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  • February 23, 2020

    I am your Personal Shopper: sticking it to Bezos

    As we previously discussed, I’m in the process of trying out Personal Shopper by Prime Wardrobe. But I think I can do it better than The Algorithm/Mechanical Turk/the theoretical actual person somewhere inside Amazon that does the “curation”. Let me prove it. These picks are all based on the same criteria that I gave my […] Continue reading

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  • February 18, 2020

    Personal Shopper by Prime Wardrobe: let’s try it in real time!

    Should I let a computer tell me what to wear? Ah, why the hell not!? I’m a plus sized person that shops in the “women’s” category. If I haven’t already made this abundantly clear, shopping for plus size clothing is a minefield. One problem is that clothes are often “junior’s” size (read, 2-6 sizes smaller […] Continue reading

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  • January 14, 2020

    Enneagram

    Enneagrams are finally having a moment. They’ve been edging in on astrology’s turf for a while, and I don’t see them going away anytime soon. Want to ride the wave? The “official” test is administered online for $12 via The Enneagram Institute. There are also free tests (which are supposedly less accurate) elsewhere online, such […] Continue reading

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  • November 12, 2019

    Impossible

    So I tried an Impossible burger, and boy do I have thoughts. First of all, let me get this out of the way: the Impossible burger is meant to replicate meat. It does this very well. Better, by far, than any meat substitute I’ve tried. It’s meant to be like meat, and it is. I’ve […] Continue reading

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  • May 2, 2019

    Smells like… Teen Spirit? How to smell perfume oils

    Smells like… Teen Spirit? How to smell perfume oils

    In my last post, I talked a little bit about trying out perfume oils. While I suppose there’s technically no wrong way to smell something, there is a right way. While I can’t claim to be an expert, I can tell you how I do it! As a note, most of this advice applies to […] Continue reading

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  • April 15, 2019

    I indie fragrances and you can, too!

    I indie fragrances and you can, too!

    I’ve been indulging in the smallest nugget of self-care lately, focusing my need for frippery and comfort into a literally microscopic sphere. A while back, I happened to come across the /r/indiemakeupandmore subreddit while I was researching a brand. I quickly discovered that about 80% of the activity there centers around indie fragrances.  View this […] Continue reading

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  • February 14, 2019

    Why I cried about a robot and other weird human quirks

    It’s likely that the Mars Opportunity rover is effectively dead. I’m crying about it. And that’s okay. Continue reading

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    mars rover, opportunity, oppy
  • February 5, 2019

    Velvet Buzzsaw in the neck

    Velvet Buzzsaw in the neck

    This review contains spoilers for every painful detail of the movie Velvet Buzzsaw, which is now on Netflix. You have been warned. There’s a trend in media that I mentally wrestle with. The “is it or isn’t it self-aware” media, the movies and shows that almost seem like they’re making fun of their genre or […] Continue reading

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    netflix, velvet buzzsaw
  • August 17, 2018

    Adding happy by subtracting Facebook

    I joined way back when it was The Facebook. Only students at approved colleges and universities could join. Everyone on my “Friends” list was an actual person that I had met, and generally someone I had spoken face-to-face with at least once a month. We could draw doodles on each other’s walls and I had […] Continue reading

    Life, The World and Stuff
    facebook, mindfulness, social media, tech, the world today
  • November 22, 2017

    I’m taking spices and surrounding myself with crystals, because what even is reality?

    I like to conceptualize taking care of my wellness by picturing Lady Justice: a blindfolded woman holding scales, weighing what is known–much of which will be uncovered to be total bullshit in five years’ time–with what is unknowable, unforeseeable, unplanforable. I don’t always make great decisions with my health. I’m confronted with that fact every time […] Continue reading

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I am a thirty-something writer and graphic designer based in Kentucky. I have been Very Online since the turn of the millennium – and yeah, I’ve blogging about that long.

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A Court of Silver Flames
really liked it
A Court of Silver Flames
by Sarah J. Maas
The Last House on Needless Street
really liked it
The Last House on Needless Street
by Catriona Ward
A Court of Wings and Ruin
it was ok
A Court of Wings and Ruin
by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Mist and Fury
really liked it
A Court of Mist and Fury
by Sarah J. Maas
Carmilla
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Carmilla
by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

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