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PAS3: A Week in the Life of a No ‘Pooer!

Day one: This is the day of the wash. I brush my hair, then wash my hair with the baking soda and vinegar solutions in my morning shower. I towel off briefly, then I allow it to dry naturally at …...

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RCL4: Really, Listerine?

This is one advertisement that I really think should simply not exist. It is instantly appaling to me, and I cannot fathom why a breath mint company would decide to run this ad. Sure, when I think hard...

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PAS4: Emmy’s Secret Cure to Everything!

Yes, I know, my title sounds like one of those quack medicines from the 1800’s. However, I usually feel like one of the people behind those advertisements when I talk about basically my favorite thing...

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What do I want to be when I grow up?

I want to be a forensic pathologist. The proof goes as far back as 4th grade when in a project I wrote that I wanted to attend Penn State, and room with my then-best friend, and major in forensic...

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RCL5: How Do You View Yourself?

My artifact for rhetorical analysis is the Dove Real Beauty Sketches campaign. As we all know, Dove is a maker of soap and beauty products. They are a household brand, and an enormous company....

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PAS5: The Master Braider

This summer session I took Intro to Tai Chi. We often had class outside on the Old Main lawn, and some days it was actually hot (this summer was absurdly cool, and I pretty much hated it). One of those...

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RCL6: What is Consciousness?

The TED Talk I viewed was Dan Dennett’s The Illusion of Consciousness. His main goal of this talk is to “shake your confidence” about consciousness, and he does this by reminding his audience that...

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PAS6: Braiding, Part Two!

Let’s continue this week with more tutorials, again centered on braiding! I hope in the coming weeks to do a handful of tutorial posts, but I will always remain centered on hairstyles that do not...

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RCL7: The Teenage Paradigm

Nowadays, teenagers are a huge demographic, and everyone assumes that they have always been a part of society. Sure, the age group has always existed, but that age group’s responsibilities and habits...

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PAS7: Heatless Curls!

This week, and next, I will be showing you all a few ways to curl your hair without heat! Granted, long hair is a necessity for these techniques. I hope those of you with short hair can at least find …...

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RCL8: A Father On the Subject of Love

I tried hard to find the clip for my speech, but this cuts out in the middle of what I wanted to analyze. Mac’s speech begins with “it’s not easy” at 1:04 in the clip, and 1:19:18 in the movie, and...

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PAS8: A Second Week Of Curls

I’m just going to jump right into explaining this week! The first tutorial is on pin curls! You will need lots of bobby pins for this, and not too much attachment to them because they might get a...

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Planets and Pre-Med

We have established, repeatedly, that most of our seminar class wants to go to med school. I do not exclude myself from this majority. I want to become a pathologist, and if I change my mind then at...

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RCL9: A Picture of Captivity

http://natalielucier.com/?p=708 Orcas are my favorite animals. I have loved them since I was little, and I remember always wishing that I could go see one perform. Now that I am older, I know that I...

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PAS9: A Professional’s Opinion!

I haven’s gotten my hair cut since late February of this year, before I started the No ‘Poo movement. Finally, after about 8 months, I went in for a trim. My hair was cut by Mara at Viva Bella Salon …...

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The Cry-ceratops Tee

For my condensed logos analysis, I will be looking at the message of a shirt that I actually own! Some of you may have noticed me wearing it before, and the back of it has appeared elsewhere in this...

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No ‘Poo How To

As my last passion blog post, I am going to finally explain exactly how to wash your hair using the No ‘Poo method. Throughout this blog, I have provided many tips and tricks, and I will summarize some...

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Genetics… and Cats?

 This is my baby girl, Ivy Rose. I love her more than anything in the world! (Just don’t tell that to the rest of my family.) After spending all of Thanksgiving break cuddling with her and watching...

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Ideas for This I Believe and others

For my This I Believe assignment I think I am going to speak about flowers. I’m unsure if i will specify to taking pictures of flowers, or drying bouquets of them, or both. These are habits of mine...

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This I Believe Draft

My paternal grandfather is my Poppy, and I have always been Poppy’s little girl. My mother told me that if I was fussy as an infant, whoever was holding me would hand me to Poppy and I would instantly...

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