype, we pretty much started laughing. We got the money situation settled. She told me that she did not want money to come in between us and limited what we ca...

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I got to tell you that…. The way I raised and how I grew up hardly relates to how younger people act these days. I understand that we are in a “cyber-techno” era where kids are now growing up se...

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Day 82: Good Afternoon, Friends: I want to talk about the writer today…the visionary. Finally, I understand a puzzle piece of myself that I have never understood of myself, and I have to stand c...

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You have no idea how I could not wait to turn 30. You had absolutely no idea what was going on through my head when I was approaching 30. Most people dread turning 30. Turning 30 represents so m...

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For a few years, it has been on my mind about television storytelling. That’s because I grew up watching what I call old school nighttime soaps like Dallas, Dynasty, and Knox Landing. I remember ...

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The discussion continues about fanfiction. I received a great comment from a Proseboxer about, “How does one write fanfiction about fanfiction?” This particular example is from the Fifty Shades o...

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I can hear someone saying it now… “S, I need for you do better.” In the case of doing all this research on Fifty Shades of Grey, it is not a matter of doing better. It’s a matter of needing to k...

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Race. Racism. Racial. What is race exactly? What is racism? What is colorism? Race2 noun 1. a group of persons related by common descent or heredity. 2. a population so related. 3. Anthropology....

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So, let me tell you about my kick start to exercising again. Once I got the books out of the living room, I decided to start exercising—last Sunday. I started Jillian Michaels’s Beginning 30 Da...

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Check this…I found this from the Huffington Post…a slide show showing the eighteen books that women should read. And let me go down the list about the ones I’ve read: Toni Morrison’s The Bluest...

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Imagine you are waiting for a Kindle Touch to come in your mailbox since 5:30 a.m. You know it ain’t going to come at 7:30 a.m. because that is too early. I was up early because Rupert woke me u...

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“I put a spell on you ‘Cause you’re mine” From: “I Put A Spell On You” (originally by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins) covered by Annie Lennox Words have put a spell on me since I was four years old. I wo...

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For those who are Empire fans and haven’t figured it out by now, Luscious Lyons does not want to give up his company. In the ninth episode, “Unto the Breach,” it shows just how much Luscious does...

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Yesterday (March 3, 2015) was a very challenging day. I got up with a nagging headache yesterday morning. I thought that it would go away when I got to work or subside… Guess what? It started na...

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