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What I Have Been Watching Lately

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I have had a lot of time to watch TV lately; I figured I would fill you in on what I’ve been watching.

For the past few weeks I haven’t really been feeling the best, which is why I haven’t been posting on the blog or on social media lately. I am finally feeling better now, so it’s time to get back at it. Just gonna throw this out there…no, it was not Corona Virus.

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The Great is a Hulu Original, I watched all 10 episodes in two days. It’s a show loosely based on Catherine The Great, Empress of Russia. I loved it! I really hope there is going to be a second season.

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I love shows set in the olden days like that. Which reminds me I need to finish season 3 of another Hulu Original, Harlots. It’s about well…harlots in a brothel in the United Kingdom during the 18th century.

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I finally watched Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker a few days ago. I know, I’m super late to seeing it. I had planned to go see it in theaters with a friend, but those plans fell through…then I planned to watch it with the same friend once it came out on streaming services…but life kept getting in the way, and now Corona Virus ruined my plans with all this social distancing mess, so I caved and watched it all by myself on Disney Plus. Even though it was really lame that I had to watch it alone…I thought it was a great movie.

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A few nights ago I watched Rocketman for the first time. Rocketman which you may have guessed is a movie about the life of Elton John. I have always liked Elton John, but I didn’t really realize how much I liked him until I saw this movie. I’ll admit I thought a few parts were a little strange, but I really enjoyed the movie.

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I also started and finished the current seasons of the HBO show Barry. I absolutely loved it! Very Dexter-ish. Dexter is one of my favorite shows ever…so I was all about this. Barry is a hit man turned actor. Plus, I am a big Bill Hader (he plays the role of Barry) fan.

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Which ties into the latest show I have been binge watching…The Mindy Project. Bill Hader plays one of Mindy’s boyfriends. As you know I am a fan of The Office, and I have been reading Mindy Kaling’s books. If you don’t watch The Office well, you should fix that (Mindy plays the role of Kelly Kapoor.)

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Anyway, I am already almost done with season three of The Mindy Project, I love it. It’s funny (obviously, it’s written by and stars Mindy.) This show has a great cast of guest stars…a few from the cast of The Office, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (which is another one of my favorite shows.) The Mindy Project follows Mindy’s life in New York as she searches for love and works as an OB-GYN.

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I feel like I have been watching TV way too much lately…but then again when you live alone during a pandemic what else is there to do?

If you have any shows or movies to recommend to me, feel free to leave them in the comments.

-laurenmikael

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Sugar Bear Hair: Fangirl Friday

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In October I decided I wanted a pixie haircut again; which always seems like a good idea at first, but then a few weeks go by and I find myself regretting cutting off my long hair. Thank God for Sugar Bear Hair.

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This is my third time to have a pixie cut and each time I regret it after a while, but Pinterest has this way of making me think that cutting my long, pretty hair into a short boy-ish mess will be super cute. I always forget that I am bad at doing hair and just because it looks cute on the pretty girl on Pinterest, doesn’t mean it will look the same way on me, because those girls can actually style their hair. I am great at doing makeup, YouTube basically needs to give me my Cosmetology license for all the years I’ve spent watching xSparkage (now she just goes by Leesha) videos (Love her! Pretty sure we would be best friends if we knew each other in real life.) …but for some reason I can’t do hair to save my life.

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A few years ago I found out about Sugar Bear Hair (probably through YouTube) and decided to give it a try. I’ve been taking them ever since, they really work, I have tried a few off brand hair vitamins in the past and none of them actually worked. These little blue bears really do though!

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Sugar Bear Hair is a Hair, Skin and Nails vitamin, rich in biotin which is what helps your hair grow, including eyelashes and eyebrows. They are gummies and they taste delicious. They are even one of my favorite colors. These vitamins work really fast too! I’ll have my long hair back in no time.

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When I was 10 years old I developed Trichotillomania…you know how people always joke that they are so stressed it makes them want to pull their hair out? I actually do that, it isn’t intentional; it just happens. Most of the time I don’t even realize that I am doing it. It happens rarely these days, but it was pretty much constant when I was younger. I never pull the hair on my head; eyelashes and eyebrows are my thing. That is a lot of the reason why I like chunky eyeliner , covers up the fact that most if not all my eyelashes were/are missing.

