A few weeks ago Influenster sent me Fresh’s newest addition to their skincare line: the Rose Deep Hydration Sleeping Mask.

I was shocked that Influenster remembered I even exist, let alone sent me something, but here we are.

Bottom line: This has been a great mask for my skin. 

My skin has been irritated from allergies, dust from moving my office to a new building, stress from moving my…

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So this week has been pretty chaotic. We move out of our office in 2 weeks and I’ve been helping coordinate that and with the other departments on my floor leaving at the same time (our building is being renovated) it’s a mishmash of meetings, packing, chatting with coworkers about how weird it is to have our departments separated for the next year. Anyhoo, because of all this, I haven’t been…

Where did March even go? This has been a bit half-assed because of time constraints, but idk, read this when you’re bored at work? This edition is a wee bit late; I wanted to wait out the weekend because I went to an excellent art show and I wanted to share pictures. Unfortunately, the Starbucks I had right before that made the rest of the night not great, but I did eat a very tasty cake and the…

Honestly, this week. It’s FINALLY spring and the weather has been beautiful and I want to be out there enjoying it as much as I can before the flowers and bees start doing it and cause my allergies to go bezerk. But I haven’t been able to because work has been actual work this week (not particularly enjoyable work, for the first time since September) and I am grumpy and just want to eat spicy…

So last week was the longest week ever, but it still didn’t allow me enough time to finish my post, so I’m combining two weeks in one. Except here I am at the end of the secondlongest week ever, again, and Daylight Savings Time has zapped any energy I had, Starbucks’ stock has probably risen because I’m basically mainlining espresso at this point, and even though I’m not particularly busy at work…

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It’s the end of February already and I am so ready for spring, except there is still snow on the ground and I hate it. BUT, the sun is out, I’m no longer leaving for work in the dark and coming home in the dark, and I’ve finally been able to wear the sunglasses I bought myself for Christmas, so not all bad!

Pissbaby man trolls everywhere are probably weeping into their…

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This week has been a garbage week of garbage things happening and it’s all just piling up and creating a giant garbage mountain and it’s all a bit much and I’d like it to please stop. BUT, since that isn’t how the universe works, and it’s snowing today (again) covering all that garbage in a layer of white nonsense, which is just adding to my irritation… here’s the list of shit I read this week.

Things I Read This Week will be back next week

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It snowed this week. It snowed so much that I missed two days of work. And then it snowed some more, but not enough for us to close again and so basically I didn’t read as much this week (well, I did, but I don’t keep track of it well when I’m not at work) so instead, and in the spirit of Valentine’s/Galentine’s/Palentine’s Day, you get my top 10…

Another week of reading things.

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On The Web:

I’ve had fiction writer’s block for way too long, but reading this helped… I think.

I read this and realized I hadn’t listened to any Tribe Called Quest in way too long so I loaded a playlist while I took a bath and it’s my new form of self care.

Thisis a great piece about why some black women have a fondness for fur and you should read it…

I was originally thinking to do a separate post about what podcasts I’m listening to (there are a lot), but then I thought I should instead do a post about all the pop culture I’ve been consuming in the month, hence my new blog feature: Pop Culture Brief.

So, for the first edition of the Pop Culture Brief, here is all the pop culture I’ve been loving or hating:

Briefings:

I’ve basically…