Category: Musings
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Thinking about going Vegan? Watch Earthlings.
DISCLAIMER: This. Is. Important. If you only choose to read one post from my blog, I hope it’s this one. Ignorance has only prevailed so long, only because people don’t want to know the truth. -Earthlings It’s 1:13 am, and I’m laying in bed crying while watching Earthlings. Some may say documentaries like these are too…
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For All You Know, I Could Be A Robot
Originally Published for the Bentley Vanguard on February 18th, 2015 140 characters. You are given 140 characters on Twitter to formulate an articulate stream of consciousness. In a world of infinite scrolling, status updates, to-do lists, one-liners, and part-timers, these snippets of awareness are all we get to express our inner demons. We live…
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One Breath At A Time
Originally Published for the Bentley Vanguard on February 9th, 2015 10:52 am. I glance down, for the sixth time this morning, at the tiny silver second-hand ticking away on my timepiece. The loop is late and mind you, it’s never late. An icy speckled snowflake briefly lands on the back of my hand and shrivels…
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The Power of Positive Thinking
Originally Published for the Bentley Vanguard on February 2nd, 2015 As I stared out the window at everything and nothing, I felt my throat choke against the emotions that had been buried deep within my chest for the past few months. My mind drifted back to the last three days under the hot Georgia sun.…
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Dancing My Way Through Life
When I was five, my parents enrolled me in my first dance lesson. I wasn’t nearly as flexible as the other girls nor had I been dancing straight from the womb, but I found myself falling in love with the tutus, the tap shoes, the walls of silver and gold medals, and of course, the bobby-pinned…
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Happy New Year
Last night I dreamt that I was staring at myself through three windows: one was bright and empty, one was dark and drawn, and one was dimly lit. I could make out a shadowed figure in the third window, her eyes were shut but she seemed calm, poised, even hopeful. I believe the first window…
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New Year, Still Me
Around about now is when you start seeing New Year’s Resolutions pop up everywhere you look. Like, “live in the moment” and “work out at least three times a week”. But for once, I won’t be partaking in such behavior. I’ve been done with the, “after the New Year” routine since I started standing up…