I aspired to be the kind of person who wouldn’t want to see Magic Mike. It seemed almost cliché to flock to theatres for excessive shots of hot leading actors’ bodies. But when a friend invited me to group viewing on opening night, my aspirations went out the window.
She almost walked away from music altogether, but good thing Missy Higgins changed her mind: The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle takes the Aussie out of her sad-girl-with-piano comfort zone and into newfound greatness.
Endless calls came in on my daughters’ phone after the Century 21 theater shooting in Aurora last month: friends telling her that one of her classmates’ mother was a victim. Since some of the same “friends” played a similar joke on her a few months ago, I didn’t believe them and encouraged my daughter not to believe them as well. I made her turn off the phone. I reassured her that it was just a rumor and that I would find out the truth.
I’m extraordinarily opinionated, in case some of you didn’t know. I have no compunction about expressing those opinions. This is my opinion about spending: Put your money where your heart is … or not. It’s your choice.
Everyone deserves a little recognition when they do community work, which is why One Colorado is honoring allies in a big way at the second annual Ally Awards.
My very first business trip as a 21 year-old sales and marketing analyst landed me on a top floor of the Copley Square Marriott, Back Bay Boston, MA. An entirely company-funded trip? I felt like I had arrived.
I’ve recently been put into a situation where I showed someone in a position of power a weakness in myself – the fact that I am highly sensitive, and willingly go outside my comfort zone and boundaries in order to appease others. I’ve done this before, but I’ve never had it used against me or taken advantage of the way that it is now.
When I first heard Michael Carr was being courted by the Republican Party to run against state Sen. Pat Steadman, I asked him, ‘are you sure you can handle the backlash? You do know what the gay mafia did to poor Brian Carroll, and he’s one of their own.’
