• on rotation

    on rotation

    NOTE: I am currently working on the next “on rotation …” which is going to feature some amazing black country artists. I just want to make sure that I do the post justice, because dammit, I don’t wanna just cram like I used to do back when I had a big test in college ……

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  • 45

    45

    I’ve never actually participated in Camp NaNoWriMo before for two reasons: I didn’t know what it was. I didn’t know when it was. But I’m changing that this year. I’ve been playing around with NaNoWriMo since … 2009, I think? And I almost always fail by the middle of the month, but Camp NaNo seems…

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  • 29 day challenge: friends, day 29: in which I discuss how friends inspires me …

    Friends is as much a primer on what not to do as it is what you should do. It was ridiculously successful during its run, taking risks – like having Monica sleep with Paul the Wine Guy on their first date in “The Pilot” – and capitalizing on its popularity with that oh-so coveted age…

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  • 29 day challenge: friends, day 28: in which I discuss what I’d like to see next …

    Every time I see a post about a Friends revival, this is pretty much my response: And I’m saying this as a fan of the show. Friends was very much a TV show for its time, which is fine, but I really don’t want to find out what happened over the last almost twenty years…

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  • 29 day challenge: friends, day 27: in which I have favorite promo pics …

    I unironically love the kitschiness of a large chunk of advertising in the 90s. Do you remember the over-sized images in Skechers ads? Or the fun fonts in Delia’s catalogs? The simplicity yet over-the-top message of the Got Milk campaign? Well, promotional images for Friends followed a lot of the same trends, and I kind…

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  • 29 day challenge: friends, day 26: in which I have a favorite song of phoebe’s …

    There really was never a question which was my favorite Phoebe creation, and I’m big enough to admit that I sing this song to myself almost daily. I found you in my bed. How’d you wind up there? You are a mystery, little black curly hair. Little black curly hair. Little black, little black, little…

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  • 29 day challenge: friends, day 25: in which I wish something did happen …

    It feels weird to be completely on time with this challenge, but hey, I’ll adjust to it. I mean, I only have, including this one, five more challenge posts, but I consider this an accomplishment. Anyway, as I’ve said before, when I finally watched Game of Thrones, I started in Season Seven. Now, I had…

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  • 29 day challenge: friends, day 24: in which I wish something didn’t happen …

    Let’s look back to the year 2013: Brooklyn 99 was just beginning, and we were introduced to the character Charles Boyle: a nerdy, slightly neurotic man pining for the love of a woman, Rosa Diaz, who was not suited for him. But in a stroke of pure genius, Boyle and Rosa don’t ever have a…

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  • 29 day challenge: friends, day 23: in which I have a least favorite romance …

    You probably assumed that Ross and Rachel would be the winner here, but, while their relationship was meh, they aren’t anywhere close to being the worst. This was almost a tie, because Ross+Janice was pretty terrible, but I didn’t pick them because that was purposefully awful, an example of how fucked up Ross was after…

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  • 29 day challenge: friends, day 22: in which I have a favorite romance …

    Lookie! I am only one challenge day behind!! And this shall be fixed by the end of the day, just you watch. Okay, so this is a situation where I like the idea/concept so much more than the execution. I know so many people hated this pairing, but this is a couple that I will…

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