blog 11 Tips For Your First Professional Photo Shoot

11 Tips For Your First Professional Photo Shoot

Your first professional photo shoot can be hell on earth if you’re not prepared. And how could you be prepared, it’s your first shoot?! If you’re working with clients, as in taking portraits, it’s especially horrifying. Not only will you have to worry about yourself and your own paranoia, but you’ll have to manage their …

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blog 1 Month in Malaysia: PART I

1 Month in Malaysia: PART I

I’ve got this new journaling routine I started on December 25th, 2013, also known as Christmas. My goal is to write down everything I do that seems significant. I have a few different reasons for starting it but mainly I’m trying to become a better writer. I’ve uttered only a handful of words that are …

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blog Travel To Portland For Under A Grand: Portland On A Budget

Travel To Portland For Under A Grand: Portland On A Budget

(Short list at the bottom of article) I just got back from a weekend trip to Portland, Oregon. I try to go there once a year to soak in the strangeness and remember what fresh air in an urban environment feels like. I don’t have a ton of money, so I wanted to see if …

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500 Words Per Day 500 Words A Day Writing Experiment

500 Words A Day Writing Experiment

500 WORDS A DAY (3.1.17) I believe it is time to start another writing experiment. We’ll go back to the original rules so everyone can participate without the requirement of talking to strangers. 500 WORDS A DAY. 1. Can be about anything. I highly recommend using the motivation to work on projects or experiences in …

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blog A Prescription For Happiness: Get Off Your Meds

A Prescription For Happiness: Get Off Your Meds

photo from scotspolitics.com originally posted by Jenny Sansouci on Healthy Crush A Prescription For Happiness: Get Off Your Meds I remember sitting one day staring at my bottles of prescription medication, not giving a fuck about whatever I was supposed to be doing. I was prescribed Zoloft, Xanax, Wellbutrin and Amitriptyline for depression and severe …

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blog Education vs Experience

Education vs Experience

photo found on Etsy by Happy Letter Shop What’s better – education or experience? I already hear people saying, “Oh, one isn’t better than the other.” #fairness #diplomatic #noncommital I go back and forth, on a fairly regular basis. And I haven’t always been sure why, until recently. I see this woman sometimes. She’s a …

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blog Hip-Hop Midterm: My Worst Nightmare

Hip-Hop Midterm: My Worst Nightmare

Yesterday I had my midterm for my hip-hop class at City College. It’s been an interesting semester already. I’ve never felt like such a huge dork being surrounded by so many young people with style and ‘swag.’ I’ve also made myself sick a couple times forcing the word “fresh” into as many sentences as possible. …

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blog Maybe I Don’t Want To Be Happy

Maybe I Don’t Want To Be Happy

Originially published on rebellesociety.com 3.26.14 — I might be a large, heaping disaster. When I get hit by the first world blues, I struggle to find words for how I feel. I’m afraid I’m fucked. I’m obsessed with novelty and don’t have the tools to appreciate entire life cycles. The world then turns into torture. I’ll always …

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blog Do It And Then You’re Doing It: Kirk Hensler Becomes A Ballerina – Wanderlust

Do It And Then You’re Doing It: Kirk Hensler Becomes A Ballerina – Wanderlust

Originally posted by Wanderlust on 3.20.14 This story is a part of a series called Do It And Then You’re Doing It, in which we attempt to inspire you to step out of your comfort zone and take your life to the next level. — “You just have to keep swimming,” said the twiggy teenage girl …

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blog Why 30 Days of Writing?

Why 30 Days of Writing?

30 Days of Writing : Co-hosted by Creative Rehab + Kale & Cigarettes There’s a good number of days, in fact most days, when I wake up scared to death at the thought of pulling down the covers and touching my feet to the cold floor. It means I have to start thinking for myself, …

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