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I am a 30 year old high school English teacher living just outside of New Orleans with the love of my life and our two cats.   I enjoy creating art in all its forms (literature, music, visual, etc.) as well as watching movies, playing video games, and drinking rum and cokes with my boyfriend. I am fascinated by love, dreams, nature, and all things spiritual and supernatural.

I am the sub-channel manager for Dating in the Relationships and Family Channel. I look forward to working with the community to help Helium grow and flourish. Please feel free to contact me personally with questions, comments, or criticism using the Contact Writer link or my e-mail: Rizzowrites80@gmail.com

My passion is ...

creativity in all forms, love, family, friends

I know too much about ...

music, 19th century literature, mental illness

My parents always told me ...

that I'm "perfect."

My childhood ambition ...

to be a veterinarian

My favorite memory ...

I'm not sure; I keep creating new ones

Why I write ...

for the sake of creating, expressing myself, and confronting my demons

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

too many things to list

My first job ...

salesgirl at Pacific Sunwear at the mall

My best moment ...

I'm not sure

My inspiration ...

dreams, experiences, love

Food & Drink > Food & Drink (Other) What makes something a guilty pleasure?

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Guilty pleasures vary from one person to the next, but the easiest means of exemplifying this concept is by discussing food.  Food, in itself, is a positive thing.  It nourishes the body, provides energy, brings people together, and is necessary for survival.  However, one can always have ‘too much of a good thing.’  Over-indulgence leads to guilt which is useful since guilt, in turn, leads to temperance.  It’s the pleasure factor that makes things difficult.  Therefore, one may find him or herself wolfing down the latest fast-food cholestero...

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