May 2013
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My Favorite Subway Games
1. Dead or Asleep? This one is lots of fun early in the morning and is better with friends. Find a person who appears comatose and decide whether or not that person is deceased or just sleepy. Let’s be real though, no one wins if the person is deceased.
2. Find the Duracell Battery - You can exchange Duracell Battery for “rat” if you want an easier game, or “cell...
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This started off as a fashion blog, but then I realized my fashion taste could be described as “a few years ago at a midwestern forever 21.”
welshyak asked: How do you manage with your hair? I'm not trying to be funny or anything, I am genuinely interested on how you keep your hair looking so poofy.
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jatrini asked: How did you make your name tag for the end of your posts? I would LOOOOVE to get one. I am going personal haha
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Beauty Things I Will Never Understand
under-eye makeup run and why my eyelids can possibly be sweating it off.
lipstick, lip liner, and making your lips look like doll lips, like how?
concealer vs. foundation and the combination of the 2.
perfecting cat-eye makeup.
why anyone needs to draw on their eyebrows.
plucking vs. waxing and why anyone would ever choose plucking over waxing.
how to not smudge my nail polish no matter...
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A living nightmare
whydoihaveablog:
After a few drinks at the after party, I went to the bathroom in the bar. I peed (I’m sorry you just read that with no warning, but this is important to the story that you know what happened) and then I flushed the toilet. And nothing happened. And I tried flushing again. And nothing happened.
And as I stared at my face in the mirror as I washed my hands, I wondered if I could...
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Why Even Do Serving Sizes Exist?
As I stood in my dimly-lit kitchen this morning pouring a bowl of cereal—Frosted Mini Wheats and Raisin Bran (cereal mixologist, coining the term)—I couldn’t help but notice that to have only 1 cup of cereal would be an unreasonable request when even the mini-est of wheats command too much space and volume. Like maybe 6 mini wheats fit in a cup, are they nuts? Why even do...
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We Brunch Hard: Black Swan in Bed Stuy
Back when I had cable//YouTube was slow at catching shows going up online, I’d watch a lot of random BBC shows. There was this one show featuring this old English lady, Gillian McKeith, where she would break down the door of some unsuspecting chubby Londoner and put them on blast for eating crappy food. I mean, “crappy for you” food, not food that necessarily tastes bad.
Well...
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April 2013
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New Yorkers Aren't Rude... They're Late
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April 27, 2013
Akilah Hughes - Guest Writer
Imagine waking up before your alarm, getting ready, and leaving 5 minutes before the designated up and at’em time. You’ve got a spring in your step, you can stop for coffee before getting into work, and your boss won’t have any additional reasons to yell at you today.
Imagine, then, that you miss your first train by 10...
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Adulty Things: Morning Alarms and Waking Up
I am not a morning person. As you can see by my alarm titles, I have luke-warm messages of encouragement or vague threats to entice myself to get up. I just can’t do it! If I have to be anywhere before noon and I am not getting picked up by a car or cab, suffice it to say I’ll probably be late.
I guess I always assumed that hating mornings would change as I got older. In...
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Ode to Washer 31.
After all this time, you’d think that I’d have given up my rigid devotion to a faulty, unreliable, washing machine, but I really just can’t quit you. I have dumped countless gallons of cleaning liquids into your open mouth praying that just this once you’ll not be “out of order” or that you’ll not “leak unnecessarily all over the...
March 2013
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My Day at Epcot Center
In another lifetime, I worked at Disney World in the Magic Kingdom. Before the festivities of Playlist Live, I had a full day to spend at Epcot to roam around with Blake and enjoy all it had to offer. These are my stories. DUN DUN.
I got a quick mirror shot before we headed out. I’m not sure how I feel about this weave (especially after the humidity and my hair’s lack of a poker...
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Relaxing Things
If you follow my blog regularly, you should be pretty darn surprised by how inactive I’ve been over the past 2 weeks. I could go on a pretty long rant about how I can’t believe I got sick again, followed up by how excited I was about packing and going to Orlando, but I’ll spare you. This is a post about relaxation.
Sometimes you just need to soak your body in hot water and...
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Passion Pit “Sleepy Head” vs. Jackson...
minniepopz asked: Omgosh. Can you pleasee (if you haven't alreadyy) write like one huge articleee about how it was like to move to new york and how you like it and how hard / easy it is to leave in your ownnn! Cause that would help me so much personally and a lot of other people too, I'm betting. Oh, and I love you. you're my spirit animal.
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Failing Funny Podcast Episode 13: And Akilah Makes... →
This was my absolute favorite thing I did last week. We chatted about a lot of fails and funnies in the news, and even with my technology malfunctions this turned out so awesome! I hope to hang with them again soon!
