At best we get 8 hours of it—that blissful stroll through our subconscious as our body rests. Sleep is supposed to be a magical time when the body heals wounds and replenishes enough strength for the next day. Not for me. Almost every night my mind loops through scenes of…
Marvel, the action-packed superhero branch of Disney, knows how to make a hit superhero film. With the DC universe, Universal Studios jumped onto the bandwagon a little late, but I can never have enough super hero films. Even though Universal is in the market now, their films still lack several…
Frustrated with the world, politics, relationships, family, and/or careers, a lot of people on social media ask, “What do we have to be thankful for?” Lately, I’ve been asking the same thing. I’m 25. I thought I’d have a house, husband, 7 dogs, 32 cats, a published book, and easily…
India has snow. Did you know that? I didn’t. Before I went there, whenever I thought of India (which was seldom at most), I pictured the little water girl from The Jungle Book. That’s it. That’s all I knew and ever wanted to know. Unlike most millennials, I have no…
Dating in high school is not worth the investment. Yeah, I would have rolled my eyes too. But I’m still burdened from bad investments in my own life, and could do nothing but watch as shrapnel from heartache wrecked my friend, Serena. Serena and I met in kindergarten and hated…
“It’s just,” Joel struggled to find the words, “you’re very different from the rest of us.” What was my witty response? I sighed. Even though there’s still not a ring on my finger, Joel and I often spend hours talking on the phone about every possibility that might happen if we get married….
March 23. I cried at work today. No, my boss wasn’t being mean. My boyfriend and I weren’t breaking up. And the internet wasn’t down. I cried because I was scared. It happened so suddenly. I was working on an email to send to the magazines listed in our directory….
Maybe you’re as interested in image hosting as I am with my belly button. It’s there–so what? But this isn’t just a story about web services, this is the story of betrayal, a handsome hero, and a fairy-tale ending (sort of). Once upon a time there was a poor, peasant…
Every good writer has heard the phrase “show don’t tell.” Yet this concept seems to escape the writers of the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film, Dead Men Tell No Tales. Instead of introducing characters and allowing the viewer to be part of their character-building experiences, they tell us what…
Just a couple days after the opening weekend, already the critics were raving and everyone I spoke to highly recommended Wonder Woman. As you know, when I see a film for the first time I try to have very low expectations. (It minimizes the disappointment.) But my ears and eyes…
