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Last Night's Performance of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

For anyone reading this, please note that this is a personal, online journal. Last year, when tickets went on sale for Tom Felton's casting in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, I decided I was going to see it for my birthday, which was yesterday. Admittedly, I splurged too much, getting priority pass, which didn't matter, as well as the trolly package. There was an option to have food delivered to your seat before the show or during intermission, which was genius. The lobby was decorated accordingly, and there was a photo op with a phone booth.  I went into this with little knowledge on what to expect, knowing only that it was mostly centered around Harry's son and that Draco must have some kind of appearance.  Since he was the star of the evening (though not the main character), I'll start with Tom Felton. I counted about 13 or 14 scenes, maybe a couple more, that he was in, including the 2 he had no lines. This is significant. I was expecting him to pop up maybe once...
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Lost.

 Lately, I've been struggling. Some of it is missing my mom. It's amazing that a decade later, it really doesn't feel much easier. She was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, and I honestly believed that if anybody could beat it, it was her. I truly believed that. But she isn't here today, and somehow, it feels like fate betrayed me. One day, I know cancer will seep through my windows and fate will knock on my door. I've already had some precancerous things taken out. At least I know ahead of time. And yet, it feels so unfair not to have her in this chapter of my life. I need her. And all I can do is just keep moving on.
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Writing Habits

 It seems to me that the one thing that holds back most writers is creating a habit to do so. A schedule. The only time I was publishing was when I set daily goals for myself. Since I have had nothing work for me lately, I will do it again. The same goals. If it's a mental block, then if I know I've done it before, I know I can do it again. Weekly goal: Day 1 - 3000 words; Day 2 - 3000 words + edit day1; Day 3 - final 3000 words + edit day2; Day 4 - book cover + edit day3; Day 5 - finalize details, review full story, prepare publication. With this, I'll be writing novellas. The following weeks, day 1's will include publishing the story written the previous week. If I can do this for a few series, then maybe I can work into either serialized fiction or novels... For now, this will be my plan! And when do I start it? Well, as they say, there's no better time than the present. So I best get off here and get started on that.
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Dear Job Recruiters, Headhunters, and Talent Acquisition

 Many job seekers, such as myself, understand that our resumes will go through an automatic system that may easily put us in the trash before any human set eyes on it. And, even if our resumes DO go through, they need to be short, easy to read, and to the point, yet hold SEO keywords reflective of the job we're applying for, and hint slightly at our personalities so that it doesn't look AI or boring. Something that will be professional yet attention-grabbing and that won't waste your time. AND YET. When we go to look at job descriptions, it resembles a notorious recipe on a blogger's website. There's all this pointless information and we don't get to "qualifications" or even "job description" until the very end... The most IMPORTANT information becomes a chore to find. Perhaps we can change the game and make it equal. We'll be short and to the point, but you should be, also. Give us the dirty info we need to know before wasting our time t...
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Imaginary Life Day 2

 It's early and I've just put the last demo cupcake in the display shelf. This week and next, Cam wakes up with me, as it's our opening, but once things calm down, I'll open and he'll sleep in and come in later. He wanted to wake up with me every morning, but I am the morning person and he the night owl. I pointed out that he has the most energy during the day when I'm ready to fall asleep, whereas I have the most energy in the morning, when he's dead asleep! So it works out perfectly. Of course, the part I didn't mention was that means most of my job would happen before the people came. He figured that out on his own, though, and I just giggled. He knows me so well! As for the Puddles cupcake, my bestie made a good point that we could actually color some of the cake to make it look like spots within the cake, just like Puddles. So we've taken out the orange filling and we're using orange cream icing, instead. With some orange-colored white choco...
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Imaginary Life Day 1

Things kinda suck right now. Not like everything is terrible, just more like my patience is constantly being tested and not much is going right. So I've decided I'm going to make up an imaginary life for this blog. Cam and I are getting ready to open up our shop. We had some disagreements on how to decorate it. He wanted something that felt like a coffee shop, cozy that supported local artists, with a natural yet dark color theme. I wanted a vintage vibe, 1920s inspiration, leather chairs, industrial shelving, dark decor. Elegant and sophisticated. But it isn't a coffee shop, or a bar, as mine would have been appropriate for. We are opening up a cupcake shop! Plant-based because we are both lactose intolerant and I never want to make something I can't try. It is also where customers can drop of vintage sewing machines to have serviced. This is a hobby of mine, so it just made sense to have both businesses run out of the same shop. For this reason, we combined the concep...
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