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    When Love Becomes A Game

    January 10, 2013September 17, 2023
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    I’ve done this so many times,I know how it goesAnd while it never stops hurtingThe acrid taste starts to seem familiar,even pleasurable  for its warmthIt tastes just like wine. Heartbreak doesn’t sting like it used to,I know this time,I’ll live through it, like all those othersIt’s odd to get used…

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  • Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Date A Man Who Knows Women

    January 7, 2013March 24, 2023
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    * Inspired by Date A Girl Who Reads. Date a guy who has sisters. Preferably a middle child, so he knows what it’s like to look up to as well as look over (sometimes overlook) women. Hope that they’re the kind of women you’d like because it’ll be like having…

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  • Body & Sex | Books | Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    REVIEW: The Sandman 7: Brief Lives – The Nuances of Metafiction

    December 21, 2012April 25, 2024
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    Review of Neil Gaiman’s Brief Lives from The Sandman series. Delirium, Desire, and Destruction take center stage in this metafictional masterpiece.

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    Politics & Feminism

    Ms.Judgemental vs. Mrs.Judgemental

    December 18, 2012September 28, 2023
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    It’s war on the Smug Marrieds and I’m bringing my judgemental nukes.

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    I Wear: Lady Red

    December 17, 2012February 25, 2025
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    I built a whole look around a red accessory.

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    Snuff-Chuck Palahniuk: Like Eating Crushed Eggshells

    December 11, 2012March 24, 2023
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    A review of Chuck Palahniuk’s ‘SNUFF’

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    Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    A Eulogy For My Grandmother

    December 2, 2012October 9, 2023
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    Yesterday was the condolence function that culminates the grieving period. This is the eulogy I wrote for my grandmother.

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    Faith At A Funeral

    November 29, 2012February 18, 2023
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    How do you find the will to go on, as an unbeliever faced with death? I struggled at my grandmother’s funeral.

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    REVIEW: The Sandman 6: Fables & Reflections – Neil Gaiman

    November 29, 2012April 25, 2024
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    Fables & Reflections by Neil Gaiman is a collection of 8 captivating short stories that will delight fans of The Sandman series. A must-read!

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    Poetry

    My Not-Quite Valentine

    November 20, 2012September 17, 2023
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    I know it’s not February but I’m silly that wayYou know this already, my part-time boyfriendAlmost loverFriend with such delightful benefits Just as I know you dislike labels so I torment you with a few hundred moreWeekend soul mateWeeknight playmateStandby date, always on call for an SMS or two It’s…

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