Juripunek

Hi, fellow BGN sistren! I've been absent from BGN for several months, but that's for a very good reason.  I'm now living in the Middle Kingdom of Asia, aka China.  Got a great new job wit…

Recently I went to a friend’s house and met some missionaries. As a rule, I tend to avoid any situation that involves religious proselytizing, but I really wanted to see my friend and her baby and if…

I’m not much of a scaredy cat. Seriously. I remember watching Freddy Krueger and Friday the 13th movies as a child and instead of feeling frightened I was laughing at the stilted performances and c…

I never thought this would happen to me. Truly, I am disturbed and surprised on multiple levels, but for the last week, my biological clock has started ticking. There is this foreign little voice in …

And I missed this?! This first thing has nothing to do with twerking. But if you enjoy Fall Out Boy and Panic! At the Disco, then do whatever you have to see them in concert. They're amazing. And…

The Door of No Return Birthdays always make me nostalgic and I just had another one that has me realizing that I am almost to the middle of my thirties. Time moves too quickly. I remember 30 like it …

I get to this point in my day where all my meetings are finished, my high priority tasks are complete, and there is still work to be done, but it’s nothing that I can’t do tomorrow. That’s when I g…

What I always loved about Batman was his ability to get beat up. I mean if you are superman or you have mutant powers you can take a beating and it's not that big of a deal, but if you are batman…

From: cosplayingwhileblack.tumblr.com I might come off as angry in this post. But I'm not. I promise. In the words of Samuel L. Jackson a la Dave Chappelle, "NO I CAN'T STOP YELLING! THA…

Some friends I made who helped make life in Chile better Last week I shared a bit about my amazing experience teaching abroad in Japan. This week, Im reminiscing about my not so amazing experience te…

Confession: My name isn’t Shelly. That’s my author pen name: The face that I present to the world that sounds friendly and generic. My real name is LaShell. And no matter how many times I say it, it …

South Central Debut April 1994 Canceled by Fox in June 1994 There was a TV show called South Central starring Larenz Tate that came out in 1994.  The show only lasted one season, but it was one of th…

Here's our favorite movies that you've never seen. Some of these movies really need to be nominated for Academy Awards. I mean seriously...I think these movies were definitely snubbed! A movi…

So I've realized I like helping people. A lot. It's really all I want to do in life. I also realized I like posting little motivational blogs to try and help people if they're going throu…

I love, love, love anime. It has been a giant staple in my life for as long as I can remember. Even though a lot of people I know grew out of anime and manga, I still read and watch as if I'm 10 …

Last night I had a dream about Donnie Walhberg .  Don't ask me what the dream was about or what he was doing there, I just remember he was in it.  The odd thing was that I actually watched two Ma…

It's a pretty rough world out there. It's even rougher when you feel like you're a minority in a minority with little people to hold your back or even talk to. I've often felt this wa…

Hi.  My name is Katy.  I'm a photograph found on the internet on a Tumblr blog.  My real name is probably not Katy, but for the sake of this blog post, and my message to you---its Katy okay? I ne…

Ahem. I’m back! I am cuing Timbaland in the background saying, “It’s been a long time, shouldn’t have let you…” but I’m sure you guys get the point. I got super busy in the summer and it’s been a ste…

Facebook is a constant reminder for me of two things that I am currently without: 1. A man 2. A child Now the second one is not really a high priority for me, because frankly having a life without ki…