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10 Ways to Make a Difference

By BluFields - Posted on November 7th, 2007

Fight for a cause. Fight for something that’ll make the world a better place. I’m not talking about writing research papers for English class or signing online petitions. I mean giving money, forming groups, making signs and parading around with them, writing letters, and spreading the word. It doesn’t have to make waves and it doesn’t have to consume your entire life. Read More »

How responsible are you

By BluFields - Posted on November 5th, 2007

Tagged: bootleg • Movies • Personal Responsibility • responsibility • snitching • Shared responsibility • Personal freedom

I went to see American Gangster this weekend, more out of support for Denzel Washington than a desire to see another shoot ‘em up movie. Halfway through the movie, I realized that there was a whirring noise behind me, and it wasn’t going away. Usually, unless someone is talking, I don’t turn around to investigate anything that goes on in a movie theater. Read More »

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Virgin

By BluFields - Posted on October 25th, 2007

Tagged: Society • dating • Disappointment • intimacy • relationships • sex • virginity • Personal freedom

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I was called a nigger today

By BluFields - Posted on October 9th, 2007

Tagged: Hate Crime • pain • Race • Racism • Personal freedom

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Bring back our thinkers, our leaders, our fighters, our conscious

By BluFields - Posted on October 8th, 2007

Tagged: Society • 2008 Election • america • fighters • immigrantion • Leadership • life • Race • Rant • scarcasm • segregation • social conscious • the American Dream • the goverment • the U.S. • The world • war • Broad prosperity • Shared responsibility • Effective government • Personal freedom • Better future

(My rant)

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What I Learned From Dawson's Creek

By BluFields - Posted on October 8th, 2007

Tagged: Dawson's Creek • Grey's Anatomy • life • love • randomness • t.v. wisdom • Personal freedom

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Why Love Has to Hurt First

By BluFields - Posted on October 4th, 2007

Tagged: finding yourself • healing • heartbreak • learning • living • love • loving • men • moving on • pain • poem • Poetry • True Love • women • wounds • Broad prosperity • Shared responsibility • Effective government • Personal freedom • Better future

I wrote this a little while back, it was intended as a 1 year anniversory gift. I thought since progressive bloggers focus so hard on serious, and sometimes, covtroversial topics, it was time for a little love. Read More »

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Beautiful Stranger

By BluFields - Posted on October 3rd, 2007

Tagged: attraction • English • friends • immigrants • love at first sight • men • short story • Spanish • stranger • Personal freedom

2 comments • 300 reads

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