Good day, readers! I ask that you please bare with me, as my finals week starts tomorrow. I can barely believe my first year of college is about over! Crazy. Anyway, to hold you over, here’s another question… If you haven’t seen my The Book of Questions feature before, here’s what it’s all about: I take a question from this book written by Gregory Stock, Ph.D., write my response, and…
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Hey, readers! It’s time for the fifth installment of what I call “Beautiful People. Beautiful Things.”, in which I post ten pictures that somewhat inspire me. I try to give credit where credit is due. That didn’t go so well this time. Oops. Anyway, feel free to click on the pictures to make them bigger! Enjoy… Lance Gross smilealwayslaughoften.tumblr.com Ailey II in Thang Dao’s Echoes. Photo by Eduardo Patino, NYC…
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How are my favorite readers doing today? I hope you all are doing exceptionally well. I’m going to put up my first Instagram post. Today, I have selected twelve pictures from my account. Not all of these photos were taken by my iPhone, but all of the photos were taken by me, so don’t steal them. That’s an order. =) Okay. So first off, these shoes are amazing. These are…
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Pull out your glasses because it’s time to celebrate again! NIA SPEAKS has attained 400 followers! Yay! Now, according to my last “Words Often Used and Abused” post, the word love is overused. But, I can honestly say that I appreciate each and every one of you. SPECIAL SHOUT OUT to my 400th follower, AnnMarie of momto8blog. You’re awesome! Expect to see some good posts soon! Have a great day…
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Hey, readers! Happy Easter! I hope you all are having a wonderful day. Meanwhile, it’s time for me to do the second of ten posts of me breaking down The Optimist Creed. The creed is as follows; and today, I’m analyzing the second article. Promise yourself… To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet. To…
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My dean said that quote above in the beginning of the first semester, and I believe you can find this quote amongst the quotes in A Supplement to My Favorite Quotes. Man, I just don’t know about this quote. It’s right, but it’s kind of wrong, too. I really like this quote, though. I say this all the time now as an excuse or a reason to not have expectations…
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I thought it was time for another Personal post. I think it’s important for my readers to have somewhat of an idea of who Nia Langley is…beyond the blog. These are facts you won’t find in the “About Nia” section. 1. I have a poster of my favorite dancer, Linda Celeste Sims, in my room. I really, REALLY want to meet her someday. If you can make that happen, please…
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I really, REALLY like these ensembles! Do you have any FAVORITES from here? Have a great day! Photos’ citation: burberry.com…
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Greetings, beautiful people! Guess what! No, really. Guess. This is NIA SPEAKS’ 100th post! Yay! I still vaguely remember writing up my first post on a Monday not very much like this one. Thanks for all of the support. To celebrate, I’m posting the fourth installment of “Beautiful People. Beautiful Things.” For those of you who aren’t familiar with this feature, these posts are simple. I’ll have photographs of beautiful…
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Greetings, fellow humans! Today, I’m gonna start the first of ten posts of me breaking down The Optimist Creed. If you’ve been reading NIA SPEAKS for a while, you may know that I did a post on this creed back in December of 2010, as a challenge to live by it in 2011. Well, we all know that it’s 2012 now, and I’ve come to realize that I’ve kind of…
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