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I remember my first zit. Luckily, it was along my hairline, so it wasn’t super noticeable. To anyone but me. It was in seventh grade, when I didn’t want anyone to look at me anyway. I was that weird girl who wasn’t into makeup, so that wasn’t going to help anything either. So I … Continue reading Hot Take: “Eighth Grade”
January is not a great time for new media content. It’s the doldrums of Hollywood – a bit too late to get your Oscar bid in, and way to early to release an indie hit or Blockbuster summer flick. Everyone’s depressed with the malaise of the post-Christmas blues, so they go see the holiday hitmakers … Continue reading Media Minute – January 14, 2019
“What if?” We ask ourselves that question a lot. We imagine if a decision or action could have changed the trajectory of our lives. What if we’d said yes to that business proposition? What if we had turned down our current partner or spouse? What if we had moved to a different city, state, country? … Continue reading Spider-Snatch: Into the Bander-Verse
New year, new media. There’s a lot to be excited about in 2019. So many memes not yet created by bored 10th graders taking a break from Fortnite. So many Indie films that your parents will never watch because they look “too weird.” And probably a lot of hit singles that may or may not … Continue reading Media Minute: What I’ve Enjoyed This Week
Happy New Year, everyone! If you have never happened upon this corner of the Internet, welcome! If you’ve been to these parts before, you’ll notice a few things that are different. You may notice that this site is no longer called Ground Up Ideas (though it is still housed under that domain; I’m working on that.) I … Continue reading 2018: The Year in Music
“It’s that time of year.” You hear that a lot…this time of year. Whatever “that” means to you, it usually means it’s time to get festive, in some way, shape, or form. Christmas is, as the kids are saying these days, a “mood.” We all fall under its spell between late November (or earlier) and … Continue reading My Favorite Christmas Movies, Ranked
Music is supposed to make you feel things. Smarter people than I can explain to you exactly why that is, but good music hits a nerve – even if it’s music you normally wouldn’t like. (Personally, I think Rihanna’s “Stay” is extremely infectious, but I don’t care for the rest of her discography.) Sometimes an … Continue reading Terrible Films, Great Scores: Movies Made Great by Their Music
I wasn’t doing it right. Okay, maybe there’s not a “right” and “wrong” way to date, but there are “healthy” and “unhealthy” ways to go about it. And I definitely wasn’t going about it in a healthy way. The cycle would be the same: I’d go into dating with the mentality that I would find the One. … Continue reading I Changed My Mind About Dating.
Here we are at the end of our 30-day journey. And it’s seriously been mind-blowing to me. I’ve learned a lot about the music I’ve listened to, and the support I’ve had during this month has been amazing. Thank you to all of you who have encouraged me to keep going. You’ve taken a peek … Continue reading Day 30: Save Rock & Roll – Fall Out Boy feat. Elton John
The first time I met my first love, it was at a video shoot. It seemed as though the stars aligned perfectly. He walked past me and my heart fluttered, and I remember looking across the gym we were filming in (which was all done up in lights and decorations, and I was wearing a … Continue reading Day 29: Make You Better – The Decemberists
Audrey D. DeBoer 