Follow these funny people on twitter:
@bumblebeenie
@flintironstag
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Just Travel Things: Florida in 3 Weeks!
The weather here in NYC is just abysmal and I’m overdue for a tan. I miss heat. I miss not having to wear a jacket and a coat! If you’ve followed my interests at all, you should know that I’m going to PlayList Live in Orlando in a few weeks. I’ve been dieting, yoga-ing, plotting, planning, shopping, daydreaming, and generally being way too excited for the long weekend...
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5 Amazing Pieces of Advice I Got from a Cabbie...
I’m admittedly a cheapskate when it comes to NYC transportation. I just don’t see the point in blowing $30 on a trip to midtown when it takes the same amount of time to just take the smelly train at the bargain-basement price of $2.50*.
But maybe sometimes you’re exhausted and you can’t bare the thought of standing with your bags in Grand Central with all of the humanity...
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How to Get the Flu and Not Die in NYC
March 3, 2013
Akilah Hughes - Guest Writer
With reports swirling that the flu vaccine was less effective than expected this year, there’s no better time to get the flu in NYC. You’re not gonna miss much since the sun no longer shines and the temperature rarely approaches 50 degrees, so why not enjoy a staycation with your cough syrup and humidifier? Here are the steps to take to get your...
February 2013
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Anonymous asked: It never ceases to amaze me how many people still shit on Rihanna and their relationship. Not because I think they should be together, but because it's absolutely horrifying that this is happening. It's the simple fact that people who choose to make light of it and disregard her are doing a huge disservice to abused women everywhere. The last thing that should be done is having this...
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Unpopular Opinion: Seth MacFarlane was Great at...
If you have an internet connection, you know that a) Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy and Ted, hosted the Oscars on Sunday Night and b) everyone apparently hates him. He got off on the wrong foot with a lot of viewers with his opening monologue, but I thought it had some great bits:
1) Captain Kirk wishing Amy and Tina would host. This could be two separate points because Captain Kirk...
oh-lexie-dona asked: I LOVE your blog! A lot of your interests are the same as mine and I've been contemplating a blog forever but I just haven't had the confidence to do it. I do photography as well but I've been in such a rut I haven't been out lately. Anyways what I'm trying to say is you have encouraged me to stop being afraid and JUST DO IT. thank you:)
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Justin Timberlake Stole Your Job
It’s happening again. Another pop star is taking more than his fair share of jobs in this down economy by adding “Creative Director” to his resume. Just last week, Justin Timberlake was named Creative Director of Bud Light, news coming on the heels of Alicia Keys earning the same title at Blackberry.
I know that in reality, this means very little. It’s just a title. There’s no way anyone at...
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6 Things to Do When NYC (or anywhere) is Bumming...
Like the title of this amazing book, right now I Feel Relatively Neutral About New York. It’s a recent development brought on by excessively cold weather, limited sunlight, perpetual illness, and the feeling of never going fast enough. I know that the honeymoon phase is over, but that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy my time here. I’m a firm believer that we can shape our...
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Exploring New York: Strand Bookstore
Sometimes in “the Greatest City on Earth,” you go somewhere and find out that it’s (A) really really popular and (B) a huge tourist/locals destination. Enter: Strand Bookstore in the East Village.
On Saturday, I visited with my friend Glo for the first time and it was basically a playground for bibliophiles. Notice the suggestions above? Employees give you their own...
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Natural Hair Things - More Lush Cosmetics (Pt.1)!
If you liked my post last time about all of the great Lush hair products I’ve been trying, you’re in for a treat! I teamed up with Lush to try out a bunch of new products, and I think you’ll like them as much as I did.
Roots Hair Treatment, $19.95 I love a minty tingle on my scalp, and even if my hair is serpentine and thick, this stuff was still a great deep conditioner. I...
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8 Things Not to Ask Black People in Black History...
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February 13, 2013
Akilah Hughes - Guest Writer
Habari Gani! If you didn’t know that the correct response to that exclamation is “Umoja!” then you’re in for a treat: It’s Black History Month again! Just when you thought Kwanzaa and MLK Day were enough, we’re bringing you a full 28 days of melanin. Not only will we be sharing all kinds of wondrous Black info, but we’re...
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Valentine's Singles Playlist
Valentine’s Day is coming this week, so it’s best to be prepared with a lovey dovey playlist all your own. I’m riding solo this V-Day, but that doesn’t mean I have to overhear grumps discussing cold, damp fashion week on the train. Love songs are totally written for single people! So headphones in, everyone, here’s a short list of songs that absolutely must occupy your L-O-V-E for your Lonely...
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