tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9761392300703605572023-11-16T09:41:30.863-05:00Chronicles of KimmiechangaKimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.comBlogger327125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-7582143103142030682020-10-19T16:53:00.002-04:002020-10-19T17:00:24.514-04:00Helstrom Season 1 ReviewIf you have not yet seen season 1 of Helstrom on HULU, stop here because SPOILERS are ahead! Photo: InstagramI will preface this review by stating that I have not read the Helstrom comics. However, I have watched the other, more obscure, standalone Marvel TV shows like The Runaways and Cloak and Dagger, but Helstrom left a lot to be desired; it felt like a poor man’s Supernatural. There wereKimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-29589972715537841302020-09-11T15:09:00.000-04:002020-09-11T15:09:44.846-04:00"Vote As If..."It has been an intense and unprecedented 2020. Between the global pandemic, Covid-19, civil uprising for justice, the wrath of climate change, etc, we are all going through a lot. Despite our current struggles, however, the US general election is drawing near, 54 days near, and it is so crucial that we all exercise our right to vote. A right that recently has been unlawfully impeded for everyone.Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-18720277540293229392020-07-20T16:45:00.000-04:002020-07-20T16:45:17.178-04:00The Dark Fate of the 'Magical Negro' Trope‘Magical Negro’ Trope: The use of supporting Black characters, who often possess special perception or mystical powers, who selflessly come to the aid of white protagonists in American cinema. Today I saw a Twitter post from Julie Plec, co-creator of The Vampire Diaries, randomly telling Black women that they need to save everyone because white women keep taking “Ls” and Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-85086498695817246892019-09-20T05:22:00.001-04:002019-09-20T05:22:49.250-04:00Making Friends as Adults: The Struggle
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Making friends as adults is not easy. Little kids really don't know how easy they have it, with their sticky faces and lack of bills.
There should be a course in college on making friends as adults to prepare you for the social struggle. Many people are already set in their social circles (and/or middle school clique mentalities) and choose not to veer outside of that. Some Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-42783058424447489752019-08-09T10:04:00.000-04:002019-08-09T11:41:33.428-04:00Black Feminist and Proud
Photo Credit: Style to Bits
I am a Black feminist. I also live in the city historically known for one of the most gruesome massacres of Blacks in this country. The blood of my ancestors runs through the soil of this city. I moved here of my own volition, however, and every day I seek the education and opportunities to continue inspiring and sparking change, inclusion, and empowerment. It’s Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-16957129137803192982018-03-01T14:32:00.002-05:002018-03-01T14:38:52.263-05:00Wakanda Forever
One thing that was made abundantly clear during Black Panther's release is that many people don't want to see Black people be great or joyful, so we often have to embrace and create opportunities of greatness for ourselves. Black Panther, for many, has ignited a fire in our creative drive, and the camaraderie amongst Blacks. There should have been a fashion week solely for Black Panther fans'Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-25261425352008231262016-12-03T08:09:00.000-05:002016-12-03T08:09:59.768-05:00Like a Lion, I Roar: A Day in the Life of a Black Woman
I'm sure some will read that title and turn away, but I will not be silenced. So much has happened and continues to happen in this country, daily with the most recent election, that puts the reality of my identity as a Black woman in a white, patriarchal society into focus. Consider that Trump's cabinet picks so far have been older white men who all in some way supported extremist organizations Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-42142094153814896972016-09-13T13:03:00.001-04:002016-09-13T13:10:28.161-04:00Taking A Knee, Rising Above Hate"Girl, sit down, shut up, and sing these songs for our entertainment”
“Boy, sit down (stand up), shut up, and take these concussions for our entertainment”
This seems to be the underlying connotation behind a plethora of angry and hate filled rants against artists and entertainers of color who have used their platform to peacefully protest and/or bring awareness to the current (and Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-30236281843726716892016-06-21T14:15:00.000-04:002016-06-21T15:07:18.508-04:00Dating: Love in the Time of 'Two Strappin'
Dating today feels a lot like the scene in 22 Jump Street with the backpacks and whether Schmidt should one strap or two strap it at the new school. The majority of new generation, “hip” kids were two strappin’ it while Jenko was maintaining the one strap because that’s what he had always known to be the cool, customary way. He viewed succumbing to two straps as peer pressure. For me, Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-48291736980534500442016-06-13T18:13:00.001-04:002016-06-13T18:13:09.821-04:00A Hole In The WorldFor many, there is a hole in the world today.
