Lately Beyonce has single-handedly been getting me through my days. I honestly don’t know what I’d do without you, B. 
Recent playlist (and yes, several are from the Destiny’s Child days)
Dangerously in Love 
Halo
If I Were a Boy
Emotions
Survivor 
Bonnie & Clyde (featuring Jay-Z, amen) 
Why all the sappy jams, you ask? I have no idea. Maybe it’s hormonal, but a [...]

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Most important news today… our very own fabulous, talented and amazing co-founder, Jessica, reached an incredible milestone… DIRTY THIRTY!!!!!!! 
Not only is Jessica the co-creator of Shady, but she’s also health editor for LAist, a writer for the Los Feliz Ledger (dominating the front page every single issue, let’s be real) and just recently became a [...]

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Fall is always a time of reflection for me. Dropping temperatures and the beginning of football season trigger thoughts of new beginnings and inspire me to reflect back on times past. On this Yom Kippur, this gentile has realized an unsettling personal defect: I am commitment phobic.

Looking back, I see all the telltale signs. [...]

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Here’s why you should read this blog, which details my friend Shannah’s trip to Uganda:
If you are going to the latrine in the night, and you are wearing your headlamp so you don’t trip over the cow, it is QUITE LIKELY that you will be followed by a bat. And he will get there first. [...]

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I don’t know about you, but I was so distracted this week by the d-r-a-m-a in the ANTM house that I barely even paid attention to the challenge.
Dividing lines were drawn between Team Ashley (Sundai, Ashley and Lulu) and Team Bianca (Bianca, then later Britney, Lauren, Kara and Nicole) as Team Ashley spent the entire [...]

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I fucking love this guy.

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I finally got around to watching last week’s America’s Next Top Model (ANTM), JUST in time for tonight’s new ep. This season it’s all about the shorties (haha, amazing) which, as a shorty myself — 5′3.5 — I appreciate. But that aside, ANTM is getting weirder and more uncomfortable, courtesy of of Tyra, with every [...]

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I was watching the Oprah/Whitney Houston interview (Tivo!) and thinking about people who are born for a certain career or have a real passion for their work. I’ve never really felt like that kind of person (read: I’ve had a lot of jobs). Yet in the past year, data analysis has become a big part [...]

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