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State of Transition

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So just barely qualifying for working in the entertainment business, work and stuff really has slowed down. It;s strange looking around and seeing things not as busy as it once was, for things like, comedy shows, live concerts, and other types of events and things. These all basically defined the summer, going to festivals, going out to random vacations and clubs, and just simply traveling not even that fall, even just a town away.  At least now things are a little bit back to normal, or the seasons are coming around where we become more and more antisocial. Like the transition from summer to winter definitely is steady, but these things we still can do with corona and stuff.  1. Apple Picking (Apple pie, apple cider, apple sauce, and apple orchards. Oh and the pumpkin patch stuff) 2. Wine Tasting  Actually I don't think I have ever been to a winery or anything but I keep seeing more and more people doing those random photo shoots there besides like weddings and stuff 3....

From The Big Bang Theory to Game of Thrones

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I kind of love that all these dorky nerdy things have sort of become mainstream and it really has been a slow build. And honestly now there really isn't as hard of a cut between more mainstream shows than the ones that would typically shown at like a Comic Con.   Marvel made bank off of they dozens of comic book characters from box office numbers to toys due to the Disney virality. According to Time, they found that there have been seven Marvel blockbuster hits that have made over $1 billion in ticket revenue world wide,  and many more with hundreds of millions for others in the franchise. Thinking back to the stereotypical high school tropes, the popular kids were the jocks and the dorks/nerds were just an outlier who were obsessed with superheroes and comics.  Harry Potter was an example where the story revolved around wizards and had dragons and ghosts and such. The Big Bang Theory kind of a show that introduced  this different point of view show that inter...

Earlier 2000's Movies of our childhood

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13 Going on 30 (2004)  I think this movie is probably every girls dream, maybe just accidentally fall in love with your best guy friend. I do think however I want to be  30 flirty and thriving.. but if I had one wish it would be to live in like early to mid 20's where you kind of don't know where you are in life but sort of have money without adult responsibilities....   Devil Wears Prada (2006)  I'm not even going to lie, this movie makes me want to work at like Conde Nast or any other publishing place in the city because it looks so chaotic...But I 1000% believe I would make it, but I would think all my coworkers are my friend and that would be my downfall.    Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)  So I never really saw myself as being any one person in this group and maybe a little of everyone of them, but I wanted to be Bridget soooo bad. Tibby went through way too much trauma, Lena had the perfect love story thing but was shy and Carmen was l...

People are moving out of NYC

  So Honestly right now this inspiration is because of how many people from new york are moving out of NYC. Random stuff I've heard about is that it's just pricey to live there, the corona pandemic thing has make many more jobs remote and no necessary to go into an office and just things are closing down.  Now I know that everyone is saying that New York is not going to be what it once was but in reality, I feel like this is a good reset.  Prices have been climbing forever starting in Manhattan with Billionaire Av. and everything and slowly the outer boroughs climbing as well. Hell, even New Jersey is getting more pricey....I think this might clean up New York. The steady inflation might be reset and there now may not be as much as jump between living styles and stuff.  I have never lived in New York yet that is one of my dreams even now. I  understand it is very different than the quiet out in the middle of no where suburbs that I live in the middle of CT but a...

Here's a list of things to do distanced-ish at college

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I get that college is not as lively as it would be any other syllabus week but I can't believe my sister is coming home for a bit until class starts... I feel she isn't giving college enough of a chance. I get that college isn't what things should be, people aren't hooking up with everyone and parties aren't happening on every street but I don't think my sister should be back home.  I get that she is going to live on campus by herself for the first time but I feel right about now is too soon to give up on living on campus.  So, I am just going to write a list of things that people can do on campus that is sort of socially distanced and maybe things will soon colleges won't be so boring with every campus trying to keep their students from getting covid.  Create a drive-in movie on campus lawn Do yoga out on the weekends with students Host a food truck festival type thing Go to comedy shows in open areas Have a game night or poker night with others Advertise f...

Connecticut's rich and famous

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 Honestly there's no reason why to write this but right now there are a lot of formative people in our culture from CT and it really makes you believe, believe that you can make it out of here lol. Just to preface, I love CT.  Like a Connecticut born and raised person does where they kind of love it as a kid then in high school they want to leave and never go back then slowly come back around to liking it.  So right now I am just wanting to look up inspiration and just examples of people who worked hard and succeeded and made something of themselves. These are 8ish people from Connecticut. We're tiny but we rep some big people. 1. Justin Long: Dodgeball, He's Just Not That into You, Herbie Fully Loaded, and in New Girl. Honestly my perfect preteen crush. 2. John Mayer: Slow Dancing in a Burning Room, Gravity, Your Body is a Wonderland, Waiting on the World to Change....Literally perfect songs, Like perfect date, feel good music.  3. Stephanie Meyer:  Ummmmm Twil...

