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Jun 14, 2021
I write to you today to celebrate the launch of Sleep Fighter Studios! You'll see our site is re-branded and re-designed with new colors and a nifty logo. In moving from T-Dirty on the Beat to Sleep Fighter Studios, we've…
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Apr 29, 2020
Good Morning Big Dawgs!
I hope this message finds you well! I write today to share a new beat and the accompanying video! It's an energetic, techno type beat, ready for your lyrical magic! My step-son and I had a…
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Jan 16, 2020
Hey Big Dawgs!
I'm happy to announce my new site! Please check out the new design and feel free to share your thoughts!
Furthermore, get ready for a new track soon! I'm calling it "Do it like Destructo" and it…
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Jun 14, 2018
Sep 21, 2017
Happy Friday Dawgies!
I hope this message finds you well! I'm writing to celebrate the release of my new song An Arabic Apple! The song is led by a slapping sitar, bumping drums, and a fusion of catchy rhythms…
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Jul 30, 2017
Hey Dawgies!
I know it's been some time since I've last written and for that I can only apologize. However I haven't gone away and still tend to this page as a smith tends to his forge! I've just been…
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Jul 8, 2017
Hey Big Dawgies!
Today's post is a random blog that I wrote because my friends and I are putting together a site we can all blog on to stay connected and freshen up our writing skills. Since I shared it…
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Jul 5, 2017
Good Morning Dawgies!
I hope everyone is faring well! I'm back to the series this week (the finishing of Duckin' Around and accompanying video last week took a bit of time so that's why I skipped it but I hope…
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Jun 29, 2017
EDIT: Duckin' Around is now available for download on all major platforms!
Hey Dawgies!
Though I'm skipping the series this week this week I thought I'd suprise you with a brand new single and a video to go along with…
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Jun 20, 2017
Good Afternoon Dawgies!
I'm writing today to first say hello and that I hope the week's been a success for everyone so far. My heart is happy and that energy is yours to share if you need it! Furthermore, I'd…
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Jun 14, 2017
Good Afternoon Dawgies!
I'm writing today to first keep y'all updated on the music! I'm putting together two albums now I'll release this summer. One is a collection of my earliest songs from a couple years ago (now refined, mixed…
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May 24, 2017
Good Afternoon Dawgies!
I'll write a quick post today to let you know my family's in town this week! My Grandparents and Great Aunt are visiting and I'm thankful for the time we get together and grateful they took the…
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May 21, 2017
Hey Dawgies!
Today my post will be an assignment I wrote for my application to freelancewriting.com. Unfortunately I did not get accepted into their platform but I wanted to share my writing here anyways. Please let me know your thoughts…
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May 16, 2017
Happy Wednesday Dawgies!
I hope the week's fared well thus far and is taking you great places! I'm writing today to update you on my life and let you know I've been up a quite a bit. I applied to…
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May 9, 2017
Good Morning Dawgies!
Today I wanted to write about the concept of expectation and what I've been battling in my mind. Despite learning, researching, and building every day I struggle with putting pressure on myself to produce income. Though I've…
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May 4, 2017
Hello Dawgies, just stopping by with another daily delivery. Today I wanted to touch on the notion of financial freedom, debt-free living, and the power both give you. I recently spoke with a prospective employer about opportunities they had reached…
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May 3, 2017
Good Morning and May the Force Be With You Dawgies!
Here's to all my Sith Lords in the House! You know I love those Dark Vibes and Darth Vader's my hero, also the red lightsabers are just so awesome it…
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May 2, 2017
Good Evening Dirty Dawgies,
Just writing again with thoughts today for introspective purposes as putting them on here allows sorting outside of my head. I'm still growing like a lobster as I've shed the safety of my former shell. It's…
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Mar 6, 2017
Good Evening Dawgies!
I know it's been awhile since I've last posted but I thought I'd write today to apologize. I've been busy working on finding my direction in life now that I'm debt free. I literally have the ultimate…
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Dec 25, 2016
I know I'm a day late, but Merry Christmas Dawgies! I hope Santa Claus rewarded all your hard work this year and that you enjoyed time with your friends and families. I'll be brief because I know many of you…
Read moreThe Language of the Birds is a collection of poems I wrote for my Creative Writing thesis project.
Decent Poems is a collection I wrote during high school and throughout a J-Term I took in college.
Notice is a poem I created and had forgotten about. (The title seemed fitting as it caught my eye in the old folders).
Breaking from a Patriarchal Position: The Interwoven Stances of Boland, Rich, and Cixous is the thesis I wrote to complete my English Literature Capstone Project.
Oliver the Dancer is a screenplay I wrote.
Breakfast Cafés and Catholic Women is a fictional story I created weaving together Mary of Nazareth, Catherine of Sienna, Dorothy Day, and Mary Karr.
Cold is a meditative essay I wrote about Winter.
EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) White Paper is the start to a white paper I wrote for Cartegraph which appeared, after Marketing's review, on their website.
My First College Paper is exactly that. It's on the nature of addiction and focuses on tobacco.
Cultural Competence: A Paradox and An Assessment of Cultural Competency in Dubuque are two papers I wrote respectively analyzing cultural competency in terms of its definition and then how it exists within Dubuque, IA (from my perspective of course).
Listen to your Mentors, Write to Learn; Learn to Write, and English, Writing, and Love are three portfolios I wrote reflecting on how my time at Loras helped develop their dispositions within me as well as on how I developed as a writer.
Formula Fixation is a technique analysis of Scott Russell Sanders within his "Secret's of the Universe."
Chieko's Not Alone is an examination of Alejandro Gonzales Iñárritu's Babel.
Culturally-Induced Cataracts is a scrutiny of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye.
Like Father Like Son is an observation of Okonkwo in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.
Love is Vain, 'tis a Woman's Game is a comparison of Love as observed in John Donne's "The Flea" and Sir Thomas Wyatt's "Whoso List to Hunt."
Love Lacks Free Will in the Hands of Fortune is an interpretation of the nature of our control over love as its conveyed in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde.
Poe's Perspective: A New Take on Temperance is a review of Poe's "The Black Cat" and how it differs from a typical temperance narrative.