The past few days have been incredibly heartbreaking, and while possessing a nightmare-like quality seemingly too horrific to be true, the tragedies and loss are very much real.
Early Sunday morning, 49 victims were slain, and 53 wounded, during a mass shooting at Pulse, a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, FL. The families and friends of the Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-34711910053629711362016-06-04T17:56:00.000-04:002016-06-04T17:56:14.058-04:00'A Woman's Worth'On my birthday a few years ago I was the victim of road rage. Some young, white male in a big truck that made obnoxiously loud noises was not happy that I’d needed to get over, in front of him, into what was apparently “his lane”. He proceeded to ride my bumper while honking, gesturing, taking pictures, and flipping me off. Things escalated when I realized he was following my turns and lane Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-61312193284455733982016-03-11T09:16:00.000-05:002016-03-11T09:48:40.166-05:00'Under My Black Skin' ~Kimster G. (Original Poem 3/11/16)'Under My Black Skin' ~Kimster G. (Original Poem 3/11/16)
Under my black skin what do you see?
A person, a label, a construct of me?
Appropriated and broken down like a diagram,
Love what I do but not who I am.
The air is thick and heavy with the permeation of hate.
In this surreal reality, what will it take to abate?
Profanities, insults and tear gas hurled,
Gasping for breath on the ground,Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-46102009610204600712016-02-24T10:52:00.001-05:002016-02-24T21:20:18.247-05:00Beyoncé: The Power of A VoiceYou know you that B* when you cause all this conversation” ~Beyoncé, ‘Formation’
Truer words have never been spoken. A black woman having the “audacity” to use her platform as an artist in both video and performance to raise awareness and call attention to a climate of police brutality was met with seething fury. I’ve seen comment threads now calling Beyoncé every deplorable name Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-17621897518749250762016-02-23T11:34:00.000-05:002016-02-23T11:34:11.898-05:00The Art of Friendship"Friends. How many of us have them?” ~Whodini
Or more to the point, how many quality friendships do we have in our adult lives that are conducive to our well-being and growth? Possibly not many. Friendships seem especially hard to maintain post college and prove even more difficult to generate, long term. I think once you reach a certain point of knowing yourself and what you want in and Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-27590868442056592322015-04-15T21:15:00.001-04:002015-04-16T08:09:46.633-04:00Vent Blog: I Spy with My Little (Hawk)Eye...So there I was, minding my own business, grocery shopping at Kroger. I had my Newman's pizza in one hand and was smiling and waving at the cutie behind the deli counter with the other. That's when I hit the chip/snack aisle and stumbled upon this craziness:
Each of the Avengers team members have their own Doritos bag cover EXCEPT Hawkeye! I don't know if I'm more insulted that he's missing Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-18712667939568114112015-04-14T20:46:00.001-04:002015-04-14T20:52:47.321-04:00Six Months of Stellar
Hello blogosphere! I am sorry to have been away for so long! In this post I am going to be hitting you with a rapid fire onslaught of the recent events going on in my life for the past few months. Hang in there with me! It’s been exciting. And crazy busy.
Since my last post back in November (eek!) I have...
…Volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House
…Had a blast at my secondKimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-67110868656527155572014-11-12T03:33:00.002-05:002014-11-12T08:09:48.691-05:00Supernatural 10.5 "Fan Fiction" - 200th Episode It is currently 3:30 in the morning and I am up blogging about the 200th episode of Supernatural because it was, simply, amazing. Speaking as a 10 year fan of the thriller show, this episode gave me all the feels. I literally laughed, cried, cheered, and shot up in surprise at the long awaited scene at the end of the episode. If you're new to the show, this episode was a great introduction to theKimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-68683076477565418732014-11-04T15:10:00.000-05:002014-11-04T15:33:20.502-05:00Marvel Cinema Family Tree
Iron Man is credited as ushering in Phase I of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, aka the next best thing since sliced bread with bacon. Since 2008, comic book fans have squealed in pure delight at the release of The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, and movie fans, if not the world, had been waiting for: The Avengers. That many awesome Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-60324959284629323072014-09-01T17:55:00.002-04:002014-09-01T18:02:49.968-04:00True Blood 7.10 Series Finale: Weddings, Exploding Exes, and Faceless FuturesIn the realm of TV, there are superb series finales which leave you with the
existentialistic question of “what
do I do with my life now?” and then there are the “welp, I guess that’s
over” endings. After seven years, a dynamic first few seasons, and
years’ worth of available literary source
material, True Blood unfortunately falls into the latter
category. I don’t know what I was expecting Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-7762301697632816702014-09-01T17:50:00.000-04:002014-09-01T17:58:51.521-04:00"If I Stay" Review
The
heart of If I Stay was the connection and power of music to shape
someone’s life, intricately weave lives together, and define love
stories.
While
Chloë Grace Moretz (Mia) gave a believable performance as a young woman
embarking on first love and overcoming the fear of following her own
passion, I was left wanting to see more emotion, especially due to the
gravity of the plot. ForKimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-61270382946694545432014-08-27T18:10:00.001-04:002014-08-27T18:10:30.237-04:00Vent Blog: Why Mess With A Good Thanos?
If you know Marvel movies, then you know that the mid-credits and/or post-credits scenes that follow the awesome films are jam packed with foreshadows, spoilers, and Easter eggs. Therefore, at the end of the 1.5 billion dollar grossing superhero film The Avengers, I was genuinely mind-blown, freaked out and in awe of seeing the Mad Titan come to life on the big screen, if only for a few seconds.Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-82072050264584461522014-08-21T09:45:00.000-04:002014-08-21T09:45:37.706-04:00Mellow Mushroom: The Ol' Bait and SwitchYesterday I trekked out to Mellow Mushroom’s Way Back Wednesday 40th Anniversary, flashback to 1974 prices. These prices were to include $2.50 small cheese pizzas, .30 Coke products, and .75 Budweiser, Michelob and PBR. I knew I was in for a wait; and a lot of people’s wait included a beer in hand. When I first turned into the parking lot there were cars everywhere, even along the sides leading Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-39935797813038310972014-08-11T21:13:00.002-04:002014-08-11T21:15:48.622-04:00R.I.P. Robin Williams (7/21/1951-8/11/2014)
Photo Credit: www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/81-fall-tvs-biggest-stars-619818#3-cbs-crazy
There are some actors and actresses you grow up with that you gain such a familiarity with their work that you can recite their lines back, word for word. One of those brilliant actors for many fans was Robin Williams. From his iconic roles as Popeye, Peter Pan, Mork from Mork & Mindy, to Mrs. Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-65138617483249056892014-08-10T23:46:00.000-04:002014-08-11T18:23:36.155-04:00True Blood 7.8 Recap - For Whom the Bell Tolls (Spoilers)True Blood has fallen so far from its stellar, cohesive first few seasons that I think its ending will come as a refreshing release. Sookie and Bill back together feels forced down viewers' throats for the sheer purpose of closing out the show mirroring how their ill-fated love started in season 1. Even talk of Bill's past betrayal didn't seem to give Sookie any pause. Poor, sexy, shirtless Kimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976139230070360557.post-65017611323464765272014-08-09T19:33:00.000-04:002014-08-09T19:40:54.309-04:00High Fashion Photoshoot - Summer 2014
Credit: StanChambersJr Photography
As most of you may know, when I'm not working, dancing, or writing, I am a freelance model and a member of Models for Charity. A couple of weeks ago I took part in a Summer Photoshoot which brought together the talents of photographers, MUA/Hair stylists, wardrobe stylists, and models. We broke off into groups with specific photo and wardrobe themes. My groupKimsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681668813046084648noreply@blogger.com0