Everyone Thinks They're Funny

 I need to figure out my shit and like seriously figure out my shit. Like I need a better job, I need to be more passionate about things and I need to change things up. I feel burnt out and all that. I need a cube job and I know I'll hate it but I just need stability I think right now.  Like I have tried the nonconventional job for like 3+ years and it really hasn't panned out super well and I have tried so much random jobs that I didn't know if I would like, then I immediately don't like it. I'm a pro at customer service though when I want to be. Like I work at the casino and when working with high rollers and stuff for events I can laugh and entertain everyones random thoughts and everyones generic responses...that either means I'm like the funniest person ever or I just know how to be a basic conversationalist. Either way I pat myself on the back...Sometimes I think I could be a comedian or be a singer or just basically more successful working around entertai...

Starbucks vs Dunkin’ Donuts

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 To be honest, I don’t absolutely love both of these places but they are absolutely necessary if you want like an actual breakfast with options, and in New England, you don’t have to drive very far to find either of them. Like from me right now writing this, there’s a Starbucks 5 minutes away and a Dunkin’ 2 minutes further down the same road. And both of them are constantly busy.  Both very popular, that’s if you don’t count our local bakery which has the best home made pastries that neither of the mentioned coffee spots count replicate. Family run/homemade just hits different. The rainbow sprinkled ones are the best. So I feel like going to Dunkin’ and going to Starbucks are two different types of trips, like Dunkin’ is more of a breakfast kind of place for me, with their bacon egg and cheese on a bagel paired with an iced coffee no matter the temperature out.  Except a good pumpkin spiced latte, and by good I mean subpar drink that’s made fast, as it should be, same wi...

Daily Mail Makes Me Hate the Kardashians

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 I serious think this is the truth...Like Honestly I never was super into reality shows, like honestly I never really was a movie type person to sit in front of one forever but my parents always put me in sports so I guess I just never had time to watch anything.  the first ones I really watched were those singing shows like American Idol and like the Voice and random stuff like that..Like Oh! So You Think You Can Dance was awesome because I kind of always wished I learned how to dance as a kid... The American Idol was the same really kinda wish I could sing, and also enjoyed listening to new people sing and be discovered compared to those same 5 singers that always are on the radio or even Spotify is doing the same thing.  I mainly now don't even listen to music besides what is downloaded on my phone and really I should dig out my old ipod for all the throwback music I used to love. Now its all those Tik Tok songs and I don't really even know what else, there are like...

I didn’t know how to dress myself

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  I was ah ead of the style trends (by like 6 years) for today’s fashion. First, it was athlesure with fabletics and lululemon then it was sweatsets with matching sweats shirts and pants and now it’s like bike shorts and or spandex with oversized shirts and sweatshirts or mismatched sweatpants.  Now like I guess tiedye is a thing or something too. Did your parents used to dress you growing up? Like so you would look good in pictures or visiting family or to wear even matching outfits out on vacation? Not my parents. They were either super cool and like super lax for letting me and my siblings dress ourselves lol. I remember as a kid wearing argyle socks and checkered knee lengthened shorts at one point. Not great! Anyways.  Sports like soccer and basketball brought me to the athletic style stage with less style, basically I was just wearing my sports uniforms to school because my parents told me I could wear anything and I probably was either lazy or didn’t want to stand ...

Style Inspo on Instagram

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 These are my favorite on Instagram to follow and just spend way too much time. Mainly outfit ideas, workout routines, and memes. Also like former Bachelor contestants and models I wish I could be or be with. Just some post examples of stuff I like I guess. Meme pages I just found out are like modern propaganda with like companies paying for posts so that’s new I guess... I need to follow more hot guys on insta too, everyone’s an influencer these days... View this post on Instagram Which look would you add to your shopping list? Credit @leylaell_ #americanstyle #ootd #style #fashion #onlineshopping #summerlook #summeroutfit #outfit #looks ❤️ #asaqueen A post shared by American Style (@americanstyle) on Aug 16, 2020 at 4:07pm PDT   View this post on Instagram Woooo today’s leg workout was so tough 😅 my quads were on 🔥 the entire time!⁣ ⁣ 1) Barbell squats (4x6)⁣ ⁣ 2) Walk...