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Ask Me Anything Answer Videos, Pt 1 || My 5th Blogiversary

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Hello, everyone! Five years ago today I posted on this blog for the first time, and since then blogging has been such a blessing to me in so many ways--the biggest, of course, being how many amazing people I've gotten to meet, how many like-minded friends have come into my life.  So, before I get to the answer videos, thank you so much .  You all mean a lot to me; this community is such a welcoming, inclusive home. <3 And in the words of Lina Lamont, "Bless you all!" ;) (Also, these are only the first half of the answer videos. Uploading them takes quite a while so I decided to split them up.) (Also again, all of these were filmed--hehe, such a professional-sounding word--several months ago, so certain answers may be obsolete or inaccurate by now; I hope I get around to adding "Updates" sections after each of the videos, but I'm not sure if I will. So if something sounds off now, you can just ask me and I'll let you know if it'

Movies: Months in Review {August & September 2018}

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Warning:  There's kind of quite a lot. :-P A Quiet Place {2018} Welp, that went about as well as I thought it would. Christopher Robin {2018} Awwwww. <3  This didn't touch me like Goodbye Christopher Robin did, but it was very sweet and--mainly--made me happy.  (And when Pooh asked Christopher, "Did you let me go?" in that one part . . . OH MY GOSH.  STOP IT.  NO. ) Confessions of a Shopaholic {2009} Hehe.  This was fluffy and silly and cute.  And I feel like it kind of did dig at least a little deep into what real addiction is like. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood {2002} Daaaaaaaaannngggg, son.  This was pretty amazing.  Such a good look into the complexities of undiagnosed mental illness and abuse.  (The main issue I have with it is that there is way too much usage of God's name in vain.) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? {1967} Alright.  I'm hanging on to this because of the acting, but, guys, COME ON.  The who