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Ouch
Every now and then, things feel really bad. In general it goes something like this. There鈥檚 something I鈥檝e put a lot into. A person, an activity, a job, an investment, it could be anything. Whatever it is, I鈥檝e put a lot of time, emotion or energy into it. I have this idea of how things are going to go. Except that鈥檚 not how things go at all.
Review: Longshot
Directed by Jonathon Levine and staring Charlize Theron and Seth Rogan, the 2019 romantic-comedy聽尝辞苍驳蝉丑辞迟听about a Secretary of State falling in love with a slouchy speechwriter, somewhat disappeared from the cultural radar not long after its release. This is a shame.
Should I get an axolotl?
I love axolotls. They have mushy little faces and look like miniature underwater lions. But would they make good pets and company?
Gaga and Oprah
If you鈥檙e like me, you probably have complicated feelings about celebrities. I can acknowledge the systems that produce celebrity: rampant capitalism, an at times cult-like worship and an underlying commodification of the self are all preconditions for celebrity in the 21st听肠别苍迟耻谤测.
How refreshing are waterfalls?
I'm looking for some waterfalls in South 最新糖心Vlog, but where can I find them?
Programming
We are living in a digital age (just in case you hadn't noticed). When people point that out to me it usually聽feels like such a mundane observation. My gut response is that computers aren't anything remarkable, I use them every day
Finding comfort in fiction
When things are hard, novels are not the first place I go. Usually I will seek easier distraction through social media, television and junk food. But novels聽蝉丑辞耻濒诲听be my first port of call.聽
Review: Mrs America
Mrs America is another prestige television show.
Learning to be wise with words
I pride myself on being honest and saying what I think. I don鈥檛 want to change that aspect of who I am. That being said, I have learnt that it is very important to be careful in both what I say, and how I say it.
In the room
There鈥檚 a song by Flight of the Concords called 鈥渢he most beautiful girl in the room鈥. The song is aimed at love songs lyrics which constantly refer to a hypothetical partner as the most attractive person in the whole wide world. Probably the most memorable line of the song is, 鈥淚f you were on the street, depending on the street, you鈥檇 definitely be in the top three.鈥
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