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I'm Jacqueline Michelle Dodd, a twenty-two year old machine operator from Barrie, Ontario. I also fancy myself a blogger, an artist & a writer - all things I occupy myself with in my spare time. When I'm not blogging, painting, or writing, I'm probably

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Religion & Spirituality > Ghosts & Paranormal Phenomena Experiences with ghosts: 10 of 122
It was October of 2005 when my boyfriend & his mother moved into the house on Maplewood Drive. His mother had just gone through an extremely messy, unexpected breakup with her longtime boyfriend and had been forced to hastily find somewhere else to live. The Maplewood place was an old cottage - much like many other houses in... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Autumn: 4 of 43
Fall is without a doubt my favourite season of the year and it has been for as long as I can remember. Every year toward the end of August to the beginning of September I look forward to the first day that I have to pull my autumn coat out of the closet. There is nothing more exciting to me than to step outside early in the ... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Meeting celebrities: 7 of 38
A few years back, I was a loud, proud, full blown metalhead. My taste in music has changed as I've gotten older and I now prefer calmer, quieter genres, but back then I lived and breathed metal. One of my favourite subgenres was black metal and I'd gone from listening to the more well known "gateway" bands, as I called them,... More..
Relationships & Family > Love & Lust Remembering your first kiss: 5 of 16
The year was 2002, it was my first day of the eleventh grade and I was sitting in Hospitality & Tourism class, scanning the room for a familiar face. I've never been one to hang around with a large group of friends, so the odds that one of the five or six people I was close to were going to be in any of my classes were slim ... More..
Entertainment > Music (Other) A fresh approach to finding new music: 3 of 8
I started getting heavily into music when I was about ten or eleven. I'd watch MuchMusic for hours each day waiting for videos by bands I was already a fan of to be played and watching out for offerings from good bands I had yet to discover. I was an avid listener of the radio as well and there were two or three stations I p... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Drinking: 10 of 24
The first time I ever got drunk was at 16 years old at a friend's cottage. I'd gone up with my best girlfriend and two guys we were friends with from school. A couple of them - determined to turn it into a proper party - had somehow mangaged to smuggle some bottles out of their parents' liquor cabinets and sneak them into th... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Using public transportation: 5 of 10
I'm sitting on the Bayfield bus on an uncomfortably hot summer day and all I want, all I need is to just get home to my apartment. It's the second bus I have to take to get from work to my home at the opposite end of the city and today it feels more like being packed into a sardine can than using public transit. That or bein... More..
Home & Garden > Home Interior Bathroom decorating ideas: 4 of 8
There is no right or wrong way to decorate your bathroom - or any other room in your home, for that matter - because interior decorating comes down to your individual taste. Since I don't have a window in the bathroom of my apartment, I chose to decorate it in lively colours to brighten it up. My girlfriend who lives upstair... More..
Relationships & Family > Acquaintances & Co-Workers Weird neighbors stories: 18 of 35
It was the summer of 2006 when I moved into my first place with my boyfriend and a mutual friend of ours. I was nineteen at the time and though I'd been living away from my parents for a year and a half with my boyfriend's mother, it was the first time we'd ever been alone and the first time we could officially call the plac... More..
Entertainment > Music (Other) What exactly is a sellout: 5 of 9
Sellout. I've heard dozens of people throw the term around on dozens of different occasions. Most often it is directed at bands and musicians, though actors, athletes and politicians are also capable of "selling out". But what does the word really mean? When you call someone a sellout - and for this article I've chosen to fo... More..