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Storytime: My High School Senior Picture

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Let me tell you the story behind this picture. I was a senior in high school from 1997 to 1998. For like the entire HISTORY of this school (George Rogers Clark, go Pioneers I guess) the Yearbook Committee used the same photographer to take the Senior's pictures every year. Their shop was within super walking distance to my house and they had a great reputation and took phemonial photos. Except in 1997. The committee went with someone else. Someone who only had a shop for a few years, NEVER took high school photos, and was two towns away. The woman in charge of the yearbook committee was: A-The same teacher in charge of the school newspaper in which I was also on. B-The biggest bitch I have ever seen so as a result she: C-Didn't like me a whole lot. So since I saw her every day, she would harass me about when I was going to this photographer's place to get my photo in to her because THE DEADLINE IS COMING UP HOLY FUCK THE DEADLINE! IF YOUR PICTURE ISN...

Captain Marvel Is Stupendous! Or Something...

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Captain Marvel isn't the BEST MCU movie (That honor goes to Infinity War ) but I also enjoyed myself. With that said, I did have one slight problem that, coming from a "half-white male", might sound problematic so I'll need you to hang on and stick with me, OK? They tried WAY too hard in the "girl power" department. By that I mean there were a whole bunch of scenes of guys telling Carol/Captain Marvel/Vers that she should give up because she's a girl and she defiantly stands up and says "NO!" This would've been OK once but several times throughout the movie? And having a guy tell her "you should smile" was like "OK, we get it, she's a woman, guys are assholes". I admit men are assholes but there are other ways to show that our lead character is confidant and a bad ass. Like take Ripley from Alien . No one ever told her "hey just smile" or "You should stay behind while us MEN fight this alien...