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#YouAreAwful

Have you watched season 6 of Black Mirror yet? The first episode is titled "Joan is Awful" and it stars Annie Murphy as Joan, who discovers a Streamberry (a streaming service that is eerily similar to Netflix) show called "Joan is Awful" (starring Salma Hayek!) based on her life. Well, Netflix has now released a promotional site that lets you "sign up" to Streamberry, take or upload a picture, and voilà! You are greeted with your own "____ is Awful" show. You can even download a digital image advertising your show: Kudos on a clever way to promote what is probably the most talked-about show of the new season! (Just a heads up, though...

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Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there! J has been away this week on a business trip and will not return until late tonight so we already gave him his gifts before he left. The picture below popped up on my Facebook memories and I couldn't had a chuckle over how little our girls used to be. My own father is in Texas so I am not able to spend the day with him. Two months ago, he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. This came as a complete shock to us — he already suffers from chronic hepatitis B, so his health is already fragile. He had been admitted to the hospital for vomiting blood; the cause was...

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Sephora Spring Sale 2023 Makeup Recommendations

I know you're probably getting inundated with recommendations for the Sephora sale, but I thought I would throw in my two cents here because I have some stuff that I have not seen on many other people's lists. Additionally, I am only picking one makeup item per category. (You can see my skincare recommendations here.) And because I am only listing the items I'm currently using, the products that are not available on Sephora (like concealer, brows, lippies, etc) are not listed. In other words, this list will be a lot shorter than others. :-) (I get commission for purchases or clicks made through links in this post.) Primer: Rare Beauty Always An Optimist Illuminating Primer Because my skin has turned dry, I now prefer...

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