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(Spoiler Alert) Avengers 2: Age of Ultron Review
I’m going to try and get through this without too many spoilers but there are some that will crop up. You have been warned. Stop reading any further if you don’t want to know more. Skip down to the end though because I’ve added a new poem. Last Friday I went to see the new Avengers movie because my family and I are big fans. This one was pretty special, too, because I got to see it with my friend, Denise. I enjoy all the Marvel movies, (the Thor series is my favorite-because of that mythology thing I love) but I truly enjoy seeing how all the egos interact with…
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My Texas Is Showing
I am not a big country music fan, but I am Texan by right of birth, born to country parents and growing up, eventually, in the country. My father and his family were farmers and cowboys. My own Uncle David, whose birthday I share, was a rodeo cowboy for a while. And thanks to the Cherokee blood running through our veins (not that you’d know it to look at me unless you notice my cheekbones), he looked every bit the dashing cowboy with striking blue eyes. And just like every cowboy I’ve ever read about or have known, he had a problem with alcohol. Why am I bringing this up?…
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It’s All Amber’s Fault
I have finally figured it out. Amber is going to force me to success if it kills both of us. I just know it. It’s Day 5 of NaNoWriMo and I have almost 8,000 words so far. I worked hard yesterday to reach my 16k word goal, but I did it. And if I hadn’t been about to fall asleep on my keyboard, I would have kept going. I was lucky to reach that goal, too. Especially when I deliberately procrastinated by texting Amber about what Draco had done to Anna’s twin brother. Oh yeah!!! Anna has a twin brother, Alex, and…well, I can’t tell you what happened. You have…
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Only Lovers Left Alive-A Humble Review
Good evening (good morning in some cases), my loves. How has your weekend been treating you? My Saturday has been one of those days where I’ve had quite a bit to do and nothing went quite right. But, I did accomplish most of what I set out to do, and my Friday was spectacular and makes up for everything today. The universe requires balance, so I’m guessing that’s what today was. I just wish it didn’t have to be so demanding about it, though. Good grief. So, let’s get to it. This is what I did last night: You guys, this was a fantastic movie. It was funny, Â intelligent, moving,…
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Change is Scary; Do You Have the Courage to Face It?
At any given moment you have the power to say: “This is not how the story is going to end.” Anon. “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.” Steve Jobs I chose two quotes today because I love both of them and, today in particular, they seem to be yelling at me very loudly. I’ve recently been through a major change in my life, which I mentioned in my last post. I lost my father before Thanksgiving to pancreatic cancer. He was diagnosed in August and it was slow and painful. I couldn’t be there to care for…
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Who I Am: the lunatic, the lover, and the poet-Part 3
“But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” William Butler Yeats This is the last post in this series of who I am. I’ve really been looking forward to it because it’s about one of my favorite subjects, poetry. I love poetry. I can’t even remember a time when I didn’t like it. My first memories are of Mother Goose and all those early rhymes we learn as children. I had this big book of Mother Goose rhymes and this one book called A Child’s Garden of Verses by Eloise Wilkins that was…
