Love Pandemic Let Love be the pandemic. Instead of Corona and Covid 19, let’s get infected with that Love machine. Let that bug course through your veins, envelop your lungs, inhabit all your thoughts. Let Love be the answer to hate and violence and chaos. Let Love be the kiss of death to all greed, …
When her friend showed up to the bar because she didn’t want to be home alone celebrating, I should have taken that as my chance to leave. But only a couple sips into my second martini, I decided to stay. As the red checks began to fill the screen in the Southern States, out-pacing Hillary, …
Coronavirus is a scary word that evokes many unpleasant memories. During the pandemic, the entire world experienced incredible changes and transformations. Things we couldn’t even think of before, say watching endless series or having the desire to look these online blackjack games online, are now part of our daily lives. The world has changed, people …
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There came to be two ways we would describe Blue. One was his origin story, how we brought him home to keep me company while I studied for law school. Then how he began herding me out of bed after I dropped out. He’d sit triumphantly on the desk while I sipped coffee at the …
When the world began to lock down in the spring of 2020, I felt stuck in a busy job that paid the bills. After I started working from home, it was easier without the hectic buzz of workplace distractions to see how my life wasn’t fulfilling. So I decided to sign up for a virtual …
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Last year for me felt like what was such a life changing year where I really had the ability to grow due to the change I went though. It was life changing not only having to deal with a pandemic, but also with finding myself and learning more about the person I am/want to become …
Given the contextual constraints on social contacts the reader will appreciate, I hope, my interest for the presence of real people in the street: In the lack of real presence, traces of such are also interesting to find in the street Such traces, or lack of them, can also …
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He tells me not to worry. He tells me that everything is going to be okay. He’s one of the most mentally strong people I’ve come across in my life. He’s patient and he’s kind. He keeps a positive outlook and attitude towards life despite his situation. Some might say it’s a stretch, but he’s …
Over the past year and a half, just about everyone has come to deeply appreciate the importance of self-care. When you can’t go out with your friends, or host dinner parties, or participate in the group hobbies and sports that are such an important emotional outlet, building self-care practices into your daily routine is especially …
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The unpredictable has become the new norm. Life throughout quarantine was once unimaginable: working from home, virtual calls instead of in-person communication, and finding pure amusements without boredom seeking. As things are slowly progressing back to simpler times, it’s hard to imagine life unfolding again. My quarantine began similar to everyone else’s– perplexed. The transition …
Live dance reconsiders Hansel and Gretel downtown and struts on a Culver City staircase, online anniversary celebrations, notes from a prior pandemic, the best of a dance film fest, spotlighting locavore dance, online encores, where to take online and live dance classes, plus more SoCal dance this week. Live This Week Hunger games One reward …
The WHO declared the covid-19 virus a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Since then, countries globally have introduced their response to the emerging situation. People in Europe, the USA, and Latin America reported thousands of deaths, whereas other countries fared slightly better. Fortunately, scientists developed a vaccine, and vaccination drives began early this year. While …
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Before the Pandemic, I was a regular at karaoke clubs. I don’t consider myself a professional singer, but I was once asked to audition for The Voice by one of their scouting producers. Naturally, I was flattered, that is until I waited for a response and was completely ghosted. But it never dampened my enthusiasm …
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Around Christmas 2020, an inmate at California State Prison Solano learned that his bunkmate had tested positive for COVID-19. Instead of being placed in isolation, he was moved to the facility’s gym, where many inmates were already under quarantine, some of whom had already tested positive for COVID-19. He continued to test negative but was …
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Asian Pacific Americans (or, “APIs”) began immigrating to the US in large numbers since the mid-1800s. Prior to the arrival of the first wave of Chinese Americans, enslaved or indentured Filipinos and Indians were brought to North American Spanish territories beginning in the 1500s by the Manila-Acapulco galleons. By the late 1700s, members of these …
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