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I'm a 25 year old manager currently residing in Sterling Heights, Michigan. I work two full time jobs but my passion has always been writing. Just recently I got back into it after a hiatus of several years. Itching to do something with the journalism classes

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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Coraline: 1 of 13

Upon seeing previews for the movie, Coraline, one expects a fairy-tale-esque story about a young girl who discovers another world; however, the animation itself leads you to believe that the fairy-tale may be a bit more like The Nightmare Before Christmas as opposed to a traditional children's story , and maybe a bit darker ...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Getting over a crush: 4 of 22

How to Get Over a Crush Almost all of us, at least at one point in time or another during our lives, can admit that we've had a crush one someone. Those crushes can give you butterflies and make your heart feel on fire. They can give you a reason to wake up ecstatic in the morning and go to bed blissfully happy. They can she...
Society & Lifestyle > Gender Issues Understanding the role of society in forming gender identities: 8 of 22

So, while watching the Thursday night line up consisting of two of my favorite shows, followed by a newcomer which is quickly moving to the top of my favorites list, I heard a line that seems to be incredibly ironic to me. "What kind of world are we living in where women are more like men than we are?" This line struck me as...
Relationships & Family > Break-Ups & Exes Ex-love: The haunting nature of past relationships: 14 of 38

The only love that is ever lost is one that is truly forgotten Almost everyone has had it happen or will have it happen during some point in their lives. A past love will move on. A past love will marry another. A past love will be nothing more than a distant memory. I guess I never really thought it would happen to me, that...
Celebrations & Holidays > Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: Good, bad and ugly: 2 of 4

It's that time of year again, the time when the sale of roses, diamonds, and chocolate surge. It's the time that people scramble to find a date for February 14th, even if no emotion lies behind it just to prevent them from being alone on the holiday of love. I've found that this holiday usually promotes two types of emotion,...
Relationships & Family > Love & Relationships How to avoid dating letdowns when looking for a man: 1 of 2

I have spent my entire life, well at least the past ten + years in which I have been overwhelmingly attracted to members of the opposite sex, doing everything I can to avoid awkwardness and disappointing scenarios. I don't want to end up in the awkward moment of silence or calling a friend from a bathroom to figure out a way...
Relationships & Family > The Single Life Is fear keeping you single?: 21 of 34

It's Easy to Be Brave From a Distance Fear. What is it exactly? Is it the uncontrollable paranoia associated with a person, place, thing, or something unknown? Or is it true that you can only truly fear something that you've already experienced? For example, how do you know when you are afraid of heights? Do you know by look...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Dealing with the death of an estranged father: 19 of 21

On December 27, 2006 I received a call from my brother, well, a voicemail to be exact, stating that my father had died the previous night. Of course, I was at work taking a cigarette break and nearly collapsed I was so shocked. I listened to the voicemail at least three times before finishing my cigarette. After my cigarette...
Relationships & Family > Break-Ups & Exes Friendships and ex-boyfriends: 11 of 12

Miss me You said only friendship Did you mean it? You sat next to me and made me a promise Do you intend to keep it? Can you look me in the eyes And not see when you looked at me with longing? Can you be close to me Without getting too close? Can you stop yourself from falling When you didn't want to stop before? Can you lis...
Relationships & Family > Friendship Issues & Advice Friendship drama: How to handle backstabbers: 55 of 57

She was my best friend I have always had quite a knack for picking my girl friends. They've always been beautiful and incredibly funny. My guy friends can't stop asking about them and somehow I get thrown into the role of wingman to their wasted desires for her. However, this usually brings an immense amount of laughter to o...