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The Ennui of Euphoria

Posted on January 24, 2022 by carilynn27

The Ennui of Euphoria Euphoria is 2019 HBO show. I had heard of it, but didn’t know much about it. Finally, I clicked on it on HBO Max and found myself hooked. It is graphic and gritty, but strangely addictive. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 13 Reasons, 1970s, 1980s, Adults, Angst, Anxiety, Ashtray, bingeable, Brown, Cable TV, call back, Children, Claws, collective trauma, Dark, darkness, Depression, documentary, Drama, Drinking, Drugs, E, Eric Dane, Euphoria, extreme, Fashion, Flashy, generation, Glitter, Glittery, Green Light, ground breaking, HBO, High, Homosexuality, Hunter, Jules, laptops, Lexi, LGBTQ, lighting, lower middle class, melodramatic, MIddle Class, Modern, morose, Narrator, no apology, party girls, Penis, Poor Choices, popular, Poverty, preteen, Push Boundaries, Real Housewives, Reality TV, Red Light, Rue, Sex, shock value, smart phones, stylized, Surreal, Teenagers, teens, titulating, Transgender, Wallflower, wood paneling, Yellow, Zendaya | Leave a comment

Legacies

Posted on August 26, 2021 by carilynn27

Legacies is the name of The Vampire Diaries and Originals spin-off. It follows Hope Mikaelson and her adventures at The Salvatore School for the supernatural. Hope is the Daughter of Klaus Mikaelson and Hayley Marshall from The Originals. Hope is … Continue reading →

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alaric, CW, Damon Salvatore, Dark, Demon Prison, Fabalehaven, Fairies, Gemni Coven, Gemni Witches, Grimm, Harry Potter, Hayley Marshall, Hope Mikaelson, Julie Plec, Klaus Mikaelson, Legacies, Light, Lizze and Josie, Malivore, Monsters, Phoneix, Stefan Salvatore, Tar Pit, The Originals, The Vampire Diaries, Tri-Byrd, Vampires, Werewolves, Witches | Leave a comment

The Lady in White

Posted on October 26, 2018 by carilynn27

The Lady in White Halloween 1992 was different. I skipped the Haunted Hotel, Trick or Treat and the Parade. It was a chilly October night when I took a stroll downtown in Shelby. I often took walks alone, exploring and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Event, Flashback, Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV, Writing | Tagged 1992, 1999, Abandoned, Anger, Apartments, Books, Broken Glass, broken window, Damon, Damon's House, Dark, Debris, Doppelgänger, Downtown, Dust, Exploring, Flashlights, footsteps echoes, Ghosts, Gothic Atmosphere, Grief, Halloween, Haunted Hotel, Jaycees, Karen, London Cemetary, Lukas Haas, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Movies, Nikki, October, Ohio, Pain, Parade, Plymouth Springmill Road, Rack O Videos, Ruined Rooms, Shelby, shifting shadows, Silence, Smiley Avenue, Spooky, Stefan, The Abyss, The Lady in White, The Vampire Diaries, Thriller, Thrilling, Trauma, Trick or Treat, Vampires, VCR, Videos | Leave a comment

Dark And Stormy Night

Posted on October 24, 2018 by carilynn27

A Dark And Stormy Night Memory is not reliable. It gets tangled among emotions and thoughts. Who is to say what really happened and what we felt happened. Who is to say that both are not real in some way … Continue reading →

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Posted in Event, History, Movies/TV, Psychology, Writing | Tagged 1970s, 1994, 1995, 2018, 955 Marion Avenue, AA, Abigail Dudley, Alcohol, Alone, Ant-Climatic, Anxiety, Attic, Back Story, Betty Will, Black Mansion, cabinet, canopy bed, Cari Lynn Vaughn, closet, Commune, community, cook, Crain, Crane, Creative Writing, Damon's House, Dark, Dark and Stormy Night, Death, Death of a child, Depression, Dreamia, Drinking, Drunk, Dudley, Elizabeth Black, emptienss, Estate, Family, Frank Blymer Black, Friends, Ghost Story, Ghosts, Gin, Gothic Fiction, Grandma, Grandmother, Green, Grief, happy, Haunted Mansion, Heaven, Hell, Home Health Aid, horror, House, Hugh, Inner Demons, Insanity, Ireland, isolation, Jack and Jill Bathroom, Joel Black, John Baxtor Black, liquor, Lonely, Maid, Mansfield, mansion, Nell, Netflix, Nursing Classes, Ohio, Olivia, Piano, Pictures, Pink, Roger Black, servants, Shirley Jackson, space, staircase, The Haunting of Hill House, The Ohio Brass Company, The Ohio State University, Third Floor, Toys in the Attic, Tragedy, TV show, Vodka, well kept, Writing of Fiction | 1 Comment

The Haunting of Hill House 1959

Posted on October 16, 2018 by carilynn27

February 22, 1999 The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House was a 1959 book by Shirley Jackson. Shirley Jackson was born December 14, 1914 in San Francisco. She had been reading and writing all her life. She … Continue reading →