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I’m so glad I found these vitamins, now I don’t have to be embarrassed by Trichotillomania and I can practically bypass the ugly mullet stage of growing out a pixie cut. You can try Sugar Bear Hair yourself here.

-laurenmikael

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Pretty Fridge, Hollywood and Getting Back into Photography (Finally!)

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This post is random and goes a little all over the place; Fridge, red hair, cameras; but if you stick around, it all sort of comes together in the end…

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I know this is not a posting day for me normally, but I figured it doesn’t matter considering I skipped a week’s worth of blog posts, whoops! I don’t really even have an excuse other than…maybe writer’s block? I guess. Never meant to be gone this long. Quarantine/social distancing is really starting to get to me.

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I mean, honestly this is not much different than my normal life; I’ve always wanted to be one of those people who seems to constantly have plans, and friends over…but in reality I never really go anywhere if there isn’t a show…and I feel like I have to practically beg people to come over, which is never fun, cause I want people to come see me because they want to; not just to shut me up about them coming over. It seems everyone is always busy (or at least they claim to be.) Now no one is busy, but we aren’t supposed to be around each other, so that’s neat!

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Anyway, to be real with you I have absolutely no idea where this post is going, it isn’t planned in any way. I just figured I needed to write something since it has been a little over a week since I last wrote.

Wish I was one of those people in quarantine who are keeping their home spotless since they now have all this new found free time…but I have pretty much been the opposite, I keep putting things off til tomorrow and continue watching Hulu/Netflix.

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Speaking of, I started watching Hollywood on Netflix last night. Really good stuff! All about Hollywood and show business in the 1950-ish era. I love everything from that time period. Guys in trench coats and nice hats, and all the girls have their pretty dresses and red lipstick. Haven’t finished it yet, there are 7 episodes; I think I am on episode 4.

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In other news I bought a new Macbook, and I am going to get photoshop back…which means I can start using my camera (Canon 5D Mark III) again soon. Super excited! I’ve missed photography so bad! The Macbook won’t be here for a few more days though. (Thank God for QVC and Wayfair...that’s where I do all my major shopping!)

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Also, I found the refrigerator of my dreams…so I can finally get rid of the loud stupid piece of crap this apartment came with. They still won’t do anything about it even though I have called and talked to them in person so many times that I couldn’t keep count, about getting a new one for me since literally the day I moved in a year and a half ago, they keep saying they’ll take care of it and then…nothing happens, so I decided to take matters into my own hands and get the damn fridge myself (I can’t stand lazy people! How hard is it for them to order me a new one? Apparently impossible!…Ridiculous!) My dishwasher hasn’t worked since October, they don’t care about that either. Living in an apartment is so fun! :/ I gotta buy a house, I can’t take this anymore!

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Although, I thought about it, and even if they did actually decide to do their job and get me a new one…they would more than likely just replace it with a newer version of the cheap, boring white…ugly fridge that I have now. When I can buy a really pretty one with french doors, a fridge that is as red as my hair is in this photo:

I would much rather have a pretty red one, I don’t like normal…everybody has a white, black or silver fridge; too basic and played out. Ever since I was little I’ve had a vision of how I want my house to be decorated. (I miss my long hair…at least it is on it’s way back.)

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My kitchen? Black cabinets, red appliances, black and white tile floor. So why not start now as much as I can while living in this apartment?

This means, I’ll actually be able to hear my TV, and sleep in the living room on the couch whenever I stay up too late watching TV (way too loud to sleep or nap on the couch now)…and the best part? I won’t even have to wear my noise cancelling headphones at all times anymore. How exciting! I’m not playing ya’ll, It’s so loud, I can’t even think straight. Maintenance and the apartment owners don’t care though, cause it’s not in their homes bothering them. Like I said: It’s fine now though, cause that red one is way better than what they would get me.

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Since I mentioned photography, I should show you my photos, so click here to go to my Flickr to look at my photography.

-laurenmikael

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