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Oct.22.2012 The Perks of Being a Late Bloomer I really resisted seeing The Perks of Being a WallFlower. To be honest, I haven't even read the novel it's based on. You're probably thinking "That's not like Jennifer; she reads everything." First off, thank you. Second off, it's a long long story. To quote Sophia Petrillo picture it... May...	Aug.01.2011 We Wanted Our MTV Listen. Can you hear it? It’s very faint. It’s the sound of my generation getting older. Why, you wonder? Because today MTV is thirty. Yup, thirty years ago today Alan Hunter, J.J. Jackson, Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood, and Martha Quinn made their debuts as “VJ’s.” “Video Killed The Radio Star...
Mar.28.2011 Whatever Happened To Lucky Eric? (part 12) “Have you seen the outside of the club?” Lobster Ron asks Lucky Eric. They’re sitting in traffic on the Queensway in Lobster Ron’s rust orange Ford Fiesta. Lucky Eric lowers his chin to his knees and peers through the cracked windshield at the back of the bus in front of them. “Be alright.” he says...	Dec.12.2009 Outrage It's interesting to note the frequency with which some words are employed in the English language despite the richness of its vocabulary. And it's not limited to the "awesome" and "so" and "totally" overused by those born after Ronald Reagan became president. One of...
Jun.26.2009 To Walk a Lifetime in Michael Jackson's Moccasins You probably can't read the words in the note next to the accompanying photo of Michael Jackson, but they were handwritten by the singer himself during the late 1980s when he was constantly on tour and just as constantly a subject of much public ridicule and condemnation. This note was composed on...	May.01.2009 Danielle Joseph and SHRINKING VIOLET Write what you know. We've all heard it before. And it works. Just ask Danielle Joseph. For Shrinking Violet, Joseph’s debut novel for young adults, she borrowed from her college radio days to create the on-air world that shy high school senior Teresa Adams only dreams of. But when Tere...