Commenting LIVES!
(Does she mean to say ‘lives’ or ‘lives’?…huh. I guess it’s lives…) I’ve been trying to figure out how to add commenting for weeks now! Comments make the conversation suddenly flow from being my voice only to a whole community…
Karianne
Book progress ◦ Bucket list
Karianne is the founder of Windmill Ways. She plays the cello professionally and currently works as an Art Director for a charity. Because she loves animated shows and movies, she studies 3D animation and graduated with a BFA with the unfortunate class of 2020. Her dream vacation would be just staying home, but "home" being a glamorous cabin somewhere in the mountains surrounded by forest.
Favorite band: Lord Huron
Favorite book: This Present Darkness
Favorite quote: "Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life. You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail." Proverbs 19:20-21 (NLT)
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Relationship Goals: Whose love is it anyway
In relationships, I fall in and out of passion so often that my sign of stability is actually just increased gaps between my polarized personalities… I need you. (swing) I’m fine on my own. (swing) Why aren’t you spending every…
Movie Review: Kubo and the Two Strings
I can’t remember the last time I saw an engaging movie with an original plot. Kubo and the Two Strings does both. It has well formed characters and beautiful animation/claymation/puppettering that entertains watchers of all ages. However the bad guys,…
College contract signed…now what?
I’m scared. Right now I feel like I’m leaning over the edge at the top of a roller-coaster about to slide down the steepest climb I’ve ever seen. Butterflies are swirling in my stomach. There’s a pinch in the back…
Movie Review: Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad exceeds expectations! (I love alliteration, can you tell?) After the Deadpool debacle with families who love Marvel and DC comics, I wondered if Hollywood films would begin to tone down or increase the the sexual implications. When the…
I can’t even think of a title
I don’t know what I expected to find when I traveled to India, but I never expected him. He had dark brown eyes and dark brown skin, and spoke in a quiet tone that made you have to lean in…
Get back, chocolate covered donut with sprinkles!
I love food. Mostly, I love eating food. After years of struggling with gradual weight gain, food has finally taken it’s place on the back-burner of my mind. It sounds silly but I used to wake up and plan my…
Symptoms of adulthood
You know you’re growing up when you start making lists for everything. groceries things to buy monthly payments tasks from your boss stuff to get done today stuff to get done some day awesome bucket list a list of things…
“Gap years” are actually good
To all the High School Seniors graduating this year, I congratulate you. You’ve done the 12 years of mandatory service and now, you get to make some choices of your own. I graduated in 2010 and jumped on the college…
Why I chose Ghost over WordPress and Blogger
**UPDATE: You probably noticed I switched back to WordPress, BUT I still highly recommend that anyone thinking about starting a blog start with Ghost. It lets you focus on writing without any stress from dealing with plugins and hosting. I…