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Pretentious Pirates: Why My Favourite Film Is Actually Awful But I Still Love It
Read more: Pretentious Pirates: Why My Favourite Film Is Actually Awful But I Still Love ItThere are certain expectations you have to meet when you tell someone you love movies, especially if that other person is a self-professed film aficionado. For example, you absolutely have to have seen *insert random “classic” here*, been to a midnight screening/premiere at least once, preferably dressed as a character from said movie. You…
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Why all my cabdrivers in Vienna pissed me off
Read more: Why all my cabdrivers in Vienna pissed me offVienna, Austria. A city with refined beauty, a city filled with classical music, a city that’s the embodiment of art, and a city that has the worst type of cabdrivers you will ever meet. Okay, maybe those cabdrivers are not limited to Vienna. Normally, I’m not the type who drives around a city in…
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Ibeyi – Ash Album Review
Read more: Ibeyi – Ash Album ReviewIbeyi’s second album Ash is a musical microcosm of contemporary society. The African-Cuban twin sisters distinguish their sound by mixing a multitude of genres, languages and cultures. To quote one of the sisters, Lisa-Kaindé, “Yeah we are definitely using a little bit of jazz, of hip hop music, electronic music, Yoruba, soul music, even pop…
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Writer’s Block Doesn’t Exist – Part 3: Talent and Practice
Read more: Writer’s Block Doesn’t Exist – Part 3: Talent and Practice“Writing is really just a matter of writing a lot, writing consistently and having faith that you’ll continue to get better and better. Sometimes, people think that if they don’t display great talent and have some success right away, they won’t succeed. But writing is about struggling through and learning and finding out what…
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Battle of the Christmas Cookies
Read more: Battle of the Christmas Cookies*Special thanks to my mother who let me do all this baking back at home and who helped me through all of it. Christmas is all about receiving gifts, spending time with your family, and most importantly: gaining a lot of weight. In order to contribute to the weight gaining, I decided to bake…




