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Short Story: All Dolled Up

 As I plug away at other writing projects, I figured this might be a good spot to dump some old short stories I wrote for classes. Here's one inspired by the Fleming Museum's collection of creepy dolls:      All Dolled Up By Casey June      The first thing I notice about the doll is her eye. It is hollow. Both of them are, but the eye on the right has an extra chip taken out of the face, an uncomfortable touch of asymmetry. The doll’s dark interior clashes with the gleaming porcelain of its skin, though even that is starting to yellow and peel. I scratch my own cheek at the thought of it as if to check that it is still whole and intact. The doll doesn’t seem bothered by her unpleasant appearance. She stands against a wall swaying to some silent music, her gentle curls and gallant dress keeping the same time, drifting to and fro like ghosts. “Dude, do you know who invited her?” Derek’s voice booms out from next to me and a few inches above my height...
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The Bobke Summer Movie Challenge

 I've found myself in a bit of a cinephile era in the past few years, due to both my academic elective choices and the new friends I found through them. One of these folks, my good friend Ben, decided to design his own summer movie watch list: an eclectic mix of fifteen criteria that you had to fill with fifteen first-time watches. I thought I'd give it a try, given that I'd already set the goal for myself to watch fifty movies before the end of the year. This challenge would be a good way to get in some films that I might not have watched otherwise. Then I... forgot about the challenge for like two months. Luckily, a lot of my watches filled a bunch of criteria accidentally and I only had to cram in a few more in like a week. Anyway, I figured I'd use this space to give a mini review for each. (This will probably be a lot longer than my usual posts, but lucky you for getting to see so many of my great opinions at once.) Composed by Hans Zimmer or Ludwig Goransson: Miss...
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A Project in Doing Something

      I guess those guys were right. No one told me life was gonna be this way.     As summer winds down, for the first time in my life I find myself without the reliable structure of classes to look forward to. It looks like the next few months will be more or less the same as the last: rotting on my couch, prostrating myself before the job market, my friends scattered to the winds post-graduation. But you know what, I can be in control of my own destiny. I can change my own routine. I can continue to do all that stuff, but also post about it.     My name is Casey June. I'm an aspiring writer and storyteller, I like movies and tv shows a lot, and sometimes, I have thoughts on things that are too long or not witty enough for a tweet. I'm starting this blog as a creative outlet, a way to keep my writing skills sharp, and a platform to share my great opinions with the world. Expect a little bit of everything, with reviews of things I watch, project/life ...
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