mizChartreuse || redefiningSuccess

“I hate to say this, but hair is the best thing to happen to rhythmless non-blacks.” “Did I die and go to simple bitch hell?” Issa Rae, creator, producer, and star of “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,” is hilarious– and onto something. I became aware of the Awkward Black Girl Twitter account several months [...]

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Earlier this year, my girl Angelique turned me onto the powers of AMIN.O. ENERGY; a dietary supplement which claims to “support recovery before, during and after exercise,” by utilizing “free form amino acids for rapid uptake,” which helps you “train longer & harder with beta-Alanine.” It also contains “natural energizers and antioxidants” and “supports nitric [...]

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I’m a flower-loving, nature-seeking girl at heart, but who doesn’t love natural beauty? I don’t think there are many humans who prefer manufactured concrete and welded metal over living mountains and water. I strive to travel and disconnect from the grid as often as possible, but that doesn’t always have to entail a $400 plane [...]

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Prompt: Friendship. How has a friend changed you or your perspective on the world this year? Was this change gradual, or a sudden burst? All of my friends are such cool, unique, wonderful human beings. The two obvious ones I’m going to talk about for this entry: my A-girls, Ange and Allie (coincidence?). These girls [...]

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Prompt: Moment. Pick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. Describe it in vivid detail (texture, smells, voices, noises, colors). Nothing compares to the afterglow of a particularly great gathering, event, or show. The days following are always filled with flashback memories that make me smile and giggle out loud at our antics. [...]

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