A Spelman Woman

Happy Tuesday, everyone! On May 19th, I officially graduated from Spelman. My feelings about this part of my life coming to an end haven’t fully materialized yet. I look back on this Spelman journey and my heart is filled only with thanks and gratitude. All of my internship and travel experiences, all of the fanfare…

bottom of the peanut butter jar

Disclaimer: This is a scary story with mentions of suicide and implied disturbing imagery. Today has not gone well. Friendships are not easy to make but are very easy to break. My mom told me that once. The last person I had considered a friend for the past five years has ended her life. I…

Movies and Shows I Watched in December 2024

Happy New Year! This is my last month of recording my watched movies and shows. I only watched three new movies this month, as listed below. Malèna and Marie-Antoinette were worth a one time watch, but the newest The Color Purple was an absolute showstopper. My whole family and I really enjoyed watching it Thank…

Movies and Shows I Watched in November 2023

Another month gone, another semester over. ❤ Novembers are always hard for me because of finals–late nights, cramming, too much sugar, not enough exercise. I’m happy another semester has been successfully completed (my grades should be in by tonight!), but I do feel differently this Christmas break. I just finished my last fall semester at…

Movies, Shows, & Books I Finished in August-October

When assignments and exams pile up, all I want to do is rewatch Disney movies and Gilmore Girls. A difficult semester makes me much less in the mood to venture outside my comfort zone, and I prefer to go for pieces of media that calm me down and bring me peace. Taking that into account,…

waking beauty

People don’t look their best when they try to mimic the features and demeanors of others. Embrace the natural state of who you are. ~Sammicakes

one line loving

The adored and the adorer, could we each be both? ~Sammicakes

perfect, perfect!

not presenting or showing up in the world unless I am perfect–in my head, in my appearance, in my totality with this guiding dogma, I almost never showed up! ~Sammicakes

The Gamble

All things have their good and bad, but in an era of obsession, good can only come in its aftermath.

Movies & Shows I Watched in May & June 2023

So far this year, I have watched over a hundred new movies and shows, and I have learned two lessons: Though I’ve watched dozens of films in full, there are many that I had saved to my favorites or watched for 30 minutes before abandoning ship. Blue Velvet, Sleepers, Titan A.E., Indecent Proposal, The Fly,…