illusions & delusions

A More Modern Superhero…

October 22, 2008

I can’t help but gear myself up and prepare for the next wave of comic-inspired films to come out. From X-Men Beginnings to the series of Avengers movies, and the awe inspiring Gotham City created by Christopher Nolan. Because of this fanatical love of all things super and villainous, I wanted to modernize the Marvel [...]

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Business, as Usual

October 15, 2008

As a few of you may know, I began my first “Career” job this past month. It’s vastly different than many of the jobs I have had in the past, or even the “Career” internships I have had in the past. I think it will be a fantastic job opportunity, and I will learn a [...]

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Coping With Grief

August 28, 2008

With the stories of Tropical Storm/Hurricane Fay hitting many friends in Florida and Tropical Storm/Hurricane Gustav headed right back towards my (heart) home, I can’t help but recall my own memories of Hurricane Katrina and the huge impact it made on my life. Today is the 3 year anniversary of that fateful storm, and for [...]

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Drankin’ & Posin’

August 7, 2008

In my early 20s, I was a bit of a club ho: weekdays out drankin’ and posin’ until 3-4 a.m., rolling out of bed with smeared eyeshadow on to go to class, over-the-top outfits, and making out with DJs. It was a good life, one that treated me & my body fairly well, and I’d [...]

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Couture Commune

November 3, 2007

Since I was young, the idea of a glam rock commune has been my perpetual mental escape (and this was so many years before I knew anything about Warhol’s Factory). With the tension of finding a job/internship for the Spring, coupled with a return to Bloomington from New Orleans, and an ever-growing exhaustion from bad [...]

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