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Posted in Literary Criticism, Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV | Tagged 1959, 1999, Abigail, Adventure, Agoraphobic, Angel, Angle, Are Some People Born Bad?, Arthur Parker, bed, Blood, Book, Burned House Down, California, changes, Children, Class, Cold, Cold Spot, Coldness, Crane, Crazy, Creative Writing Classes, Dare, Dark, deadly, Death, Demons, Depression, Disorted Views, Dr. Montague, Drinking, Driveway, Eleanora, England, Evil, Explore, Family Novels, Flaky, French Palace, Gates, Ghost Hunt, Ghost Stories, Gone, Good, Gothic, Gothic Literature, grace, Grief, Guilt, hand holding, Heaven and Hell, Help Eleanor Come Home, Henry James, horror, House, House Is Toying With Them, Hugh Crain, Imprints, In Love, Isolated, Journey's End When Lover's Meet, land decays, Luke, mansion, Markway, Married, mentally ill, mind creates physical manifestations, Mother's Death, Movie, Mrs. Dudley, Mystery Machine, Nancy Miller, Nell, Nelly, New York, Norville Rogers, Novel, Ominous, opressive, Oscar, OSU, Ouija Board, People Are Killed, poisonous plant, Poltergeists, Power, problems, Psychic, scared, scary noises, Scooby Doo, Scream, Screamed, Screaming, secretive, Seculuded, Shirley, Shirley Jackson, Sleep, Stanley Hymn, statues, STOP, storms, Suicide, Supernatural, Suspense, The Haunting 1963 Movie, The Haunting of Hill House, The Innocents, The Lottery, The Nursery, The Ohio State University, The Tower, The Turn of the Screw, Thelma, Theo, Trapped, trying to leave, Unexpected Evil in Life, USA, Villagers, Wake, Walk Alone, Winchester House, Won't Stay After Dark, Writing, Written on the Wall | Leave a comment

Sense and Sensuality

Posted on September 2, 2018 by carilynn27

Sense and Sensuality by Janet Fitch, April 2000 Fiction Writer MagazineAngling for Description: Use Synesthesia, which is when you use one sense to describe another. Like hearing colors. Here two exercises using the sense of taste and sense of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Writing | Tagged 10 Minutes, 2000, advice, ambient sound, Dark, day, Exercises, Fabric, Feel, Hear, Janet Fitch, Light, Listen, Memory, Music, Night, Rough, See, Sense and Sensuality, Shadow, Sight, Smell, Soft, Sound, Synesthesia, time, Touch, vocabulary, write, Writer's Digest | Leave a comment

The Last Jedi

Posted on December 21, 2017 by carilynn27

December 18, 2017 The Last Jedi The Last Jedi is poised precariously between the past and the future. The Last Jedi picks up right where The Force Awakens left off. It follows the template laid down by The Empire Strikes … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV, Mythology | Tagged $1, A New Hope, Alice in Wonderland, Bad, balance, BB8, Ben Skywalker, Blame, Books, Brother, C3PO, Caesar, Canta Bight, childhood, Connection, Crait, Culture, Current, Current Culture, Dark, Die, Divine Nature, DJ, Dogobah, Far Far Away, Father, Feminism, Fighting, Finn, First Order, Flawed, Flaws, Franchise, Future, Galaxy, General Leia, George Lucas, Good, Han Solo, Heroes, Hitler, Hoth, Jacen, Jaina, Jedi, JJ Abrams, Johnson, Kill, King of Hearts, Kylo Ren, Lando Calrissian, Las Vegas, Leia, Let Go, Light, Long Time Ago, Loyalties, Loyalty, Luke, Luke Skywalker, Marsh, May the Force Be With You, Mother, Nero, nobody, Originals, Parents, Parts, past, Perfectionism, plots, Poe, poor boy, Prequels, Present, Princess Leia, R2D2, Rebirth, recycled, Red, red room, Redeem, Return of the Jedi, Rey, Rich, Romanticize, Rome. Praetors, Rose, Save What You Love, Sequels, Sister, Sith, Skelling Michael, Sky City, Snoke, Subtext, Surrendering, Swamp, The Empire Strikes Back, The Force, The Force Awakens. Ben Solo, The Last Jedi, Training, Trump, Twins, Universe, Yoda | Leave a comment

Rogue One

Posted on December 22, 2016 by carilynn27

November 17, 2016 Rogue One Rogue One: A Star Wars Story came out on Wednesday. I took the kids to see it today. The film is considered to be 3.9 in the series in that it takes place after Revenge … Continue reading →

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Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV, Science/Philosophy | Tagged A New Hope, Abandoned, Alderon, Atomic Bomb, beautiful, bleak, Captain Cassian Andor, Dark, Death, Death Star, Death Star Plans, Destruction, Diverse Cast, Empire Communication State, Episode 3.9, Galen Erso, Germany, Gritty, Heisenberg, Jedah, Jyn Erso, Miscalculations, Mostly Good Reviews, Movie, new characters, Oppenheimer, Physicist, Prototype, Rebellion, Research, Revenge of the Sith, Reviews, Rogue One, Sabotage, Scientist, Star Wars, Temple, The Force Awakens, United States, Uranium Club, War Movie, Zerpan Industries | Leave a comment

Tragicomics

Posted on November 19, 2016 by carilynn27

Tragicomics Comic books were originally supposed to have a humorous, but today the content is often dark and tragic. Perhaps a better term for comics would be Tragicomics. If a play can be considered a Tragicomedy, then why couldn’t comic … Continue reading →

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Maplecroft

Posted on December 6, 2014 by carilynn27

December 4, 2014 Maplecroft Maplecroft is the name of Cherie Priest’s latest book. The title refers to the home of Lizzie Borden after she was acquitted for murder. The book came out a few months ago but the library never … Continue reading →

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