I'm a white female who was born overseas in England because my dad was in the military. Both of my parents are college educated, and brought me up in a Christian household. I'm a native English speaker who took 7 years of Spanish, yet I still struggle to make a full conversation as I don't … Continue reading “We stan the best visuals in all of K-pop, eris. (^-^)” →

One more look over the list before I take the step into my favorite beauty department store: Ulta Beauty Waterproof Eye & Lip Makeup Remover = $8.50 Derma E Vitamin C Concentrated Serum = $19.99 Belif Peat Miracle Revital Eye Cream = $58.00 H2O+ Beauty Waterbright Color Correcting Mask = $42.00 Covergirl CG Smoothers BB … Continue reading Buying My Beauty: An Aimless Gesture. →

@http://1mut.com/y-u-no-guy-meme-collection After my English professor assigned several articles regarding discourse theory, I felt as though the title would come true. Discourse would be the end of me. Modern day conversations regarding discourse theory are heavily laced with jargon like post-structuralism and modality, focusing on heavy hitting topics like gender identity and feminism; meaty discussions full … Continue reading Knock-Knock. Who’s there? Discourse. Discourse who? Dis’course gonna end me. →

"They Say, I Say" by Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, and Russel Durst has been a particularly helpful tool in the drafting process of my peer review paper for advertising. The text provides insights on how to engage academic writing with a practical approach. It touches on how to gather data, create a voice and an … Continue reading “Skeptics May Object” →

As I do my daily scroll through social media, I see pretty pictures of other-worldly European castles, a bowl of noodles ready to be devoured by an old high school friend, and cute animals doing outrageously cute things. Then an ad for skincare. Most times it's for Korean skincare, which I buy, but this time … Continue reading Single, Savvy and Saggy. →

2008: Myspace and I were in a serious relationship. My top 5 friends changing as quick as gossip started and ended. My pinned song was probably something from Cascada or Atreyu and Tom Anderson was everyone's friend. I felt so cool, well, almost as cool as when I sent my first T9 from my pink … Continue reading Today at 2:30PM: Lauren is in a relationship with Social Media →

Zander Nethercutt wrote a provoking article "People Don’t Buy Products, They Buy Better Versions of Themselves" which describes just that; people don't buy products based upon the qualities of the product, but how they look and feel because of it. The article focuses on how Pepsi revolutionized marketing to compete against Coca-Cola; they realized that … Continue reading Version 2.0 →

I remember scrolling through Netflix some while ago for a new binge watch, and came across and odd and eclectic group of short tales titled "Black Mirror". The synopsis read like a modern day Twilight Zone meets the Technology Age, and I was intrigued. Not entirely sure about what I was about to watch, I … Continue reading Better not take a nosedive in China. They’re keeping score. →

July 2017: I have a love/hate relationship with writing, and this was one of those times that I loved to write. In my little Northend apartment in beautiful Boise, Idaho, I wrote furiously, staying up all night developing characters and plot twists that would consume my readers like it had consumed me. I was feeling … Continue reading English (Crash) Course. →

Hi. I'm Lauren, Lynn, Warren, Brynn, Gwen or whatever you want to call me. My work revolves around a telephone, so I get called a menagerie of names on a daily basis. I think in total, if each name I've been called had a personality, I'd have 29 different identities. But, thankfully, it's just me. … Continue reading First things first. →